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Violence, Profit, and the Economy Sustaining Eastern Congo's Endless War | African Arguments
African Argumentsby Chhai Bunsonareach·7d ago
Violence, Profit, and the Economy Sustaining Eastern Congo’s Endless War At a checkpoint between Miba and the Kachanga hill in Fizi territory, soldiers of the Congolese army wave through bicycles...
Teenage ace Rafael Jódar endures defeat by Cobolli but his star is rising
Tennis | The Guardianby Tumaini Carayol in Cincinnati·7d ago
As Rafael Jódar slowly trudged from the court, he could only bring himself to wave at his adoring crowd for no more than a millisecond.
‘You don’t have many halves’: Robinson and Tongue split cricket ball after heroics
Cricket | The Guardianby Taha Hashim at Headingley·7d ago
A ball cut in half was the solution to Ollie Robinson and Josh Tongue’s novel problem. Courtesy of a helpful member of the Headingley ground staff, the two quicks shared the souvenir after each...
Five Americans among seven killed in safari helicopter crash in Kenya
World news | The Guardianby Associated Press·7d ago
Seven people, including five Americans, were killed when a safari helicopter crashed on Wednesday morning in a remote part of northern Kenya, according to local police and the state department.
Root and Robinson evoke Headingley history to help England boss opening day | Taha Hashim
Cricket | The Guardianby Taha Hashim at Headingley·7d ago
One win in England’s last 17 Tests. Those were the numbers that greeted Brendon McCullum and Ben Stokes when they took over in 2022, a reminder of just how bad things had ended under Joe Root.
England vs Pakistan: Joe Root brings welcome sense of calm on return as captain
BBC Sportby Matthew Henry·7d ago
- Published When Joe Root left the field for the first time in his second stint as England's Test captain, he did so with Harry Brook's arm over his shoulder. Two Yorkshiremen. Two England batters.
Tongue and Robinson’s high fives put England in control against Pakistan
Cricket | The Guardianby Ali Martin at Headingley·7d ago
For all that Joe Root was playing his 167th Test match for England, and had led the side on 65 previous occasions, there will surely have been a few butterflies as he pulled on the blazer and...
Women's One-Day Cup - The Blaze and Hampshire consolidate top two spots in table
BBC Sportby Dan Wheeler·7d ago
- Published Brilliant hundreds from Kathryn Bryce and Georgia Elwiss propelled The Blaze to their highest List A total as they comfortably beat Durham to stay in control at the top of the One-Day...
England v Pakistan: first men’s cricket Test, day one – as it happened
Cricket | The Guardianby Rob Smyth (earlier) and Tanya Aldred (later)·7d ago
And I think that’s enough from me, especially as I can’t see any pictures. Thanks for sticking with us during the blackout – Ali’s report will land here soon and we’ll be back tomorrow for day two.
Human remains again found at Lake Mead as water levels drop amid drought
Environment | The Guardianby Victoria Bekiempis·7d ago
Human remains have once again been discovered at Lake Mead outside Las Vegas, Nevada, marking the latest in a line of gruesome discoveries as water levels in the crucial reservoir continue to drop...
Otter spotted for first time in 100 years in New York City’s Bronx River
Wildlife | The Guardianby Oliver Milman·7d ago
An otter has been spotted in the Bronx River for the first time in more than 100 years, in a further sign that New York’s previously befouled waterways are recovering some of their ecological...
‘Success story’ hailed as bluefin tunas caught off Yorkshire for first time since 1960s
Wildlife | The Guardianby Raphael Boyd·7d ago
Researchers have lauded two giant bluefin tunas being caught off the coast of Yorkshire for the first time in more than six decades as a “success story” for marine conservation.
Lindsay Clancy's trial put postpartrum psychosis on the map. Experts want progress to follow
BBC News (World)by Ana Faguy·7d ago
- Published Warning: This story contains distressing details and discussion of attempted suicide A month before Lindsay Clancy killed her three children, she went to her mother and then-husband and...
Astronomers detect fastest known star in Milky Way
Space | The Guardianby Hannah Devlin science correspondent·8d ago
Astronomers have detected the fastest known star in the Milky Way, hurtling around the supermassive black hole at the heart of the galaxy.
Jamal Musiala: What is happening to Bayern Munich forward?
BBC Sportby Matthew Hobbs; Gary Rose·8d ago
- Published After coming on as a second-half substitute during Bayern Munich's pre-season friendly with Heidenheim on Tuesday, Jamal Musiala lasted just eight minutes before collapsing for the...
Sheffield man speaks out on Devon mum who faked childhood illness
BBC Newsby Julia Bryson·8d ago
- Published As a child, Matthew Johnson was known as "Britain's sickest boy" - but in reality, his illness was just a fantasy made up by his mother to gain publicity and financial rewards.
Nick Kyrgios: Controversial tennis player's career could be over after positive cocaine test
BBC Sportby Russell Fuller·8d ago
- Published Nick Kyrgios once said there was "zero chance" he would be playing tennis into his 30s.
Reform says we need to choose between climate and economy. It's wrong | Larry Elliott
Environment | The Guardianby Larry Elliott·8d ago
So now we know: the smart response to the UK’s summer of record temperatures is to do precisely nothing.
Football Daily | Sensible soccer: are football clubs actually signing the players they need?
Football | The Guardianby Scott Murray·8d ago
ROSEBUD In the 1941 RKO Radio Pictures/Mercury repertory theatre production Citizen Kane, Orson Welles essayed a man who began as a whirlwind of prolific energy, only to spectacularly fizzle out...
Spain to allow 500 children in Ceuta to go to mainland in immigration U-turn
World news | The Guardianby Stephen Burgen in Barcelona·8d ago
The Spanish government has U-turned and said it will allow 500 migrant children in Ceuta to relocate to the mainland.
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