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CBC News visited Taiwan’s Kinmen islands, which are just a few kilometres across the bay from the Chinese city of Xiamen. The islands have been on the frontline of hostilities between China and Taiwan for more than seven decades. Many Kinmen locals say they don’t believe war with China is near — despite mounting evidence to the contrary. CBC | ...
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Migrant sex offender finally deported after embarrassing prison release blunder
The wrongful release of Hadush Kebatu caused huge embarrassment for Labour and sparked a two-day manhunt. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Prince Andrew leaving Royal Lodge won’t actually solve the royal crisis – here’s why
Prince Andrew could soon be set to leave Royal Lodge, but his worries may not simply disappear. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Capture of Darfur city by Sudan’s paramilitary forces could cement country’s split
A Sudanese paramilitary force is battling the last pockets of resistance in El Fasher, a Darfur city that has endured a brutal 18-month siege and where a full takeover would entrench a geographical division of the country between rival military factions. CBC | World News
Read More »At least 26 killed, including children, after Israeli strikes in Gaza
At least 26 people were killed on Tuesday after Israeli strikes in Gaza, health officials said, including strikes in Khan Younis and Gaza City. CBC | World News
Read More »Labour-run council creates guide to history of ‘white male oppressors’
The Labour-run authority, which covers Sir Keir Starmer’s constituency, pledged to review memorials to figures who held “discriminatory ideas”. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »North Korea says it test-fired cruise-missiles hours ahead of Trump’s arrival in South Korea
North Korea said Wednesday it fired sea-to-surface cruise missiles into its western waters, in another display of its growing military capabilities as U.S. President Donald Trump travels to South Korea for a regional summit. CBC | World News
Read More »Dogwalker killed in Uxbridge stabbing named and pictured for first time
A neighbour in Uxbridge said the man who died was a bin man. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »At least 7 killed, including children, after Israeli strikes reported in Gaza
At least seven people were killed on Tuesday after Israeli strikes in Gaza, health officials said, including strikes in Khan Younis and Gaza City. CBC | World News
Read More »Prunella Scales, sharp-tongued and long-suffering wife on Fawlty Towers, dead at 93
Actor Prunella Scales, best known as acid-tongued Sybil Fawlty in the classic British comedy Fawlty Towers, has died, her children said Tuesday. She was 93. CBC | World News
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