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Armed man arrested near Trump golf course in California
BBC News Authorities in California have arrested a man who was seen near a golf course owned by President Donald Trump in the Los Angeles area, just ahead of the president’s visit for a fundraising dinner there. Jeanine John Taele, 38, was found with a pistol and armour-piercing ammunition in his vehicle at the Trump […]
Chad le Clos: South Africa swimmer’s home destroyed by fatal fire after he sets Commonwealth Games record
BBC News Chad le Clos says his apartment in South Africa was destroyed by a fatal fire – the night after the swimmer became the most decorated athlete in Commonwealth Games history. Le Clos picked up his 21st medal to overtake Australia’s Emma McKeon as the athlete with the most medals in Commonwealths history, when […]
Nirmal Purja: How a generation of record-setting guides died in a disaster which klled a climbing legend
BBC News Nepal’s mountain guides spend each spring leading international clients up Nepal’s highest mountains as guides or porters. When the monsoon comes around from June to September, some of them head towards Pakistan’s far north, home to some of the world’s highest peaks, including five eight-thousanders. International visitors to this rugged region are relatively […]
How AI is changing jobs in the Philippines’ outsourcing industry
BBC News Mary, another former content writer whose name we’ve changed, says her employer encouraged the use of AI as a productivity tool. Instead of making her job easier, she says it created additional responsibilities. “We had to edit more, fact-check more because the data AI produced was inaccurate,” she says. “Technically it was more […]
India CJP protests: Young women face online harassment and abuse
BBC News I’m in my mid-20s. I had been posting about the protests from the beginning, but 20 July was the first time I attended one. After the baton charge that day and the internet shutdown around the protest site, I went home and started sharing first-person accounts on Instagram. I also helped organise food, […]
Cramer says one hedge fund’s collapse cleared the way for tech’s rally
Tech CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Tuesday the biggest obstacle to technology stocks has finally been removed. “Ever since we found out that Leopold Aschenbrenner’s hedge fund, Situational Awareness, blew up last week, we’ve seen tech stocks flying all over the place, unleashed, unbound and roaring higher, catapulted by the lack of sellers of any size,” […]
Mohamed Salah: Turkish club Trabzonspor begin negotiations to sign former Liverpool forward
BBC News Turkish club Trabzonspor say they have begun negotiations to sign Mohamed Salah. The 34-year-old Egypt forward left Liverpool at the end of last season and is in talks with the club to join as a free agent. In a statement, Trabzonspor said Salah will arrive in Istanbul on Wednesday. “The player is planned […]
Care company fined for running illegal children’s homes in legal first
BBC News A care company has been prosecuted and fined for running illegal children’s homes in what has been called the first case of its kind. Catalyst Care Limited is the first unregistered children’s homes provider to be successfully prosecuted, according to Ofsted, which brought the legal action against it. Its directors pleaded guilty at […]