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  • Paris court blocks auction of earliest-known calculator

    Paris court blocks auction of earliest-known calculator

    One of the world’s first calculating machines will not go to auction as scheduled, France, after a Paris court provisionally blocked the historic item from being export.

    Auction house Christie’s has confirmed it will not proceed with a bid for the…

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  • Early COP30 climate deal eludes Brazil, but Lula remains upbeat – Reuters

    1. Early COP30 climate deal eludes Brazil, but Lula remains upbeat  Reuters
    2. Divide over fossil fuels phaseout can be bridged, Cop30 president says  The Guardian
    3. Final week of COP30 talks, and other climate and nature news  The World Economic Forum

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  • Hasina’s conviction for crimes against humanity is testing India-Bangladesh ties

    Hasina’s conviction for crimes against humanity is testing India-Bangladesh ties

    Soutik BiswasIndia correspondent

    LightRocket via Getty Images NEW DELHI, INDIA - 2022/09/06: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina (R) speaks to the media during the ceremonial reception with Narendra Modi standing nearby at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi. Sheikh Hasina was on a four-day visit to India. Indian Prime Minister Modi and Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina discuss issues related to Defence, Trade, and connectivity. India and Bangladesh are likely to sign pacts on water sharing on the Kushiyara River, training and IT cooperation in Railways, Science, and Space. (Photo by Naveen Sharma/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)LightRocket via Getty Images

    For India, few friendships have been as strategically valuable – and as politically costly – as its long embrace of Bangladesh’s former leader Sheikh Hasina.

    During 15 years in power she…

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  • Myanmar’s military says it has raided a second major scam center

    Myanmar’s military says it has raided a second major scam center

    BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military government extended its crackdown on online scam activities to a second major location, detaining hundreds of foreigners and seizing thousands of mobile phones used to…

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  • The conservationist saving the African golden cat from the ‘edge of extinction’

    The conservationist saving the African golden cat from the ‘edge of extinction’

    The first time Mwezi Mugerwa saw the African golden cat, he didn’t know what it was.

    While reviewing camera trap footage at Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park, the…

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  • Turkey set to host COP31 as Australia steps aside in compromise

    Turkey set to host COP31 as Australia steps aside in compromise

    Matt McGrathEnvironment correspondent, at COP30 in Belém, Brazil

    Chris McGrath/Getty Images People walk on a near empty Konyaalti beach during a weekend lockdown on 06 June, 2021 in Antalya, Turkey.Chris McGrath/Getty Images

    Turkey has proposed holding the 2026 climate talks in Antalya

    The COP31 climate meeting is now expected to be held in Turkey after Australia dropped its bid…

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  • Ford boss Lisa Brankin warns against taxing electric cars

    Ford boss Lisa Brankin warns against taxing electric cars

    Josh Martin,business reporter and

    Sean Farrington,business presenter

    Barry Cronin Ford UK's managing director Lisa Brankin wearing blue jeans, a navy blue blouse with white polka dots and a navy blue cardigan. She is standing next to a black Ford Capri connecting it to an electric charger and smiling at the cameraBarry Cronin

    Taxes on electric vehicles may put drivers off buying them at a time when demand has “lost momentum”, Ford’s UK boss has warned.

    It comes after the BBC reported…

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  • Suspect arrested in assassination of Mexican mayor who pushed government to tackle violent crime

    Suspect arrested in assassination of Mexican mayor who pushed government to tackle violent crime

    Mexican authorities have arrested a man who is accused of being involved in planning and ordering the fatal shooting of the mayor of a Mexican state during a public event earlier this month.  

    The suspect, identified as…

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