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Converting people to another religion is illegal in Nepal, but missionaries are willing to risk prosecution to spread the Christian faith. The congregation of the newly converted raise their hands in prayer.

Italy's highest-profile mafia target only tells us where to find him 20 minutes before we meet. Nicola Gratteri, the prosecutor leading the country's fight against organised crime, has learnt to live in constant danger - and too much advance warning leaves him exposed.

Exasperated residents have appealed to treasure-hunters to stay away after they descended on the Dutch village of Ommeren searching for riches potentially worth millions, allegedly hidden by Nazi soldiers during World War Two.

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One of the world's largest oil companies accurately forecast how climate change would cause global temperature to rise as long ago as the 1970s, researchers claim.

BBC NewsA bright green comet is set to swing by Earth's outer space for the first time in 50,000 years, and may hang around for a month.NASA officials said the icy visitor was first spotted in March 2022 while it was inside the orbit of Jupiter.

Europe's largest deposit of rare earths - which are used from mobile phones to missiles - has been found in Sweden. No rare earths are mined in Europe at the moment and a Swedish minister hailed the find as a way of reducing the EU's dependence on China.

Elon Musk appears to have broken the world record for the largest loss of personal fortune in history. The billionaire has lost around $182bn (£150bn) since November 2021, according to figures from publisher Forbes.

New data shows that 2022 was the fifth hottest year for Europe since records began. But scientists are warning that 2023 could be even warmer, as a climate phenomenon called La Niña - which has been suppressing global temperatures - comes to an end.

Op een veld in Kortessem heeft amateurarcheoloog Patrick Schuermans uit Alken een stuk van een dodecaëder gevonden. Dat is een zeldzaam historisch voorwerp uit de Romeinse tijd.

Image source, Bloomfield AuctionsA 400-year-old Bible which was taken to the New World by the founder of a town in Massachusetts is set to go under the hammer in east Belfast later.The copy of the Geneva Bible is valued at between £5,000 and £10,000 by Bloomfield Auctions.

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When we look back in 50 years' time, it is likely that the 2D internet we now all use will seem laughably archaic. Not only will the internet likely no longer exist behind a screen, but it is probable that we will interact with it differently.

No one saw this plot twist coming. In September 2020, a Facebook post from someone claiming to be the daughter of indie romance author Susan Meachen announced the writer had died by suicide.

Wikipedia's operator has denied claims the Saudi government infiltrated its team in the Middle East. Two international human rights groups said Saudi officials had altered or deleted content on the website.

An Italian man has admitted stealing more than 1,000 unpublished manuscripts, many written by high-profile authors. Filippo Bernardini impersonated figures from the publishing industry to trick people into handing over their works.

To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.BBC NewsThe sister of a man who is facing a large medical bill after a motorbike crash in Thailand has urged others to check their travel insurance policies.

The shooting happened shortly after 14:00 local time (19:00 GMT) at Richneck Elementary School in the city of Newport News, Chief Steve Drew said. It is unclear how the child obtained the gun, but Mr Drew said the incident was not "an accidental shooting".

The men who left a message in a bottle under floorboards in an Edinburgh house were joiners who helped build the Victorian property - and had 11 children between them.

In this video I talk about minimal surfaces and how you can do your own experiment to prove if something is a minimal surface. I talk about why minimal surfaces are important in math and physics and show you some neat experiments to make several minimal surfaces at home The STL file for these eggs:

Is The "Fizz-Keeper" a Scam? I do some tests and talk about the science and the dangers of pressurizing your soda with air. Documents describing the Fizz-keeper science in more detail: https://sci-hub.se/https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ed076p208 https://sci-hub.se/https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf

Brazilian surfing legend Márcio Freire has died while surfing the huge waves in Nazaré off the coast of Portugal. The 47-year-old fell while practising on Thursday.

The UK is embarking on an ambitious plan to accelerate research into mRNA cancer vaccines, with German pharmaceutical company BioNTech. Following the success of Covid vaccines using the same messenger-ribonucleic-acid technology, scientists now want to conduct more trials in cancer patients.

The Pioneer of Belfast glides above the water, quiet and smooth, leaving little wake behind it. The Pioneer, developed by Artemis Technologies, is the world's first electric foiling workboat to be brought to market.