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At 23, Manchester United soccer star Marcus Rashford has already scored a lot of goals, but becoming the youngest person to top The Sunday Times Giving List -a metric of philanthropy among rich Brits-is an achievement that has the whole country cheering.

Donations he made, and those by people inspired in response to his efforts to combat food poverty, generated a total of $28 million (£20 million), giving him a "Giving Index" ranking of 125% of his personal net worth of $23m (£16m).

Over the past year, Rashford has become something of a hero to many Brits: Last year, as second waves of COVID-19 abounded, he faced down the UK government's proposal to cut spending towards free school lunches.

Here's how he managed it.

The striker, who has often been a shining light in difficult recent seasons at Manchester United, and a fixture on England's national team, managed to shine some of the spotlight he receives on an issue close to his heart: having experienced hunger as a child himself, he knew that disadvantaged kids rely on school lunches for daily calorie requirements.

His insistent lobbying got Boris Johnson to U-turn on the Conservative government's position-coaxing £170m ($240m) for the free food voucher program from last November through to the summer.

In response, Rashford won the Professional Footballers Merit Award, and was recommended by Johnson to receive an MBE (Member of the British Empire).
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"As a young Black man from Wythenshawe, never did I think I would be accepting an MBE, never mind an MBE at the age of 22," he said to Sky Sports in response.

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"What Marcus has done over the last 12 months is incredible," said Liverpool team captain Jordan Henderson before a recent game between the two clubs. "He has battled against food poverty, given a voice to kids who otherwise wouldn't have one, and used his own reputation for the benefit of others."

Henderson, who has captained the second-most decorated English club for 7 years, came in sixth place on the Times' Giving List, by raising £4 million ($6 million) from his fellow footballers to join his own contributions towards the UK National Health Service to help support its response to the pandemic.
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Again, we come to a point in the story where non-football fans will be at a loss for understanding the gravity of Henderson's words, as Liverpool and Manchester United are the bitterest of rivals. As the two most successful clubs in English football, their matches are among the most watched of any on Earth.

Rashford has continued his giving work, establishing the Child Food Poverty Task Force, linking up with many of the nation's biggest supermarkets to help end childhood hunger.

"His own experience of relying on free school meals to eat brings authenticity and compassion to his campaigning, and his status as a Premier League footballer means people and politicians sit up and take notice," said Lindsay Boswell in a statement. CEO of FareShare, a non-profit dedicated to fighting hunger and food waste in the UK, Boswell named Rashford as an ambassador.

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The Sunday Times' giving list, a measure of national private philanthropy, was topped by Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford.

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Author Gayle Lemmon weighs in on what's next for women in Afghanistan

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A Chinese giant panda at a Singapore wildlife park has given birth to a cub after seven years of trying. The first giant panda cub ever born in Singapore, its birth is an especially rare event as the pandas are endangered*.

Pandas Kai Kai, 13, and Jia Jia, 12, started their seventh breeding season in April this year with the help of artificial insemination*. The pandas arrived in Singapore in 2012 on a decade-long loan from China.

Weighing about 200g, the cub was born on August 14, but the gender* has not been confirmed. Wildlife Reserves Singapore (WRS) told Reuters that mother and cub were doing well.

WRS said female giant pandas can display hormonal* and behavioural* signs of pregnancy without actually being pregnant, but the organisation detected* signs last month that a cub was on the way and the pregnancy was confirmed on August 10.

"Our vet picked up on ultrasound* not only a clear outline of a foetus*, but one with a strong heartbeat," WRS said.

The newborn will appear in public in about three months.

This year has been a small but hopeful baby boom for the endangered species, with cubs also delivered by giant pandas on loan from China in France and Japan.

China has been sending its beloved black and white ambassadors* overseas in a sign of goodwill since the 1950s as part of what is known as "panda diplomacy*" and two baby pandas were born at Beauval Zoo in France on August 2. The zoo said in the announcement that the newborn cubs were in good health.

The mother panda Huan Huan and her partner Yuan Zi came to France from China in 2012. At the time, their arrival was hailed as a sign of warming diplomatic ties between Paris and Beijing.

While an adult female panda can weigh up to 125kg, a baby panda weighs barely 120g at birth.
GLOSSARY

endangered: at serious risk of extinction

artificial insemination: medical injection technique to assist females to become pregnant

gender: in this case, either of the two biological sexes, male or female

hormonal: relating to or involving hormones, for example in moods and feelings

behavioural: relating to behaviour, how someone or something acts

detected: discovered, identified, found

ultrasound: scan used in medical imaging

foetus: unborn offspring of a mammal

ambassador: representative, promoter, official envoy

diplomacy: managing international relations in a positive way

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1. How many breeding seasons have the Singapore-based pandas been through?

2. How long will it be before the cub is seen in public?

3. What is its mother's name?

4. How many cubs did the Beauval Zoo in France welcome on August 2?

5. How long have Huan Huan and her partner Yuan Zi been in France?

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1. Weigh it up
The panda cub currently weighs around 200 grams. Make a list of other things that weigh around 200 grams.

Here are some ideas to help you:

Use a set of scales and weigh items that you find to see which ones weigh around 200 grams.

Look inside your fridge or pantry and find the weight displayed on different food packaging. Which items weigh about 200 grams?

Browse some supermarket catalogues or online stores to find items that weigh around 200 grams.

Challenge: Choose one of the items you listed. Calculate how many of them you would need to reach a total weight of 125 kilograms (the weight of an adult female giant panda). Do you think they would take up more or less space than an actual panda?

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Do some research about giant pandas and write five quiz questions. Test your questions out on a friend.

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Use the 5W & H model to help you find the key points of this article. Read the article carefully to locate who and what this article is about, and where, when, why and how this is happening. Once you have located this information in the article, use it to write a paragraph that summarises the article.

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Denim - the favourite punching bag of Indian patriarchs who routinely blame the fabric for the moral degradation of youth - is back in the news.

The latest to be riled by jeans is Tirath Singh Rawat, the newly-appointed chief minister of the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand.

Earlier this week, he blamed "ripped jeans" for all that ails the young.

Speaking at a workshop organised by the State Commission for Protection of Child Rights, Mr Rawat criticised an unnamed woman he met on a flight.

The woman, he said, was travelling with two children and was "wearing boots, jeans ripped on the knees, and had several bracelets on her arm".

"You run an NGO, wear jeans ripped at the knees, move about in society, children are with you, what values you will teach?" he asked.

A member of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, Mr Rawat went on to describe ripped jeans as clothing that both caused and was symptomatic of moral turpitude and criticised parents for allowing their children, especially girls, to wear them.

The chief minister chastised Indians for "running towards nudity" and claimed that "while people in India were wearing ripped jeans, those abroad were covering their bodies properly and doing yoga".

Mr Rawat's comments attracted widespread condemnation in India.

The opposition Congress party issued a statement asking him to "apologise to all Indian women" - or resign.

On Thursday, senior party leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra shared photographs of PM Modi and one of his cabinet colleagues "showing their knees":

The head of Delhi Commission for Women Swati Maliwal tweeted accusing Mr Rawat of "propagating misogyny":

His remarks also set off a Twitter storm with thousands of Indian women - and some men - sharing their photos wearing ripped jeans. And hashtags #RippedJeansTwitter and #RippedJeans trended for hours.

