Sustainable technology innovations awarded at Young Inventors Prize ceremony

Ten young inventors have been awarded for developing technologies that advance the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, with top honours awarded for innovations in rare earth recycling, food preservation, and carbon capture. At a ceremony held in Reykjavík, Iceland, the European Patent Office (EPO) announced the winners of the 2025 Young Inventors Prize special prizes. This…

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Highlights from Milan Fashion Week: Dolce & Gabbana, Prada, and Armani steal the spotlight

By&nbspTheo Farrant&nbsp&&nbspAP Published on 23/06/2025 – 13:45 GMT+2 Over several packed days, Milan reaffirmed its place at the heart of men’s fashion, hosting a packed lineup of runway shows that set the tone for Spring/Summer 2026. Against a backdrop of shifting global moods and evolving definitions of masculinity, designers used the runway to explore not…

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Israel targeting Tehran’s Evin prison, ‘agencies of repression’: minister

JERUSALEM: Israel targeted Tehran’s notorious Evin prison as well as the command centres of security agencies in Iran responsible for “maintaining the regime’s stability”, a minister and the military said Monday. The Israeli military “is carrying out strikes of unprecedented force against regime targets and agencies of government repression in the heart of Tehran”, Defence…

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2 butcher shops close after girl dies from food poisoning

Two butcher shops in northern France have temporarily closed after a child died from severe food poisoning, said local authorities on Friday. Eight children have come down with severe food poisoning since June 12 after consuming meat products from the two businesses in the northern city of Saint-Quentin. Five of them contracted a rare foodborne…

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Workers find 1,000-year-old mummy while installing pipes

Peruvian utility workers recently found a 1,000-year-old mummy while installing pipes in Lima, their company said, confirming the latest discovery of a pre-Hispanic tomb in the capital. The workers found the trunk of a huarango tree (a species native to coastal Peru), “which served as a tomb marker in the past,” archaeologist Jesus Bahamonde, scientific…

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