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The “worst cholera outbreak in years” has killed at least 40 people in the last week in Sudan, according to the medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières.Overwhelmed medical centres are resorting to treating patients on mattresses on the floor, MSF said, as the country’s two-year civil war aids the spread of the disease.Sylvain Penicaud, MSF project coordinator in Tawila, North Darfur state, said families in displacement and refugee camps often had no choice but to drink dirty water, the main cause of cholera.“Just two weeks ago, a body was found in a well inside one of the camps. It was removed,…

Artificial intelligence is fundamentally transforming how consumers discover, evaluate, and purchase products online. By 2025, AI-enabled e-commerce is valued at $8.65 billion and projected to reach $22.60 billion by 2032, signaling the most significant shift in retail technology since the internet’s inception. This transformation extends beyond simple chatbots to encompass personalized shopping experiences, visual search capabilities, and autonomous digital assistants that understand consumer intent at unprecedented levels. The convergence of AI technologies with e-commerce platforms is creating shopping experiences that feel increasingly intuitive and personalized. From voice-activated purchases to image-based product discovery, AI is eliminating traditional barriers between consumer desire…

Guardian writers’ predicted position: 6th (NB: this is not necessarily Ed Aarons’s prediction but the average of our writers’ tips)Last season’s position: 17thProspectsTottenham kitsThe sacking of Ange Postecoglou after he ended Tottenham’s 17-year wait for a trophy by winning the Europa League divided opinion among supporters, although the appointment of the experienced Thomas Frank has been generally received with enthusiasm. Not even that night in Bilbao was enough to save Postecoglou after Spurs ended last season 17th – their lowest placing since 1977 – having lost 22 games. But Frank, after cutting his teeth with a Brentford team that consistently…

Talk about customer service. On Wednesday, Google CEO Sundar Pichai posted on X about Google Calendar’s new feature to duplicate events — an addition that was specifically requested by Stripe co-founder John Collison last month, also via an X post. On July 5, Collison asked if Google Calendar users could get a Ctrl-click option that would allow them to easily duplicate events, similar to the feature that many native calendar applications already have. Collison tagged Pichai in his post at the time. While users often tag companies and CEOs with online feedback and complaints, you know you’ve made it when…

Kate WhannelPolitical reporterBBCStarmer and Zelensky walk through the Downing Street rose garden togetherUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he discussed security guarantees with Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer at their meeting in Downing Street.The pair held talks ahead of a vital summit in Alaska between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday to discuss ending the war in Ukraine. Sir Keir has said he believes there is a “viable chance” of a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine and stressed Ukraine’s “territorial integrity” must be protected and international borders “must not be changed by force”. Zelensky and…

For the maudlin among us, the final Downton Abbey film should perhaps come with a warning. Everything in it is tinged with wistfulness – a goodbye to cherished characters and a farewell to a stately home that was a sturdy presence in a transient world. When the ITV series started in 2010, wasn’t life … better? Did Elizabeth McGovern feel this too, the sense of time passing? After all, her character, Cora, is now ageing out of custodianship of Downton along with her husband, Lord Grantham, in favour of a younger generation and a changing era as the 1930s dawn.“No!”…

The clashes in March included murder, torture and other ‘inhumane acts’ that UN investigators say amount to war crimes.War crimes were likely committed by members of interim government forces and fighters aligned with former President Bashar al-Assad during an outbreak of sectarian violence in Syria’s coastal areas in March, according to a United Nations report.Some 1,400 people, mainly civilians, were reported killed during the violence that primarily targeted Alawite communities, and reports of violations have continued, according to the report released on Thursday by the UN Syria Commission of Inquiry.“The scale and brutality of the violence documented in our report…

Conakry — – Under the leadership of the Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene, and with the support of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF and PATH, Guinea today officially introduced the malaria vaccine into its Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI). This historic milestone marks a major turning point in the fight against malaria, which remains the leading cause of child morbidity and mortality in the country.In 2023, Guinea recorded an estimated 4.43 million malaria cases, according to the 2024 WHO World Malaria Report, underscoring the country’s continued high burden of the disease. Malaria accounts for…

President Donald Trump’s administration wants to overhaul the nation’s visa programme for highly skilled foreign workers.If the administration does what one official described, it would change H-1B visa rules to favour employers that pay higher wages. That could effectively transform the visa into what one expert called “a luxury work permit” and disadvantage early-career workers with smaller salaries, including teachers. It could also upend the current visa programme’s lottery system used to distribute visas to eligible foreign workers.“This shift may prevent many employers, including small and midsize businesses, from hiring the talent they need in shortage occupations, ultimately reducing America’s…

new video loaded: Zelensky Meets Starmer Before U.S.-Russia MeetingtranscriptBacktranscriptZelensky Meets Starmer Before U.S.-Russia MeetingIn a show of unity, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine hugged Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain a day before President Trump was to meet President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia in Alaska.Reporter: “What’s your message to President Trump?” “Will the U.K. put boots on the ground to secure a cease-fire?” “Will you call out President Trump if he …” “Confident of a cease-fire?” “Will you back Ukraine fully, Prime Minister?”Recent episodes in Ukraine CrisisShow more videos from Ukraine Crisis