Some tagged Mr Rawat in their tweets; and some advised him to worry about more important matters like "ripped economy" and "women's safety":

On Friday, Mr Rawat did offer an apology - he said he was sorry if his comments had hurt anyone. He said his intention was not to show disrespect to anyone and everyone was free to wear what they chose.

The Uttarakhand chief minister is not the only Indian politician with clothing advice for women.

I cited examples of several prominent politicians who had connected rape and sexual assault to women's outfits.

Clothing restrictions, especially for women and girls, are routinely reported from rural India, steeped in patriarchy.

A decade ago, a caste council in Battisa village in Uttar Pradesh had banned girls from wearing jeans or using mobile phones.

So, why are some Indian leaders so riled by a piece of clothing?

Denims first gained popularity in India in the 1980s and over the years have become the clothing of choice, especially for the young, across the country.

In the past few years, ripped jeans have become hugely popular and everyone from Bollywood stars and celebrities to ordinary Indians are seen wearing them.

But Indians, says fashion designer Anand Bhushan, have "a love-hate relationship" with ripped jeans.

"For the young, they are about looking hip and cool and fitting in with the fashionable crowd. For their parents and grandparents, it could be incomprehensible why their children would wear torn clothes."

But, it's one thing for parents to frown upon their children's sartorial choices, it's an entirely different issue when public authorities start blaming clothes for societal ills.

"It's an attempt to control women. It's tiring how these patriarchal men hide behind the veil of tradition to put women down by trying to control what they wear," says Mr Bhushan.

"They have no new counter-arguments so they offer the same tired arguments that jeans is not a part of our culture, that it has come from the West."

Mr Rawat's criticism of the ripped jeans has had an unintended consequence - it's prompted some to try it for the first time.

Viji Venkatesh, a Mumbai-based cancer counsellor, was among those who posted their photographs on Twitter.

Ms Venkatesh told me she was "so mad" by Mr Rawat's "ridiculous and offensive" comments that she "cut up a good pair of jeans" to turn it into ripped jeans.

"I'm 69 years old and generally wear saris. I had also always wondered why kids would wear shredded jeans," she said.

"But I was so angry by Mr Rawat's anti-women remark that in a moment of pique, I made holes in it and posted a photo wearing it on Twitter."

I asked her if she had second thoughts about it now?

"No, they are really comfortable on my knees and they still look pretty good," she says with a laugh.

But, on a serious note, she adds that what women wear is nobody's business but their own.

"It's not Mr Rawat's concern. He should be worried about melting glaciers in Uttarakhand, the environmental issues that the state is facing and not about what women are wearing."

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Whether you're from the U.S. and call it a "Beltway" or Europe and call it a "Ring road," Madrid will be calling it the "green way" soon enough, as the Spanish capital aims to combat their city's island of heat by encircling themselves with a sea of green.

Their urban forest project will involve planting nearly a half million trees on a 46-mile perimeter (75-km) around the city. When the trees have reached maturity, they should absorb around 175,000 tons of CO2 per year.

Black pine, beech, Spanish juniper and various oak species can all be found in the arid middle of Spain wherein lies the Spanish capital, and it is these native trees which require little water or specialized soil conditions that will constitute the new forest.

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"What we want to do is to improve the air quality in the whole city, to fight the 'heat island' effect that is happening inside the city, to absorb the greenhouse emissions generated by the city, and to connect all the existing forest masses that already exist around the city," Mariano Fuentes told

As Madrid's councilor for the environment and urban development, Fuentes explained that for cities that belch three-quarters of all human-caused CO2, which tend to absorb much more heat and poor air than surrounding countryside, methods for combating climate change and general environmental degradation need to be varied.

"It has to be a global strategy," added Fuentes. "It's not only about cars, but also a pedestrianization strategy, the creation of environmental corridors in every district... and most of all... to engage citizens in this new green culture, it is essential for every city to face the near future in the best conditions."

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Experts assured reporters that "it's not a park," but certainly for nature-loving Madrileños, it will be a place of respite, shade, and bird habitat that will work night and day to absorb excess heat and clean the air of the European mega-city.

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A restaurant on Manhattan's Upper East Side in New York City is plating up the most expensive chips on the planet, with a single serve going for $US200 ($271).

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Do you want fries with that? What if they were going to set you back hundreds?

The fries are cooked in champagne, sprinkled with edible gold and seasoned with truffle salt

There is an eight- to 10-week waitlist for the chips

The chef said people go to the restaurant to "escape the reality of life"

A restaurant on Manhattan's Upper East Side in New York City is plating up the most expensive chips on the planet, with a single serve going for $US200 ($271).

The costly snack joins an already pricey menu, with Serendipity 3 also claiming world records for the most expensive burger ($US295) and ice cream sundae ($US1,000).

Guinness World Records certified the feat on July 13, making the fries officially the most expensive on Earth.

"Serendipity is really a happy place," creative director and chef Joe Calderone said.

"People come here to celebrate, to really escape the reality of life sometimes."

The creme de la creme pommes frites start out as Chipperbec potatoes. They are blanched, or scalded, in vinegar and champagne.

Then they are fried in pure goose fat, not oil, and not once but twice, so they are crispy on the outside and fluffy on the inside.

Sprinkled with edible gold and seasoned with truffle salt and truffle oil, they are served on a crystal plate with an orchid, thin-sliced truffles, and a Mornay cheese dip.

The sauce, too, is infused with truffles, a rare seasonal mushroom.

"Truffle is the main star here," corporate executive chef Frederick Schoen-Kiewert said.

Like many restaurants, Serendipity was closed during the COVID-19 pandemic and Calderone and Schoen-Kiewert thought the fancy fries would be a good way to announce its return.

The plan is working. There is an eight to 10-week waitlist for the chips.

"It's been a rough year and a half for everyone, and we need to have some fun now," Calderone said.
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In a preliminary study released Wednesday, scientists said the heat wave that swept across Western North America in late June, killing hundreds of people, would have been "virtually impossible" without climate change. But researchers are still struggling to explain such a spike in temperatures.

There was never any question that the temperatures that hit cities including Seattle, Portland and Vancouver in late June were extreme. But preliminary research published by a team of scientists Wednesday showed just how remarkable they were, with the scientists describing the heat wave as "a 1 in 1000 year event in today's climate."

The temperatures recorded - as high as 49.7°C in the Canadian province of British Columbia and 46.1°C in Portland - exceeded seasonal norms to such an extent that the researchers had a hard time finding a historical comparison point.

"We estimated the probability of such an extreme event on the scale of a millennium, but it could very well be more," Robert Vautard, director of the Paul-Simon Laplace Institute of climate science and a co-author of the study, told FRANCE 24.
'Virtually impossible' without climate change
The international team of researchers ran the late June temperatures through some twenty climate models in an effort to understand the unprecedented spike. They found that the heat wave would have been "virtually impossible without human-caused climate change".

"That means we can't see any other explanation, but there remains a minute chance that such an extreme event could have happened randomly without climate change," said Vautard.

The scientists' models, however, "couldn't explain how the temperature could climb so high," Dim Coumou, a climatologist at VU Amsterdam and co-author of the study, told FRANCE 24.

The temperatures recorded exceeded previous records by five to six degrees Celsius - "much more than the two to three degrees that we would have expected under current climate conditions," said Vautard.

Indeed, the "heat dome" that caused the soaring temperatures - a convergence of pressure conditions in the atmosphere - wasn't vastly different from the one that drove the European heat wave of 2019. And while that heat wave set records, they were not nearly as stark as those set last week, which fueled major forest fires in British Columbia and left hundreds dead.

