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Afghanistan: Taliban ban women from Kabul parks

The Taliban have banned women from visiting all parks in Kabul, excluding them still further from public life in Afghanistan. The group claims Islamic laws were not being followed at parks.

Elon Musk foreign ties worth being looked at, Joe Biden says

US President Joe Biden says Elon Musk's relationships with foreign countries are "worthy of being looked at". Mr Biden was asked whether Mr Musk posed a national security threat and if Saudi Arabia helping him to buy Twitter should be investigated.

Ancient Rome: Stunningly preserved bronze statues found in Italy

Italian archaeologists have unearthed 24 beautifully preserved bronze statues in Tuscany believed to date back to ancient Roman times.

The doctors prescribing 'blue therapy'

Amidst the gentle rock of the sea, the breeze tickling their skin and the distant caw of seagulls, six people in lifejackets close their eyes for a "mindful check-in".

Why Don't We Shoot Nuclear Waste Into Space?

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Energy crisis: How living in a cold home affects your health

On the coldest mornings, Mica Fifield doesn't need an alarm clock. The pain in her joints wakes her up. Her legs and knees hurt the most. Lying there, she knows that there are things to do around the house. But it's hard to get out of bed.

Powerball: Lotto rises to $1.9bn world record prize with no jackpot winner

The US Powerball jackpot has climbed to a record $1.9bn (£1.7bn) ahead of Monday's draw after there was no winning ticket for Saturday's prize. The premier lottery game has had no winner in more than three months after 40 consecutive drawings.

Why slave descendants want the Benin Bronzes to stay in US

In our series of letters from African journalists, Nigerian writer Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani looks at how descendants of slaves in the US have entered the tug of war over some of Africa's most famous artefacts that were stolen during the colonial era and ended up mainly in Western museums.

Why there's more to being smart than intelligence

In the late 1920s, a young working-class boy nicknamed Ritty spent most of his time tinkering in his "laboratory" at his parents' home in Rockaway, New York.

Lab-grown blood given to people in world-first clinical trial

Blood that has been grown in a laboratory has been put into people in a world-first clinical trial, UK researchers say. Tiny amounts - equivalent to a couple of spoonfuls - are being tested to see how it performs inside the body.

Kerala: Lottery winner's journey from delight to dread

This isn't the first time that Anoop B, from the southern Indian state of Kerala, has faced such a situation. Two months after hitting the jackpot in a government lottery, the 32-year-old says that his life has changed in ways he couldn't imagine.

David Icke: Conspiracy theorist banned from Netherlands

Conspiracy theorist David Icke has been barred from entering the Netherlands, with officials saying he posed a risk to public order. Mr Icke rose to prominence promoting fringe theories in the 1990s and found a new audience with the Covid pandemic.

The weird way language affects our sense of time and space

The languages we speak can have a surprising impact on the way we think about the world and even how we move through it.

How a sand battery could transform clean energy

At the end of a winding, tree-lined country road in western Finland, four young engineers believe they have a possible answer to one of green energy's biggest challenges.

US midterms: The conspiracy theorists running to control 2024 vote

A coalition of candidates who have falsely claimed the last US election was stolen is running for office - this time in a bid to control the 2024 vote in key swing states. The group's founders also have deep connections to another conspiracy theory, QAnon.

Pakistan ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan shot and wounded at protest march

To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.Pakistan's former prime minister, Imran Khan, has been shot and wounded in the leg in an attack on his protest march in the eastern city of Wazirabad.

Climate change: No glaciers on Kilimanjaro by 2050

Glaciers across the globe - including the last ones in Africa - will be unavoidably lost by 2050 due to climate change, the UN says in a report. Mount Kilimanjaro's last glaciers will vanish as will glaciers in the Alps and Yosemite National Park in the US.

How a Female Erection Works

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James Corden and Ricky Gervais: Can you steal a joke?

James Corden has admitted "inadvertently" using material by fellow comedian Ricky Gervais as part of a routine on The Late Late Show. During a monologue about Elon Musk's Twitter takeover he made a joke strikingly similar to one Gervais made in 2018 on his show Humanity.

Should extraterrestrial life be granted 'sentient' rights?

According to many of our cultural touchstones, there’s only one thing for it if extraterrestrials ever take a cosmic detour to our planet: heavy artillery fire.

The mysterious Viking runes found in a landlocked US state

Faith Rogers, an environmental-science intern and volunteer at the Heavener Runestone Park, led me down a cobblestone path toward one of the 55-acre woodland's biggest attractions – which is also one of the US' biggest historical mysteries.

Piet Mondrian artwork displayed upside down for 75 years

An artwork by the abstract Dutch painter Piet Mondrian has been hanging upside down in various galleries for 75 years, an art historian has said. Despite the recent discovery, the work, entitled New York City I, will continue to be displayed the wrong way up to avoid it being damaged.

Elon Musk takes control of Twitter in $44bn deal

The world's richest man, Elon Musk, has completed his $44bn (£38.1bn) takeover of Twitter, according to a filing with the US government. Mr Musk tweeted "the bird is freed" and later said "let the good times roll".

Unravelling the mystery of autobrewery syndrome

It would happen two to three times a week. Nick Carson would start slurring his words and then become progressively less steady on his feet. His conversations would go around in circles and eventually he would collapse into a deep sleep. The father-of-two was showing all the signs of being drunk.

Nasa space probes document big impacts on Mars

Space probes have witnessed a big impact crater being formed on Mars - the largest in the Solar System ever caught in the act of excavation. In more familiar terms, that's a crater roughly one-and-a-half times the size of London's Trafalgar Square.