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29 April 2024

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Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina

Charlotte mayor emotional as three officers killed

Vi Lyles called on the community to support the officers' families in a media briefing on Monday.

Image of a character from the World of Warcraft game

After 20 years, what next for World of Warcraft?

The game's maker Activision Blizzard was bought by Microsoft last year in gaming's biggest ever acquisition

Michael Flatley with Lord of the Dance cast in 1996

Flatley recalls being warned not to embarrass Irish dancing

The Riverdance performance at Eurovision 30 years ago was credited with changing Irish dancing.

Aerial view of SQM (Sociedad Quimica Minera) lithium extraction process in the Atacama Desert, Chile, on September 12, 2022.

Tensions grow as China ramps up mining for green tech

China has taken big stakes in mines across the world extracting minerals vital to the green economy.

Protester being arrested in Texas

Police seen dragging away protesters at University of Texas

The school said a 'majority' of demonstrators are 'unaffiliated' with the university and they defied orders to move.

King Charles with cancer patient Asha Millan

King shares cancer diagnosis 'shock' with patients

The King is marking his return to public events with a symbolic trip to a cancer centre in London.

Saylor Class inspects the winged insects who were keeping her up at night

A child said monsters were in her room. It was 60,000 bees

Saylor Class had complained of "monsters in the wall" of her room at their farmhouse in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Jerry Lukendo Mbokani

Migrants hit by high fees to send money home

Sending money across borders, particularly in Africa, can still be expensive.

A young Gambian child with a microarray patch applied to the wrist

Patch to protect against measles shows promise

Painless and easier to store than injections, it remains early days for microneedle-patch technology.

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