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They call it 'a dream fulfilled' -- new homes designed for (and by) slum residents
It's a bold new experiment and it's already won a prize. Residents in a jam-packed slum, many of them living in one-room tin shacks, help design their apartments in a brand new building.
Why generations swear by hot caldo – ‘a Mexican Gatorade’ – in summer
Across Latin American households in the US, the steaming broth nourishes while keeping family traditions alive When Patty Rodriguez hears the word caldo now, she thinks fondly of home. But as a child growing up in…
Lost income, energy fears and a woolly mammoth: what Europe’s dried-up rivers have yielded
Heat and drought have affected shipping, power plants and tourism across eastern Europe – as well as unearthing some surprises Baking temperatures and drought across large swathes of central and eastern Europe have…
FDA weighs a new kind of flu shot based on technology RFK Jr. has questioned
The FDA is poised to render a decision on Moderna's mRNA-based flu shot, which could be the first of its kind to market. The decision is expected to reverberate throughout the biotech industry.
Scores injured as earthquake hits near Naples in seismic swarm
At least 21 injured and more than 250 evacuated in strongest quake to hit southern Italian region in 40 years At least 21 people have been injured after a 4.7-magnitude earthquake rocked a region near Naples, in…
Soap star Shane Richie facing drink-drive charge
The 62-year-old was arrested at a petrol station and is due in court in September, police say.
Spain attacks 'selfish' response of some EU countries to Ceuta migrant crossings
Italy has temporarily suspended the Schengen arrangement with Spain as Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni called scenes in Ceuta "shocking".
Gianni Infantino ‘has lost Uefa’s confidence’ after Fifa chief scraps World Cup sell-off plan
Infantino ditched proposals after widespread backlash Uefa adds: ‘We cannot keep going on with secret schemes’ Gianni Infantino “has lost the confidence” of Uefa following his aborted project to sell off the World Cup…
Sánchez condemns ‘selfish’ reaction of some EU countries to Ceuta border crisis as death toll rises – Europe live
In letter to Brussels, Spanish PM hits out at ‘polarising and illegal’ reaction after tens of thousands of people crossed from Morocco to Spanish enclave Grande-Marlaska said between 50,000 and 60,000 people crossed…
Infantino on the brink? Who might replace him if he goes?
Fifa president Gianni Infantino is in the eye of a storm after scrapping his attempt to sell stakes in the World Cup. If he goes, who comes in?
Laura Loomer, Lindsey Graham and the deepening Iran crisis: what’s behind Trump’s reset with Zelenskyy?
The US administration has struck a warmer tone of late as Ukraine has shown its value as an ally in the Middle East As leadership pairings go, Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy is not a match made in heaven. It is a…
Christopher Harry on buying an SUV – cartoon
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