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Why Wimbledon is serving Indian ice cream and Bollywood beats
BBC News Wimbledon’s push to win India is strategic and not accidental, Darshana Bhalla, a sports branding expert told the BBC. India is already Wimbledon’s largest international audience by reach, and 2026 is a particularly important year with Arnav Paparkar becoming the first Indian in 36 years to reach the under-18 boys singles quarter finals. […]
‘Don’t wait until you want revenge’ – why prenups are on the rise
BBC News Couples are also getting married later, points out Julia Rodgers, cofounder of US prenup platform HelloPrenup. “You may have some [university] debt, maybe started a business or purchased a home. So you have a lot to protect and to lose by the age of 34,” she says. What’s become known as “the Great […]
Trump administration bans new Chinese humanoid robots
BBC News The Trump administration on Tuesday announced a ban on new foreign-made humanoid robot imports to the US over “unacceptable risks” to the country’s national security. The move applies to advanced robots – including humanoid and four-legged machines. Many of them are made in China, which is locked in a race with the US […]
UK warning over dangerous travel adaptors – 3 things to watch out for
BBC News The six basic travel adaptors also presented fire safety concerns in tests. These included missing safety shutters – which protect people from coming into contact with a plug’s live internal parts – missing fuses and oversized pin holes. The Office for Product Safety and Standards has noted such concerns when issuing alerts for […]
Nigeria drug trade: How Mexican cartels have outsourced meth labs
BBC News These laboratories, where Mexicans have been working, have since been uncovered in Kenya, Mozambique and in South Africa. Since 2023 “we’ve seen…14 Mexican-operated labs in total [being raided]. We saw the one in 2023 [in Mozambique], we saw six more in 2024, we saw two in 2025 and we’ve seen five this year,” […]
Iran launches ‘attempted surprise attack’ on American forces in Middle East, US military says
BBC News Iran has launched “multiple” ballistic missiles in an “attempted surprise attack” on American forces in the Middle East, the US military says, shattering a lull in the fighting. The attack occurred at 17:45 EDT (21:45 GMT) on Tuesday, and all missiles were “successfully intercepted”, said US Central Command, without specifying the locations of […]
UK weather: Amber heat health alerts issued as heatwave peaks
BBC News Paired with the significant heat, the lack of rain means dry ground and low soil moisture levels will continue to be of concern. Whilst rain and then showers are forecast across Northern Ireland, Scotland and perhaps the far north of England, barely a millimetre is likely to fall. By Friday and into the […]
Are there already worrying signs for Wouter Vrancken’s Hearts?
BBC News Despite conceding six goals across two legs, Hearts impressed going forward in spells but lacked a clinical touch in front of goal, failing to score from a combined expected goals value of 2.6. With only a couple of competitive games under their belt, there was a sense of unease around Tynecastle, where many […]