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British base jumper dies in Thailand after parachute fails

BBC News - January 28, 2024 - 10:32am
Police arrived at the eastern Thai beach resort of Pattaya, where they found the 33-year-old's body.
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Sri Lanka Cricket's ICC suspension lifted with immediate effect

BBC News - January 28, 2024 - 9:23am
The International Cricket Council lifts its suspension of Sri Lanka Cricket - saying it is satisfied the body is no longer in breach of membership regulations relating to government interference.
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India v England: Ollie Pope and Tom Hartley inspire all-time great victory

BBC News - January 28, 2024 - 7:28am
England produce one of their best ever away wins, stunning India with a 28-run victory in a heart-stopping finish to the first Test in Hyderabad.
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North Korea fires cruise missiles off east coast, Seoul reports

BBC News - January 27, 2024 - 10:43pm
The missile launch follows months of weapons testing by communist North Korea, raising tensions.
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Moti Mahal: India curry houses battle over butter chicken

BBC News - January 27, 2024 - 8:17pm
Butter chicken - a curry popular around the world - is now in the middle of a court battle in India.
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Tamil Nadu: Chennai’s 'last Jew' fights for place in India’s history

BBC News - January 26, 2024 - 10:25pm
Davvid Levi has been documenting the history of his family and that of other Jews in India's Chennai city.
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Bali bomb families face accused at Guantanamo Bay

BBC News - January 26, 2024 - 7:11pm
UK relatives have read victim impact statements to two men who conspired to kill their loved ones in 2002.
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Japan bomb suspect may have been found after 50 years

BBC News - January 26, 2024 - 11:46am
Police are carrying out DNA tests after a man claims to be the suspect of a bombing in Tokyo in the 1970s.
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Antoinette Lattouf: ABC presenter sacked over Gaza post ignites row in Australia

BBC News - January 26, 2024 - 11:09am
Antoinette Lattouf's dismissal has also raised hard questions about Australia's public broadcaster.
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Australian Open: Zheng Qinwen sparks Chinese tennis hopes going into final

BBC News - January 26, 2024 - 10:57am
The 21-year-old aims to repeat Li Na's 2014 victory going into the Australian Open final.
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China reveals British national sentenced to jail in 2022 for spying

BBC News - January 26, 2024 - 4:58am
The defendant is accused of committed the "crime of illegally obtaining intelligence for overseas actors".
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Women take the lead in India’s Republic Day parade

BBC News - January 26, 2024 - 4:05am
Every year, the country celebrates the day its constitution came into effect with a grand spectacle.
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India calls Pakistan's claim of targeted killings 'false'

BBC News - January 26, 2024 - 2:04am
Islamabad on Thursday accused India of killing two of its citizens on its soil in 2023.
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China warns citizens against 'exotic beauty' traps of foreign spies

BBC News - January 25, 2024 - 11:45pm
Beijing cites story of Chinese man who fell prey to a honey trap by foreign spies.
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Australia Day: The 'quiet rebranding' of a controversial national holiday

BBC News - January 25, 2024 - 4:48pm
The national day causes pain to Indigenous people - will new approaches future-proof it?
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South Korea: First lady's Dior bag shakes country's leadership

BBC News - January 25, 2024 - 4:42am
A brewing controversy over First Lady Kim Keon Hee allegedly accepting a luxury bag gift has hit the ruling party.
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Japan: Man sentenced to death for Kyoto anime fire which killed 36

BBC News - January 25, 2024 - 3:55am
The arson attack in a revered Kyoto animation studio killed 36 people and injured dozens more.
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Thai police to charge two over pet lion spotted cruising in Bentley

BBC News - January 25, 2024 - 3:41am
A viral video shows the lion cub seated in the back of a white, open-top Bentley in Pattaya, Thailand.
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Stricken Japanese Moon mission landed on its nose

BBC News - January 25, 2024 - 3:35am
The first image of the Slim spacecraft shows it to be in an awkward position on the lunar surface.
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Xinyu: Dozens dead after fire breaks out in China shop

BBC News - January 24, 2024 - 9:36am
At least 39 dead and nine others injured in the blaze in the city of Xinyu.
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