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Are claims of a white genocide in South Africa real?Thousands of white crosses have been displayed in Washington by an Afrikaner lobby group But South Africa’s new ambassador Roelf Meyer says there is not a genocide.4 hrs agoUS & Canada
Tennesse Department of CorrectionsChrista Pike’s lawyers have filed a clemency petition seeking to commute her sentence ahead of the 30 September execution date Ashlee Sellars last heard from her friend Christa Pike earlier this week, when Pike texted her from her cell on death row as she prepares to be killed by lethal injection by the US state of Tennessee.Pike told Sellars she does not want any of her loved ones to be present on Wednesday when she is executed. “She doesn’t want us to experience that,” Sellars says.Sellars finds it hard to reconcile this woman, whom she has only…
Watch: Thousands turn out to see Pope during Lourdes and Paris visitThe BBC’s religion editor Aleem Maqbool explains what Pope Leo’s visit means for France. 5 hrs agoEurope
Getty ImagesYoung Chinese people are anxious about their future in a rapdily changing country”A star sent from the heavens,” is how Zihan Han describes the man she’s become a huge fan of recently, a man who young Chinese people call an “idol”.Except this is no pop singer or movie star, but a 54-year old anthropologist. Professor Biao Xiang has become an unlikely guide for an increasingly disillusioned generation.And it’s because of what he talks about: anxiety and how to navigate it.China’s economy and tech have grown at breakneck speed, but there is plenty worrying its Gen Z, from jobs to…
Christy SpiveyTasia Fortune, a 29-year-old mother of four, was found hanging from a tree in AugustWarning: This story contains distressing detailsThe mother of a woman found hanging in a tree in Mississippi has spoken of her shock after authorities said they believed her daughter was dead before her body was placed at the allegedly “staged” crime scene. Tasia Fortune, a 29-year-old mother of four, was found hanging from a tree at an abandoned home in Jackson in August.The discovery sparked widespread fears in the majority-black city because of the state’s deep history of racial violence and lynchings. But on Friday,…
ReutersSurf City, New Jersey, was among coastal communities floodedTens of millions of people across the north-eastern US are in the path of a powerful storm this weekend, which has already brought coastal flooding, power outages, travel chaos and cancelled stadium events.Peaking on Saturday, the so-called nor’easter will “bring dangerous coastal flooding and beach conditions, strong winds, and heavy rainfall” to areas including New York City and Boston, the US National Weather Service (NWS) said. States of emergency have been declared in New York and New Jersey, the latter of which is already facing a coastal deluge in some areas. Rain…
Republic of Ireland to wear black armbands for Israel gameRepublic of Ireland players intend to wear black armbands “in recognition of all lives lost in the [Gaza] conflict” for match against Israel.5 hrs agoR. of Ireland Men
Getty ImagesFile photo of South African Police Service officers in JohannesburgPolice in South Africa say that they have found a woman’s body in a Johannesburg suburb, the tenth in recent months. The body was found on Saturday morning and identified by the friend with whom she had been at a bar the previous evening.The local police commissioner said his force could not rule out the possibility that there was a serial killer on the loose, noting similarities across the 10 deaths in Ekurhuleni, as well as another in Soweto.The deaths have sparked a national outcry about the scale of violence…
Getty Images”Stumbling stone” memorials – like the one pictured in the Netherlands – are often placed in memory of Jews and other victims of the HolocaustThere has been a wave of criticism in Germany after the town of Heidenau, near Dresden in Saxony, decided to ban “stumbling stone” memorials to victims of the Nazis.Germany’s Education Minister Karin Prien told newspaper Bild that the ban was a “scandal”.Since the 1990s, many towns in countries across Europe, including in Germany and Austria, have embedded small brass plaques in the streets in memory of Jews and other victims of Nazi atrocities.The plaques, called…
Watch: Huge crowds greeted the Pope as he travelled down the Champs-ÉlyséesHundreds of thousands of people have greeted Pope Leo XIV in the centre of Paris for a giant open-air Mass.Crowds cheered as the pontiff moved down the Champs-Élysées Avenue beneath the Arc de Triomphe, waving to crowds from his popemobile.The head of the Catholic Church blessed several babies as he stopped at different stages along the avenue as chants of “Leo, Leo” rang out.More than half a million people are expected to attend the event in the heart of the French capital on Saturday and a special altar has…