Research Notes on Bbc World News Radio

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Highlights Worth Noting

  • The United States of America is 250 years old - but how did it become a country in the first place? Click here to subscribe to our ...
  • US President Donald Trump's attempts at regime change in Iran and Venezuela, controversial as they are, reflect the US's long ...
  • The Berlin Wall rises, splitting the city from east to west. Then a stand-off between American and Soviet tanks at the crossing point, ...
  • We look at how US President Donald Trump made more than $1 billion from cryptocurrency in his first year back in office.
  • Temperatures broke June records in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands on Friday as the death toll from Europe's heatwave ...

Additional Context

Two major earthquakes shook the Venezuelan capital of Caracas seconds apart on Wednesday evening. The first 7.2-magnitude ... Russian forces have launched what Kyiv's mayor described as the "most massive" attack on the Ukrainian capital since the start of ... Not to sound like a gym bro…but the science is clear: more of us should start lifting. Strength training is when you lift weights or ...

Do you know how much water you should drink? Many global guidelines recommend approximately two litres a day for women ...

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