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[ad_1] BBCLaila Soueif has not eaten for more than three weeks and is past the stage of feeling hungry.In London to campaign for the release of her British-Egyptian son, Alaa Abdel Fattah, the 68-year-old maths professor insists – stoically – that she’s “not feeling bad at all”.She went on hunger strike the day after what should have been the end of his five-year prison sentence – though his relatives, along […]

[ad_1] Getty ImagesThe meteorite was 40-60km in diameter and left a crater 500km acrossA huge meteorite first discovered in 2014 caused a tsunami bigger than any in known human history and boiled the oceans, scientists have discovered.The space rock, which was 200 times the size of the one that wiped out the dinosaurs, smashed into Earth when our planet was in its infancy three billion years ago.Carrying sledge hammers, scientists […]

[ad_1] Imagine you're Vladimir Putin.The West has dubbed you a pariah for invading Ukraine. Sanctions are aiming to cut off your country's economy from global markets. And there's an arrest warrant out for you from the International Criminal Court.How can you show the pressure is not working? Try hosting a summit.This week in the city of Kazan President Putin will greet more than 20 heads of state at the Brics […]