More money, more problems: How do currencies work?

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Modern Warfare 4 - the latest Call of Duty game - was already deemed controversial before its release. The main storyline depicts a fictional conflict in the Korean Peninsula, with North Korea invading the South. That’s upset many Koreans: More than one million people died in the ...  Show more

Hyrox could become an Olympic sport

When you think of Hyrox, you might remember those viral pictures of an athlete pushing through the race even though diarrhoea was running down her legs.Her name is Joanna Wietrzyk - and in an exclusive interview with the BBC, she’s described the fallout after she won the competit ...  Show more

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