"It's clear that the dome alone isn't enough to explain what just happened, and now we must seek to understand which other factors played a role," said Coumou, who specialises in the impact of climate change on heat waves.
'Really bad luck', or a step into uncharted territory?
For now, the scientists have two main theories. The first is what the study calls "really bad luck" - in other words, that all the possible factors that cause temperatures to rise converged at the same time and place.

For one, the heat dome formed in a region which has lately seen little rain.

"The ground was very dry, meaning that there was very little water evaporating, which normally allows the air to cool a bit when the temperatures start to rise," explained Coumou. Add to this the hot winds that came down from the surrounding mountains, which made the air even more suffocating.

But the scientists are also weighing another, potentially more worrying, scenario. The heat wave that struck the Pacific Northwest could signal "that we might have crossed a threshold in the effect that climate change has on extreme weather events", said Vautard.

In that case, the deadly heat would mark a sort of step into uncharted territory, where "climate change produces heat waves more intense than we thought", said Coumou. He stressed the urgent need for further research, in order to determine whether aspects of current climate models need revising.

For Vautard, the task is all the more pressing now that the North American case has proven that "it's absolutely possible for temperatures to rise as high as 50°C in temperate regions".

"This could happen in France next," Coumou agreed. And the likelihood of such extreme events will only continue to increase if climate change continues on its current path. If the targets of the 2015 Paris Agreement are not met and global temperatures reach 2°C above pre-industrial levels, the study predicts that similar heat waves "would occur roughly every 5 to 10 years".

Barring drastic changes over the next decade, even that scenario could be optimistic, as current levels of greenhouse gas emissions put the planet on track for at least three degrees of warming.

Vautard says global North countries have no time to waste in preparing for extreme heat.

"We're not at all sure that we could stand up to temperatures of 45°C or more in the Paris area," he said.
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The announcement comes three months after families began legal action over the policy of forced assimilation that continued into the 1970s.

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Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced a reparations fund for some members of the "Stolen Generations" - the Indigenous Australians who were forcibly removed from their homes as children - three months after a group of Indigenous people began legal action for compensation.

Morrison told Parliament on Thursday that 378.6 million Australian dollars ($279.97m) would be allocated to redress the human damage of the policy, including one-off payments of 75,000 Australian dollars ($55,462.50) for its victims.

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"This is a long called-for step, recognising the bond between healing, dignity and the health and wellbeing of members of the Stolen Generations, their families and their communities," the prime minister told Parliament.

"To say formally, not just that we're deeply sorry for what happened, but that we will take responsibility for it."

Thousands of young children of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander origin were taken from their homes and put in foster care with white families under an official assimilation policy that Australia continued to pursue into the 1970s. Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd made a formal apology for what had happened in 2008 describing it as a "great stain on the nation's soul".

The Healing Foundation, a campaign group for the Stolen Generation said the reparations were a "major step" towards addressing the harm caused to Indigenous Australians by government policies and were long overdue.

"Redress is fundamentally about acknowledging the past wrongs inflicted upon the Stolen Generations, and the lifelong experience of trauma and grief that is still carried as a burden today," the foundation's CEO Fiona Cornforth said in a statement.

The reparation fund is part of a one-billion Australian dollar ($739.2m) federal government initiative that aims to address the serious disadvantages faced by the country's 700,000 Indigenous people who rank near the bottom of nearly every economic and social indicator in comparison with other Australians.

The funds will cover those who were under 18 and taken from their families while living in the Australian Capital Territory and Northern Territory, as well as the Jervis Bay territory in New South Wales. Other Australian states have already set up redress schemes.

In April, 800 survivors in the Northern Territory launched a class-action suit against the federal government in the New South Wales Supreme Court seeking reparations, covering a period ranging from 1910 to the 1970s.

Pat Turner, CEO of the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation, whose mother was one of the Stolen Generations, broke down as she welcomed the announcement on redress.

"Our people have waited a long time for compensation," she told local media. "It is important recognition, but I also know that there are many survivors who have died waiting for this recognition. My Mum being one of them."

The life expectancy of Indigenous Australians is eight years less than for non-Indigenous people and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community is more likely to be arrested and overrepresented in prison, according to official statistics.

Last year, thousands of Australians took to the streets to demand an investigation into the deaths of Indigenous people in custody. Roughly one Aboriginal Australian has died in custody or at the hands of the police every month since a landmark Royal Commission was conducted on the issue in 1991.

Morrison's announcement on reparations came as the government released its latest "Closing the Gap" report, which charts commitments to improve Indigenous people's wellbeing. Lidia Thorpe, a senator for the Greens and a descendant of the Gunnai, Gunditjmara and Djab Wurrung peoples, noted the latest report showed Indigenous children were 11 times more likely than other Australian youngsters to be in out of home care.

"The Stolen Generation never stopped," she wrote on Twitter. "The processes of child removal just evolved."

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Prof Sarah Gilbert has had quite a year. The co-creator of the Oxford/AstraZeneca jab has been made a dame, been given an emotional standing ovation at Wimbledon - and now a Barbie doll has been made in her honour.

Gilbert, who led the development of the Covid vaccine at Oxford University, said she initially found the gesture "very strange" but hoped it would inspire young girls to work in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (Stem).

"I am passionate about inspiring the next generation of girls into Stem careers and hope that children who see my Barbie will realise how vital careers in science are to help the world around us," she said. "My wish is that my doll will show children careers they may not be aware of, like a vaccinologist."

As well as the likeness of Dame Sarah, the toy company has created models in honour of five other women working in Stem around the world.

They include US healthcare workers Amy O'Sullivan and Dr Audrey Cruz, Canadian doctor and campaigner Dr Chika Stacy Oriuwa, Brazilian biomedical researcher Dr Jaqueline Goes de Jesus and Dr Kirby White, an Australian medic who co-created a reusable gown for frontline staff.

Lisa McKnight, senior vice-president and global head of Barbie and dolls at Mattel, said: "Barbie recognises that all frontline workers have made tremendous sacrifices when confronting the pandemic and the challenges it heightened. To shine a light on their efforts, we are sharing their stories ... to inspire the next generation to take after these heroes and give back."

BBC Radio 1 DJ Clara Amfo holding the Barbie doll created in her likeness. Photograph: Michael Bowles/Mattel/PA

Over the years, Mattel has made dolls to the likeness of stars including Johnny Depp, Jennifer Lopez and Cher, in celebration of their career milestones. Last month a Barbie doll modelled on tennis star Naomi Osaka sold out hours after its launch.

Meanwhile earlier this year Radio 1 presenter Clara Amfo unveiled a Barbie doll in her image. Known for fighting racial inequality and championing women's rights, Amfo's Barbie was released ahead of International Women's Day in March.

Mattel also recently released a Rosa Parks Barbie (as part of its Inspiring Women series).

In 2019, Barbie was accused of having a "wokeover" after Mattel launched a new range of gender-inclusive dolls that are free of labels.

They join a growing list of inclusive Barbies and Kens. There's now a Barbie that uses a wheelchair, a black Barbie with a natural hairstyle, and a Ken with a slightly higher BMI.

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Germany's gymnasts wore full-body suits in women's qualification at the Olympics as they continued their stand against the sexualisation of their sport.

Some of them wore similar outfits at the European Championships earlier this year, with Sarah Voss saying she and her team-mates wanted to make youngsters feel safe in the sport.

