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Gilgamesh tablet: Bid to confiscate artefact from Museum of the Bible - BBC
Prosecutors probe the provenance of the artefact, bought by crafts retailer Hobby Lobby for $1.67m.
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Man sentenced to death in Singapore via Zoom - BBC News
The Covid-19 pandemic has forced the city to postpone all but 'essential' court cases.
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Man makes money buying his own pizza on DoorDash app - BBC News
The owner of a pizza restaurant discovered the app was selling his food cheaper than he was but still paying him full price.
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Auschwitz: Hidden objects found at concentration camp - BBC News
Renovators at the Nazi concentration camp complex found the hidden items in a chimney in Block 17.
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Roe v Wade: Woman behind US abortion ruling was paid to recant - BBC News
Norma McCorvey, better known as Jane Roe, says she took money from evangelicals to condemn abortion.
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How flashing lights could treat Alzheimer’s disease - BBC Future
Could a potential new treatment for the most common form of dementia be delivered by simply watching television?
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Johnson & Johnson to stop selling baby powder in US - BBC News
Johnson and Johnson is to stop US sales of the talc in the face of lawsuits claiming it causes cancer.
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Why you might be missing your commute - BBC Worklife
Nobody likes commuting – but with many of us now working at home, are we realising that the journey to and from the office served a useful psychological purpose?
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Climate change: Scientists fear car surge will see CO2 rebound - BBC News
An analysis shows a huge daily CO2 drop, but a return to car travel may see emissions rebound.
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Australian man fined for rescuing whale from sea nets - BBC News
After rescuers failed to arrive, the man launched his own rescue, driving his boat out to the whale.
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Pakistan: Man who kissed murdered girls in video arrested - BBC News
Police in Pakistan also detained two others believed to be involved in the teenagers' killings.
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Megaraptor: Fossils of 10m-long dinosaur found in Argentina - BBC News
Palaeontologists say the remains date back 70 million years, close to the end of the dinosaurs.
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China abductions: Parents find son snatched in hotel 32 years ago - BBC New
Li Jingzhi quit her job to search China for her son, Mao Yin, who went missing in 1988.
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The men who Leonardo da Vinci loved - BBC Culture
Leonardo is the world’s most famous artist. But a new opera is shining fresh light on his private passions – by depicting his intense relationships with two of his assistants.
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Can beauty pageants ever be empowering? - BBC Culture
New movie Misbehaviour explores the infamous 1970 Miss World event from two perspectives. It’s the latest film to take a nuanced approach to such contests, writes Hanna Flint.
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Mapping the Multiverse - YouTube
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Dark web scammers exploit Covid-19 fear and doubt - BBC News
From miracle cures to co-ordinated hacking the dark web is a hive of coronavirus scamming.
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The world's most accessible stress reliever - BBC Future
Whether you have the voice of a songbird or sound like some ball-bearings in a blender, singing can have some remarkably positive effects.
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Coronavirus: Trump says he is taking unproven drug hydroxychloroquine - BBC
The president claims hydroxychloroquine is harmless but regulators warn it may cause heart problems.
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xkcd: Mount St. Helens
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Coronavirus: Delirium 'may be common' in Covid seriously ill - BBC News
Long stays in intensive care and being ventilated could increase the risk, researchers say.
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You want efficient application scaling? Go serverless! - Stack Overflow Blo
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Leah Cordice: Windsor babysitter who had boy's baby is detained - BBC News
Leah Cordice, 20, was found guilty by a jury of engaging in sexual activity with a child.
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BBC - Travel - Campione d’Italia: An Italian town surrounded by Switzerland
Residents of Campione d’Italia are used to their quirky status, which stretches back more than a millennium. However, the future of this Italian corner of Switzerland is in doubt.
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Coronavirus: WHO 'let pandemic spin out of control', says US - BBC News
The remarks come as his health secretary accuses the body of letting the pandemic spin "out of control".
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