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  • Discovery made 500 metres from the bow of the Titanic, 644km off the coast of Newfoundland; US Coast Guard to hold evidence review
  • Five people died on the recreational sub, operated by US-based OceanGate, including company’s CEO Stockton Rush and British explorer Hamish Harding
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  • Annual contest at Alaska national park has voters compare bears as they bulk up before five-month hibernation
  • Competition aims to raise awareness of brown bears, their habitats, and the risks they face from human activity
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  • Seventeen-year-old Ingrid Chan’s ‘Multi-sensory Mixed Reality Therapy for Dementia’ app has earned global acclaim
  • For her achievements at such a tender age, Chan is a finalist in this year’s Spirit of Hong Kong Awards’ Youth category
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  • Region is decades ahead of global shift, expected to take place around 2064
  • World Health Organization called for measures to mitigate the impact of population ageing, including an increase in sporting and cultural activities for older people
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  • Matthew Tsang found near Lo Shue Tin in Ma On Shan Country Park at around 2.15pm, a police source says
  • Boy airlifted from the site and taken to hospital for checks
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  • False information found on the site formerly known as Twitter, Telegram and TikTok; Facebook parent company Meta says experts monitoring situation
  • Online community faces challenge of moderating content about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict while allowing information to spread in real time
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  • ‘Does the crown prince need a maid at home and at school?’: online observers rage over typecasting
  • Staff member of university in Wuhan has told Zhengguan News that the allegations are under investigation
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  • Singer features quotes and inspiration from ‘Jane Eyre’, ‘Peter Pan’ and ‘The Great Gatsby’ on just two of her albums
  • Swift nods to Robert Frost’s timeless poem ‘The Road Not Taken’ on ‘Illicit Affairs’ and the gothic tale ‘Rebecca’ on ‘Tolerate It’
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  • Movie combines elements from ‘The Martian’ and ‘Interstellar’ and features excellent CGI but flawed execution
  • Praiseworthy performances and emotional soundtrack can’t make up for bad writing, but visuals make it worth a watch
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  • Chronos app uses augmented reality to place ancient impressions of archaeological sites onto the screen
  • Tourism, vital for the Greek economy, has roared back since the Covid-19 pandemic
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  • 16-year-old used Google Maps to navigate, but called 999 after his phone battery started dwindling
  • Emergency services finds boy unharmed in Lion Rock Country Park at around 10pm on Monday
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  • Ferocious predator dominated the ancient landscapes of the late Cretaceous period, around 68 to 66 million years ago
  • Hong Kong Science Museum’s new exhibition, ‘Extinction · Resilience’, teaches visitors about the ‘king of the tyrant lizards’
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  • Chen Ye makes history as youngest Chinese to win gold in skateboarding, while Neha Thakur bags India’s first-ever sailing medal
  • Nearly 12,000 athletes from 45 nations and territories competed for 481 gold medals during the 16-day event
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  • Israel’s main military spokesman called the attack, which killed at least 700 Israelis and abducted dozens, as ‘the worst massacre of innocent civilians in Israel’s history’
  • Officials in Palestine say nearly 370 killed in territory so far, including three-month-old twins
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