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Officials in Davenport, Iowa, say they're carefully assessing whether rescuers can further search a partially collapsed apartment building -- which they say can topple at any moment -- for missing residents before they order the structure demolished.

A woman won a cheese rolling competition despite knocking herself unconscious during the event. 19-year-old Delaney Irving fell whilst pursuing a 3kg Gloucester cheese wheel down Coopers Hill in Brockworth, near Gloucester. Irving said she didn’t realise she had won the race until she woke up in the medical tent. Speaking to BBC News, the 19-year-old said “I remember running, then bumping my head, and then I woke up in the tent. I still don’t really believe it, but it feels great.” Sign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter Hundreds took part in the event this bank holiday, coming from all over the world. Irving, who is from Vancouver Island in Canada said that the race was “good… now that I remember it.” Matt Crolla, 28, from Manchester won the first race of the day, telling the BBC that there is no way to “train” for the sport, saying “it’s just being an idiot.” Some viewers called participants “mad,” whilst others congratulated Irving on her win, seeing the fun side of the sport. Kyla Hill of Team Cheese, the group of volunteers who help organise the event said the event has put Brockworth village “on the map, makes us a bit famous, draws people in from over the world.” Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.

Biden administration officials are divided over how aggressively new artificial intelligence tools should be regulated — and their

Pope Francis has asked aides to get to the bottom of how at least $17 million was transferred from the Vatican’s U.S.-based missionary fundraising coffers into an impact investing vehicle run by a priest

Japan’s biggest life insurers have ramped up their use of longer-dated currency hedges to a record to escape

The rights group has corrected a report alleging the student went missing after flying to Hong Kong.

Baidu Inc. has set aside 1 billion yuan ($140 million) to fund Chinese startups that explore generative AI,

China’s industry minister has met Tesla Ltd

India’s capital markets regulator proposes to seek more disclosures from foreign funds with large holdings in local stocks

Asian stock markets are lower ahead of a vote by Congress on a deal to avert a government debt default while China factory activity weakened

New Zealand’s national airline is asking passengers to step on the scales before they board international flights

China's ruling Communist Party is calling for beefed-up national security measures, highlighting risks from artificial intelligence