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A selection of the week’s best photos from across the African continent and beyond: Esa Alexander / Reuters A reveller sees the bright side of life at the Cape Town Pride celebration in South Africa on Saturday. Luc Gnago / Reuters Four-year-old Maëlis Kouakou dresses up for Mardi Gras, or Shrove Tuesday, in Abidjan, Ivory … Read more
Katy Watson Australia correspondent Reporting fromSouthern Queensland Watch: Australia’s east coast prepares for rare cyclone The wind has been kicking up along Australia’s Gold Coast and so too has the swell. But while authorities have been warning residents to stay indoors as Cyclone Alfred approaches, die-hard surfers have been throwing caution to the increasing wind. … Read more
A SpaceX rocket exploded shortly after it was launched from Texas on Thursday, grounding flights and triggering warnings about falling spaceship debris. SpaceX confirmed the un-crewed ship had suffered “a rapid unscheduled disassembly” during its ascent into space, and lost contact with the ground. The massive SpaceX Starship, the largest rocket ever created, spun out … Read more
After years of wrangling with authorities, students in Thailand can now let their hair down. Literally. On Wednesday, Thailand’s Supreme Administrative Court annulled a 50-year-old directive by the education ministry, which had previously set out rules on hairstyles for school students: short hair for boys and ear-length bobs for girls. In practice, hairstyle rules have … Read more
When President Donald Trump’s announced a proposal to “take over” the Gaza Strip last month, Solo Avital and his partner created an AI video intended as satire. It was briefly posted on social media but than removed. Weeks later, the president himself shared the video on Truth Social platform. In an interview with BBC News, … Read more
SpaceX, the private space company owned by Elon Musk, sent up its eight Starship test flight. As pioneered by the company, the launch tower successfully caught the rocket booster but the rocket itself spun out of control. It is the second consecutive Starship test flight failure. Source link
A powerful winter storm has hit parts of the US Midwest with strong winds and heavy snow. In Iowa, blizzard conditions left vehicles stranded on Wednesday. Video shows a snowplough used to move cars stuck in snow and lorries that had careened off roads. Source link
French police closed traffic to and from Paris Gare du Nord train station on Friday after an unexploded World War II bomb was found on tracks leading to the terminal, train companies reported. The bomb was found during overnight works on the tracks, train line RER B posted on X. Media said the discovery was … Read more
Maddie Molloy BBC Climate & Science Jack Cochran The Danaus eresimus, commonly known as the soldier butterfly, is among the 20 butterfly species experiencing the steepest decline Butterfly populations in the US shrank by more than a fifth within the space of two decades, according to a new study. Numbers fell by 22% between 2000 … Read more
Courtesy: Sthal The film centres around Savita, a young woman striving for an education and a career in a patriarchal society It is often said that marriages are made in heaven. But in India, where a majority of marriages are arranged, the process of match-making can feel like a passage through hell for a woman … Read more