How to stay cool and treat heatstroke during a heatwave
Heatstroke is a severe medical condition that occurs when a human body’s internal temperature exceeds 40C (104F).
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Massive AI spending and higher interest rates: What's behind the tech sell-off?
Tech stocks around the world fell on Tuesday, with the flagship Nasdaq index closing 2.2 percent down at the end of the session. In this edition, we look at how markets reacted this Wednesday and some of the reasons why investors sold their shares: massive projected capital expenditure on AI, as well as the prospect…
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China detains two Japanese nationals on smuggling charges
China has detained two Japanese nationals on suspicion of smuggling banned goods. Reports suggest that at least one case may involve strategic rare-earth-related exports.
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World Cup: Why Mexico may be LA's favorite team
Mexican-American football fans in the USA often split allegiances between their two cultures. For many in Los Angeles, the Mexico national team trumps the nation they call home.
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Four Gaza aid flotilla activists released from Libya detention
Global Sumud Flotilla group says six others remain in detention and are expected to be released within 24 hours.
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Israeli soldiers ‘celebrate’ inside displaced Lebanese family’s home
Israeli soldiers ‘celebrate’ inside displaced Lebanese family's home
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Kazakhstan signs €10bn in deals with Europe as Tokayev wraps Brussels visit
During President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev's visit to Brussels, strategic documents were signed with the EU, and 30 commercial deals were concluded with EU companies, with the EU being the Central Asian country's largest trading and investment partner.
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EU hosts Taliban officials for migrant talks amid protests from rights groups
An Afghan Taliban delegation met EU officials in Brussels on Tuesday for the first time, an event rights groups denounced as legitimising the Islamists but the EU has defended as a step towards making it easier to repatriate failed asylum seekers.
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Spanish PM Sanchez denies 'widespread' corruption after ex-top aide jailed
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Wednesday dismissed allegations of "widespread corruption" against his Socialists after an ex-top aide was jailed for a graft scandal, the latest in a string of corruption investigations into Sanchez’s relatives and former top political allies, including his wife Begona Gomez.
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World risks 'losing control of technology' without AI governance, warns Chinese PM
Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Wednesday warned of "serious consequences" if governments fail to step up regulation of artificial intelligence as he addressed the World Economic Forum in Dalian, known as the "summer Davos".
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World Cup 2026: Key takeaways from the second round of group stage matches
Here's a look at the viral moments, on-field controversies, the biggest players, best performances, goals and more.
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Why Austrian author Ingeborg Bachmann remains a literary icon
A new documentary featuring Sandra Hüller celebrates the Austrian poet and author who was a literary star of her era. She would have turned 100 this year.
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On the Front Lines of Myanmar’s Forgotten War
Our Times correspondent, Hannah Beech, travels to the center of the armed resistance movement in Myanmar and meets rebel fighters who are outgunned and undermanned after years of fighting in a civil war.
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Could Brazil’s Next Big Soccer Star Be Scouted By AI?
Recruitment apps powered by artificial intelligence are gaining ground in Brazil, promising to even the playing field and find more soccer talent.
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Seal at Hungarian zoo brushes teeth
A seal at Nyíregyháza Zoo in Hungary brushes its teeth in the Arctic Ice World exhibit, showcasing daily care and animal enrichment activities.
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Iran’s Loyalists Promote a Wider Nationalism, Unveiled Women Included
Government supporters are showing off new ties with alleged former dissidents in a bid to show that they can withstand enemies at home as well as abroad.
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Ukraine strikes strategic Russian bridge in Crimea
Ukraine strikes strategic Russian bridge in Crimea
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French woman allegedly held captive by husband for 12 years rescued in Pakistan
Yasmina alleges she was held along with her five children, and they were all cut off from the outside world.
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Israel and Lebanon discuss plan to transfer some southern territory to Lebanese army
Israeli and Lebanese negotiators in Washington are discussing a US-backed pilot project under which Israeli troops would hand back control over some territory in southern Lebanon to the Lebanese Armed Forces, according to officials from the two countries.
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Kenya to charge students with murder over deadly school fire
Sixteen pupils, aged between 15 and 18, died when a fire broke out in a dormitory at Utumishi Girls' School last month.
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Dead tree painted red to highlight climate change impact
A painted red oak at Kew Gardens, killed in the 2022 heatwave, stands beside a resilient “Tree of Hope”, highlighting climate change impacts in the UK.
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Dettol apologises after ‘toxic men’ advert sparks backlash in China
British disinfectant brand withdraws advert about a man’s efforts to find a ‘clean and untouched’ womanThe British hygiene brand Dettol has apologised after an advertisement released in China, which it said was intended to criticise “toxic men”, was widely condemned on social media as offensive to women.The…
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How Africa's youth wants to save democracy
Africa's young population often finds itself facing aging, autocratic rulers. Unwilling to settle for democratic rituals alone, many are searching for creative new ways to shape their future.
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Philippines blocks GoreBox gaming app after school shooting kills three, injures 20
Investigators said one of the teenagers who allegedly opened fire on students at a high school had regularly used the GoreBox gaming appPhilippine authorities have temporarily blocked the online gaming app GoreBox days after a rare school shooting in the south-east Asian nation killed three students and injured 20…
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