Voss joined Pauline Schaefer-Betz, Elisabeth Seitz and Kim Bui in donning the red and white outfits that extended to the ankles on Sunday.

The body suits defy convention, with most gymnasts opting for a leotard and those who cover their legs in international competition doing so for religious reasons.

Gymnasts' outfits take on sexualisation in sport

The German team had worn similar outfits during training last week, with three-time Olympian Seitz saying at the time that it was "about what feels comfortable".

"We wanted to show that every woman, everybody, should decide what to wear," she said.

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China elephants: 150,000 evacuated from path of trekking herd

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The herd is finally headed for home after an extraordinary 17-month migration in Yunnan province.

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The world's tallest sandcastle has been completed in Denmark, towering more than 20 metres high and comprising nearly 5,000 tonnes of sand, according to its designers.

Standing 21.16 metres in height (69.4 feet), the castle is more than 3 metres taller than one built in Germany in 2019, which previously held the title, according to Guinness World Records.

A total of 4,860 tonnes of sand make up the intricately decorated structure, which is reminiscent of a pyramid, in the small seaside town of Blokhus.

The top of the structure features a depiction of the coronavirus. Photograph: Claus Bjoern Larsen/EPA

Its Dutch creator, Wilfred Stijger, was assisted by 30 of the world's best sand sculptors. He said he wanted the castle to represent the power the coronavirus has had over the world since the beginning of the pandemic. On top of the sandcastle is a model of the virus wearing a crown.

"It's ruling our lives everywhere," Stijger said. "It tells you what to do ... It tells you to stay away from your family and not go to nice places. Don't do activities, stay home."

To make it more cohesive, the sand contains approximately 10% clay and a layer of glue was applied after it was completed so that it could stand up to the chilly and windy conditions of the autumn and winter.

Blokhus residents have been delighted to see local features incorporated into the sandcastle, such as beach houses and lighthouses, as well as depictions of popular activities such as windsurfing and kitesurfing.

The castle is expected to stand until the heavy frost sets in, probably next February or March.

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World's biggest sandcastle constructed in Denmark

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At 21.16 metres in height, it is more than 3 metres taller than the previous holder, says Guinness World Records

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Restaurants must provide recyclable containers to diners who want to take food home under a new rule to curb food waste which has come into effect in France.

Long seen as a practice associated with inferior US cuisine, restaurants will now be legally obliged to furnish doggy bags upon request. Only restaurants with "all you can eat" menus are exempt from the law.

Denis Courtiade, of the Alain Ducasse restaurant in Paris, said earlier this month: "In the USA, in Asia and even the Middle East, helpings are generous and the dishes are easy-going while in France the serving is usually less full and it is created in a more individual fashion. And in many French families, children are taught very early to finish their plates."

A report on food waste issued by the government said: "In France the obstacle is mostly cultural. The majority of diners don't dare ask for the leftovers of their meal, while the restaurateurs see it as a deterioration of their dishes."

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Italy won the European Championship for the first time since 1968 as Gianluigi Donnarumma saved two England penalties en route to a 3-2 shootout win after the teams had fought out a 1-1 extra-time draw at a raucous Wembley on Sunday.

The giant keeper saved from Jadon Sancho and Bukayo Saka after Marcus Rashford hit a post, as Federico Bernardeschi, Leonardo Bonucci and Domenico Berardi all scored for the Italians.

Luke Shaw had given England a dream start with a superb goal after two minutes but Italy, who offered almost nothing in response in the first half, gradually took command as the hosts sat back and levelled through Bonucci after 67 minutes.

It was the first final to be decided on penalties since Czechoslovakia beat West Germany in 1976 and will be wildly celebrated in Italy after they lost in the final in 2000 and 2012.

They made most of the running after halftime and in extra time and England can have few complaints after their early promise faded away.

It was nevertheless heartbreaking for most of the 67,000 Wembley crowd as England came up short in their first major final since they won the World Cup 55 years ago.

It had all started so well when Harry Kane spread the ball wide to Kieran Trippier and he instantly repaid coach Gareth Southgate's faith in recalling him by sending over a curling deep cross that the fast-arriving Shaw met on the half volley to hammer inside the post for his first international goal.

England had taken an early lead in their 2018 World Cup semi-final against Croatia before eventually being outplayed and beaten in extra time, but they did not look like giving up the initiative on home soil, playing on the front foot, though failing to threaten Donnarumma.
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England keeper Jordan Pickford was similarly untroubled as Federico Chiesa's crisp shot went just wide and Ciro Immobile's blocked effort were all Italy had to show for a disjointed half.

England's well-drilled defence, which had conceded just one goal, via a Danish free kick, in their six previous tournament games, held them at arm's length and Italian frustration was summed up by centre back Bonucci letting fly wildly from 35 metres with the last kick of the half - much to the disgust of his team mates.

Pickford was called into action after 57 minutes, blocking a Lorenzo Insigne shot and then getting down to palm away from Chiesa as Italy began to apply pressure, pinning England back.

It paid dividends when Bonucci pounced from close range after Pickford had turned Andrea Belotti's header onto a post.

England could have no complaints, having virtually invited their opponents on and offered almost nothing in attack, and they would have been somewhat relieved to go into extra time.

It was a similar story in the first additional 15 minutes, though England did briefly force their way back into the game in the second period, albeit without either side creating anything to reward the crowd for their waves of noise.

So it went to penalties, where England's young guns failed and Italy took the glory.

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A Look At Afghanistan’s 40 Years Of Crisis — From The Soviet War To Taliban Recapture

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Afghans have lived through Soviet and U.S. invasions, civil war, insurgency and a previous period of heavy-handed Taliban rule. Here are some key events and dates from the past four decades.

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Two baby pandas born at France's Beauval zoo

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Reports of girls and young women being brutally assaulted by family members have recently made headlines in India. The incidents have also put the spotlight on how unsafe girls and women are within their own homes.

Last week, 17-year-old Neha Paswan was allegedly beaten to death by members of her extended family in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh because they didn't like her wearing jeans.

Her mother, Shakuntala Devi Paswan, told BBC Hindi that the teenager had been severely beaten with sticks by her grandfather and uncles after an argument over her clothes at their home in Savreji Kharg village in Deoria district, one of the least developed regions in the state.

"She had kept a day-long religious fast. In the evening, she put on a pair of jeans and a top and performed her rituals. When her grandparents objected to her attire, Neha retorted that jeans were made to be worn and that she would wear it," her mother said.

The argument escalated, resulting in the violence, she claims.

Shakuntala Devi said as her daughter lay unconscious, her in-laws called an autorickshaw and said they were taking her to hospital.

"They wouldn't let me accompany them so I alerted my relatives who went to the district hospital looking for her but couldn't find her."

The next morning, Shakuntala Devi said, they heard that the body of a girl was hanging from the bridge over the Gandak river that flows through the region. When they went to investigate, they discovered it was Neha's.

Police have lodged a case of murder and destruction of evidence against 10 people, including Neha's grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins and the auto driver. The accused have yet to make any public statement.

Senior police official Shriyash Tripathi told BBC Hindi that four people, including the grandparents, an uncle and the auto driver, had been arrested and were being questioned. He said police were looking for the remaining accused.

Neha's father Amarnath Paswan, who works as a day labourer on construction sites in Ludhiana, a town in Punjab, and had returned home to deal with the tragedy said he had worked hard to send his children, including Neha, to school.

