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Ahmed Hafnaoui’s gold is only the fifth by a Tunisian athlete at an Olympics Dates: 23 July-8 August Time in Tokyo: BST +8 Coverage: Watch live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button and online; Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live, Sports Extra and Sounds; live text and video clips on BBC Sport website […]
It comes after thousands marched through Australian cities to demand an end to lockdown measures. Source link
Fire crews are battling extreme temperatures as they try to control wildfires in California and Nevada. Hundreds of people have been evacuated. Across the country, in Washington DC, the moon turned a bright orange colour due to the smoke from the fires. Source link
Criminals kidnap an elderly man who was sent to pay a ransom for the release of 136 school children. Source link
Tunisian swimmer Ahmed Hafnaoui took a shock gold medal in the men’s 400m freestyle on Sunday. The 18-year-old won from the outside lane after qualifying slowest, but finished with stunning pace to beat Australia’s Jack McLoughlin with a time of three minutes 43.36 seconds. “I just can’t believe it. It’s a dream and it became […]
The R&B star had sexual contact with a 17-year-old he met in McDonald’s, prosecutors claim. Source link
Wirawan, a firefighter in the capital city of Jakarta, sees the worsening crisis first-hand. He and his team are tasked with picking up bodies from homes before finally delivering them for burial. Before the latest spike in cases, he arranged two or three funerals a day. Now, he gets calls for up to 24 funerals […]
The jackets, ankle-high boots and head warmers are reminiscent of the 1990s hip-hop scene, while many young male Fulani herders say they are now more influenced by Nigeria’s Afrobeats scene. Naira Marley, based hundreds of miles away in Lagos, was mentioned repeatedly as having the most impact on their style by revellers in the capital, […]
Here’s a round-up of the week’s news you might have missed. Source link
Some of the youngest ever Olympians are competing at the 2020 Tokyo Games – including 13-year-old skateboarder Sky Brown. But there have been even younger in the history of the Games. Video produced, edited and presented by Hannah Gelbart for BBC What’s New. Source link
Historians believe the wreck found in Antigua to be the 1762 Beaumont, a French merchant ship. Source link
A mysterious marketing agency secretly offered to pay social media stars to spread disinformation about Covid-19 vaccines Source link