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Birkin bags hit record prices even as the world ground to a halt during Covid. Here’s why
The desirability of an Hermès Birkin handbag -- a symbol of rarefied wealth -- is such that not even a...
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Cameroon jails two transgender women for ‘attempted homosexuality’
A court in Cameroon sentenced two transgender women on Tuesday to five years in prison for "attempted homosexuality" and other...
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The ‘Butcher of Bosnia’ Radovan Karadzic will serve his genocide sentence in a UK prison
Britain has agreed to a prisoner transfer of ex-Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadžić, convicted of the Srebrenica genocide, to a...
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German priests defy Vatican ban and bless same-sex unions
The Catholic Church has lost touch with the "living reality" of LGBT+ people, said one of more than 100 German...
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Colonial Pipeline: US fuel firm resumes service after cyber-attack
The operator of the biggest fuel pipeline in the US announced it would resume operations on Wednesday evening after a...
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Israel-Gaza: Fears of war as violence escalates
The deadly exchange of fire between Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip and the Israeli military has escalated significantly, with...
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German priests defy Vatican ban and bless same-sex unions
The Catholic Church has lost touch with the "living reality" of LGBT+ people, said one of more than 100 German...
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Russia school shooting: At least seven killed in attack in Kazan – reports
A blast was heard at the school in the city of Kazan and a teenage gunman has been detained. At...
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24 Palestinians killed in Israeli air raids on Gaza
At least 106 others wounded in air strikes, Palestinian health ministry says, after Hamas fires rockets into Israel. A Palestinian...
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French soldiers warn of civil war in new letter
Around 75,000 people have signed an open letter warning about the threat of civil war in France. The message, published...
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