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Kubra Khademi: Art of strength and survival
On a busy street in Kabul, a young artist steps into traffic wearing a steel sculpture she has shaped around her breasts and buttocks. She calls the …
2 months, 1 week ago
Elana Meyers Taylor: A 20-year journey to gold
Elana Meyers Taylor became the oldest-ever winner of an individual Winter Olympic gold medal when she won the women’s monobob event in Milan-Cortina,…
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80 years of the BBC Russian Service
The BBC's Russian service marks its eightieth anniversary this week. In eight decades, it has grown from a short wave radio service to a multimedia …
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Bombings in Lebanon
Lebanon’s citizens are again caught under fire. As many as a million people are displaced as they search for a place of safety and there are fears of…
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Deaf Umrah
Islamic religious practice is deeply entwined with sound, from the call to prayer to memorising the Quran; learning to recite the holy text is very m…
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Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's longest~serving PM
Benjamin Netanyahu is Israel’s longest serving prime minister. He was born in Tel Aviv in 1949, the year after the State of Israel was founded. One o…
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Madagascar: From famine to hope
Lying off the south-eastern coast of Africa, Madagascar has been pushed into crisis by a deadly combination of climate change, poverty and environmen…
2 months, 1 week ago
Billion dollar babies
Eels are a popular food in parts of Asia, but they can’t be commercially bred in captivity. Coupled with trade bans to protect the highly endangered …
2 months, 2 weeks ago
The Romeros: Developing digital games
Brenda and John Romero are towering figures in modern game development, creators whose work has shaped how millions of players experience digital wor…
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Is the revolution in Cuba over?
Cuba is facing one of its most severe humanitarian crises in decades.
For years, Cuba relied heavily on oil from Venezuela. Those supplies have largel…
2 months, 2 weeks ago