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• Bulgaria achieved its first-ever Eurovision victory with the song “Bangaranga” by artist DARA, which has since become a dominant hit across the continent. • The competition's landscape was notably shaped by the absence of five nations: Iceland, Ireland, the Netherlands, Slovenia, and Spain. • Beyond the music, the event serves as a critical "European public square" where songs reflect ongoing societal debates regarding war, identity, and cultural representation.

Divers are installing waterproof speakers in the ocean to help pull a coral reef near Jamaica back from the brinkThe northern coast of Jamaica once served as the backdrop for scenes in the James Bond thriller No Time to Die. But today, beneath those same turquoise waves, a real-life mission is unfolding: the race to pull a dying coral reef back from the brink.However, the tools a team of divers are carrying to the seafloor are not what you would expect to find in a marine biologist’s kit. They are installing waterproof speakers at the bottom of the ocean, and the man leading the team is not a scientist. Continue reading...