Djokovic: Covid infection gave him vaccine exemption, lawyers say
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-59920379?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
January 8, 2022, 7:45 AM
Novak Djokovic had a recent positive test giving him a vaccine exemption to enter Australia, his lawyers say.
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Ahmaud Arbery: Jogger's murderers sentenced to life in prison
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-59912361?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
January 7, 2022, 9:53 PM
The sentencing judge condemns the three men for the "callous" murder of the black jogger.
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Sidney Poitier: Hollywood trailblazer dies aged 94
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-59907931?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
January 7, 2022, 10:34 PM
The US-Bahamian star was the first black man to win a best actor Oscar, and also a humanitarian.
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Kazakhstan unrest: Blinken questions Russian troop deployment
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-59918004?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
January 8, 2022, 6:01 AM
Secretary of State Antony Blinken says reasons for sending about 2,500 Russian-led troops are unclear.
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Kazakhstan unrest: BBC witnesses apocalyptic scenes in main city
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-59912794?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
January 7, 2022, 9:38 PM
A BBC reporter sees the aftermath of protests and deadly violence in Kazakhstan's biggest city Almaty.
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Denmark frees suspected pirates in dinghy in Gulf of Guinea
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-59913513?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
January 7, 2022, 7:42 PM
The suspects had been detained at sea in the Gulf of Guinea in November. A fourth remains in custody.
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Canada party plane influencer 'idiots' fly home to face music
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-59917300?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
January 7, 2022, 11:08 PM
The group of fun-loving travellers have been branded "barbarians" by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
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Texas teacher 'locked Covid-positive son in car boot'
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-59919105?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
January 8, 2022, 3:45 AM
A witness reportedly called police after hearing someone in the trunk of the Texas woman's vehicle.
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Berlin cannibal jailed for murdering engineer
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-59913006?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
January 7, 2022, 7:03 PM
A German court finds a man guilty of murdering a man he met on an online dating site.
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Two Haitian journalists killed in gang attack
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-59910742?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
January 7, 2022, 6:23 PM
The men were shot and burned alive on the outskirts of the capital, according to one of their employers.
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Simon & Schuster employee denies he stole bestseller manuscripts
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-59908217?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
January 7, 2022, 1:34 PM
The FBI alleges Simon & Schuster employee Filippo Bernardini tried to defraud hundreds of people.
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Omicron: Huge number of Covid cases on second Italy-India flight say Indian officials
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-59910842?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
January 7, 2022, 5:56 PM
Majority of passengers on two flights from Italy to Amritsar in India test positive for Covid-19.
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Sidney Poitier: The actor who broke down Hollywood's racial barriers
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27198480?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
January 7, 2022, 4:04 PM
Sidney Poitier, the actor and director who helped break down Hollywood's racial barriers, dies aged 94.
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Families seek justice for Iran plane crash victims
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-59833120?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
January 8, 2022, 12:54 AM
Two years on, the families of downed flight PS752 victims are left without answers.
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How KFC in Kenya got fried over its chip shortage
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-59898362?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
January 8, 2022, 12:00 AM
Kenyans called for a KFC boycott after it was discovered that its fries were imported from Egypt.
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Week in pictures: 1 - 7 January 2022
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-59906677?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
January 8, 2022, 12:04 AM
A selection of powerful images from all over the globe, taken this week.
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Djokovic stay highlights refugee concerns at Melbourne detention hotel
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-59901094?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
January 7, 2022, 5:49 AM
People held at the detention hotel have complained of mouldy food and poor conditions.
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Lithuania: The European state that dared to defy China then wobbled
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-59879762?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
January 7, 2022, 12:10 AM
It stood up to China over Taiwan, but this week Lithuania's president said it made a mistake.
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Ethiopia civil war: Tigray hospital running out of food for starving children
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-59893216?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
January 6, 2022, 2:20 PM
The hospital treating Surafeal in Ethiopia's Tigray region is also running out of food.
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Sidney Poitier: Remembering the Oscar winner and Hollywood trailblazer
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-59916564?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
January 7, 2022, 6:10 PM
We look back on the career of Sidney Poitier, the first black man to win a best actor Oscar.
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Sidney Poitier was a ground-breaking black man - Bonnie Greer
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-59916946?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
January 7, 2022, 6:45 PM
Playwright Bonnie Greer pays tribute to the acting legend Sidney Poitier, who has died at the age of 94.
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Ros Atkins on... the US Capitol riot anniversary
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-59903464?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
January 8, 2022, 12:04 AM
Simmering tensions remain one year on from unprecedented scenes in Washington DC.
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Truck spends three days dangling over China cliff
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-59906706?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
January 7, 2022, 4:36 PM
The driver is said to have tried to reverse on a narrow mountain road.
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How the US marked the Capitol riot anniversary
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-59903913?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
January 7, 2022, 3:12 AM
American lawmakers gathered at the Capitol one year after a mob stormed the building.
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