Wearing an impeccable blue suit, Daniel Armella steps into the spotlight to receive an Oscar-shaped statuette. Except that instead of being covered in gold, this trophy for Hollywood’s best extras is made of plastic. It is a minor detail for Armella, a background actor in the crime series “High Potential” who is as excited to get […]
Read MoreBangladesh’s prime minister-to-be Tarique Rahman and lawmakers were sworn into parliament on Tuesday, becoming the first elected representatives since a deadly 2024 uprising. Rahman is set to take over from an interim government that has steered the country of 170 million people for 18 months since the autocratic government of Sheikh Hasina was overthrown. The […]
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Two bomb attacks and a gunfight between police and militants in northwest Pakistan killed at least 11 security personnel and three civilians, including a child, a security official said. The separate incidents on Monday in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, which left at least 25 others wounded, come as Pakistan’s security forces battle intensifying insurgencies in southern […]
Read MorePeru’s Congress is set to consider Tuesday whether to impeach interim president Jose Jeri, the country’s seventh head of state in 10 years, accused of the irregular hiring of several women in his government. A motion to oust Jeri, 39, received the backing of dozens of lawmakers on claims of influence peddling, the latest of a […]
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Guter Kariesschutz für Kinder muss nicht teuer sein: Die Stiftung Warentest bescheinigte drei Kinderzahnpasten die Note “Sehr gut”, die zugleich zu den günstigsten im Test gehörten. Insgesamt untersuchte die Stiftung 18 Produkte: Fünf erhielten die beste Note, sieben die Note “Gut”, wie Stiftung Warentest am Dienstag mitteilte. Sechs Pasten fielen durch, darunter die teuerste für […]
Read MoreGuter Kariesschutz für Kinder muss nicht teuer sein: Die Stiftung Warentest bescheinigte drei Kinderzahnpasten die Note “Sehr gut”, die zugleich zu den günstigsten im Test gehörten. Insgesamt untersuchte die Stiftung 18 Produkte: Fünf erhielten die beste Note, sieben die Note “Gut”, wie Stiftung Warentest am Dienstag mitteilte. Sechs Pasten fielen durch, darunter die teuerste für […]
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In der Debatte über einen besseren Schutz von Kindern im Internet hat der SPD-Vorstoß für ein vollständiges Social-Media-Verbot für Unter-14-Jährige sowohl Unterstützung als auch Kritik erfahren. “Ich begrüße den Vorschlag der SPD, Altersgrenzen für Social Media differenziert zu gestalten, ausdrücklich”, sagte die unabhängige Beauftragte der Bundesregierung gegen sexuellen Missbrauch von Kindern und Jugendlichen, Kerstin Claus, […]
Read MoreAt an hour when Ahmad and Mohammed should have been in the classroom, the two brothers sat idle at home in the northern West Bank city of Nablus. The 10-year-old twins are part of a generation abruptly cut adrift by a fiscal crisis that has slashed public schooling from five days a week to three […]
Read MoreThe death of US actor James Van Der Beek was just the latest reminder that colorectal cancer has been surging among people under 50 in recent years — and no one knows why. The “Dawson’s Creek” star died last week aged 48 after being diagnosed with colorectal cancer, also known as bowel cancer. Fellow US […]
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