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Why a certificate to own a car in Singapore now costs $106,000 - BBC News
The city-state introduced a 10-year certificate of entitlement system in 1990 as an anti-congestion measure.
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The Iliad: How modern readers get this epic wrong - BBC Culture
Emily Wilson's new translation of The Iliad offers fresh insights into an ancient text – she discusses Homer's epic poem with the author Natalie Haynes.
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The oil-soaked bird photo that shocked the world - BBC Future
On 20 April 2010, the oil rig Deepwater Horizon exploded. A photograph of an oil-soaked pelican came to epitomise the environmental disaster and helped galvanise the clean-up.
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Bears, birds and kangaroos: Comedy Wildlife Photo Awards - BBC News
A selection of finalists in this year's Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards 2023.
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'Skimpflation': An even sneakier form of shrinkflation - BBC Worklife
Amid inflation, businesses are cutting services and quality. It's called skimpflation, and you may not even notice it's happening.
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(424) Why Korea is Dying Out - YouTube
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Pakistan orders Afghan asylum seekers out of country by November - BBC News
The Taliban urged Islamabad to rethink the move, which follows a spike in cross-border militant attacks.
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Dead soldier suffered relentless sexual harassment - Army report - BBC News
Jaysley Beck, 19, is thought to have taken her own life after harassment in the Army, a report seen by BBC News says.
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The primordial hum from the beginning of the Universe - BBC Future
In the first few hundred thousand years of our Universe, strange soundwaves ripped through a cloud of superheated particles. It may offer new insights about dark energy.
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Bansko: Bulgaria's unlikely new digital nomad hub - BBC Travel
Set scenically at the base of the Pirin Mountains, Bansko has quietly emerged as one of the world's newest remote working hubs in recent years.
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Deserted Nagorno-Karabakh reveals aftermath of lightning-fast Armenian defe
Half-eaten food at abandoned positions reveals how fast Karabakh Armenians lost control to Azerbaijan.
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Florida boy, 11, shoots teenagers after row at American football practice -
Two 13-year-olds are stable after the attack at an American football session in Florida.
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Seychelles opposition leader Patrick Herminie charged with witchcraft - BBC
Patrick Herminie denies the allegations, saying the case is a "political show" to taint his image.
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Charlotte Sena: Missing girl found using fingerprints on ransom note - BBC
Charlotte Sena, 9, was located after a round-the-clock hunt aided by the suspect's ransom note.
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Physics Nobel Prize rewards science on a 'tiny timescale' - BBC News
This year's Nobel Prize in Physics rewards research into electrons in "flashes of light".
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Pope suggests Catholic Church could bless same-sex couples - BBC News
The pontiff says any request for such a blessing should be treated with "pastoral charity".
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The seed guardians in the Andes trying to save the potato - BBC Future
From potatoes to quinoa, many of our favourite foods are at risk from threats like climate change and disease. The "seed guardians" of Peru's Potato Park are hoping to change that.
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Greenland women seek compensation over involuntary birth control - BBC News
Some 4,500 women were fitted with coils as part of attempts to limit the territory's population.
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Pakistan police bust organ trafficking ring that took kidneys from hundreds
The alleged leader is accused of illegally harvesting kidneys from more than 300 people in Pakistan.
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Grizzly bear kills couple and their dog in Canada - BBC News
Experts say more people outdoors is leading to more human-bear encounters.
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Tom Hanks warns dental plan ad image is AI fake - BBC News
The actor says he is the latest celebrity to fall victim to a deepfake scam, and has "nothing to do with it".
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James Webb telescope makes 'JuMBO' discovery of planet-like objects in Orio
The new space observatory sees pairs of Jupiter-sized objects floating free between the stars.
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Nobel Prize goes to scientists behind mRNA Covid vaccines - BBC News
Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman developed the technology which led to Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines.
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BBC Wales presenter Lucy Owen's eyesight saved by routine test - BBC News
Lucy Owen on how a casual approach almost cost her the sight in an eye, and why she feels lucky now.
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The people going 'monk mode' to limit social media use - BBC News
A growing number of individuals are using apps to block access to social media and the internet.
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