As BBC slashes 400 World Service jobs, Vietnamese employees accuse it of endangering their lives
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BBC World Service journalists have said that its plans to move its Vietnamese service from London to Thailand pose a danger to press freedom.

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Mahsa Amini death: Nine Europeans arrested for protesting against Iranian government
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Nine people from several European countries were arrested by the Iranian security force for their allegedly participating in the protest against th

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Earthquake of magnitude 5.8 strikes Indonesia's Sumatra, one killed
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One person was killed on Saturday in an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 in Indonesia's Northern Sumatra region, according to the nation's BMKG m

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'Negative effects of online content' led to UK teen's death, coroner says
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A 14-year-old girl in the UK died from an act of self-harm while suffering from the "negative effects of online content", a coroner said.

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Iran arrests woman for eating at restaurant without hijab, puts her in ‘harsh’ prison
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A woman was detained by Iranian security officials after a picture of her and another woman eating at a restaurant in Tehran without wearing headsc

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China facing shortage of 200 qualified fighter jet pilots for its 130 ship-borne aircraft: Report
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China, which recently launched its third aircraft carrier Fujian, is struggling to find qualified ship-borne fighter jet pilots for its navy, South

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Brazil's youngest voters betting on 76-year-old candidate
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At a samba bar in Rio de Janeiro, three university students are engaged in a vigorous political debate as they count down the days to Brazil's pres

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Iranian intel officer among 19 killed near Afghan-Pakistan border
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Heavy gun battles in the southeastern Iranian province of Sistan-Baluchestan have claimed 19 lives, including of a Revolutionary Guards colonel, th

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Hurricane Ian battered Cuba makes rare request to US for assistance as island plunges into darkness
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On Friday, the Wall Street Journal reported that the Cuban government had made a rare request to President Joe Biden and his government for assista

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US navy sailor absolved of charges of setting fire to $1.2 bn warship
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A United States navy sailor accused of deliberately starting a fire that destroyed a billion-dollar vessel and wounded several crew members was cle

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Lindt wins against Lidl in Swiss court battle over chocolate bunnies
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On Thursday, Switzerland’s highest court ruled in the favour of Lindt & Spruengli saying that their foil-wrapped chocolate bunnies deserve prot

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Postal deliveries hit across UK after Royal Mail workers strike over pay dispute
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Royal Mail delivery staff in the United Kingdom launched a 48-hour strike on Friday, a move attached to a worsening dispute over pay.

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Mexico: Several sensitive files stolen in cyberattack, including those about president's health scare
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Several sensitive Mexican files, including previously undisclosed information that President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador was taken to hospital by a

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WHO sounds alarm over cholera outbreaks
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Fatalities are on the rise so the world needs to “act now” to contain the disease, the watchdog said

Cholera outbreaks have been reported in 26 countries this year alone, and the average fatality rate has risen significantly, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.

“After years of declining numbers, we are seeing a very worrying upsurge of cholera outbreaks around the globe over the past year,” Philippe Barboza, WHO’s team lead for cholera and epidemic diarrheal diseases, said at a press briefing in Geneva.

Emphasizing that “the outbreaks themselves are larger and more deadly,” Barboza revealed that the average f...

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Unidentified drones spotted before Nord Stream blasts – Norway
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The number of unmanned aircraft near offshore platforms surged in September, energy workers reported

Norway’s offshore energy operators reported an increasing number of unidentified drones near their platforms in the days leading up to the apparent sabotage of the Russian Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines.

The Norwegian Petroleum Safety Authority held a meeting with members of the country’s oil and gas industry on Thursday, warning them that recent reports indicated “increased drone activity” over the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS)....

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US Congress approves military financing for Poland
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Washington will help Warsaw bolster its security and replace equipment donated to Ukraine

The United States Congress has approved $288.6 million in military financing for Poland to bolster its security and help replace equipment donated to Ukraine amid the ongoing military conflict between Moscow and Kiev, the US Embassy in Warsaw announced on Thursday.



The embassy stated that the funds would come out of a $2.8 billion military aid package to Ukraine and 17 other countries deemed to be at “risk of future Russian aggression,” announced by US State Secretary Antony Blinken earlier this month.  

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Bulgarian politician vandalizes Russian embassy
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Ivan Kalchev defaced a sign at the gates of Moscow’s mission in Sofia and called for more weapons for Ukraine

A Bulgarian election candidate splashed red paint over a sign plate at the Russian embassy in the nation’s capital on Thursday to protest Moscow’s military operation in Ukraine.

In a video posted on Facebook, Ivan Kalchev, who is a member of the Democratic Bulgaria party, approaches the gates of the Russian embassy in Sofia with a bucket of red paint and spills it all over the sign plate. 

In an apparent attempt to justify the vandalism...

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770,000 excluded from Biden’s student loan relief
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A last-minute change by the White House appears to be designed to defuse legal challenges from multiple states

The administration of US President Joe Biden has tweaked its much-hyped student loan relief program to exclude about 770,000 borrowers with private loans guaranteed by the federal government, it announced on Thursday. 

The move, revealed via email, appears to be designed to defuse legal challenges from multiple states and a libertarian law firm calling into question whether the Biden administration can use public money to wipe out private student loan debt or do so without congressional approval.

Students who obta...

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Germany approves new arms exports – media
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Berlin previously embargoed weapons sales to Saudi Arabia over the war in Yemen

Germany’s coalition government approved $35 million in new arms sales to Saudi Arabia before Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited Riyadh last week, Der Spiegel reported on Thursday. Sales were halted in 2018 over the war in Yemen, but Berlin has relaxed its stance on sending weapons to warzones since the outbreak of the conflict in Ukraine.

Economy Minister Robert Habeck confirmed in a letter to the German Bundestag (Parliament) that several deals had been approved by Scholz shortly before he traveled to the Gulf region last week, the newspaper...

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UK intelligence agency hacked – media
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The website of MI5, Britain’s domestic spy service, was briefly taken down by a DDoS attack

The website of UK domestic intelligence agency MI5 was briefly knocked offline by a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack on Friday, according to Reuters, citing a BBC report. The culprits were not named, and it is not clear if they have been identified. 

It is not the first time Britain’s security service infrastructure has been compromised. In 2009, a group called Team Elite reportedly infiltrated MI5’s website to log visitors’ identity and scrape years of their browsing history. While the vulnerability was quickly fixed, London was appalled at the idea that “...

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Putin names chief suspects for Nord Stream attack
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Sanctioning Russia is no longer enough for the 'Anglo-Saxons,' the president claimed

The US and UK orchestrated the blasts on the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea, which delivered Russian natural gas to Germany, because they “obviously” benefit from it, President Vladimir Putin insisted on Friday.

Putin accused Washington of trying to pressure the EU into banning Russian supplies to “completely get its hands on the European market.”

“But the sanctions are no longer enough for the Anglo-Saxons,” he said, using Russian shorthand for the US-UK transatlantic alliance....

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