Shakuntala Devi said their daughter wanted to be a police officer, but "her dreams would never be realised now".

She alleged that her in-laws were putting pressure on Neha to leave her studies in a local school and often chided her for wearing anything other than traditional Indian clothing.

Neha liked to dress up in modern outfits - two of the photographs her family shared with the BBC showed her wearing a long dress in one and a pair of jeans and a jacket in another.

Campaigners say violence against women and girls within homes in a society steeped in patriarchy is deeply embedded and is often sanctioned by family elders.

Girls and women in India face serious threats - from being at the risk of foeticide even before they are born because of the preference for sons - to discrimination and neglect. Domestic violence is rampant and on average, 20 women are killed every day for bringing in insufficient dowries.

Women and girls in small town and rural India live under severe restrictions with village heads or family patriarchs often dictating what they wear, where they go or who they talk to, and any perceived misstep is considered a provocation and must be punished.

No wonder then that the alleged assault of Neha for her choice of clothing is just one among a number of brutal attacks reported on girls and young women by their family members that have recently shocked India.

Last month, a gut-wrenching video that emerged from Alirajpur district in the neighbouring state of Madhya Pradesh showed a 20-year-old tribal woman being beaten by her father and three male cousins.

Following outrage, police lodged a complaint against the men and said she was being "punished" for running away from her "abusive" marital home.

A week before the incident, reports said two girls were mercilessly beaten up by their family members for talking on the phone with a male cousin in the neighbouring district of Dhar.

Videos of the incident showed one of the girls being dragged by her hair, thrown to the ground, kicked and punched and beaten with sticks and wood planks by her parents, brothers and cousins. After the video went viral, police arrested seven people.

A similar incident - that also took place last month - has been reported from the state of Gujarat where two teenagers were beaten by at least 15 men, including relatives, for talking on mobile phones, police said.

Gender activist Rolly Shivhare says "it's shocking that in the 21st Century, we are killing and assaulting girls for wearing jeans or talking on a mobile phone".

Patriarchy, she says, is "among the biggest problems in India" and points out that politicians, leaders and influencers often make misogynistic comments that set a bad example and the message of gender equality doesn't filter down to the community and family.

"The government says girls are our priority and announces grand schemes for their welfare, but nothing happens on the ground," Ms Shivhare says.

In the West, a child or a woman who's at risk within their homes can be moved to a shelter or put in foster care.

"The shelter homes and crisis centres in India are few and most are so badly run that no-one would want to go live there. Our government needs to allocate more funds and improve their condition," Ms Shivhare says. "But the only long-term solution is to make girls more aware of their rights."

Reporting from Deoria by Rajesh Kumar Arya, BBC Hindi

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Madrid building a huge urban forest in bid to combat climate change

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Respect: Aretha Franklin BiopicPosted by Speakeasy News > Monday 23 August 2021

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Respect: Aretha Franklin BiopicPosted by Speakeasy News > Monday 23 August 2021

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A new biopic of soul diva Aretha Franklin takes its title from one of her most famous songs, "Respect". This resource will introduce pupils first to the song, which became an anthem for the women's movement and the civil-rights movement. Then they can discover the biopic. Jennifer Hudson was chosen by Franklin herself before her death to play her in the film.

This film is a great extension to Shine Bright Première Files 1 Biopics in Hollywood and 8 African American art.

Axes du programme : Fictions et réalités / Art et pouvoir

OBJECTIFS LINGUISTIQUES :
Grammaire : présent simple / prétérit simple / could / had to / structures causatives
Lexique : musique / défense d'une cause / biographie / sentiments
OBJECTIFS PRAGMATIQUES : partager ses impressions au sujet d'une artiste/ d'un film (document modalisant = featurette)
OBJECTIFS CULTURELS : Aretha Franklin / Women's rights / Civil Rights / 1960s in the USA
OBJECTIF METHODOLOGIQUE : analyser les paroles d'une chanson / commenter une vidéo/performance artistique

Respect
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Information and articles about developments in English teaching, themes covering different aspects of culture, news and events in the English-speaking world

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The Tokyo Olympics' Newest stars are 13 year old skateboarders !

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The Tokyo Olympics' Newest stars are 13 year old skateboarders !

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The Tokyo Olympics' Newest Stars Are Two 13-Year-Old Skateboarders

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Momiji Nishiya, 13, took home the first women's street skateboarding Olympic gold medal at the Tokyo 2020 Games. Rayssa Leal, also 13, who earned silver.

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The 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games began on Tuesday night with the opening ceremony at Japan's National Stadium. The twelve-day sporting celebration includes a total of 539 events in 22 para sports. The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) said a total of 161 countries and 4,500 para athletes are taking part in the Games. This includes the Refugee Paralympic Team. The opening ceremony took place in an empty stadium. Japan's Emperor Naruhito opened the Games. He said: "I would like to join you in wishing all athletes the very best." The IPC president said: "The Paralympics are not just fantastic to watch, they also have the ability to transform society like no other sports event on this planet."

The Games should have taken place last year but were postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic. The IPC president Andrew Parsons spoke about his happiness at the event finally happening. He said: "I cannot believe we are finally here. Many people doubted this day would happen. Many thought it was impossible. But, thanks to the efforts of many, the most transformative sport event on Earth is about to begin." A 14-year-old Ugandan swimmer, Husnah Kukundakwe, summed up her excitement about being at the Games. She said: "I feel like I'm meeting movie stars." She added: "Since it's the Paralympics and everybody else is disabled, I feel really comfortable."

Try the same news story at these easier levels:

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https://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0007704337

https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14425044

https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2021/08/e5935c34a293-japan-emperor-hoping-paralympians-can-reach-highest-highs.html

Make sure you try all of the online activities for this reading and listening - There are dictations, multiple choice activities, drag and drop activities, sentence jumbles, which word activities, text reconstructions, spelling, gap fills and a whole lot more. Please enjoy :-)

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English News Lessons: Free 27-Page lesson plan / 2-page mini-lesson - Paralympics - Handouts, online activities, speed reading, dictation, mp3... current events.

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Lionel Messi Signs With Paris St.-Germain (Published 2021)

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Leaving F.C. Barcelona, Messi is set to join P.S.G. on a two-year contract that highlights the growing gap between soccer’s rich and its superrich.

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Racism in fallout of Euro 2020 missed penalties

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Euro 2020: England’s Rashford defiant after racist abuse – DW – 07/13/2021

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The Black England and Manchester United player has vowed to “never apologize for who I am.” Top British lawmakers have also come under scrutiny for not condemning fans who booed players taking a knee against racism.

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The award comes on the 73rd anniversary of the NHS's foundation

The Queen has awarded the George Cross to the National Health Services of the UK, recognising all NHS staff in all four nations.

In a personal, handwritten message, the Queen said NHS staff have carried out their work "with courage, compassion and dedication" for more than 70 years.

The award comes on the 73rd anniversary of the NHS's foundation.

The George Cross was instituted by King George VI on September 24 1940 during the height of the Blitz, and is granted in recognition of "acts of the greatest heroism or of the most courage in circumstances of extreme danger".

In her message, the Queen wrote: "It is with great pleasure, on behalf of a grateful nation, that I award the George Cross to the National Health Services of the United Kingdom.

"This award recognises all NHS staff, past and present, across all disciplines and all four nations.

"Over more than seven decades, and especially in recent times, you have supported the people of our country with courage, compassion, and dedication, demonstrating the highest standards of public service.

