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Task of grave importance: elderly in New Zealand build their own caskets
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube Read more about New Zealand: https://sc.mp/m2xyv In Hastings, New Zealand, a unique “coffin club” has been formed for elderly members who build and personalise their own caskets. Despite the morbid-sounding activity, club meetings have maintained a lighthearted atmosphere. The morbid work even opens doors to lighthearted discussion of a serious topic. The club aims to empower…
What declining birth rates mean for the world | BBC News
This week, South Korea broke its own world record for the lowest birth rate in the world. 230,000 babies were born there last year, in a country with a population over 50 million. But declining birth rates isn’t exclusive to South Korea, with the trend affecting numerous countries across the world – including the UK. The BBC’s Analysis Editor Ros Atkins has been looking into…
UK passes controversial immigration Rwanda bill | BBC News
UK Parliament has passed PM Rishi Sunak’s flagship Rwanda bill, after a late-night sitting and months of wrangling. Plans to send some asylum seekers to Africa have met with fierce criticism, but the bill passed on Monday when the Lords dropped their opposition. Sunak said in a statement “nothing will stand in our way” now of getting flights off the ground. But the scheme could…
Elon Musk's Tesla cuts prices in major markets as sales fall | BBC News
Tesla has cut its prices in a number of markets – including the US, China, and Germany – as the electric car giant faces falling sales. A price war has been intensifying between electric vehicle (EV) makers, with particularly fierce competition coming from Chinese firms. And Tesla – run by multi-billionaire Elon Musk – reported a sharp fall in global vehicle deliveries in early 2024,…
Largest ever sea creature discovered by scientists | BBC News
Scientists have identified what they have suspected was probably the largest marine reptile ever to swim in the seas – a creature longer than two, nose-to-nose buses. The creature lived around 202 million years ago alongside the dinosaurs. Its fossilised jawbone was found in 2016 by a fossil hunter on a beach in Somerset, UK. In 2020 a father and daughter found another similar jawbone….
Nasa’s Voyager-1 sends usable data from deep space | BBC News
The US space agency says its Voyager-1 probe is once again sending usable information back to Earth after months of spouting gibberish. The Nasa spacecraft is humanity’s most distant object, being more than 24 billion km (15 billion miles) away. A computer fault stopped it returning readable data in November but engineers have now fixed this. Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/1rbfUog For more news, analysis and features…
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