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‘A very special cuisine’: Nick Kwek’s culinary adventures around Sabah

5 mn readBBC’s Discovering the World’s Table sees food writer Nick Kwek journey to his ancestral homeland of Sabah in Malaysian Borneo, where he eats pufferfish with the Bajau Laut sea nomads, learns the art of rice wine-making and is given a secret hangover cure. Pristine turquoise waves lap our boat as we depart the harbourfront in […]

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Countries that have cashed in on their top-level domain names

2 mn readAnguilla is raking in extra revenue from registration fees for its .ai web domain thanks to the artificial intelligence boom, but it’s not the only place cashing in on demand for websites with distinctive address endings. Here’s a look at some other places cashing in on their unique top-level domains: TUVALU Tuvalu is a string […]

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It looks like a tiny kangaroo and it’s bouncing back from the brink of extinction

3 mn readThe brush-tailed bettong looks like a miniature kangaroo and, similarly, has a pouch where it keeps its young. But don’t be fooled, this small marsupial is not as adorable as it looks. When threatened by a predator, the bettong will eject its tiny joey from its pouch and bounce off in a different direction to […]

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Colombia yields on US deportation flights to avert trade war

4 mn readA looming trade war between the US and Colombia appears to have been averted after the Colombian government agreed to allow US military flights carrying deported migrants to land in the Andean country. The spat erupted on Sunday when President Gustavo Petro barred two military planes carrying Colombians deported from the US from landing. The […]

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US active duty troops beginning to arrive in Texas and San Diego to support border security

2 mn readActive duty military troops will begin arriving in El Paso, Texas, and San Diego on Thursday evening, in what defense officials said is the first batch of the new forces being deployed to secure the southern border. The Pentagon announced on Wednesday that about 1,500 troops were being sent to the border this week, as […]

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China tells Rubio to behave himself in veiled warning

< 1 mn readChina’s veteran foreign minister has issued a veiled warning to America’s new secretary of state: Behave yourself. Foreign Minister Wang Yi conveyed the message in a phone call Friday, their first conversation since Marco Rubio’s confirmation as President Donald Trump’s top diplomat four days earlier. “I hope you will act accordingly,” Wang told Rubio, according […]

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