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Interrail: 6,379Km and 13 Countries over 7 weeks
A couple completed a 7-week Interrail journey across 13 countries covering 6,379 km using a 15-day travel pass, spending approximately 40 hours on trains.
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Heavy rains and flash floods in Bangladesh leave 51 dead
Thousands have lost their homes as flash floods and landslides have hit large parts of the country.
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Watch: At the scene where Bangkok's deadly bar fire unfolded
The BBC’s South East Asia correspondent visits the site where at least 27 people were killed during a bar fire in Thailand.
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US and Iran trade fire as tensions rise over Strait of Hormuz
Within hours of fresh US strikes, Iran said it had struck US military bases in Jordan and Bahrain.
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Count Binface
Count Binface is a comedic political candidate who has participated in multiple UK elections since 2017, originally standing as "Lord Buckethead" against Theresa May before rebranding as an alien character from planet Sigma IX.
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Planes sent to tackle wildfires of 'exceptional scale' near Paris
It was the first time firefighting planes had been sent up from the normally drier and hotter south of the country to tackle fires in the Paris region.
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Modernizing Property Tax Assessments in Allegheny County
Allegheny County has not conducted property reassessments since the 1970s, causing assessed values to significantly diverge from actual market values and creating inequities in the tax system.
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British couple return to village at heart of deadly Spanish wildfire
At least 13 people, including five believed to be Britons, were killed by Thursday's wildfire in Spain's Almeria province.
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MacKenzie Scott's Giving, in Quality-Adjusted Life Years (QALYs)
# Summary MacKenzie Scott has donated over $26 billion since 2019 across 2,700+ grants, and researchers have created a model to estimate the health impact of her giving in quality-adjusted life years (QALYs)—a metric used to compare lives saved against…
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The Chinese graduate accused of being Mexico's 'fentanyl king'
Cartel members and ex-colleagues describe how Zhang Zhidong allegedly linked Chinese chemicals to Mexican drug labs.
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US Senator Mitch McConnell says absence due to fall and pneumonia
The veteran Republican says he will not return to work "quite yet", in his first statement following weeks of speculation about his health.
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New era for Gibraltar with removal of 118-year-old border controls with Spain
It is hoped that free movement between the UK territory and Spain will provide an economic boost.
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Profiling the "Abundance" housing bottleneck with real data
# Summary The article examines whether the "Abundance" concept—that regulatory bottlenecks rather than lack of inputs constrain housing supply—holds up against real data.
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Gold Prices Slide as Iran Tensions Erase Weak US Jobs Report Rally Gains
Gold fell 1.6% and silver dropped 4.3% this past week as a fragile U.S. jobs report and a fresh U.S.-Iran flare-up pulled precious metals in opposite directions within days of each other. Spot gold started the week near $4,175 an ounce.
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At least 27 killed in Bangkok bar fire, Thai media report
Unverified footage shows flames blasting out of the bar as people flee.
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Anthony Zurcher: From Trump critic to ally, Lindsey Graham was a political survivor of the Maga era
The senator's career was marked by a willingness to adapt to America's dramatically changing political climate, writes the BBC's North America correspondent.
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South Africa says more than 53,000 foreigners deported in migration campaign
South Africa is cracking down on undocumented migrants following widespread anti-immigration protests.
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Former Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani dies aged 74
He took power in 1996 after staging a bloodless coup against his father, and went on to transform Qatar into the gas-rich power it is today.
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'This landscape is completely charred': Inside the village at epicentre of Spain's wildfires
The BBC's Nick Beake sees homes razed to the ground and "a sea of black" in one of the villages hit hardest by Spain's deadly wildfires.
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David Willey, esteemed BBC foreign correspondent, dies aged 93
Willey is best known for covering the Vatican, and reported on five popes during his long career.
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Woman in Brazil enslaved for 55 years by 3 generations of the same family
A woman identified as Maria was rescued in Brazil at age 62 after spending 55 years in slave-like conditions as a domestic servant for three generations of the same family, having been sent to work at age 7 with no pay, education, or freedom.
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Badly burned British couple rescued from ravine during Spain wildfires
The unnamed pair were found semi-conscious with 40% burns after being trapped by the blazes raging through Almeria province.
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People flee as Russian strike hits near Ukraine coffee shop
Three cameras caught the moment people ducked then ran for cover in Sumy, in north eastern Ukraine.
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US Senator Lindsey Graham dies after 'brief and sudden illness', his office says
The influential politician has just returned from Kyiv, where he met Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday.
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How Aldi is taking on US supermarkets with its $4 almond butter
The German supermarket's $9bn US push targets urban hubs like Manhattan. Can its discount model match Walmart?
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Under federal rule, colleges must leave grads better off or lose financial aid
Article URL: https://www.npr.org/2026/06/30/nx-s1-5835631/turner-camhi-do-no-harm-college-loans Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48878126 Points: 20 # Comments: 6
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Why are US consumers so angry? It's not just high prices
# Summary Nearly 80% of American consumers experienced service or product problems in 2025, with about two-thirds feeling "rage" about them, according to a National Consumer Rage survey.
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At least two killed in Toronto street festival shooting
Police have urged the public to stay away from the area.
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Muslim judge in India faces death threats after convicting 'cow vigilantes'
Tabassum Khan has been facing online abuse after convicting 14 Hindu men in a lynching case.
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How men with female surnames are standing up to ridicule in Kenya
Children often inherit their father's first name as a surname, but traditions are changing and causing upset.
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