Quentin Sommerville
BBC News
BBC/Lee DurantDays after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake shook Myanmar at the end of March,…
Category: 4. World
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BBC reporter witnesses junta violating a ceasefire
BBC/Lee DurantThe husband of Mala, 31, pictured here with her four-year-old son, was killed in a military artillery strike during the ceasefire -
‘Prophetic’ letter by Titanic survivor sells for nearly $400,000 at auction : NPR
Archibald Gracie wrote a letter from aboard the Titanic five days before it sank. It has sold at auction for the equivalent…
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Israeli Military Strikes Near Beirut, Saying Hezbollah Was the Target
The Israeli military on Sunday afternoon struck a residential neighborhood in the southern suburbs of Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, in an area that is a stronghold of the militant group Hezbollah.
In a joint statement following the strike,…
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Death toll in Lapu Lapu festival attack rises to 11
Bernd Debusmann JrBBC News
Reporting fromWashington DC
ReutersVancouver’s Filipino community has been left in shock and mourning after a car ramming attack left 11 people dead on Saturday.
The attack, which took place at the annual Lapu Lapu…
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Chinese rocket fuel blows up Iranian port
In following shipping on undersea cable cutting I came across a story about an Iranian ship carrying rocket fuel from China to Iran weeks ago. It didn’t work out well.
There were actually two Iranian ships carrying sodium…
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Greenland PM says island not a ‘piece of property’ for sale – DW – 04/27/2025
Greenland’s new Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen has said the Arctic territory will never be a “piece of property” to be bought as he made his first trip to Denmark since his election.
Nielsen criticized President Donald Trump’s comments on…
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Israel launches air strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs
Israel carried out an air strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs on Sunday, after ordering an evacuation of a building that it said was being used by the Iranian-backed group Hezbollah.
The attack occurred despite a ceasefire that came into force…
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