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Cuban children's heart hospital makes tough choices amid US blockade
Paul McCartney recalls Yesterday with first album in five years
Paul McCartney recalls Yesterday with first album in five years

British pop legend and former Beatle Paul McCartney on Thursday released a new single and announced his first album in over five years, examining his life in Liverpool before global stardom.

March 26, 2026

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'True miracle': Napoleon's long-lost hat to go on display
'True miracle': Napoleon's long-lost hat to go on display

A newly discovered hat believed to have been worn by Napoleon Bonaparte during his exile on the island of Saint Helena is set to go on display outside Paris later this year, historians said on Thursday.

March 26, 2026

Lost in space: Sperm struggles to navigate during weightless sex
Lost in space: Sperm struggles to navigate during weightless sex

Scientists have used a tiny plastic "obstacle course" to test how much sperm would struggle to navigate during sex in the weightlessness of space.

March 26, 2026

IOC's gender test directive throws up multiple questions
IOC's gender test directive throws up multiple questions

The International Olympic Committee's announcement on Thursday that it is reintroducing gender testing to protect the female category, after last being used at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, raises practical, legal, ethical and scientific questions.

March 26, 2026

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Senegal victims of 'most blatant scam' in football history: federation
Senegal victims of 'most blatant scam' in football history: federation

Senegal football boss Abdoulaye Fall on Thursday labelled the decision to strip the country of its 2025 Africa Cup of Nations title the "most blatant administrative scam in the history of our sport".

March 26, 2026

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South Africa disinvited from G7 in France after US pressure: Pretoria
South Africa disinvited from G7 in France after US pressure: Pretoria

The United States put pressure on France to disinvite the South African president to the G7 summit in the French town of Evian in June, the South Africsan presidency told AFP Thursday.

March 26, 2026