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Serena Williams explains why she took weight-loss drug, lost 31 pounds

Serena Williams revealed she has turned to GLP-1s — which are weight-loss drugs– to help her with weight loss after having two children. Ro’s website states the 43-year-old Williams — who is a paid spokesperson for the company — has lost 31 pounds in eight months. “I literally tried everything. Running, walking, biking, stairclimber, you...

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Egypt retrieves parts of 2,000-year-old sunken city off coast of Alexandria

Cranes hoisted statues from depths of submerged site that authorities say may be extension of ancient city of Canopus

Egypt has unveiled parts of a sunken city submerged beneath waters off the coast of Alexandria, including buildings, artefacts and an ancient dock that date back more than 2,000 years.

Egyptian authorities said the site, located in the waters of Abu Qir bay, may be an extension of the ancient city of Canopus, a prominent centre during the Ptolemaic dynasty, which ruled Egypt for nearly 300 years, and the Roman empire, which governed for about 600 years.

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© Photograph: Khaled Desouki/AFP/Getty Images

© Photograph: Khaled Desouki/AFP/Getty Images

© Photograph: Khaled Desouki/AFP/Getty Images

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German contest to live in depopulated Soviet-era city proves global hit

Eisenhüttenstadt offered spacious central flats rent-free for two weeks in effort to attract valuable professionals

An innovative contest by a city in formerly communist east Germany to curb depopulation by offering a fortnight of free housing has stunned local officials with its success.

The competition drew more than 1,700 applications from around the world to try living in Eisenhüttenstadt, a Soviet-style planned city on the Polish border, near Berlin, that was built around a steel plant in the aftermath of the second world war.

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© Photograph: Christian Jungeblodt/The Guardian

© Photograph: Christian Jungeblodt/The Guardian

© Photograph: Christian Jungeblodt/The Guardian

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