"You have our enduring thanks and heartfelt appreciation of us all."

NHS Fife's Chief Executive Carol Potter;

"Following yesterday's national Thank You Day, today's announcement of the award of the George Cross to all NHS staff, past and present, across the four nations is a fitting tribute to the hard work, resilience and the drive of all our staff to care for the communities we serve, under the most difficult of circumstances.

"As we mark our 73 rd birthday today this award recognises the biggest challenge the NHS has had to face in over 7 decades and the courage and compassion shown by all disciplines that make up our NHS."

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Use any source to define STEM and learn more about Girls/Women and STEM. Be ready to report your findings to your p artners.

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Watch 1,824 Drones Light Up the Sky at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics Opening Ceremony

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2) Read the article and focus on the reactions of the journalist (level B2)

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Let me start by saying that I am not an expert on the Barbie doll. Shock, I know. I didn't have one as a child, though I think my sister probably did, and I don't yet have any children of my own. You might quite reasonably point out, then, that I am unqualified - perhaps uniquely so - to write about the merits or otherwise of a new Barbie doll. But here we are. Bear with me.

Some context might be helpful. Professor Dame Sarah Gilbert may well have saved your life this year. She is the co-creator of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine. The UK has ordered 100 million doses of this vaccine, so there is a good chance you will have had one or even two of those doses put in your arm and can cower no more, or just a little less, from Covid-19.

We should celebrate people like Professor Gilbert - and indeed we have. She has been made a dame, was awarded the Albert Medal by the Royal Society of Arts (previous recipients include Thomas Edison and Stephen Hawking) and given a standing ovation at Wimbledon. Now she has her own Barbie doll.

I have to say - and again, I'm no expert - that it doesn't appear to resemble your standard Barbie. The doll is dressed in a black suit and white T-shirt, wears glasses and has red hair. If you squint hard enough, I suppose it could be Professor Gilbert, though it could also be Sarah Ferguson (not a professor). Either way, my sister's Barbie didn't look at all like this. Which is of course the point.

As Lisa McKnight, senior vice president and global head of Barbie and dolls at Mattel, explained: "Barbie recognises that all frontline workers have made tremendous sacrifices when confronting the pandemic and the challenges it heightened. To shine a light on their efforts, we are sharing their stories [...] to inspire the next generation to take after these heroes and give back."

Professor Gilbert echoed these sentiments (after initially admitting that the tribute was "very strange"). "I am passionate about inspiring the next generation of girls into Stem [science, technology, engineering and mathematics] careers and hope that children who see my Barbie will realise how vital careers in science are to help the world around us," she said. "My wish is that my doll will show children careers they may not be aware of, like a vaccinologist."

It is hard to see this as anything other than tremendous progress. The sooner children are introduced to characters like Professor Gilbert (Mattel have also created dolls of, among others, Canadian physician Dr Chika Stacy Oriuwa and Brazilian biomedical researcher Dr Jaqueline Goes de Jesus), the better. It is, surely, about choice. Not every child will be interested. That's fine. But those that are should be catered for and I suspect the original Barbie doll didn't quite do that.

And perhaps this is where I come in. The fact that this Barbie doll of Professor Gilbert has hit the news and become a talking point - the fact that I am actually writing a column about it - is worth reflecting on. Conversations about children and the expectations placed on boys and girls through toys and clothes - astronauts for boys; princesses for girls - are usually reserved for parents. But shouldn't we all be thinking about it? Shouldn't we all care what the next generation is being taught? What opportunities to think are being provided or denied? It has ramifications for everyone. We need as many boys and girls as possible to take an interest in Stem subjects. The next Professor Sarah Gilbert is perhaps just a Professor Sarah Gilbert Barbie away from pursuing those dreams.

Undoubtedly, this bespectacled Barbie will inspire plenty of children to explore new ideas. But it has made me - and I hope you - think a bit as well. Not what I expected from Barbie on this Wednesday morning but something to be celebrated nevertheless.

I never thought Barbie was for me - but Sarah Gilbert proved me wrong

I never thought Barbie was for me - but Sarah Gilbert proved me wrong

Professor Dame Sarah Gilbert holding a Barbie doll of herself in honour of the Oxford vaccine co-creator

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This bespectacled Barbie will inspire plenty of children to explore new ideas. But it has made me - and I hope you - think a bit as well

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Norwegian women's beach handball team fined for not playing in bikinis

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The hardline Islamist group retook control of Afghanistan as foreign forces pulled out in 2021.

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When Rajini Chandy posted pictures from her glamorous photoshoot on Facebook recently, she didn't anticipate they would go viral and attract vicious trolls.

The photos show the 69-year-old housewife-turned-actress, who's generally seen in colourful elegant saris, dressed in a jumpsuit, long dresses, a pair of distressed jeans, and a short denim dress. In some, she's wearing a crown of fresh white flowers picked from her garden.

Described as "bold and beautiful" by the local press in the southern Indian state of Kerala, where she lives, the photoshoot has raised the hackles of many in a conservative state where most women still dress modestly in saris or traditional long skirts.

The photoshoot, Mrs Chandy told the BBC, was the idea of Athira Joy, a 29-year-old photographer known for her unconventional work.

Ms Joy said what attracted her to the actress was how she was so different from her own mother.

"Indian women," she says, "spend their lives caged in this system of marriage and raising a family. Most give up on life once they reach 60. They become nannies to their grandchildren."

Her 65-year-old mother, she says, is "a typical Indian woman who suffers from all sorts of health issues that 60 plus women face".

"But Rajini is different - she takes care of herself, she's fit, she's bold, she's beautiful, she's fashionable. She's 69, but in her mind, she's 29, just like me."

In traditional Keralan society, Mrs Chandy has always stood out. When she returned to Kerala in 1995 after spending decades in Mumbai where her husband worked with a foreign bank, she made heads turn as she stepped out in a pair of jeans or wore lipstick. Once, she tells me, she was reprimanded for wearing a sleeveless blouse.

In the past few years, she's made news for her "unconventional choices" - in 2016, at the age of 65, she debuted as an actress in the Malayalam-language comedy-drama, Oru Muthassi Gadha (A Granny's Mace).

Since, then, she's been seen in two more films and participated in the second season of Bigg Boss (the Malayali version of Big Brother) last year.

Mrs Chandy says she did the shoot to motivate older people to believe they can still enjoy their life.

"Most young couples spend their youth bringing up children. They put their own desires on the backburner and then they realise they are too old to chase their dreams because they're worried what would society say. I believe it's okay to do whatever you want as long as you're not hurting anyone," she says.

"I've fulfilled all my family and social obligations and now I'm just doing what brings me pleasure. I'm learning to play the drum, I'm not aiming for perfection, I'm just having fun."

The photoshoot was meant to be fun too.

"In December, Athira asked me if I'd be interested in doing a photoshoot and whether I had any inhibitions wearing Western clothes. I said no, I used to wear them all the time when I was younger. I told her I even have a photograph in a swimsuit," Mrs Chandy told me.

She found Athira's proposal interesting - during her travels abroad, she says, she'd always admired older women who were well turned out.

"But I told her I'd do it if my husband approved. So, she asked him for permission and he said: 'It's her life. If she wants to do it, I'm fine with that'."

Mrs Chandy says when she first saw the clothes Athira had hired for her from a local boutique, she was "shocked".

"I hadn't dressed up in such a sexy way in a long time. But once I wore them, I was okay."

