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Crowds build for reopening of Windsor Castle
Hundreds of people lined up on Thursday outside Windsor Castle, as the landmark royal residence and its historic St George's Chapel, where Queen Elizabeth II was buried last week, re-opened following her death. Royal palaces and residences have been closed since the death of the queen on September 8, including Windsor, west of London, where she spent much of her time.
Taliban fire into air to disperse women's rally backing Iran protests
Taliban forces on Thursday used gunfire to disperse a women's rally in the Afghan capital supporting protests in Iran over the death of a woman in morality police custody. An organiser, speaking anonymously, told AFP the rally was staged "to show our support and solidarity with the people of Iran and the women victims of the Taliban in Afghanistan".
Catalan separatists in crisis 5 years after referendum
Josep Lluis Rodriguez has not given up hope of an independent Catalonia. But shopkeeper Magda Artigas has lost any hope of seeing the emergence of an independent Catalan republic, despite voting for one in successive referendums in 2009, 2014 and 2017.
'Humiliated' and 'harassed': Ukrainians recount life under occupation
Surrounded by kittens unmoved by the far-off sounds of war, 72-year-old Maria Syzhuk recalled the terror she lived through during Russia's six-month occupation of her village in southern Ukraine. Syzhuk was one among a handful of the village's 4,000 residents who stayed throughout Russia's hold on the area after it invaded Ukraine in late February.
Porsche ignites blockbuster IPO, defying market turmoil
Luxury sports carmaker Porsche raced onto the Frankfurt stock exchange Thursday with one of Europe's biggest listings in years, leveraging its brand power to defy global market turmoil. "Sports car icon Porsche goes full throttle and races onto the stock market," read a column in the paper.
Gunmen kill five soldiers, civilian in southeast Nigeria
Gunmen killed five soldiers and a civilian in southeast Nigeria, police and local media said Thursday, after the latest bloodshed in a region where separatist tensions often flare. Local media said five soldiers in a vehicle were ambushed and shot dead, while a civilian bystander was killed by stray bullet.
'Better than killing people': Russians flee into Mongolia
On a bright morning in Mongolia's capital Ulaanbaatar, a young Russian fleeing Moscow's first military call-up since World War II had a stark answer for why he had left: "I don't want to kill people." "At first, I thought I knew what was happening," another young Russian said of the Ukraine war.
UK PM Truss defends 'controversial' tax cuts despite market turmoil
UK Prime Minister Liz Truss on Thursday defended her tax cuts policy, despite it triggering market turmoil and forcing a Bank of England intervention to prevent "material risk" to the economy. UK markets remain highly volatile, with the Bank of England intervening on Wednesday to buy government bonds in order to prevent a "material risk" to stability.
Skin whitening products remain popular in Cameroon despite risks
Wearing a large hat protecting her face from the sun's rays in Cameroon, 63-year-old Jeanne now bitterly regrets using skin whitening products after being diagnosed with skin cancer. After a lesion grew on her face over five months, she went to a doctor who diagnosed her with one of the most common skin cancers.
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