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Protesters clash with police after outgoing president's allies try to revise rules to allegedly install a dynasty.

Lynch died in a superyacht disaster near Sicily. Experts question how the "unsinkable" $40 million yacht went down, even during a storm.

Mike Lynch died in a superyacht disaster near Sicily. Experts question how the "unsinkable" $40 million yacht went down, even during a storm.

1. Over 8 million copies sold on Steam, 29 million viewers in China, and more data on Black Myth: Wukong’s success  Game World Observer
2. Chinese Game ‘Black Myth: Wukong’ Is an Instant Global Hit, Attracting Great Reviews, Praise at Home and Controversy Abroad  Variety
3. CNA Explains: How a video game with a mythological monkey god has taken China and the world by storm  CNA
4. China goes ape over culture-boosting 'Black Myth: Wukong' video game  Yahoo Finance
5. ‘Wukong’... Читать дальше...

In a rare move, Iran's hard-line parliament approved reformist Masud Pezeshkian's entire 19-member Cabinet. The move came after Pezeshkian appeared to suggest that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei had preapproved his nominees.

“The girls these days would never allow themselves to throw THIS much shade.”

1. Jermaine Jenas: Presenter sacked from The One Show and Match of the Day by BBC  BBC
2. Jermaine Jenas speaking to lawyers over BBC sacking: ‘I’m not happy’  Evening Standard
3. BBC sacks former footballer Jermaine Jenas over workplace conduct complaints  Channel 4 News
4. Jermaine Jenas breaks silence after BBC sack over inappropriate messages to woman  The Mirror
5. JUDI JAMES analyses the body language of Jermaine Jenas on Talk Sport  Daily Mail

Jermaine Jenas: Presenter sacked by BBC and taken off air at The One Show and Match of the Day  BBCView Full coverage on Google News

1. ‘Blob’ of material is able to learn like a living thing, scientists say  The Independent
2. Scientists enable hydrogel to play and improve at Pong video game  The Guardian
3. Hydrogels can learn to play Pong  Ars Technica
4. A glob of jelly can play Pong thanks to a basic kind of memory  New Scientist
5. Smart goo ‘learns’ to play Pong video game in Flubber-style breakthrough – and it gets better over time lik...  The Sun

‘Our research shows that even very simple materials can exhibit complex, adaptive behaviours typically associated with living systems or sophisticated AI,’ scientist says

Team Chevy holds eight wins in 13 events so far this season, including the prestigious 108th Running of the Indianapolis 500, and heads to the final road course race of the 2024 NTT INDYCAR SERIES season at Portland International Raceway this weekend.

Orange Julius was once a shopping mall staple, owned by Dairy Queen. While not entirely discontinued, the signature Orange Julius beverage isn't easy to find.

Chris Davies was speaking at his press conference before Birmingham City's match against Leyton Orient

The BBC have announced that Jermaine Jenas is no longer part of their presenting line up.

"Every generation is guilty of developing niche slang that may have appeared silly to those in older generations," a linguist told Newsweek.

Ireland women's head coach Scott Bemand shakes up his backroom team ahead of next month's Test against Australia and the start of the WXV1 campaign.

1. Labour gives green light to 20mph zones  Financial Times
2. Labour leaves low-traffic schemes to local bodies  BBC
3. Creation of more 20mph zones and LTNs backed by Transport Secretary  The Telegraph
4. UK Gives Green Light for 20mph Speed Limits  Bloomberg
5. Labour gives the green light to new 20mph zones  The Times

Local councils will have ‘full support’ to roll out speed-reduction measures

The Supreme Court on Thursday accepted the Punjab government’s urgent application seeking omissions of certain portions from the court’s July 24 revised verdict in the Mubarak Sani case after taking input from scholars.

Влияние серотонина на поведение человека долгие годы остается одним из предметов исследований и дискуссий. В новой работе, опубликованной в журнале Nature Communications, ученые из Оксфордского университета провели серию поведенческих тестов среди добровольцев, часть из которых получала препарат, увеличивающий содержание серотонина в синапсах. Выяснилось, что повышение серотонина в синапсах снижает чувствительность людей к негативной информации, а также улучшает запоминание вербальной информации. Читать дальше...

Could an update to the wearable fitness tracker be on the horizon? Here’s what we know so far

Match of the Day and The One Show star Jermaine Jenas has been removed from the BBC’s presenting team amid reports of inappropriate behavior. On Thursday afternoon, a BBC spokesperson said: “We can confirm that he is no longer part of our presenting line-up.” Jenas has also been removed from agency MC Saatchi’s website. The […]

Zamfara state governor, Dauda Lawal, said the purported Bashir Hadejia's appointment letter as adviser on mining circulating on social media is not from him.