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Country faces a rocky road to election
Anbarasan Ethirajan South Asia regional editor NurPhoto via Getty Images The capital was filled with jubilant scenes as people marked the anniversary of Sheikh Hasina fleeing Bangladesh Thousands of people gathered in central Dhaka this week celebrating the anniversary of the downfall of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the promise of a new future for…
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Willy Chavarria sorry after Adidas shoe cultural appropriation row
Jennifer Meierhans Business reporter Getty Images US fashion designer Willy Chavarria at The Mark Hotel before the 2025 Met Gala US fashion designer Willy Chavarria has apologised after a shoe he created in collaboration with Adidas Originals was criticised for “cultural appropriation”. The Oaxaca Slip-On was inspired by traditional leather sandals known as huaraches made…
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Meteorite that hit home is older than Earth, scientists say
Watch: Large fireball seen shooting across sky over Southeastern US A meteorite that crashed into a home in the US is older than planet Earth, scientists have said. The object flew through the skies in broad daylight before exploding across the state of Georgia on 26 June, Nasa confirmed. Researchers at the University of Georgia…
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rescue and relief efforts continue after flash floods
At least 15 people have died and dozens more are missing after flash floods hit Yuzhong County in China’s northwestern Gansu province, local authorities have said. President Xi Jinping has called for an all-out rescue effort to find the missing. Aerial footage from the region shows widespread damage. Source link
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It shocked the US market but has China’s DeepSeek changed AI?
Lily Jamali Reporting fromSan Francisco Shutterstock US President Donald Trump had been in office scarcely a week when a new Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) app called DeepSeek jolted Silicon Valley. Overnight, DeepSeek-R1 shot to the top of the Apple charts as the most downloaded free app in the US. The firm said at the time…
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Niger’s anger that a piece of Mars ended up for auction
EPA The Martian meteorite found in Niger went on display in New York before it was auctioned “Brazen! It is brazen!” Prof Paul Sereno says down the phone line from Chicago. He makes no effort to disguise his anger that a rare meteorite from Mars discovered two years ago in the West African nation of…
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Protesters intensify pressure against Netanyahu plan to expand Gaza war
Watch: The BBC’s Emir Nader reports from protests against PM Netanyahu’s plans for Gaza Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets across Israel to oppose the government’s plan to expand its military operation in Gaza. On Friday, Israel’s security cabinet approved five principles to end the war that included ‘taking security control’ over the…
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The complex question of what it is to be culturally Irish in 2025
BBC He sang wistfully of the English town that shaped his life. “Found my heart and broke it here. Made friends and lost them through the years. And I’ve not seen the roaring fields in so long, I know I’ve grown. But I can’t wait to go home.” Ed Sheeran grew up in Framlingham in…
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Masked thieves steal $7k of Labubu dolls in California
CCTV footage has been released showing the moment masked thieves broke into a store in the Los Angeles area and took $7,000 (£5,204) worth of Labubu dolls. The break in happened on Wednesday morning at a store in La Puente, some 18 miles east of Los Angeles. The LA County Sheriff’s Department said it was…
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The village in Peru that lives in the dark next to a massive solar plant
Alejandro Millán Valencia BBC News Mundo BBC Residents of Pampa Clemesí, in southern Peru, rely on flashlights to make their way through the darkness Each morning, Rosa Chamami wakes to flames licking at cardboard scraps in a makeshift stove in her yard. The boxes she brought home once held 800,000 high-tech solar panels. Now, they…