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#Ethiopia’s Tigst Assefa sets women-only world record as Yomif Kejelcha posts historic sub-2 marathon debut in #London Addis Abeba - Ethiopia’s Tigst Assefa delivered a record-breaking performance at the 2026 London Marathon on Sunday, setting a new women-only world record of 2:15:41 and defending her title in a fiercely contested race. The Olympic silver medalist outpaced Kenyan rivals Hellen Obiri and Joyciline Jepkosgei in a tactical showdown that also saw, for the first time in history, three women finish under 2:16 in the same race. Tigist shaved nine seconds off her previous women-only world record, underlining her dominance in elite marathon running. The landmark event also witnessed a historic breakthrough in the men’s race, where Ethiopia’s Yomif Kejelcha clocked 1:59:41 to finish second, marking the second-fastest marathon time ever recorded and the fastest debut in history. https://www.facebook.com/AddisstandardEng/posts/pfbid021Sz3PvNhdhApSPk1rxF8cbXMSNLEowxG9owGaVrcocHenKXGfDTThvZyjBQiJwuHl

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'Belfast' gets UK premiere as Oscar buzz grows Actor and filmmaker Kenneth Branagh takes audiences to the city of his birth and his childhood with the semi-autobiographical comedy drama 'Belfast' which had its European premiere at the London Film Festival. #News#Reuters#London#Film Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/reuterssubscribe Reuters brings you the latest business, finance and breaking news video from around the globe. Our reputation for accuracy and impartiality is unparalleled. Get the latest news on: http://reuters.com/ Follow Reuters on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Reuters Follow Reuters on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Reuters Follow Reuters on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reuters/?hl=en ➖@reutersworldchannel➖

Russia's Yandex joins London’s e-grocery market Delivery drivers sporting the bright yellow colors of Yango Deli will be visible across London after the international e-grocery arm of Russian tech giant Yandex became the latest player to launch in the UK's crowded delivery market. #YangoDeli#egrocery#Yandex#London#News#Reuters Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/reuterssubscribe Reuters brings you the latest business, finance and breaking news video from around the globe. Our reputation for accuracy and impartiality is unparalleled. Get the latest news on: http://reuters.com/ Follow Reuters on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Reuters Follow Reuters on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Reuters Follow Reuters on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reuters/?hl=en ➖@reutersworldchannel➖

🇬🇧#UK #PreCrime "I WAS MISIDENTIFIED AS SHOPLIFTER BY FACIAL RECOGNITION TECH" Sara needed some chocolate - she had had one of those days - so wandered into a #HomeBargains store. "Within less than a minute, I'm approached by a store worker who comes up to me and says, 'You're a thief, you need to leave the store'." Sara - who wants to remain anonymous - was wrongly accused after being flagged by a facial-recognition system called #Facewatch. She says after her bag was searched she was led out of the shop, and told she was banned from all stores using the technology. Facewatch later wrote to Sara and acknowledged it had made an error. The #MetropolitanPolice in #London say that around one in every 33,000 people who walk by its cameras is misidentified. But the error count is much higher once someone is actually flagged. One in 40 alerts so far this year has been a false positive #AI #FacialRecognition

#Sudan's former PM Hamdok says civilian presence at #Berlin talks marks important shift Former Sudanese prime minister #Abdalla_Hamdok said civilian voices are being formally included in international efforts to end Sudan’s devastating civil war for the first time as Berlin prepares to host a conference marking the conflict’s third anniversary. The international ministerial conference on Sudan will take place on April 15. It follows meetings in #Paris in 2024, marking the first anniversary of the war, and in #London in 2025, marking the second, neither of which produced a ceasefire or a credible political framework. #Germany, the #African_Union, the #EU, #France, the #UK and the #US are co-hosting the conference. Foreign ministers and officials from those countries and bodies are expected in Berlin alongside representatives of the #UN, major humanitarian organisations and a structured civilian forum involving Sudanese civil society groups...... https://x.com/addisstandard/status/2043924528577835123?s=20