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Europe's oldest person survives Covid just before 117th birthday - BBC News

Having battled coronavirus, French nun Sister Andre will celebrate her 117th birthday this week.

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Is Tom Hanks part of a dying breed of genuine movie stars? - BBC Culture

In new film News of the World, the actor cements his status as cinema’s ultimate dad. But does Hollywood’s Mr Nice Guy also represent the end of a paradigm, asks Christina Newland.

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Emirates Mars Mission: Hope spacecraft enters orbit - BBC News

The United Arab Emirates celebrates as its Hope mission makes it safely into orbit around Mars.

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Covid: WHO team says 'extremely unlikely' virus leaked from lab - BBC News

A team of international and Chinese experts say more work is needed to find the source of the virus.

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Emirates Mars Mission: Hope probe lines up historic Mars manoeuvre - BBC Ne

The United Arab Emirates aims to put a probe in orbit at Mars to study its atmosphere.

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Robinhood: US family sue trading app over son's suicide - BBC News

The parents of Alex Kearns, 20, say he thought he had lost $730,000 when he took his own life.

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'Overtly sexual' cow blocked as Facebook ad - BBC News

A gallery owner says photographs, including one of the England cricket team, have been rejected

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Elon Musk's Tesla buys $1.5bn of Bitcoin causing currency to spike - BBC Ne

The cryptocurrency surges 17% as Tesla also said it could start accepting Bitcoin as payment.

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The anxieties and apps fuelling the astrology boom - BBC Worklife

So many are newly turning to astrology – but why? A perfect storm of factors has driven a surge in looking to the stars for truth.

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Hacker tries to poison water supply of Florida city - BBC News

An attempt to raise the level of a corrosive chemical in the water of Oldsmar, Florida, is thwarted.

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The missing continent that took 375 years to find - BBC Future

It took scientists 375 years to discover the eighth continent of the world, which had been hiding in plain sight all along. But mysteries still remain.

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Assassins: How CCTV gave Kim Jong-nam murder documentary added intrigue - B

Assassins director explains how crime scene footage finally emerged and led to his film.

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The computers rejecting your job application - BBC News

A growing number of firms are using artificial intelligence to pass or fail jobseekers.

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'Kenyan police asked if my husband was a sorcerer' - BBC News

While Chirindo Chisubi was still mourning her husband, she was shocked by a Kenyan police question.

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Cuba opens up its economy to private businesses - BBC News

The labour minister announces a major reform to the communist country's state-controlled economy.

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French couple jailed after boy's fatal beating revealed accidentally in cal

A French couple are jailed after the cause of a toddler's death is given away in an emergency call.

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Biden: 'Erratic' Trump should not get intelligence briefings - BBC News

President Joe Biden said Mr Trump "might slip and say something" if given access to state secrets.

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Myanmar coup: Internet shutdown as crowds protest against military - BBC Ne

The national blackout comes amid the biggest protest so far against this week's military takeover.

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Romania baptisms: Six-week-old baby's death sparks calls for change - BBC N

The death of a six-week-old baby after a ceremony prompts a key archbishop to back reforms.

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Artemis: Biden administration backs US Moon shot - BBC News

The White House gives its backing to Nasa's effort to return to the Moon.

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'Smallest reptile on earth' discovered in Madagascar - BBC News

The male Brookesia nana, or nano-chameleon, was discovered on Madagascar and is the size of a seed.

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Virginia lawmakers vote to abolish state's death penalty - BBC News

It is set to become the first southern US state to end executions as a punishment.

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Stutthof camp: Woman, 95, accused of aiding Nazi mass murder - BBC News

The woman was the secretary to the SS commandant of the Stutthof camp.

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French skiers swerve Covid in cross-country boom - BBC News

Cross-country replaces downhill skiing in French resorts struggling to survive the pandemic.

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The quest that discovered thousands of new species - BBC Future

HMS Challenger spent three-and-a-half years peering into some of the remotest parts of our world’s oceans. Its groundbreaking voyage still has an impact today.

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