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British surgeon Kar Hao Teoh killed in South Africa

A British surgeon who died after being shot in South Africa has been described as a "valued colleague and friend…

2 years ago

Cheng Lei: 1,000 days imprisoned in China for an unknown reason

"One thousand days is a shockingly long time in detention," says Nick Coyle.He is speaking about his partner, Australian journalist…

2 years ago

Syria earthquake: Survivors in Idlib feel forgotten

Sedra remembers the moment the earthquake struck. The 13-year-old was out of her wheelchair, asleep inside her home in north-west…

2 years ago

Surrey shop accused of racism removes image of tobacco plantation

A shop that faced racism allegations over a poster showing "broken black men" on a tobacco plantation has removed the…

2 years ago

The Elephant Whisperers: Indian short documentary is best at Oscars 2023

The Elephant Whisperers made history by becoming the first Indian documentary to win an Oscar.It won Best Documentary Short film…

2 years ago

All That Breathes: The Indian brothers who heal birds dropping from the sky

For 20 years, two brothers living in the squalid neighbourhood of Wazirabad in India's capital, Delhi, have been treating wounded…

2 years ago

Wagner head Prigozhin rejected offer to join Russia’s army – Putin

Wagner mercenary group head Yevgeniy Prigozhin has rejected an offer to his fighters to serve as a unit in Russia's…

2 years ago

Elephant Whisperers: Indian couple in Oscar-winning elephant film sue makers

A indigenous couple at the centre of an Oscar-winning Indian film has sued its makers, alleging mistreatment. Elephant Whisperers tells…

2 years ago

Romania’s forgotten orphans supported by UK charity

It's been more than 30 years since images of emaciated children, abandoned in Romanian orphanages, horrified the world. In 1989…

2 years ago

Why are tensions mounting on the Belarus-Poland border?

Poland is sending extra troops to its border with Belarus after an alleged incursion by Belarusian military helicopters.Poland's government says…

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