Putin and Xi caught discussing organ transplant and immortality on hot mic
Leaders discuss possibility of being immortal with help of organ transplant amid evolving biotechnology
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Leaders discuss possibility of being immortal with help of organ transplant amid evolving biotechnology
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Decision marks major victory for school after White House accused it of not addressing harassment of Jewish students
A federal judge on Wednesday ruled Donald Trump’s administration unlawfully terminated about $2.2bn in grants awarded to Harvard University and can no longer cut off research funding to the Ivy League school.
The decision by US district judge Allison Burroughs in Boston marked a major legal victory for Harvard as it seeks to cut a deal that could bring an end to the White House’s multi-front conflict with the country’s oldest and richest university.
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Olympic boxing body stands firm over new testing rules
Gold medalist has appealed to Cas over eligibility bar
Imane Khelif has the right to appeal against World Boxing’s decision barring her from events unless she undergoes genetic sex testing but the Algerian has not entered the world championships in Liverpool, the World Boxing president, Boris van der Vorst, has said.
World Boxing, which will oversee the tournaments at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, introduced mandatory sex testing for all boxers in its competitions in May, less than a year after Khelif and Taiwan’s Lin Yu-ting won gold in Paris amid a gender-eligibility row.
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Winger responds to account with half a million followers
Post mocked two of Liverpool’s outgoings this summer
The Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah called out a popular fan account on Wednesday for “disrespecting” former teammates Luis Díaz and Darwin Núñez after a social media post mocked their departures from the club.
Salah took exception to a post on X featuring images of the departed duo in black-and-white over new signings Florian Wirtz and Alexander Isak with the caption: “Name a bigger upgrade in footballing history.”
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The use of digital currencies helps keep the economy operating amid the US sanctions
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Daughter of former Nazi official and her husband to be questioned after raid on home failed to find masterpiece
A federal court in Argentina has ordered house arrest for the daughter of a former Nazi official and her husband after a raid failed to locate a painting stolen from a Jewish art dealer in Amsterdam.
Authorities raided a home in the coastal city of Mar del Plata last week after a Dutch newspaper identified a painting seen in a real estate photo as an Italian masterpiece registered on a database of lost wartime art.
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Momchilovtsi hosts an unique festival annually celebrating its local yoghurt
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Announcement comes a day after a US federal judge halted the deportation of 10 unaccompanied Guatemalan minors
Guatemala is ready and willing to receive about 150 unaccompanied children of all ages each week from the United States, the country’s president has said, a day after a US federal judge halted the deportation of 10 Guatemalan children.
Those children had already boarded a plane when a court responded to an emergency appeal on Sunday. They were later returned to the custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement.
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Demand for mezcal has upped production from 1 million litres in 2012 to 14 million in 2022
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Mexican people are facing mass layoffs, which are being blamed on Trump’s tariffs
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Ukraine’s president says ‘necessary investigative actions ongoing’ after killing of former parliamentary speaker Andriy Parubiy
A suspect has been arrested over the murder of the former Ukrainian parliamentary speaker Andriy Parubiy, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said.
“The suspect has given an initial testimony,” Zelenskyy, Ukraine’s president, said on the Telegram messaging app. “Urgent investigative actions are currently under way to establish all the circumstances of this murder.”
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