On the afternoon of Holy Wednesday, the tamborada of Hellín begins, in which thousands of drummers of all ages march through the streets of the town beating their drums and thundering out ancestral rhythms.
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People in Spanish town of Hellín welcome Easter with traditional drumming
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Experimental daily pill found to aid weight loss in what could be alternative to jabs like Ozempic
An experimental once-daily pill appears to be effective at aiding weight loss and lowering blood sugar among people with type 2 diabetes, according to new data from the drugmaker Eli Lilly.
The medicine, called orforglipron, belongs to a class of blockbuster weight loss drugs known…
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Macron’s meeting with Rubio, Witkoff starts in Paris
A meeting between French President Emmanuel Macron, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and US President’s special envoy Steve Witkoff began in Paris on Thursday.
According to the French newspaper Le Monde, the President of the Republic is accompanied by Foreign Minister Jean-Noël…
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Ukrainian forces have recently liberated about 16 sq km on Pokrovsk front, Ukraine’s commander-in-chief says
Oleksandr Syrskyi and Ukrainian officers. Photo: Syrskyi on Facebook
Ukrainian forces have liberated about 16 square kilometres of land near the settlements of Udachne, Kotlyne and Shevchenko in recent weeks, as reported…
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Putin praises Musk's Mars plans and compares tech billionaire to Soviet icon
The Russian president made the comments speaking to students at the Bauman Moscow State Technical University.
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Are online claims about the WHO’s pandemic treaty true?
A string of false and misleading online claims have emerged about the pandemic treaty, a landmark agreement which has just been agreed by more than 190 members of the World Health Organisation (WHO).
The pandemic treaty was first proposed by WHO members in the midst of the COVID-19…
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Journalist Yurii Makarov stabbed in Kyiv attack
Yurii Makarov, a prominent journalist and executive producer at Ukraine’s national public broadcaster Suspilne, was attacked and stabbed by an unknown assailant.
Mykola Chernotytskyi, Chairman of the Board of the National Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine,…
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French jails have come under attack. Are violent drug gangs to blame?
Hugh SchofieldBBC News, Paris
ReutersCars have been torched in a series of attacks on French jails since Sunday night Officially, all lines of enquiry are still open into a wave of arson and gun attacks at French prisons.
That means police haven’t ruled out the extremist left, or a foreign power…
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Ex-Russian general jailed for seven years over bribes
A former top Russian general has been jailed for seven years after being accused of taking bribes.
Lt Gen Vadim Shamarin was arrested last year during a crackdown on corruption in the defence ministry launched by the Kremlin, and was accused of taking “a particularly large bribe” from a…
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