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Kids who play video games score higher on cognitive tests, study finds

A government-funded study found gaming may help develop cognitive skills such as impulse control and working memory.

Soul Of The South

What is there to do in Nashville, America’s Music City?

In partnership with GoUSA TV

Follow British writer and photographer Johny Pitts on his Civil Rights journey through Nashville. Food? Music? Community? Nashville is steeped in all these things and more.

Iran

Students clash with police as Iran protests enter sixth week

They were sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini.

World News

Steve Bannon sentenced to four months in prison for contempt

Steve Bannon, ally of former US President Donald Trump, was sentenced to four months in jail for failing to testify and provide documents to a committee probing the storming of the Capitol in 2021.

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Singer Joyce Sims dies aged 63

The singer had a career which spanned decades and had multiple top chart hits on both sides of the Atlantic.

USA

Italy's first woman astronaut lands safely back on Earth

Four astronauts have returned to earth in a SpaceX capsule following a six-month mission on the International Space Station.

Travel News

Heathrow chaos averted as American Airlines staff reach pay deal

After 98 per cent of maintenance technicians and crew chiefs voted to strike over pay, American Airlines offered an improved pay deal.

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Jury in Florida asks for life in prison for 2018 Parkland shooter

On 14 February 2018, Nikolas Cruz opened fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida, from which he had been expelled a year earlier, killing 17.

Culture news

Alex Jones told to pay $965 million over Sandy Hook massacre lies

Jury orders the Infowars host and founder Alex Jones to pay $965 million to people who suffered from his lies about the Sandy Hook school massacre in 2012.

Europe News

NATO nuclear exercises to go ahead, despite tensions with Russia

The United States ambassador to NATO has also warned of 'unprecedented consequences' in the event of Russia using nuclear strikes.

Haiti

Protests in Haiti over PM's call for international armed forces

Haiti has called for international armed forces as gangs and protesters paralyse the country amid fuel and water shortages.

World News

US trio awarded Nobel economics prize for work on financial crisis

Ben Bernanke, Douglas W. Diamond and Philip H. Dybvig shared the award.

Soul Of The South

Memphis: A stop on the Civil Rights Trail

In partnership with GoUSA TV

Join writer and photographer Johny Pitts as he tours the Civil Rights trail of the American South to discover his heritage.

North Korea

North Korea carries out sixth missile launch in two weeks

North Korea fired another two ballistic missiles this Thursday in the direction of Japan.

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Helicopters airlift people to safety amid Hurricane Ian destruction

Helicopters airlift people to safety amid Hurricane Ian destruction in Florida.

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Russian consulate in New York vandalized with red paint

Manhattan's Upper East Side residents react after the Russian Consulate in New York was vandalized with red spray paint early Friday, in an apparent protest as President Vladimir Putin pursues his bloody invasion of Ukraine.

USA

Biden declares emergency as Hurricane Ian hits South Carolina

A revived Hurricane Ian made landfall on coastal South Carolina on Friday, threatening the historic city of Charleston with severe flooding.

Earth News

Was Hurricane Ian fueled by the climate crisis?

Scientists think warmer ocean waters are making strong hurricanes stronger.

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Fire station flooded by Hurricane Ian

Hurricane Ian made landfall in southwest Florida on Wednesday, flooding city streets and breaking trees along the coast.

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US Federal Reserve hikes interest rates for the third time in 2022

Intensifying its fight against high inflation, the US Federal Reserve raised its key interest rate by substantial three-quarters of a point for a third straight time and signalled more large rate hikes to come.

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