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Warning UK set for five years of lost economic growth
Getty Images By Michael Race Business reporter, BBC News The UK is set for five years of “lost economic growth”, with the poorest hit hardest, a think tank has warned. The National Institute for Economic and Social Research (Niesr) said a triple blow of Brexit, Covid and the Ukraine war had badly affected the UK…
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Kazakhstan: A road trip through the nation’s immense landscapes
Photographer Yulia Denisyuk returned to the land of her birth to discover how Kazakhstan’s endless steppes and rugged mountains tell the nation’s rich story. Sipping black tea with milk from a blue-and-white piala ceramic bowl, I felt like a child again. We’d arrived at Saty, a small village in southern Kazakhstan, after driving all day…
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Tory Lanez sentenced to 10 years for shooting Megan Thee Stallion
Reuters By Max Matza BBC News Canadian rapper Tory Lanez has been sentenced to 10 years for the shooting of fellow musician Megan Thee Stallion. Lanez shot Grammy winner Megan Thee Stallion in the feet during an argument between the pair after a party in 2020. He was found guilty on three gun-related charges in…
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Antidepressants: I wasn’t told about the side-effects
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Anton Ferrie BBC Scotland News About one in seven people in the UK now take medication to treat depression but some say they are not being given appropriate advice about the potential side-effects of the drugs…
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US Supreme Court restores Biden ‘ghost gun’ rules
Anadolu Agency via Getty Images By Mike Wendling BBC News The US Supreme Court has allowed restrictions against untraceable “ghost guns” to stand while an appeal by the White House is pending. In July, a Texas court blocked a 2022 rule requiring self-assembled “ghost gun” kits to have serial numbers – legally making them a…
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Man dies of heatstroke on trip to spread father’s ashes in US, sister says
Getty Images By Max Matza BBC News A Texas man died at a national park in Utah after coming down with heatstroke while spreading his father’s cremated ashes, according to his sister. James Bernard Hendricks, 66, was found dead on 1 August in Arches National Park. His death is being investigated by the park service…
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Nuh violence: Is bulldozer punishment trampling justice in India?
By Zoya Mateen in Delhi and Dilnawaz Pasha in Haryana BBC News “They destroyed everything within seconds,” said a tearful Mohammad Saud, standing before a towering mound of debris. He and his younger brother Nawab Sheikh were looking at the broken remains of shops they ran in a neighbourhood in Nuh district in the northern…
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When a job raises red flags immediately, should workers cut and run?
Quitting after weeks or even days? For some workers, it’s the right decision to walk out right away. Nicole noticed a red flag within hours of starting her new job at a Miami-based boutique PR firm in 2022. The CEO didn’t bother introducing her to clients on her first-ever company Zoom call; he dominated the…
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Colombian drug kingpin Dairo Antonio Úsuga sentenced to 45 years
EPA By Nadine Yousif BBC News A US court has sentenced Dairo Antonio Úsuga, who was once Colombia’s most-wanted drug lord, to 45 years in prison. Úsuga, also known as Otoniel, was a notorious cocaine trafficker who was the leader of Colombia’s most powerful gang for more than nine years. He pleaded guilty in January…
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Car crashes into second floor of Pennsylvania home
The Junction Fire Company A man drove his car into the second floor of a Pennsylvania home on Sunday in what officials say was an “intentional act”. Charges are pending against the driver after police found a grey vehicle sticking out of the side of the house in the city of Lewistown. Officials have not…