The set of 20 photographs was taken at Mrs Chandy's sprawling home in Kochi towards the end of last month.

Bouquets, and brickbats, began arriving once the photos went up on Facebook and Instagram last week and the local press picked them up.

There were thousands of appreciative comments - people wrote in saying "you've proved age is just a number"; many described her as "bold", "stunning", "hot" and "beautiful"; many complimented her for her "confidence"; and admirers found her phone number and called or WhatsApped her to tell her "you look very good aunty".

But soon, the backlash started - and it continues.

"I was called a slut. Someone asked me, 'Haven't you died yet?' Another suggested that I 'sit at home and read the Bible. This is your age to pray, not show off your body'. Yet another person said I was an old auto rickshaw and even if I got a new coat of paint, I'd still be old."

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The trolls are particularly agitated by two pictures - one shows her wearing distressed jeans and sitting with her legs wide apart, showing a hint of a cleavage. In the second, she's wearing a short denim dress.

"It's worse because it shows my legs," she says. "But I have good legs, so it didn't really bother me," she laughs.

A moment later though, she admits that the relentless trolling and the negative comments are getting to her. And the fact that most of the abuse has come from women.

"A lot of young men find sexiness in older women disturbing, they don't want to think of them as an object of desire. But what I found surprising was that most of the negative comments were made by women," she says.

"I think it's born out of jealousy - women in their 40s and 50s who don't take care of themselves cannot deal with an older woman still being able to flaunt her good looks."

Namita Bhandare, gender editor for news website Article 14, puts the comments down to "jealousy maybe, but let's not forget that all women are not feminists".

"Our mothers and grandmothers are great upholders of the patriarchal order."

Globally, as women get older, she says, they face the double whammy of sexism and ageism, but in India, unlike in the West, "we don't invisibilise older women".

"I feel to some extent ageism works to women's advantage in India. Older women, our dadis [paternal grandmothers] and nanis [maternal grandmothers] enjoy a certain status in the family. But then, we venerate them because they conform to a stereotype. They dress modestly, in white if they're widowed, and they are not sexualised.

"Now if a grandmother shows her cleavage or flashes her legs, she's overturning the stereotype, she's stepping out of line and then she's fair game."

Mrs Chandy says she never thought the photos would go viral or that she would be trolled.

"I'm really outspoken so maybe a lot of people don't like me. But I tell them, instead of wasting your time on me, why don't you use your energy to do a good turn for your country or the world or the Mother Earth?"

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A man cools off at a misting station during the scorching weather of a heat wave in Vancouver, British Columbia [Jennifer Gauthier/Reuters]

Authorities say nearly 500 people have died in Canada's westernmost province across five days, as record-breaking temperatures raise serious concerns for vulnerable groups, including the elderly.

British Columbia's chief coroner Lisa Lapointe said on Wednesday afternoon that the BC Coroners Service received at least 486 reports of deaths between Friday and Wednesday afternoon - a total she said was preliminary and expected to increase.

The fatalities represent a 195 percent increase from the approximately 165 deaths that would normally occur in the province across a five-day period, Lapointe said.

"The last five days in British Columbia have seen an unprecedented number of deaths reported to the BC Coroners Service," she said in a statement.

"While it is too early to say with certainty how many of these deaths are heat related, it is believed likely that the significant increase in deaths reported is attributable to the extreme weather B.C. has experienced and continues to impact many parts of our province."

Temperatures have soared in BC and other Canadian provinces and territories as a so-called "heat dome" - a weather system that traps in hot air - descended on the country's west coast, as well as in the Pacific Northwest of the United States.

"It's like a lid or a top, and nothing can get in, weather can't get in to remove that heat, it just builds," Dave Phillips, a meteorologist with Environment Canada, told CTV's Your Morning news programme.

Experts have also said climate change contributed to the record-shattering heat. Lytton, a town in central BC, broke Canadian high-temperature records three times this week, hitting 49.6C (121.28F) on Tuesday.

Metro Vancouver Police said on Tuesday evening that officers had responded to more than 65 sudden deaths since the heat wave began on Friday, while police in Burnaby and Surrey, cities in the greater Vancouver area, also reported dozens of sudden deaths. Police said many of the deaths were elderly people.

"The vast majority of these cases are related to the heat," Vancouver police Sergeant Steve Addison said in a statement. "We've never seen anything like this, and it breaks our hearts. If you have an elderly or vulnerable family member, please give them a call or stop by to check on them."

A heat warning remains in effect for the Greater Vancouver Area, but Environment Canada said on its website that the heat "will become less intense" starting on Wednesday, though temperatures are likely to stay unseasonably warm for the rest of the week.

Environment Canada urged people to stay hydrated and remain indoors, and to check on older family members and neighbours.

The extreme heat is expected to extend to other parts of the country on Thursday, said meteorologist Doug Gillham, with high-temperature records potentially breaking in several cities including Kelowna, BC; Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta; and Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

"The hot weather will extend all the way to the Northwest Territories and Nunavut," Gillham said in a post on The Weather Network website.

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In the midst of the second world war, at the edge of the vast Saharan desert, Joséphine Baker took the stage. Her backdrop was a midnight sky, painted with stars.

A crowd of adoring Allied soldiers stationed in North Africa gathered to swoon over the world-renowned entertainer. To their great delight, Baker sang one of her most celebrated songs: J'ai Deux amours or I have two loves. The first was her country, the US - where Baker was born and raised - and the second her newly adopted home, Paris.

More than 75 years after this fated performance, one of these two countries has chosen to bestow upon Baker an honour of the highest degree. Emmanuel Macron has announced that Baker will be memorialised in the Panthéon in Paris on November 30. Burial at the Panthéon is a distinction reserved only for the greatest of France's national heroes, among them Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Victor Hugo and Marie Curie.

A hero's final resting place

The Panthéon takes inspiration from ancient Greece. The name derives directly from the Greek words pan meaning "all" and theos meaning "gods" - denoting a sacred final resting place. Internment in the great crypt is granted only to those idols who have "shaped France's national identity", and their burial must be approved by the president.

Baker will be the sixth woman, first entertainer and first Black woman to be honoured at the Parisian mausoleum. She will also be among the few honourees who were not born in France.

This memorialisation is in part due to a petition, led by Baker's family and fans, which garnered more than 37,000 signatures over the last two years. Though Baker died in 1975 and is buried in Monaco, the petition asserts that Baker deserves a place in the Panthéon.

A statement from the Élysée - the official residence of the French president - affirmed that Baker is the "embodiment of the French spirit". It cited her tireless efforts towards the French resistance throughout the second world war, as well as her artistry and commitment to the fight against racism. The statement continued that for these reasons, Baker "deserves the recognition of her homeland".

Singer, soldier, spy

Born in St Louis, Missouri in 1906, Baker moved to Paris at 19. After facing racism, segregation and oppression in the US, Baker looked to France as a haven of liberty and new beginnings.

She found immense success in the French cabarets and music halls and by the early 1930s, was rumoured to be making more money than any other artist on the Parisian scene. When war broke out in 1939, Baker didn't hesitate to stand against Nazi tyranny. Soon after the Germans invaded France, Jacques Abtey - head of the French counter-military intelligence - asked if she would officially join the growing resistance. In response, Baker pounded a clenched fist against her heart, famously avowing: "I am ready, captain, to give my life to France".

