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Well-wishers start two-day wait to see Queen Elizabeth's coffin

The first of the countless thousands expected to file past Queen Elizabeth II's coffin in London began queueing two days in advance on Monday, driven by the wish to pay their respects.. - 'She meant everything' - After hearing that Queen Elizabeth died on Thursday aged 96, Nanthakumaran knew she wanted to file past the coffin -- but found out where the start of the queue would be by chance while walking past, and decided to stay standing there.

Mon, Sep 12, 2022 3 mins read

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Brazil's Bolsonaro has 'every chance' of re-election: analyst

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro -- who is trailing in pre-election polls but has seen the gap between him and left-wing rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva narrow -- has "every chance" of being re-elected, according to a political analyst. . Does Jair Bolsonaro still have a chance of being re-elected? 

Mon, Sep 12, 2022 2 mins read

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'Black woman from the favela': the heir to Rio's Marielle Franco

Renata Souza calls it the most painful moment of her life: the day gunmen murdered her friend and fellow activist Marielle Franco, an outspoken black- and LGBTQ-rights campaigner whose killing triggered outcry in Brazil and beyond.. In 2006, her friend and fellow activist Marcelo Freixo -- now a candidate for Rio governor -- asked her to help him run for state legislature.

Mon, Sep 12, 2022 3 mins read

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Tears for Queen Elizabeth II as coffin rests in Scotland

Mourners in Edinburgh, some in tears, filed past the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II through the night, before new king Charles III travels to Northern Ireland Tuesday and the monarch's coffin returns to London.. While large crowds are expected to welcome Charles in Northern Ireland Tuesday, the visit to the deeply divided region scarred by sectarian violence could prove testing.

Mon, Sep 12, 2022 5 mins read

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Burkina junta chief sacks defence minister as jihadist violence rages

Burkina Faso junta chief Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, who took power in a January coup, has sacked his defence minister and assumed the role himself after a series of jihadist attacks, according to decrees published Monday.. The first decree, read on national television, removed General Barthelemy Simpore as defence minister, while the second said the "president has taken over the duties of the minister of national defence and veterans".

Mon, Sep 12, 2022 2 mins read

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Ex-Google CEO says Ukraine proves value of IT in war

Ukraine has been a very effective proving ground for the use of contemporary information technology in war, from satellite dishes to smartphone apps, Eric Schmidt, the former Google chief executive, said Monday.. - Field intelligence from citizen apps - Two apps meanwhile got citizens directly involved, Schmidt said.

Mon, Sep 12, 2022 2 mins read

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Ukrainians urge US to ramp up support before winter

A group of Ukrainian civil society leaders on Monday called sweeping electricity cuts part of a Russian strategy and urged the United States to ramp up support to maximize recent gains before winter.. Hopko, addressing reporters at the German Marshall Fund of the United States, is part of a group from Ukrainian civil society on a week-long visit to Washington that will include talks with the State Department and Congress.

Mon, Sep 12, 2022 2 mins read

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Webb telescope captures 'breathtaking' images of Orion Nebula

The wall of dense gas and dust resembles a massive winged creature, its glowing maw lit by a bright star as it soars through cosmic filaments.. These include dense filaments of matter, which could birth new generations of stars, as well as forming stellar systems that consist of a central proto-star surrounded by a disc of dust and gas, in which planets form.

Mon, Sep 12, 2022 2 mins read

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Top US diplomat in Mexico for economic talks

Secretary of State Antony Blinken and other top US officials visited Mexico on Monday for high-level economic talks, with President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador striking a conciliatory tone despite trade tensions.. The top US diplomat will later co-chair the US-Mexico High-Level Economic Dialogue.

Mon, Sep 12, 2022 1 mins read

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'Tears in our eyes': Ukrainians rejoice in liberated Izyum

In the Ukrainian city of Izyum, the country's blue and yellow flag has just been raised again over the charred city hall, months after Russian tanks barrelled in.. Izyum's city hall, now adorned triumphantly with the Ukrainian flag, is battle scarred like so many buildings in the city: houses, apartment blocks, shops, two bridges, and a school and a religious building, all destroyed.

Mon, Sep 12, 2022 3 mins read