33 h. ago Broxburn boxing hopeful’s chances of international title boosted by new sponsor

Having just returned from competing in the world’s largest female boxing tournament – the Golden Girl Championship in Sweden – Kara Young received the news that Workflo Solutions would fund her travel expenses and training equipment

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36 h. ago ‘It’s a scary time’: artists react to White House’s recent targeting of Smithsonian Institution

Roberto Lugo and other artists of color are now feeling heat from Trump’s attack on diversity and efforts to rewrite truth of the US’s pastArtists, academics and politicians have shared their outrage in reaction to the Trump administration’s latest executive order targeting the Smithsonian Institution, the world’s largest museum network.Late on Thursday, Trump announced that his administration had ordered a large reshaping of the Smithsonian in an attempt to eliminate what he described as “improper, divisive or anti-American ideology”. Continue reading...

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58 h. ago Trump breaks with 175 years of Smithsonian tradition and pushes for more control to rid it of ‘anti

Trump to overhaul the world’s largest museum, education and research complex to ‘restore truth and sanity to American history’

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62 h. ago State of emergency declared in one of world's largest cities as people run for their lives

Paetongtarn Shinawatra, the Prime Minister of Thailand, declared a state of emergency and said that all relevant ministries have been activated after the earthquake struck Bangkok

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2 d. ago A pig’s head and decapitated rats: a new era of intimidation dawns for journalists in Indonesia

Grisly gifts a worrying turn for press freedom in world’s third-largest democracyWarning: some readers may find an image in this story distressingWhen a large box arrived at the office with her name on it, Indonesian investigative journalist Francisca Christy Rosana assumed a friend had sent her a package.Instead, it contained a stinking, mutilated pigs head. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Reserves diminishing for Renfrewshire Health and Social Care Partnership as financial pressures made clear

Finance chiefs sounded the alarm over financial sustainability of integration joint board as its budget passed.

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3 d. ago South Korea, world’s largest ‘baby exporter’, accused of human rights violations to meet adoption demand

Truth and Reconciliation Commission finds decades of illegal overseas adoption enabled by government negligence

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4 d. ago The Rohingya were driven from Myanmar. Now they’re taking up arms to fight back

In the heart of the world’s largest refugee camp, whispers of resistance grow louder as young men feel compelled to take up arms and return to fight in Myanmar. Shweta Sharma speaks to these rebels and meets their secretive leader in a hideout in one of the Cox’s Bazar camps in Bangladesh

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4 d. ago Inside the Rohingya resistance: Why refugees are taking up arms to return and fight in Myanmar

In the heart of the world’s largest refugee camp, whispers of resistance grow louder as young men feel compelled to take up arms and return to fight in Myanmar. Shweta Sharma speaks to these rebels and meets their secretive leader in a hideout in one of the Cox’s Bazar camps in Bangladesh

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4 d. ago Man dubbed 'W*nksy' draws 'world's largest penis' on Strava covering over 75 miles

WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT: A 'Strava' artist known for mapping out rude routes on the exercise app has equalled the record for the world's largest drawing of a penis with a brutal 75-mile run

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4 d. ago World's largest clan sells off prized Scottish island castle due to financial pressures

Armadale Castle on the Isle of Skye was once home to chiefs of Clan Donald.

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5 d. ago Scotland's largest Highland clan sells off last of its lands ending 800 year history

The Clan Donald Lands Trust said it had taken the 'difficult decision' to begin selling its assets, including Armadale Castle in Skye.

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5 d. ago The prized university degree being awarded to Sir John Curtice and Texas singer Sharleen Spiteri

Sharleen Spiteri and Sir John Curtice are among recipients of the honour

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6 d. ago 'World's largest warehouse' that's being transformed in major UK city

The iconic Tobacco Warehouse in Liverpool was once the largest warehouse in the world and is now being transformed into a multi-use development as part of a major regeneration project

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7 d. ago Up, up and spinning away. More Brazilians taking outdoor spin classes on helipads

Brazil’s largest city claims one of the biggest helicopter fleets in the world

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9 d. ago Councillor in 'not good enough' claim as Renfrewshire Council department faces overspend

Infrastructure, land and environment services placed under the spotlight as they try to address financial pressures.

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1 week ago Up to 250,000 Russian soldiers killed in Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine, say UK defence chiefs

The Ministry of Defence stressed this death toll would be Russia’s ‘largest losses since the Second World War’

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1 week ago Canada’s Marineland to rehome its whales and dolphins as it seeks a buyer

Conservationists voice concern that the Ontario theme park will struggle to find suitable homes for its animalsCanada’s embattled Marineland theme park is to raise money to “expeditiously” remove animals from its grounds, including the world’s largest captive beluga population, as it looks for a buyer. But a lack of available sanctuaries in the country suggests finding a home for stranded whales, dolphins and pinnipeds will be a daunting task.In February, the park won approval to divide its sprawling property so it can take out mortgages on separate parcels, with the aim of using the funds to keep the park operating and to move the animals. In documents filed to the city of Niagara, Marineland said the financing it had secured “requires the owner to remove the marine animals from the property expeditiously”. Continue reading...

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1 week ago World's largest sovereign wealth fund invests $740 million in London's Covent Garden

World's largest sovereign wealth fund invests $740 million in London's Covent Garden  CNBC

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1 week ago Indonesia passes controversial law allowing greater military role in government

Activists in world’s third-largest democracy warn the legal changes signal a return to military dominance in civilian affairs that characterised Suharto yearsIndonesia has ratified controversial changes to its military law allowing armed forces personnel to hold more civilian posts, a move that analysts fear could usher in a resurgence of the military in government affairs.Activists in the world’s third-largest democracy have criticised the revisions, warning they signal a return to Indonesia’s “New Order” era, when the country was led by former authoritarian ruler Suharto, who stepped down in 1998. Continue reading...

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