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Five dead in 'massive' Papua New Guinea quake
Five dead in 'massive' Papua New Guinea quake
World
by  AFP

A 7.6-magnitude earthquake shook Papua New Guinea Sunday, damaging buildings, triggering landslides and killing at least five people, with several others severely injured. Papua New Guinea sits on the Pacific "Ring of Fire", causing it to experience frequent earthquakes.

'It came from the gut': New mother Jennifer Lawrence returns with 'Causeway'
'It came from the gut': New mother Jennifer Lawrence returns with 'Causeway'
World
by  AFP

When Jennifer Lawrence was offered a script about a wounded US Army engineer who returns from Afghanistan to a strained relationship with her mother, she was on a sabbatical from acting and not yet a parent. - Motherhood - But she also partly drew on her own childhood for the role in "Causeway," in which Lynsey has a fractious relationship with her unreliable mother.

Shadow of Lesotho's 'famo' music wars hangs over Soweto massacre
Shadow of Lesotho's 'famo' music wars hangs over Soweto massacre
Africa
by  AFP

When 16 people were shot dead at a South African tavern, few thought the investigation would lead to the kingdom of Lesotho, where a war between rival music gangs has claimed scores of lives. More than 15 percent of mountainous Lesotho's 2.2 million people live in South Africa.

Ethereum blockchain set for 'monumental' overhaul
Ethereum blockchain set for 'monumental' overhaul
World
by  AFP

An army of computer programmers scattered across the globe is set to attempt one of the biggest software upgrades the crypto sector has ever seen this week to reduce its environmentally unfriendly energy consumption. At the moment, so-called crypto miners use energy-guzzling rigs of computers to solve puzzles that reward them with new coins -- a system known as "proof of work".

Appeal to start in French court over Charlie Hebdo attack
Appeal to start in French court over Charlie Hebdo attack
World
by  AFP

An appeal trial is set to begin Monday as two men ruled to have helped Islamist gunmen prepare a deadly 2015 attack on satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo seek to overturn their convictions. The first trial was held in 2020 with 14 defendants -- some tried in their absence -- accused of helping the gunmen prepare and organise the attacks in the French capital.