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Tensions high ahead of Al Jazeera journalist funeral in Jerusalem

Tensions high ahead of Al Jazeera journalist funeral in Jerusalem

Israel bolstered security in Jerusalem ahead of the funeral on Friday of veteran Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, two days after she was killed during an Israeli army raid.

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Toshiba in early talks with 10 potential buyout 'partners'

Toshiba in early talks with 10 potential buyout 'partners'

Troubled conglomerate Toshiba said Friday it has been approached by 10 potential investors as it weighs going private, a move that would be highly unusual in corporate Japan.

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Chinese police crack down on Beijing lockdown 'rumours'

Chinese police crack down on Beijing lockdown 'rumours'

Chinese police are investigating a woman for allegedly fabricating "rumours" that Beijing will enter a three-day lockdown, officials said Friday, after the claims on social media prompted panic buying across the capital.

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Nicaraguan plantation workers 'poisoned' by pesticides fight for justice

Nicaraguan plantation workers 'poisoned' by pesticides fight for justice

Hundreds of Nicaraguan plantation workers left sick or sterile after working with a noxious pesticide in the 1970s were dealt a blow this week when a French court ruled against their claims for compensation.

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Five new talents to watch at Cannes

Five new talents to watch at Cannes

There are serious veterans and huge household names at this year's Cannes Film Festival, from Tom Cruise to Baz Luhrmann to David Cronenberg.

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Cannes unfurls blood-red carpet for gory films

Cannes unfurls blood-red carpet for gory films

The Cannes Film Festival has a strong stomach.

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'Better dead than captured': Mother's pain as son killed in Azovstal

'Better dead than captured': Mother's pain as son killed in Azovstal

For two-and-a-half months, Iryna Yegorchenko prayed for the safe return of her son Artem, one of the soldiers defending the besieged Azovstal steelworks in the devastated Ukrainian port city of Mariupol.

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Mass tourism returns to Barcelona -- so does debate

Mass tourism returns to Barcelona -- so does debate

Visitors are once again jamming the narrow streets of Barcelona's Gothic quarter as global travel bounces back from the pandemic, reviving tensions over mass tourism in the Spanish port city.

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Germans rethink their way of death

Germans rethink their way of death

Germans are finding that death no longer quite becomes them.

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Contemporary art to the metaverse: Takashi Murakami's poppy trip

Contemporary art to the metaverse: Takashi Murakami's poppy trip

Takashi Murakami is known for blending pop art and Asian fine arts, but for his latest exhibition in New York, he is moving into the metaverse.

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