Day: 2 December 2022
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‘Rats will hate this job posting’ – New York City seeks rat tsar
New York City is recruiting a director of rodent mitigation – or rat tsar – for its war on the pest.
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Ukraine war: Animal eye packages sent to six embassies across Europe
Ukraine’s foreign ministry said a false bomb threat was made to another embassy in Kazakhstan.
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Aerial footage shows deadly flooding in parts of Brazil
Thousand of people have been displaced after recent heavy rains.
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Cyril Ramaphosa: South Africa’s president considers future amid corruption scandal
South Africa’s ruling party meets to decide whether to sack the president over corruption allegations.
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Israel to deport Palestinian lawyer to France – rights group
Salah Hammouri, accused of belonging to a terrorist group, has had his Jerusalem residency revoked.
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Ukraine war: Biden prepared to meet Putin to end Russia’s war
The US president made his strongly caveated remarks after talks with French President Emmanuel Macron.
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North Korea hit with sanctions after ballistic missile tests
The US Treasury freezes the assets of three North Korean officials following last month’s missile tests.
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Kanye West no longer to buy Parler social media platform
The rapper has repeatedly made anti-Semitic remarks, alienating business partners and fans.
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Jeanne Dielman: Film directed by woman picked as best ever
Chantal Akerman’s film Jeanne Dielman, released in 1975, is considered a seminal feminist work.
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Review of Mar-a-Lago papers halted in blow to Trump
The ruling is a win for the US justice department, which is probing Mr Trump over classified documents.