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Students now free to choose their hairstyles, court rules
After years of wrangling with authorities, students in Thailand can now let their hair down. Literally. On Wednesday, Thailand’s Supreme Administrative Court annulled a 50-year-old directive by the education ministry, which had previously set out rules on hairstyles for school students: short hair for boys and ear-length bobs for girls. In practice, hairstyle rules have…
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Snowplough used on cars stranded in blizzard conditions
A powerful winter storm has hit parts of the US Midwest with strong winds and heavy snow. In Iowa, blizzard conditions left vehicles stranded on Wednesday. Video shows a snowplough used to move cars stuck in snow and lorries that had careened off roads. Source link
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Flames, feathers and fangs feature in spectacular parade
Ricardo Moraes / Reuters The Beija-Flor samba school has been crowned winner of Rio de Janeiro’s celebrated carnival parade competition. Thousand gathered at the city’s giant Sambadrome arena to watch the top 12 samba schools battle it out for this year’s title. Beija-Flor was crowned winner on Wednesday for the 15th time, narrowly beating second-placed…
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Nigerian senator suspended after accusing Godswill Akpabio of sexual abuse
Nigerian lawmakers have suspended a senator for six months, after she submitted a petition alleging she had been sexually harassed by the senate president. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan first made the accusations against one of the country’s top politicians, Godswill Akpabio in an interview last Friday. After dismissing her petition on procedural grounds, the ethics committee recommended…
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US butterfly populations drop by 22% in two decades, study says
Maddie Molloy BBC Climate & Science Jack Cochran The Danaus eresimus, commonly known as the soldier butterfly, is among the 20 butterfly species experiencing the steepest decline Butterfly populations in the US shrank by more than a fifth within the space of two decades, according to a new study. Numbers fell by 22% between 2000…
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The Indian film showing the bride’s ‘humiliation’ in arranged marriage
Courtesy: Sthal The film centres around Savita, a young woman striving for an education and a career in a patriarchal society It is often said that marriages are made in heaven. But in India, where a majority of marriages are arranged, the process of match-making can feel like a passage through hell for a woman…
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My biggest fear? Being alone
Mark Savage Music Correspondent Interscope No-one wants to be alone, and no job is more isolating than being a pop star. Just ask Lady Gaga. Her rise to fame in 2009-10 was unlike anything we’d seen before. One of the first pop stars to harness the power of the internet, she seemed to exist in…
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As US and Canada trade barbs, it’s so far so good for Mexico’s Sheinbaum
Will Grant Mexico Correspondent, BBC News AFP When tariffs were avoided in February, President Sheinbaum agreed to deploy 10,000 troops to the US-Mexico border In announcing the decision to postpone some tariffs on Mexico for another month, US President Donald Trump was at pains to praise his Mexican counterpart, Claudia Sheinbaum. “I did this as…
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Syrian forces and Assad loyalists in deadly clashes in Latakia
Syrian forces loyal to the new government in Damascus have engaged in heavy fighting with remnants of the ousted Assad regime in a coastal area in the country’s north-west. At least 13 soldiers have been killed in the clashes in Latakia province, close to a Russian-controlled airbase, according to state TV. A curfew has been…
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Pope Francis shares voice message from hospital
Pope Francis has released an audio message thanking people across the world for their support after being admitted to hospital on 14 February. It is the first time the 88-year-old has been heard by the public since entering hospital to be treated for bronchitis, before being diagnosed with pneumonia in both lungs. The short, two-line…
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