Throughout the second world war, Baker served the French resistance in every way she knew how. Notably, she sheltered Belgian refugees and resistance fighters in her residence, the Chateau des Milandes. Soon after, however, the Nazi occupiers approached her home, suspecting her of stockpiling weapons. Though Baker managed to charm the officers into leaving her chateau without searching it, she recognised that her days in occupied France were numbered.

Touring spy

Her journey with the resistance would continue abroad under the guise of a European tour, accompanied by Abtey, who posed as her assistant. While travelling, Baker received numerous invitations to lavish diplomatic parties. She would attend every event, listening in for information that could help the resistance. She passed along all information to the free French forces, pinning notes to her clothes and writing messages using invisible ink on her sheet music.

Strangely in October 1942, Baker was reported dead in Portugal. Newspaper headlines around the world mourned the singer and entertainer, who was suspected of succumbing to tuberculosis in poverty. Even Langston Hughes, the American poet and playwright, wrote a heartfelt obituary for Baker in the Chicago Defender.

But while Baker was gravely ill, she was still very much alive, albeit in Morocco. In early 1941, Baker had travelled to north Africa, where she faced serious complications from an emergency hysterectomy.

She recovered in a private clinic in Casablanca from June 1941 until December 1942 - all the while using her convalescent bed as a rendezvous point for members of the French resistance. When Baker heard the news of her untimely death, she reportedly replied: "I'm much too busy to die".

And busy she was. When she wasn't recruiting members for the resistance or passing along secret messages, Baker performed for the Allied troops stationed in north Africa. Her aim was to raise morale for all troops, regardless of the colour of their skin. For these performances, she refused payment. And though she was still frail from her illness, her voice never wavered.

For all of these efforts, Baker was made a lieutenant in the Auxiliaire Feminine, the women's air auxiliary in France. She was also awarded the Croix de Chevalier de la Legion du Honneur, the Croix de Guerre, and the Rosette of the resistance.

Following the end of the war in 1945, Baker returned to her home in France - but also made frequent trips to the US, where she actively fought for the civil rights of Black Americans.

Artist, entertainer, resistance fighter, and anti-racism activist - the deeds of Joséphine Baker make her indeed worthy of hero status. Harold Cruse, an academic of African American studies, was in the audience that starry night in north Africa, stationed with the Allied forces. Upon watching her performance, Cruse wrote:

What she sings, what she says in words, expresses in movement of body, in dance motions and pantomime, constitute an art of such magnificence and individuality that it is not enough to talk about it. She must be seen.

With the memorialisation of Baker in France's most honoured burial site, Cruse's wish may indeed come true. Fans will flock to admire this indomitable entertainer once more and everything she contributed to art and culture as well as to France will be celebrated.

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Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai has asked countries around the world to open their borders to Afghan refugees. Malala is worried about the safety of millions of Afghans after the Taliban took over Afghanistan on August the 15th. Malala is an activist for human rights and comes from Pakistan. She was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman in 2012 because she supported education for girls. She was 15 years old at that time and was on the bus on her way to school. She is now worried that girls in Afghanistan will not receive a proper education. She is also concerned that women in Afghanistan will not have the freedom they have had for the past twenty years.

Ms Yousafzai became the youngest ever Nobel Peace Prize winner in 2014 at the age of 17. She has since continued campaigning for the education of women and children. She spoke to the BBC about the situation in Afghanistan. She called recent events "shocking" and said there is now an "urgent humanitarian crisis". She said: "We are living in a world where we're talking about advancements, about equality, about gender equality. We cannot see a country going decades and centuries back." She added: "We have to take some bold [actions] for the protection of women and girls, for the protection of minority groups and for peace and stability in that region."

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Do you like free stuff? We already know the answer to that. And, boy, do we have good news for you: Not only will your help protect you from the virus, but it can get you so much free stuff. Companies, organizations and state and local governments are offering incentives to people getting their coronavirus vaccines -- just show your .

These incentives may be especially helpful in urging more people to get both doses of either the or vaccine as the causes a spike in COVID-19 cases. As of this week, 71% of US adults have received at least one vaccine dose, but recent data has shown that some people are skipping the second shot . And though the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has pointed out the mild that most people experience after the second vaccine shot, those side effects still don't compare to actually having . If having to get two shots is part of the concern, the Johnson & Johnson vaccine is just one dose.

Aside from brands offering incentives, some employers are also offering a perk, whether it's paid time off or a cash bonus. If you aren't sure whether there's a perk, ask your employer -- you might be pleasantly surprised. To take advantage of all these perks on offer, you have to do your part and get vaccinated. Regularly updated, here's everything your vaccine card will get you.

Nationwide perks for getting vaccinated

Krispy Kreme

You can get a free Original Glazed Doughnut at any by showing your vaccination card. As long as you've gotten at least one shot, you can get one free doughnut per day through the end of 2021.

Uber and Lyft

Both Uber and Lyft are offering assistance to help people get to vaccine centers and pharmacies to get their shots. You can also help out with this effort by donating rides to those in need directly through the companies.

Statewide and regional perks and lotteries

Many states are offering vaccine incentives. Here are some of the highlights.

California

Opportunities to participate in the state's biggest vaccine incentive programs, like the $1.5 million lottery or the $50,000 prizes, expired earlier in the summer. But the race to be one of the first 2 million people to get vaccinated between May 27 and July 18 and win a $50 gift card is still open, and select vaccination sites are currently giving away Six Flags tickets for anyone showing up for their shot. Find a participating clinic here.

Colorado

As in California, Colorado's large cash rewards for getting vaccinated against COVID-19 have expired. However, if you're in Colorado and have been waiting to get the vaccine, make an appointment at one of these vaccine sites and you'll get a $100 Walmart gift card, no competition necessary.

The state of Maryland is offering a $100 incentive to state employees who get vaccinated. Employees must be fully vaccinated and show proof to their HR departments. The state is also requiring these people to comply with a booster shot if that becomes necessary.

Michigan

The city of Detroit is offering a $50 gift card to people who offer rides to those going to get their vaccines. Those who want to do this have to set up the appointments for those who need rides through the Good Neighbor program by calling 313-230-0505.

New York City

New Yorkers who get vaccinated for the first time will receive $100 on a prepaid debit card or their choice of another prize if they get a shot at one of the city's vaccination sites. Additionally, organizations can refer people to a vaccination site and sign up to receive $100, and up to $2,000 in referrals.

Ohio

Ohio was a leader for state governments offering its citizens incentives for getting vaccinated against COVID-19. Now, state workers in Ohio can receive $100 for getting vaccinated for the first time, while their spouses can earn $25.

The Cincinnati Reds are offering $10 tickets to people with proof of at least one shot.

Washington, DC

Teens ages 12-17 are offered a pretty sweet deal if they get their first shot at a participating DC vaccination site -- a pair of AirPods (while supplies last) or a $51 gift card. In addition to the AirPods, teens can be entered into a drawing to win a $25,000 scholarship or an iPad and headphones. Parents who take their kids to get a shot at one of the three DC public schools are eligible for a $51 gift card themselves. Students aged 18-21 who are seeking a high school diploma at a DC public school can also get a pair of AirPods or a $51 gift card (if supplies are available).

How to find other perks in your area

Plenty of other businesses, including local sports teams, are offering incentives to get vaccinated. The best way to find them is to keep tuned in to your local news. Both TV news and newspapers will inform you of what perks you can find in your area. You can also scout places on Facebook, especially if you live in an area that has its own Facebook community for happenings like this.

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