Aisha Tukur

November 22, 2024

Why urban sketching retreats are taking off

Many travellers snap pictures during their trips, but others find that slowing down to illustrate a place helps them appreciate it in a more meaningful way. Back in the 1800s, French artists

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October 20, 2024

Alec Baldwin returns to SNL for the first time since Rust trial

Alec Baldwin has returned to US sketch show Saturday Night Live (SNL) for the first time since his trial over a fatal shooting on the set of the film Rust was dismissed.

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October 3, 2024

Sizzling ‘love trial’ couples taking home the bacon

Happily married couples who are partial to pork products took part in a somewhat quirky 900-year-old tradition on Saturday. The Dunmow Flitch Trials, where couples have to prove in a mock courtroom

Tigers and crocs make mangrove preservation tough work

Vishal Jaiswal has been flying drones since he was young. Now 27, that childhood hobby has become his profession. A recent project involved mapping part of the Sundarbans, a vast area of

October 25, 2024

Lifestyle

Airlines look to cut time spent on the tarmac

Next time you’re running at full tilt towards your airport gate, spare a thought for the airline staff who made sure that that gate was actually available. Gate allocation is a surprisingly

October 25, 2024

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Why there’s a rush of African satellite launches

One by one, the satellites – each of them encrusted with a hodge-podge of solar panels and other gizmos – detached from their mothership. They had blasted off from Earth just an

October 25, 2024

Science & Tech

It’s our moonshot’: Why scientists are drilling into volcanos

I’m in one of the world’s volcanic hotspots, northeast Iceland, near the Krafla volcano. A short distance away I can see the rim of the volcano’s crater lake, while to the south

October 25, 2024

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The green software that could make big carbon savings

Actor and presenter Waseem Mirza was not happy when he realised he would have to change his phone – particularly as it was working just fine. Although the hardware was running smoothly,

October 25, 2024

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‘My nephews died in tanker blast trying to stop petrol scoopers’

Nigerian farmer Mustapha Majiya is still reeling from losing almost 50 members of his extended family this week after an overturned fuel tanker exploded, sending flames up into a night sky. “My

October 24, 2024

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Trans socialite did serve her jail term, Nigerian panel finds

A Nigerian investigative panel has dismissed allegations that transgender socialite Bobrisky, sentenced to six months in jail for abusing the national currency, lived in a flat outside prison and did not serve

October 24, 2024

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Nigeria drops charges against Binance cryptocurrency boss

Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency has dropped a money-laundering case against a top cryptocurrency executive to allow him to get medical treatment abroad. Tigran Gambaryan, a US citizen, was arrested on a business trip

October 24, 2024

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Lebanon: Satellite imagery reveals intensity of Israeli bombing

Israel’s intensified bombing campaign of Lebanon has caused more damage to buildings in two weeks than occurred during a year of cross-border fighting with Hezbollah, according to satellite-based radar data assessed by

October 24, 2024

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Turkey strikes Kurdish sites after attack kills five near Ankara

Turkey’s government says its military has struck sites in Iraq and Syria linked to Kurdish militant group the PKK, after blaming it for an attack near Ankara that killed at least five

October 24, 2024

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India evacuating more than a million people as Cyclone Dana nears

Authorities in India are evacuating nearly 1.5 million people from the path of an approaching cyclone in the eastern states of Odisha (formerly Orissa) and West Bengal. Thousands of relief workers have

October 24, 2024

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Striking Boeing workers reject 35% pay rise offer

Striking Boeing workers have rejected a new offer from the plane-making giant, which included a 35% pay rise over four years. The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) union said

October 24, 2024

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What led to Modi and Xi meeting and thaw in ties

Four years after Chinese and Indian soldiers engaged in a brutal and deadly clash along a disputed Himalayan border, the nations’ leaders have finally met formally. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and

October 24, 2024

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Promise unfulfilled – inside Mourinho’s Man Utd reign

Twenty minutes with Jose Mourinho in a packed room at Fenerbahce’s training ground in Istanbul on Wednesday reminded everyone present of his magnetism. From two spells at Chelsea to one at Tottenham,

October 24, 2024

Sports

Cod liver oil: A fishy fix that had suprisingly clear health benefits

When many people struggled to eat a healthy diet, odd-tasting oils were touted as a fix-all. It turns out one of them did indeed pack a vitamin punch. These days, the words

October 24, 2024

Lifestyle

North Korea troops in Ukraine would escalate conflict, Lukashenko tells BBC

There aren’t many world leaders who’ve been in power for 30 years. Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus has been accused of stealing elections, crushing dissent and dismantling democracy. The UK, the EU and

October 24, 2024

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‘I said to myself, dirt doesn’t burn’: The people rebuilding their homes with earth

These people are rebuilding homes lost to wildfires in the western US – only this time they are using a material that they hope won’t burn. Melanie Glover’s back window opens to

October 22, 2024

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‘I said to myself, dirt doesn’t burn’: The people rebuilding their homes with earth

These people are rebuilding homes lost to wildfires in the western US – only this time they are using a material that they hope won’t burn. Melanie Glover’s back window opens to

October 22, 2024

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Trump has the world’s richest man on his side. What does Musk want?

Zander Mundy was midway through a typical day at his office when he heard the news: tech billionaire Elon Musk was speaking at a nearby school in the town of Folsom, in

October 22, 2024

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Woman reaching for phone gets stuck upside down in boulders

A young woman spent hours trapped upside down after slipping between two boulders as she tried to retrieve her mobile phone during a hike in Australia. The woman – named in reports as

October 22, 2024

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Aisha Tukur

Why urban sketching retreats are taking off

Alec Baldwin returns to SNL for the first time since Rust trial

Sizzling ‘love trial’ couples taking home the bacon

Tigers and crocs make mangrove preservation tough work

Airlines look to cut time spent on the tarmac

Why there’s a rush of African satellite launches

It’s our moonshot’: Why scientists are drilling into volcanos

The green software that could make big carbon savings

‘My nephews died in tanker blast trying to stop petrol scoopers’

Trans socialite did serve her jail term, Nigerian panel finds

Nigeria drops charges against Binance cryptocurrency boss

Lebanon: Satellite imagery reveals intensity of Israeli bombing

Turkey strikes Kurdish sites after attack kills five near Ankara

India evacuating more than a million people as Cyclone Dana nears

Striking Boeing workers reject 35% pay rise offer

What led to Modi and Xi meeting and thaw in ties

Promise unfulfilled – inside Mourinho’s Man Utd reign

Cod liver oil: A fishy fix that had suprisingly clear health benefits

North Korea troops in Ukraine would escalate conflict, Lukashenko tells BBC

‘I said to myself, dirt doesn’t burn’: The people rebuilding their homes with earth

‘I said to myself, dirt doesn’t burn’: The people rebuilding their homes with earth

Trump has the world’s richest man on his side. What does Musk want?

Woman reaching for phone gets stuck upside down in boulders

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