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The World Surf League event in New Zealand was abruptly halted on finals day after a photographer was bitten by a sea creature.Australian Ed Sloane was attacked just before 8.30am while documenting the men’s semi-finals at the New Zealand Pro, held near Raglan on the west coast of the North Island.The competition was halted 10 minutes in and Brazilian surfers Yago Dora and Italo Ferreira were extracted from the water on jet skis.“It’s the first time we have activated code red,” Renato Hickel, vice president of tours and competition, said on the WSL broadcast. “This time it was our beloved…

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Cuba has announced the first shipment in an expected donation from China of about 60,000 tonnes of rice, as the Caribbean island contends with an ongoing humanitarian crisis.In a series of social media posts on Sunday, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel confirmed that the first load of 15,000 tonnes had arrived a day earlier in the port of Havana.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listHe also expressed “deep gratitude” to China, as well as to members of the European Parliament who denounced the pressure campaign his government faces.Since January, the United States has increased its sanctions against Cuba, as part…

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“The thinking now is to basically get small wins, small successes here and there, instead of these mega projects,” says Abdullah. “Like, for example, the Red Sea island resort of Sindalah could be one small win that they can promote, which is basically a very traditional style of resort, which can still be presented as part of the vision, instead of the likes of The Line and The Cube. And so they can say, ‘these represent the basis of Neom, and we didn’t have to have the whole thing’.”

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Four child-sized humanoid robots take the stage at an arena in eastern Seoul, and as the opening beats of a song by K-pop star G-Dragon begin, they start to dance.Arms swinging, legs stepping in sync, heads bobbing, wigs and baggy clothes swishing, until – mid-performance – one of them seemingly malfunctions and has to be removed from the stage.Welcome to Galaxy Robot Park, a new 16,500 square metre facility in Gangdong district that its creators claim is the world’s first robot theme park.Galaxy’s chief executive Choi Yong-ho at Galaxy Robot Park. Photograph: Galaxy EntertainmentIt represents an ambitious – some might…

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