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Experts growing new skin for Swiss fire victims
A The Cell Production Centre at Lausanne University Hospital is working flat out trying to grow new skin for badly-burned survivors of Switzerland’s New Year bar fire tragedy. The centre,…
His business has a ‘no law enforcement’ sign. The Memphis Safe Task Force swarmed the parking lot.
B Rob Brown helps a customer put in an order at the counter of his restaurant, Da Sammich Spot. On Sunday, Brown was confronted by National Guard and Memphis Safe…
In remote Senegal, chimp researchers escape gold mines’ perils
B Michel Tama Sadiakhou’s future dramatically changed course some 15 years ago thanks to a clan of spear-wielding apes: instead of the dangerous work in informal gold mines that is…
Senegal’s spear-wielding savannah chimps yield clues on humanity’s past
B A shriek broke the dawn on the savannah, followed by more screeches and the rustle of branches: The wild Fongoli chimps were bidding each other good morning in the…
German economy returns to growth, but headwinds fierce
S Germany’s economy eked out meagre growth in 2025 and dodged a third straight year of recession, data showed Thursday, but Europe’s languishing industrial powerhouse still faces huge challenges to…
Taiwan’s TSMC logs net profit jump on AI boom
A Taiwanese chipmaking titan TSMC announced Thursday a forecast-busting net profit for the fourth quarter in a sign of sustained global demand for artificial intelligence technology. TSMC is the world’s…
South Korean health insurer loses appeal against tobacco companies
A South Korea’s state health insurer lost an appeal on Thursday in its lawsuit seeking damages from the country’s three largest tobacco companies over their alleged responsibility for smoking-related harms.…
‘Silent crisis’: the generation of Salvadorans deprived of a dad
A Jade comes home from school each day to feed the chickens at her home in the Central American nation of El Salvador with her classmates’ taunts ringing in her…
Former US Open champ Stephens comes through Australian Open qualifying
A Former Grand Slam champion Sloane Stephens battled through qualifying for the Australian Open on Thursday to make her first major tournament in a year. The American eased past Italy’s Lucia…
The Bulgarian mechanic Kremlin propaganda keeps killing
R For almost a decade, Nikolay Gentchev has faced a strange question: “You’re not dead, are you?” A photo of the Bulgarian mechanic has been regularly published on pro-Russian sites…
