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2026-05-05 04:02:00 (2 days ago)

As summer approaches, skin diseases spread through Gaza’s refugee camps

Skin conditions have become a serious issue for healthcare workers in Gaza, particularly when temperatures rise.

The Guardian - World News

2026-05-05 04:00:47 (2 days ago)

‘We put our heads above the parapet’: Lubaina Himid on winning her 40-year battle to storm the Venice Biennale

In the 1980s, she had to show her work in a corridor by the ICA’s toilet. Now she’s representing Britain at the ‘art Olympics’. So is the artist feeling a bit establishment? Quite the reverse

The Venice Biennale opening is just days away but Lubaina Himid isn’t in a rush. The artist, who will represent Britain at the “Olympics of art”, is at home in Preston, where there’s an air of calm. Her wife and frequent collaborator Magda Stawarska is making a pot of tea. Gardeners are moving paving slabs in the back yard.

We wander around her beautiful Victorian terrace to the house directly behind. Himid bought it, knocked down a wall between the two properties and has almost finished turning it into a studio. It’s airy, light-filled and serene. Works on canvas are dotted around; paintbrushes sit neatly in custom-made cabinetry. Everything is in its right place.

The Guardian - World News

2026-05-05 04:00:47 (2 days ago)

‘People crave friendship’: thousands flock to resurgence of centuries-old south Asian board game

Carrom, a game in which players flick counters into pockets on a board, has drawn hundreds to events across the UK

On a Monday evening in the upstairs room of Dishoom Permit Room in Notting Hill, the atmosphere is already crackling before the games night begins. Chai is poured and passed around, chalk is dusted across wooden boards, and the sharp click of counters striking the surface cuts through the noise of conversation.

At one table, Uneeb Khalid, 39, and his friend Varun Solan, 43, are deep in conversation about artificial intelligence while flicking small counters across a wooden board. Later, they reach the final round – and finish in second place.

The Guardian - World News

2026-05-05 04:00:46 (2 days ago)

Time limits, curfews or a full ban: how UK may restrict social media for under-16s

Ministers have committed to changing rules for children, but how this will take shape is still up for debate

The UK government committed last week to either implementing a ban on under-16s accessing social media or imposing restrictions on children’s use of those platforms.

A consultation is already under way on whether to impose limits and the announcement confirms that curbs will be introduced. Here are some of the restrictions that could be brought in.

The Guardian - World News

2026-05-05 04:00:46 (2 days ago)

Surrender review – Josh Duhamel hunts smirking serial killer in 90s throwback thriller

A whiff of David Fincher’s Seven lingers in the air but this moody crime drama from David Lipper is devoid of clever twists

‘We got a serial killer,” announces a policeman in this retro 1990s-style thriller directed by David Lipper; evidence has comes back that an enigmatic, super-clever suspect (played by Dylan Sprouse) has the blood of three different people on his clothing. (But if the victims were all killed at roughly the same time, wouldn’t that make him a mass murderer?) It’s best not to get too hung up on nomenclature or to think too hard about anything here – like how can one character predict that an ordinary pen would get left behind in a room to serve as a convenient murder weapon? Just go with the throwback vibe, the moody underlit cinematography, and growling subsonic score. Even the faces vaguely recall B- and C-movie fodder from the 1990s/early 2000s including Josh Duhamel and Til Schweiger, here playing a retiring police detective and his mysteriously German commanding officer, respectively.

Duhamel’s Shaw is nominally the protagonist here, although he’s consistently upstaged by Sprouse’s blood-splattered murderer, called AJ, who pulls out the unsettling high-pitched giggles and evil smirks we’ve come to expect from our movie killers. It turns out that AJ has left a trail of clues leading to each of his recent murders that Shaw must unravel if he’s to find his own teenage son (Corbin Pitts), who AJ has locked up in some underground lair with only hours left until he runs out of air.

CBC News - Top Stories

2026-05-05 04:00:00 (2 days ago)

How the viral 'Scientology speedrun' trend got started and why young people keep doing it

Like any online meme worth its weight in clicks, the Scientology speedrun trend doesn't make a lot of sense, at least on the surface. Teens rush Scientology sites for views, jokes and protest — but ex-members warn it can turn risky fast.

CBC News - Top Stories

2026-05-05 04:00:00 (2 days ago)

Scammers are getting Rogers customers to mail them 'free' iPads

Rogers customers are on the hook for a $2,300 iPad after scammers got them to unknowingly sign up for a two-year iPad financing plan. Rogers offered some help as a goodwill gesture, but the victims are disappointed the company won't fully reverse the charges.

Times of India

2026-05-05 04:00:00 (2 days ago)

Buried for a century: 409 gold coins discovered under a Russian home, but the owner is still unknown

ABC News - International News

2026-05-05 03:56:16 (2 days ago)

Taiwan's pres. says state visits are 'basic right' after claims of blocked trip

Taiwan President Lai Ching-te said state visits are a basic right of governments after returning from a three-day trip to Eswatini that Taiwan's government says China tried to block

Times of Israel - World News

2026-05-05 03:55:42 (2 days ago)

High ambition: Rising star eyes Olympic ascent for Israeli climbing

24-year-old Ayala Kerem believes she can represent the Jewish state at the 2028 LA Games -- and that an Olympic push could help raise interest in the emerging field

The post High ambition: Rising star eyes Olympic ascent for Israeli climbing appeared first on The Times of Israel.

Al Jazeera - Top Stories

2026-05-05 03:54:50 (2 days ago)

In Mauritania, push to phase out private schools divides opinion

Officials say measure will ease systemic discrimination, but private school sector fears education quality is at risk.

Times of Israel - World News

2026-05-05 03:52:00 (2 days ago)

One suspect in Zelka murder tells cops: ‘Everyone was hitting him, what, should I stop?’

Interrogators confront suspect with video of attack on 21-year-old pizzeria worker as he lay 'in a pool of blood'; police say 19 suspects arrested

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