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Teacher saves former student from Maui wildfires
Jackie Ellis By Chloe Kim and Sam Cabral BBC News Joa Navarro might never have made it out of the Maui wildfire if not for a chance encounter with his favourite teacher, Jackie Ellis. The Lahainaluna High School student, 18, was working Tuesday at a local sailboat charter company – a job Ms Ellis had…
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Cake Yazdi: Iranian yoghurt cake
This slice of Yazd nostalgia uses yoghurt and rice flour to create a balance between moisture, fluff and crumble, bestrewn with hints of rosewater and cardamom. In the Red Hook neighbourhood of Brooklyn, New York, masterful yoghurt-makers balance sweet and tart in a creamily decadent fermented yoghurt, and preserve and its byproduct of whey. Iranian…
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How coin tosses can lead to better decisions
Our modern lives can often leave us overwhelmed with choice – so might it make sense to let an external agent help us to make difficult decisions? If you’re anything like me then you might experience mild analysis paralysis when choosing what to order from an extensive menu. I am so indecisive that the waiter…
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What I learned about Lucy Letby after 10 months in court
By Judith Moritz BBC News I’ve spent ten months in the presence of Lucy Letby, and I still don’t understand her. I’m not sure what you’d expect Britain’s most prolific child killer to look like. But I’m pretty sure it’s not this. Photos on social media chart Letby’s old life – nights out with friends,…
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Made In Heaven: A show taking on all that’s wrong with Indian weddings
Prime Video By Cherylann Mollan BBC News, Mumbai In India, weddings are largely grand, boisterous affairs. But a new web show casts a sceptical lens on the event, exposing some of the unsavoury realities that might lie behind the splendour. The second season of Made In Heaven, streaming on Amazon Prime Video, traces the trials…
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Week in pictures: 12-18 August 2023
A selection of powerful news photographs taken around the world this week. Kim Ludbrook / EPA-EFE Eduardo Munoz / Reuters Justin Tallis / AFP Sem Van Der Wal / AFP Henry Romero / Reuters Dibyangshu Sarkar / AFP Mohammed Salem / Reuters Mike Blake / Reuters Jonathan Brady / PA Wire Mark R Cristino /…
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Jon Batiste: Opening portals to new musical worlds
Emman Montalvan By Mark Savage BBC Music Correspondent In April 2022, Lenny Kravitz was reading out the nominees for album of the year at the Grammy Awards. When he came to Jon Batiste’s We Are, Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas turned to the musician and whispered: “We hope it’s you.” Their wish came true.…
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How a suicide bomb attack changed the lives of UN aid workers
Laura Dolci By Imogen Foulkes BBC News, Geneva On 19 August 2003, the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad was targeted in a suicide bomb attack. The head of the UN mission, Sergio Viera de Mello, was killed, along with 21 others, most of them staff. The attack changed the way the UN carries out humanitarian…
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WeWork: What went wrong for the much-hyped firm?
Getty Images By Natalie Sherman Business reporter, New York WeWork was once hailed as the future of the office. But now there is “substantial doubt” about its future. What went wrong? David Born, the head of Born Licensing, a small UK-based character and movie licensing business, became a WeWork tenant in London starting in 2018.…
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Bradley Cooper: Why Bernstein nose row is complicated
Getty Images By Annabel Rackham Entertainment reporter Actors transforming themselves for roles is incredibly common – whether it inolves changing their body, hair colour or even using prosthetics. But Bradley Cooper’s depiction of the late West Side Story composer Leonard Bernstein attracted criticism in recent days over the size of his nose. The first trailer…