A South Korean broadcaster has apologised after it used a pizza to depict Italy and Dracula to represent Romania during the Olympics opening ceremony. When Syrian athletes entered, the channel ran a caption that said: “Rich underground resources; a civil war that has been going on for 10 years.” For Ukraine’s athletes it showed an image of the Chernobyl disaster. After an outcry, MBS said: “We admit that there was a lack of consideration.”
Man builds Spitfire from baked beans can
A man in Cumbria has rebuilt a Spitfire in his back garden with original wheels, a baked beans can and a £7 joystick. David Price started building the model in 2018 and estimates that it has taken him 3,000 hours to complete at a cost of £5,000. He admits that “lots of people” have asked him why he has done it.
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Lincolnshire hosts ‘Lexi’ festival
Lincolnshire is to host what is believed to be the largest meeting of Lexus SC430 cars anywhere in the world. Chris Fixter, from Great Hale near Sleaford, expects more than 25 of the luxury cars at his house in the village next month. The event might attract the attention of Alan Partridge, who famously observed: “Since owning a Lexus, it’s amazing the number of Lexi you see around. Because that’s the plural.”
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Claudette Colvin: teenage activist who paved the way for Rosa ParksIn The Spotlight Inspired by the example of 19th century abolitionists, 15-year-old Colvin refused to give up her seat on an Alabama bus
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Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ comes into confounding focusIn the Spotlight What began as a plan to redevelop the Gaza Strip is quickly emerging as a new lever of global power for a president intent on upending the standing world order
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Panama and Canada are negotiating over a crucial copper mineIn the Spotlight Panama is set to make a final decision on the mine this summer
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Why Greenland’s natural resources are nearly impossible to mineThe Explainer The country’s natural landscape makes the task extremely difficult
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Iran cuts internet as protests escalateSpeed Reada Government buildings across the country have been set on fire
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US nabs ‘shadow’ tanker claimed by RussiaSpeed Read The ship was one of two vessels seized by the US military
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How Bulgaria’s government fell amid mass protestsThe Explainer The country’s prime minister resigned as part of the fallout
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Femicide: Italy’s newest crimeThe Explainer Landmark law to criminalise murder of a woman as an ‘act of hatred’ or ‘subjugation’ but critics say Italy is still deeply patriarchal
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Brazil’s Bolsonaro behind bars after appeals run outSpeed Read He will serve 27 years in prison
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Americans traveling abroad face renewed criticism in the Trump eraThe Explainer Some of Trump’s behavior has Americans being questioned
