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A Russian drone slams into an apartment building in eastern Ukraine, killing three people, while another is killed at an energy site, Ukrainian authorities report. Source link

Zohran Mamdani’s victory in Tuesday’s New York City mayoral election looked unlikely at one point. Polling shows it was women who helped power him into office.  Source link

From selling access to Andrew for £500,000 to dodgy dealings with Jeffrey Esptein, Sarah Ferguson has been creating headlines for all the wrong reasons for three decades. Source link

James Watson, the controversial American biologist whose 1953 discovery of the structure of DNA ushered in the age of genetics, has died. Source link

Beauty pageants remain serious business in the Pacific, but contestants are thinking twice before entering due to online bullying and discrimination. Source link

The United States and Britain remove sanctions on Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa, a day after the United Nations Security Council did the same. Source link

Youth demonstrations in Madagascar are the latest in a number of gen Z protests across parts of Asia, Africa and South America, and young people are galvanised to join some of the largest protests of their generation. Source link

In a short period of time, women’s cricket in India has travelled from uneven, dusty grounds to floodlit stadiums packed with roaring fans. The team’s upset victory promises yet more investment in the women’s game from the world’s most fanatical cricketing nation. Source link

A small sense of normalcy has returned in some areas of Gaza, but other parts remain under Israeli military control, fuelling concerns the strip is being divided. Source link

Artificial intelligence chatbots like ChatGPT are embedded in modern life, with some Australians using them to help work through PTSD and toxic work environments. Source link