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How volcanic eruptions brought the Black Death to Europe
For more than a century, these powerful Italian city-states had established long-distance trade routes across the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, allowing them to activate a highly efficient system to prevent starvation. But ultimately, these would inadvertently lead to a far bigger catastrophe Martin Bauch This climate-driven change in long-distance trade routes helped avoid famine, read more
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Bethlehem Christmas tree lights up for first time since start of Gaza war
Yolande KnellMiddle East correspondent, Bethlehem Watch: Bethlehem Christmas tree lights up for first time since Gaza war For two years during the Gaza war, all public celebrations for Christmas were cancelled in Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank – where Christians believe Jesus was born. But after the recent ceasefire, the holy city decided that read more
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National Guardsman slowly healing after being shot in Washington DC
Getty Images Members of the National Guard patrolling a metro station in Washington DC A National Guardsman is on the mend after he was critically injured in an ambush-style shooting last month in Washington DC. The parents of Andrew Wolfe, 24, say “his head wound is slowly healing and that he’s beginning to ‘look more read more
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Iran arrests marathon organisers over women not wearing hijab
The Iranian judiciary says two organisers of a marathon have been arrested for allowing women who were not wearing hijabs to take part. The move comes after images appeared online of unveiled women competing in the race on Friday. Around 2,000 women and 3,000 men took part separately in the marathon on Kish Island off read more
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Social media ban: Can you ban kids from social media? Australia is about to try
BBC/Jessica Hromas Isobel is convinced the social media ban won’t stop kids like her It took 13-year-old Isobel less than five minutes to outsmart Australia’s “world-leading” social media ban for children. A notification from Snapchat, one of the ten platforms affected, had lit up her screen, warning she’d be booted off when the law kicked read more
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National Park Service removes free entry on Martin Luther King Jr Day and Juneteenth
The US National Park Service (NPS) is removing Martin Luther King Jr Day and Juneteenth from its list of fee-free entrance days. The move is part of President Donald Trump’s “modernisation” of the park service, which, beginning in 2026, also includes changing the parks’ cost structure to favour American citizens over foreign visitors, following a read more
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Death toll passes 900 after devastating Indonesia floods
Reuters The death toll in Indonesia from recent flooding has passed 900, with hundreds still missing. More than 100,000 homes were destroyed when a rare and powerful cyclone formed over the Malaca Strait last week, bringing torrential rain and landslides to parts of the South East Asian country. Efforts to reach people in areas still read more
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Magnetic microcatheter to improve fertility treatment
Robotic magnetic microcatheter that traverses the cervix into the vagina and fallopian tubes, actively propelling and pushing the medical tube forward, through which gametes, embryos, or medications are locally released. Image source: CIC nanoGUNE; adapted from: Chen Z, Rivkin B, Castellanos-Robles D et al., Advanced Materials 2025 (CC BY 4.0) This research, which was recently read more
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Nerida Hansen: Shoppers loved Australias fabric queen. Then, order by order, her story fell apart
Nerida Hansen At 6ft tall and plus-size, shop-bought clothes had never fitted Maree O’Connor well. Sewing offered her a solution – allowing her to use beautiful fabrics to make garments that fit just right. One day, while on the lookout for colourful prints to make new dresses, she spotted some “amazing” fabrics being sold online. read more
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Frank Gehrys most iconic work – in pictures
6 days ago ShareSave ShareSave Frank Gehry, a provocative and creative force in architecture who has died aged 96, was behind some of the world’s most intriguing buildings. Tim Graham/Getty Images The unmistakable curves of the Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao Insights/Universal Images Group via Getty Images A leaning glass tower at the Dancing House, Prague Tim read more
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Kenyans fighting for Russia: Lured by lucrative job offers but sent to the front line
David WafulaBBC Newsday, Nairobi Kuloba family David Kuloba, seen here with a Russian fighter, thought he had secured a well-paying job as a security guard David Kuloba’s mother warned him about going to Russia after he accepted a job as a security guard advertised by a recruitment agency in Kenya. At first the family, who read more
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MIT researchers “speak objects into existence” using AI and robotics
Generative AI and robotics are moving us ever closer to the day when we can ask for an object and have it created within a few minutes. In fact, MIT researchers have developed a speech-to-reality system, an AI-driven workflow that allows them to provide input to a robotic arm and “speak objects into existence,” creating read more
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yuv raises $12M to scale sustainable hair colour tech in the UK and US
London-based yuv, a beauty technology company developing the world’s first smart hair colour lab system for salons and freelancers, has closed a $12 million Series A funding round. The round was led by Nineyards Equity, with participation from Founder Francisco Gimenez, existing investor VNV Global, and a network of strategic angel investors. yuv is modernising read more
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Sky Spy lands $1.6M to fix SIGINT failures in saturated signal environments
Sky Spy, a technology company developing compact signal intelligence (SIGINT) systems for contested and congested environments, has raised $1.6 million in an oversubscribed pre-seed round to go-to-market, launch production and expand its team to deliver fully autonomous AI-driven systems. Sky Spy was founded to address a critical gap in SIGINT in today’s saturated signal environments.Lessons read more
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Not becoming of a president: Somali-Americans respond to Trumps garbage remarks
Aj Awer Aj Awer, of the Cedar-Riverside Community Council, says Trump’s comments were “dangerous” Somali-Americans in Minnesota have described their heightened fear after US President Donald Trump intensified his criticism of the community this week. Community leaders told the BBC the “apprehension is palpable” following Trump’s remarks, in which he said he did not want read more
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Robots that spare warehouse workers the heavy lifting
There are some jobs human bodies just weren’t meant to do. Unloading trucks and shipping containers is a repetitive, grueling task — and a big reason warehouse injury rates are more than twice the national average. The Pickle Robot Company wants its machines to do the heavy lifting. The company’s one-armed robots autonomously unload trailers, read more
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What is Cartel de los Soles, which the US is labelling a terrorist organisation?
Norberto ParedesBBC News Mundo Getty Images The US says the cartel is led by members of Venezuela’s military but Venezuela’s government has dismissed the allegations as a ‘ridiculous lie’ The United States has designated the Cartel de los Soles (Spanish for Cartel of the Suns) – a group it alleges is headed by Venezuela’s president, read more
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European cops shut down crypto mixing website that helped launder 1.3B euros | TechCrunch
A coalition of law enforcement agencies coordinated by Europol announced Monday the shuttering of cryptocurrency laundering service Cryptomixer. Europol confirmed the seizure in a press release, where it called Cryptomixer “the platform of choice for cybercriminals seeking to launder illegal proceeds from a variety of criminal activities, such as drug trafficking, weapons trafficking, ransomware attacks, read more
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