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Week in pictures: 20 – 26 August 2022
A selection of powerful images from all over the globe, taken in the past seven days.Story Published at: August 27, 2022 at 01:23AM
Oder mass fish deaths: Searching for clues to Polish-German border mystery
Scientists suspect a pollutant caused high salt levels, encouraging algae to flourish, suffocating fish.Story Published at: August 27, 2022 at 01:22AM
Ford hikes price of electric Mustang Mach-E by as much as $8,475 due to ‘significant’ battery cost increases
Ford said the markups are due to “significant material cost increases, continued strain on key supply chains” and market conditions.Story Published at: August 26, 2022 at 07:07PM
Asia Cup: India and Pakistan gear up for next cricket battle
The two cricketing giants will take on each other in Asia Cup tournament on Sunday.Story Published at: August 27, 2022 at 01:24AM
A key leader for Meta’s metaverse software is leaving the company
Meta’s Vivek Sharma was in charge of Horizon, the company’s virtual reality platform and had been with Facebook’s parent company for six years.Story Published at: August 26, 2022 at 11:37PM
My friend was able to unlock my new Google phone with his fingerprint
Google says its Pixel 6a smartphone met the standard of unlocking with an unverified fingerprint once every 50,000 times. It happened to this reporter.Story Published at: August 26, 2022 at 09:46PM
Sanna Marin: How much partying is too much for a leader?
Sanna Marin is facing tough criticism, but supporters say she is being treated unfairly.Story Published at: August 27, 2022 at 01:13AM
Opinion: This British-French divide could not come at a worse time
Though Napoleon Bonaparte, Horatio Nelson and the 1805 Battle of Trafalgar are long-ago history, France and the United Kingdom are apparently still doing battle. In fact, Boris Johnson’s likely successor as UK prime minister and assorted French politicos have recently been exchanging shots.Story Published at: August 26, 2022 at 09:43PM
Salman Rushdie: Did a ‘chance’ airport meeting lead to fatwa?
Two British imams met an Iranian minister hours before the decree calling for the author’s death, was issued in 1989.Story Published at: August 27, 2022 at 12:32AM