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In the News
- Sheikh Hasina (pictured) resigns as the prime minister of Bangladesh and flees to India following anti-government protests.
- Following a mass stabbing in Southport, far-right protesters riot in England and Northern Ireland.
- The United States, Russia, and their respective allies agree to a prisoner exchange of 26 people.
- Ismail Haniyeh, the political leader of Hamas, is assassinated in Tehran, Iran.
Did You Know...
- ... that on top of being used as a culinary herb, Tulbaghia acutiloba (pictured) has traditionally been used in treating infectious diseases and hypertension?
- ... that Olympian Ruby Remati got into synchronized swimming because she liked the competitors' "sparkly suits" as a child?
- ... that São Tomé and Príncipe was popularly known as the Chocolate Islands in the early 1900s, when it was the world's top exporter of cocoa?
- ... that when not rock climbing, American Olympian Jesse Grupper develops exoskeletons?
- ... that a Japanese essayist and film historian has called Godzilla Minus One a "dangerous movie"?
- ... that refugee Hadi Tiranvalipour spent his first ten days in Italy living in a forest before joining the Refugee Olympic Team at the 2024 Summer Olympics?
- ... that in its two years of existence, the Hunter River Railway Company initiated construction on what would eventually become the Great Northern Railway connecting Sydney to Queensland?
- ... that Patrick Gottsch, the founder of RFD-TV and The Cowboy Channel, led the effort to break the Guinness World Record for the largest parade of pickup trucks?