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Satellite achieves sharp-eyed view of methane

Monday 21st of September 2020, 0:19
related countries: Canada

A Canadian company debuts a powerful new capability to monitor the potent greenhouse gas.
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Humpback whale finds escape from Australian crocodile river

Monday 21st of September 2020, 3:14
related countries: Aruba

Australian officials had feared the whale could collide with a boat or get stranded near crocodiles.
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US Supreme Court: Trump told Woodward judge appointments are 'golden nuggets'

Monday 21st of September 2020, 4:37
related countries: United States
related places: Woodward

The US president bragged about appointing judges, audio reveals, talking to journalist Bob Woodward.
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The tech putting the beef into Australian cattle farming

Monday 21st of September 2020, 5:08
related countries: Aruba

Why Australia's huge farms are increasingly relying on technology to monitor their livestock.
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French MP left red-faced after parked car blocks train

Monday 21st of September 2020, 10:24
related countries: France

Jean Lassalle apologises after he mistakenly left his car on a level crossing while in a hurry.
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Botswana: Mystery elephant deaths caused by cyanobacteria

Monday 21st of September 2020, 14:50
related countries: Botswana

Toxins made by algae in water holes caused 330 elephant deaths in Botswana earlier this year.
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Nepalese Ang Rita Sherpa: Everest record-breaker dies aged 72

Monday 21st of September 2020, 15:01
related countries: Nepal

Ang Rita Sherpa is the first person to have climbed Mount Everest 10 times without bottled oxygen.
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Cameroon soldiers jailed for killing women and children

Monday 21st of September 2020, 16:33
related countries: Cameroon

Cameroon initially dismissed the film of two women and two children being shot as "fake news".
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Michael Lonsdale, who played James Bond villain in Moonraker, dies aged 89

Monday 21st of September 2020, 16:36
related countries: France, United Kingdom

The Anglo-French star played Hugo Drax opposite Roger Moore's 007 in the 1979 film Moonraker.
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Israeli settlers' Chelsea boss backer

Monday 21st of September 2020, 16:42
related countries: Israel, Russia

An investigation by BBC News Arabic has found that Russian oligarch, Roman Abramovich, controls companies that have donated $100m to an Israeli settler organisation.
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Woman arrested at US-Canada border for poison mailed to White House

Monday 21st of September 2020, 17:01
related countries: United States
related places: White House

The unidentified woman was caught while attempting to cross the US-Canada border and is awaiting charges.
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Ginsburg Supreme Court: Trump to name nominee by week's end

Monday 21st of September 2020, 17:06
related countries: United States

The president's plans have sparked a fierce political battle weeks ahead of the US election.
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Bulgaria court convicts two over 2012 Burgas bus attack on Israelis

Monday 21st of September 2020, 18:05
related countries: Israel, Lebanon

The Lebanese dual nationals were tried in absentia over the attack that killed five Israeli tourists.
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg death: Voters' verdict on the Supreme Court battle

Monday 21st of September 2020, 22:22
related countries: United States

We asked voters from across the US to weigh in on the justice's death and what should happen next.
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New York among three 'anarchist' cities named by White House to lose funds

Monday 21st of September 2020, 22:41
related countries: United States
related places: Portland, White House

New York, Seattle and Portland are named by the White House as cities that could lose federal funds.
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Mozambique: Why did these men shoot a naked woman dead?

Monday 21st of September 2020, 23:01
related countries: Mozambique

The BBC and human rights researchers examined a video of a killing in northern Mozambique.
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Brazil's Amazon: Fireman 'saving what's not burnt'

Monday 21st of September 2020, 23:01
related countries: Brazil

Carlos Rodrigues is among the firefighters trying to save patches of Brazil's rainforest from burning.
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NYPD officer charged with spying for China

Monday 21st of September 2020, 23:07
related countries: China

Baimadajie Angwang reported on activities of Chinese citizens in New York, according to court documents.
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