Everest record holder shares her domestic abuse turmoil
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Everest record holder shares her domestic abuse turmoil

Getty Images Lhakpa Sherpa says: “I want to show my two girls how to be brave, how not to give up” This article contains descriptions of domestic violence…

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‘Atomic bomb hell can’t be repeated’ say Japan’s last survivors
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‘Atomic bomb hell can’t be repeated’ say Japan’s last survivors

Getty Images The city of Hiroshima was left in ruins It was early in the day, but already hot. As she wiped sweat from her brow, Chieko Kiriake…

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Bangladeshi police remove three protest leaders from hospital
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Bangladeshi police remove three protest leaders from hospital

BBC Bangla Nahid Islam, one of the men detained, has previously accused police of torture Three student protest leaders who helped co-ordinate the recent rallies in Bangladesh have…

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Four crew members rescued and one dead as typhoon sunk ship
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Four crew members rescued and one dead as typhoon sunk ship

As their ship started sinking rapidly into the sea, nine crew members onboard a cargo ship in Taiwan realised they did not have enough time to reach their…

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Scorn as PM Sheikh Hasina weeps at train station damage
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Scorn as PM Sheikh Hasina weeps at train station damage

Bangladesh citizens have hit out at their leader Sheikh Hasina who was photographed crying over destruction at a train station, with some saying she shed “crocodile tears”. The…

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Coast guard to deploy floating barriers
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Coast guard to deploy floating barriers

The Philippine Coast Guard is preparing to deploy floating barriers and suction hoses to contain an oil spill and prevent it from reaching the capital, Manila. Authorities are…

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How Pakistan’s Ghibli-style animation got made
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How Pakistan’s Ghibli-style animation got made

Mano Animations The Glassworker is Pakistan’s first hand-drawn animated feature film Ten years ago, musician Usman Riaz grabbed a pencil and started to sketch. He might have hoped,…

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Decline of scavenger birds caused 500,000 human deaths
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Decline of scavenger birds caused 500,000 human deaths

Getty Images By the mid-1990s, the 50 million-strong vulture population in India plummeted to near zero Once upon a time, the vulture was an abundant and ubiquitous bird…

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North Korea hackers trying to steal nuclear secrets- US, UK warn
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North Korea hackers trying to steal nuclear secrets- US, UK warn

North Korean hackers are attempting to steal nuclear and military secrets from governments and private companies around the world, the UK, US and South Korea have warned. They…

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Typhoon Gaemi hits China after deaths in Taiwan and Philippines
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Typhoon Gaemi hits China after deaths in Taiwan and Philippines

Reuters Waves crash on the coast of Sansha town, Fujan Province, as Typhoon Gaemi approaches Typhoon Gaemi has made landfall in mainland China after wreaking havoc in Taiwan…

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