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HMRC will close tax helpline for half the year
Taxpayers seeking help with self-assessment will need to use online services from 8 April to 30 September.
3 min read - NewsBBC
Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula: South Africa investigators raid home of speaker of parliament
Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula has been accused of corruption while defence minister, which she denies.
1 min read - CelebrityBBC
Amaechi Muonagor: Nigerian Nollywood legend begs for help with kidney transplant
A social media video showing Amaechi Muonagor only able to utter a few words has elicited sympathy.
2 min read - TechnologyThe Canadian Press
An AI robot is spotting sick tulips to slow the spread of disease through Dutch bulb fields
NOORDWIJKERHOUT, Netherlands (AP) — Theo works weekdays, weekends and nights and never complains about a sore spine despite performing hour upon hour of what, for a regular farm hand, would be backbreaking labor checking Dutch tulip fields for sick flowers. The boxy robot — named after a retired employee at the WAM Pennings farm near the Dutch North Sea coast — is a new high-tech weapon in the battle to root out disease from the bulb fields as they erupt into a riot of springtime color. On a win
3 min read - NewsThe Canadian Press
The Latest | Qatar is 'cautiously optimistic' after cease-fire talks with Israeli intelligence chief
Qatari officials were “cautiously optimistic” after talks with Israel’s intelligence chief in Doha aimed at trying to reach a cease-fire, Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesperson Majed al-Ansari said Tuesday at a news conference, stressing that an Israeli ground operation in Rafah would set back any talks. Meanwhile, incoming Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa laid out wide-ranging plans for a revitalized Palestinian Authority and an independent trust fund to oversee Gaza’s reconstruction i
10 min read - SportsBBC
Ten Hag 'deserves to build on the foundations he's laying'
When Erik ten Hag arrived at Manchester United in 2022, did anyone truly believe the team would return to the top within his first two years? Winning the FA Cup may not be enough if the top five evades Ten Hag in the Premier League. Ten Hag has won 17 and lost just two of his 19 domestic cup games as United boss.
1 min read - NewsBBC
Russia's planned 'Friendship Games' a 'cynical attempt' to 'politicise sport', says IOC
The International Olympic Committee condemns "a cynical attempt" by Russia "to politicise sport" through its plans to host a 'Friendship Games'.
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