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Axel Rudakubana: from ‘unassuming’ schoolboy to Southport killer
When Axel Rudakubana returned to school after the summer holidays five years ago, something had changed. He had turned 13 weeks earlier but this was not the usual difficult transition to teenage life.
“In year 7 and year 8 he was fairly unassuming. Nothing that would be red flags,” said …
Why the financial crisis at the British Council matters as UK pushes soft power
Carl Bloch’s lost masterpiece Prometheus Unbound finds fame again in Athens
It was commissioned by a Greek king, made its creator a superstar and in his native Denmark attracted crowds like no other painting before. Then it mysteriously disappeared.
Now, nearly nine decades after it was last seen gracing the stairwell of the royal palace that would become the Athens parliament, …
Ukraine war briefing: Putin aiming to ‘manipulate’ Trump, Zelenskyy warns
Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has warned that his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, is aiming to “manipulate” Donald Trump, after Putin praised the US leader and said he was ready for talks with him.
“He wants to manipulate the desire of the president of the United States of America …
British Museum forced to partly close after alleged IT attack by former employee
The British Museum was forced to partly close on Friday after its IT infrastructure was allegedly attacked by a former employee.
The contractor, who was recently dismissed, was able to get back into the building and shut down several systems including its ticketing platform, the museum said.
While the museum …
Italian cyclist Sara Piffer, 19, dies after being hit by car during training ride
Sara Piffer, a promising 19-year-old Italian rider, died during a training outing on Friday, the Italian Professional Cyclists’ Association (ACCPI) said, after she was reportedly hit by a car.
The Team Mendelspeck rider Piffer was struck by the vehicle on a minor road during a training session in Italy’s northern …
Ontario premier Doug Ford to call snap election to fight Trump tariff threat
The Ontario premier, Doug Ford, has said an early election is needed in the Canadian province in order to fend off an income “attack” from Donald Trump as a trade war looms between the close allies.
But opposition parties criticized the move, calling it a “distraction” from an ongoing criminal …
Give us our GOAT back: tribalism remains a bar to appreciating Djokovic’s greatness | Barney Ronay
Who knows, maybe one day Novak Djokovic and the people of Australia will stop mid-argument, bottom lips quivering, and just kiss it all out, right there in front of the cameras, while in the background the studio audience gasps and whoops and we cut tantalisingly to the break with a …
Scientists point to Andes potato pathogen as origin of Irish famine
It was a disaster that killed about 1 million people, devastating 19th century Ireland, but while the potato disease linked to the Irish famine is well known, a battle has raged over where it originated.
Scientists have long been divided over whether the fungus-like pathogen
Phtytophthora infestans
cropped …
Belize removes Queen Elizabeth’s image on bank notes as ‘step in decolonisation’
Queen Elizabeth
’s image on its dollar bills with those of national heroes.Unveiling the new design of the bank notes late on Thursday, the governor of Belize’s central bank, Kareem Michael, said …