41 m. ago North Korea bans foreign tourists to newly opened beach resort

North Korea says it is suspending the entry of foreign tourists to a recently opened mega beach resort, a move that dims prospects for the complex

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48 m. ago Young, educated and knee deep in rubbish: the recyclers cleaning up in Cairo’s Garbage City

Piles of waste line the streets of Manshiyet Nasr, turning it into a no-go zone for many. But a new generation see themselves as agents of change in the fight against plastic pollutionWhen Mina Nedi graduated with a nursing degree last year, his friends and family expected him to start working in one of Egypt’s overstretched hospitals. Instead, the 25-year-old decided to join his father’s recycling business in Manshiyet Nasr, a neighbourhood on Cairo’s eastern outskirts known as Garbage City.Every day, he sorts through thousands of plastic bottles, collected by a team of men who roam the city at night to pick up rubbish, separating them by colour and compressing them into large bundles with the help of a machine, ready to be sold for recycling and reuse.Mina Nedi, 25, has been working as a plastic collector for five years and funded his university education with it Continue reading...

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66 m. ago Foreign Office warns against 'all but essential' travel to part of popular destination

Tourists are being told to stay away from certain areas over safety concerns.

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6 h. ago Chinese university expels female student after relationship with a foreigner

A Chinese university has expelled a female student for “damaging national dignity” over alleged “improper interactions” with a foreign man

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7 h. ago Overweight man 'unrecognisable' after shedding 12 stone in breakup transformation

Finley Tyson gave up McMuffins, pizza and his relationship of two years to completely revamp his health

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7 h. ago University of California fund ditches hedge funds with scathing rebuke

Chief investment officer says stocks and bonds would have prevented ‘all the drama’

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8 h. ago It is a truth universally acknowledged that Lily Samson doesn't like...

Lily Samson answers our burning questions, what's she reading, what book would she take to a desert island, what gave her the reading bug, what left her cold?

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8 h. ago Universities awarded funding to help recruit ‘world’s top researchers’ to UK

The £54 million Global Talent Fund aims to attract up to 80 researchers in high-priority sectors such as life sciences and digital technologies.

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9 h. ago Who is Andy Byron? Tech billionaire caught in awkward clinch with friend at Coldplay gig

Andy Byron has become an overnight sensation after he was caught on the kiss cam with a female companion at a Coldplay concert - but who is the tech billionaire?

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11 h. ago The 'real reason' behind Alesha Dixon and partner Azuka Ononye's relationship woes 'revealed'

Alesha Dixon and partner Azuka Ononye reunited back in April in an attempt to save their relationship following a brief 'split'.

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12 h. ago Resident doctors could see their student debts wiped by Streeting in bid to avert 5 days of strikes

Talks between health secretary Wes Streeting and the British Medical Association ended without a breakthrough last night but both sides described them as 'constructive'.

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12 h. ago Man who sent Facebook message about committing a campus sexual assault pleads guilty

A man accused of sexually assaulting a Pennsylvania college student in 2013 and later sending her a Facebook message that said “So I raped you” has pleaded guilty

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13 h. ago Megan Thee Stallion gushes over new boyfriend Klay Thompson as they make red carpet debut

The couple made their relationship Instagram official earlier this month

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14 h. ago London weighs changes to IPO rules to attract foreign capital

London weighs changes to IPO rules to attract foreign capital  Semafor

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14 h. ago An Idaho judge has lifted a sweeping gag order in Bryan Kohberger's quadruple murder case

An Idaho judge has lifted a sweeping gag order in Bryan Kohberger’s quadruple murder case

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15 h. ago The Latest: House prepares to advance cuts on public broadcasting and foreign aid

The House is expected to approve President Donald Trump’s request to claw back about $9 billion in already appropriated funding for public broadcasting and foreign aid

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15 h. ago Pete Davidson's past public relationships: As he announced he is set to become a dad

Pete Davidson is having a baby with his new partner - but who has he been in a relationship with before?

Politics

15 h. ago Connie Francis was a trailblazing pop star haunted by tragedy

The late star, who broke through with Who’s Sorry Now, paved the way for solo female singers in the highs of the 50s and 60s but her life was hit by devastating lowsConnie Francis, 1960s US pop star known for Pretty Little Baby, dies at 87There may be more widely revered singers, but the statistics don’t lie – worldwide, the Italian-American Connie Francis was the best-selling female vocalist of the 50s and 60s.Her breakthrough hit, 1958’s Who’s Sorry Now, was written as far back as 1923 and had been a hit for Johnnie Ray just a couple of years earlier, with a swinging, uptempo arrangement. But what made the 19-year-old Francis’s version click was the way in which she took pleasure in her ex’s misery, coolly and coyly cooing over the slow-rocking backing while picking his failed love life apart; for a finale, she ended the song with impressive, high-kicking spite. In contrast, her second UK No 1 was the daffy Stupid Cupid, written by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield, and loaded wit...

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15 h. ago Connie Francis was a trailblazing pop star haunted by tragedy | Bob Stanley

The late star, who broke through with Who’s Sorry Now, paved the way for solo female singers in the highs of the 50s and 60s but her life was hit by devastating lowsConnie Francis, 1960s US pop star known for Pretty Little Baby, dies at 87There may be more widely revered singers, but the statistics don’t lie – worldwide, the Italian-American Connie Francis was the best-selling female vocalist of the 50s and 60s.Her breakthrough hit, 1958’s Who’s Sorry Now, was written as far back as 1923 and had been a hit for Johnnie Ray just a couple of years earlier, with a swinging, uptempo arrangement. But what made the 19-year-old Francis’s version click was the way in which she took pleasure in her ex’s misery, coolly and coyly cooing over the slow-rocking backing while picking his failed love life apart; for a finale, she ended the song with impressive, high-kicking spite. In contrast, her second UK No 1 was the daffy Stupid Cupid, written by Neil Sedaka and Howard Greenfield, and loaded wit...

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15 h. ago Hospital was advised trans doctor could use female facilities, tribunal told

Sandie Peggie has lodged a claim against NHS Fife and Dr Beth Upton, citing four clauses in the Equality Act 2010.

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