#FiveThingsYouNeedToKnowAsYouWakeUp: Japan's oldest toilet accidentally damaged
Shelflife is one of three selected to collaborate with Nike to design Air Jordan 2s, K-pop singer Jin will release his first official solo single next week, and much more.
Top of the Thursday morning to ya!
As we gear up for the weekend, here are five things you need to know as you wake up on Thursday:
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said he is introducing martial law in four Russian-occupied regions of Ukraine that Moscow claimed last month as its own territory.
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2.
K-pop singer Jin, a member of the hit boy band BTS, will release his first official solo single next week, following this week's announcement that he will soon start military duty. The song, 'The Astronaut', will be released on 28 October.
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Shelflife, a sneaker store founded in Cape Town in 2006, is one of three selected to collaborate with Nike to design a pair of Air Jordan 2s. This is the first shop on the continent to officially collaborate with Nike's Jordan Brand, designing a shoe that pays homage to locals.
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4.
Fast-fashion company Shein sells clothes at dirt-cheap prices and a new undercover investigation shows the human cost of maintaining that business model.
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A building believed to house the oldest toilet in Japan faced its biggest threat in centuries on Monday when a conservation worker accidentally reversed his car into it. Japan's oldest toilet is no more!
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Main image attribution: CNN/ Kyoto Prefectural Board of Education