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Did Australia’s boomerangs pave the way for flight?
Likely developed 10,000 years ago by Aboriginal Australians, boomerangs may contain the design invention that makes flight possible. The aircraft is one of the most significant developments of modern society, enabling people, goods and ideas to fly around the world far more efficiently than ever before. The first successful piloted flight took off in 1903…
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Sudan conflict: Black market AK-47s flood Sudan’s capital
Getty Images By Zeinab Mohammed Salih Journalist, Khartoum The price of an AK-47 assault rifle, one of the most-recognisable weapons of war, has fallen over the last few months by 50% on the black market in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum – now costing only around $830 (£650). A long-time arms dealer attributed the sharp drop in…
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Miyu Pranoto: Dance prodigy, 9, blazes trail for girls
Handout By Trisha Husada BBC News Indonesia Whenever nine-year-old Miyu Ananthamaya Pranoto stomps her white sneakers on the dance floor, crowds jostle for the best view of her freestyle and breakdance moves. The diminutive dance prodigy from East Jakarta has gained a massive following for her effortless mastery of moves that are bread and butter…
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Sleep streams: How Kai Cenat and others make money filming themselves sleep
Getty Images By Tom Gerken Technology reporter Most people twitch in their sleep – but a few have found a way to turn that into profit. Video platforms YouTube, TikTok and Twitch are filled with so-called “sleep streamers”, who broadcast live footage of themselves under the covers. Kai Cenat – who was recently charged with…
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Drew Findling: Trump’s new lawyer once called him ‘racist, cruel’
Getty Images By Sam Cabral BBC News, Washington Ex-clients describe him as “the biggest lawyer in the game” and a “Robin Hood with Jesus swag”. Now he’s defending the most high-profile client of all. Drew Findling was hired last year to represent Donald Trump in the criminal investigation into election interference in the state of…
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Jews in the German Army: Different generations reflect on changing attitudes
Alamy “Captain, I would rather you didn’t speak to me like that.” Choosing to stand up to your commanding officer as a new recruit is never a decision to be taken lightly. Even more so when you’re the only Jewish member of the German Army, working alongside soldiers who fought under the Nazis in World…
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Your pictures on the theme of ‘summer walks’
We asked our readers to send in their best pictures on the theme of “summer walks”. Here is a selection of the photographs we received from around the world. Sundip Samra Callum Jackson Seppe Cassettari Julie de Loup Niall McGlynn Mick Bennett Simon P Martindale John Janssen Carol Williams Emily Renshaw Gordon Brooks Shelagh Levin…
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Vietnam War: The pastor who survived 17 years in forgotten jungle army
Michael Hayes By George Wright BBC News, London Pastor Y Hin Nie, 75, preaches the gospel from the comfort of his church in the US state of North Carolina. But as a young man he survived nearly two decades in the jungle, giving sermons to his comrades fighting Vietnamese troops long after the war had…
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New shooting mars election campaign in Ecuador
EPA By Katy Watson BBC News, Quito A candidate in Sunday’s presidential election in violence-hit Ecuador has called for an investigation after shooting erupted near a restaurant where he was having breakfast. Otto Sonnenholzner, a conservative politician, was with his family and supporters when shots rang out. He is not believed to have been the…
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At the scene of missile strike on Ukrainian theatre
Seven people, including a six-year-old child, have been killed in a missile strike on the heart of the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv. The BBC’s James Waterhouse reports on the ground, where the scale of the damage shows the typical force of a ballistic missile.