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Escargots worth €90,000 stolen from French farm

Thieves stole snails worth €90,000 (£79,000; $104,000) from a farm in northern France that supplies gourmet restaurants. L’Escargot Des Grands Crus in Bouzy, near Reims, said its entire stock of fresh and frozen snails had been sold out, a “real…

Why do I spend hours painstakingly repairing banknotes?

Yolande Knell,Middle East Correspondentand Malak Khasawneh,Jerusalem British Broadcasting Corporation In a bustling Gaza City market, a repairman deftly inspects a worn yellow 100 shekel ($30.50; £23.10) note. He straightened it and carefully traced it with pencil to enhance its faded…

Nigeria’s kidnapping crisis: ‘Afraid to speak’

Hey Jonesand Kayla Hermanson,minna nigeria EPA/Shutterstock Parents have been waiting outside Papiri’s school, desperate for news Many parents whose children were abducted from a boarding school in Nigeria 10 days ago are scared – they don’t want to talk to…

Discover the hidden heroine in a long-lost photo

Alkazi Photography Collection Congress leader Lilavati Munshi stands defiantly outside a boycotted British store in Mumbai In India, a recently discovered set of photos has drawn attention to the role women played in one of the country’s largest anti-colonial movements,…