Priya Sippy & Anne Okumu
BBC News, London & Lilongwe
Jack McBramsSuzanna Kathumba, a domestic worker in Malawi, spends every day thinking of ways…
Category: 2. World
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‘I tell my children not to play so we save money on soap’
Jack McBramsA chunk of Suzanna Kathumba’s meagre salary goes on school fees, leaving little for other essentials -
Canadian businesses seek certainty in US tariff war
Ali Abbas AhmadiBBC News, Toronto
Getty ImagesDeal or no deal, what Wes Love wants is certainty.
His Toronto-area business, Taurus Craco, imports machinery from overseas and distributes it across North America, mainly to the United States.
But…
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Doechii’s Glastonbury slot is all part of her five-year plan
Mark SavageMusic Correspondent
Getty ImagesDoechii is the stage name of Florida-born rapper and musician Jaylah Ji’mya Hickmon In 2023, Doechii announced she was three years into her five-year plan for becoming one of the biggest names in music.
“By…
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The Indian chef who took Tamil fare global and won a ‘food Oscar’
Getty Images for James Beard FoundationVijay Kumar accepts the Best Chef: New York State award at the 2025 James Beard Awards In Manhattan’s West Village, where culinary trends can change with the seasons, Chef Vijay Kumar is shaping a quiet…
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Japanese fruit sando hits high streets
Promo_Link/Getty ImagesServing strawberries in a sandwich might be unusual in the UK, but it’s nothing new in Japan Strawberries and cream – an iconic British combo since the 1800s. But do they belong together in a sandwich?
M&S has rolled out a…
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Did a JD Vance meme get a tourist banned from the US?
A Norwegian tourist says he was denied entry into the US after immigration agents took issue with a meme of Vice President JD Vance on his phone.
US Homeland Security officials say he was turned away for admitting drug use.
BBC Verify’s Jake Horton…
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The push to turn a backyard tackle game into a global sport
Lana Lam and Tiffanie TurnbullBBC News, Sydney
Watch: People compete in Auckland RUNIT championship league event “Defender ready?” calls the host.
A thumbs up and moments later, two burly men – with no protective gear – run full speed at each other…
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Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez wedding in Venice
Getty ImagesReality stars, actors, royals and a whole host of A-listers have travelled to Venice for the lavish wedding between Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez.
Oprah Winfrey, Orlando Bloom, Kylie Jenner…
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ lawyers make final arguments to jurors
Madeline Halpert & Sakshi VenkatramanBBC News, New York
ReutersMr Agnifilo framed Combs’ victims as willing participants in so-called freak-offs The sex trafficking and racketeering case against hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs was “badly, badly…
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GHF boss defends Gaza aid operation after hundreds of Palestinians killed near sites
The head of a controversial US and Israeli-backed aid group has defended its work after repeated incidents of killings and injuries of Palestinians seeking aid.
Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) boss Johnnie Moore told the BBC World Service’s…
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