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Netherlands and Denmark pledge fighter jets for Kyiv
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Netherlands and Denmark pledge fighter jets for Kyiv

The Netherlands and Denmark have announced they will donate up to 61 F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine once pilot training has been satisfactorily completed, as Volodymyr Zelenskiy visited both countries after months of entreaties to bolster the Ukrainian air force.

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August 25, 2023
'Obscene' Guards accused of mass border killings
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'Obscene' Guards accused of mass border killings

Saudi border guards have been accused of killing hundreds of Ethiopians using small arms and explosive weapons in a campaign that rights advocates suggest may be a crime against humanity.

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August 25, 2023
How one of the UK's worst child killers went undetected
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How one of the UK's worst child killers went undetected

Before Lucy Letby's arrest and conviction, it took almost two years for the police to be called in over suspicious baby deaths at a Chester hospital

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August 25, 2023
The next goal... How long until we see this spectacle not as 'women's sport', but simply 'sport'?
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The next goal... How long until we see this spectacle not as 'women's sport', but simply 'sport'?

This Women's World Cup has been compelling viewing. Fans enjoyed a heady mix of breathtaking skill, dramatic incidents and unexpected results, with record attendances and viewing figures at every stage of the tournament.

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August 25, 2023
How England's Lionesses are changing the game for girls
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How England's Lionesses are changing the game for girls

In five years, 100,000 more girls have taken up the sport in England, shattering myths about their relative abilities

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August 25, 2023
Kick on
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Kick on

A month-long spectacle, culminating in Spain's thrilling triumph, is another landmark moment for the women's game, in which Europe is the new leader of player development at elite and grassroots levels

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August 25, 2023
Marvel story
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Marvel story

This tale of a pianist who finds love and renewal before mystical forces intervene is a reminder of Neil Jordan's gifts as a writer

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August 18, 2023
The invisible woman
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The invisible woman

George Orwell's first wife has been ill-served by his own biographers, yet here the witty and fierce Eileen is stripped of agency all over again

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August 18, 2023
AIrchitecture anyone?
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AIrchitecture anyone?

AI heralds a world where design wonders are just a click away, but could it replace an entire profession?

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August 18, 2023
Africans, not global powers, will forge the continent's stability
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Africans, not global powers, will forge the continent's stability

A \"coup belt\" now extends across the African continent, running along the Sahel region that bisects north and sub-Saharan Africa. Niger, where the democratically elected president was deposed by a military junta, has now become the last link that completed the corridor of countries run by coupsters.

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August 18, 2023
How I learned to swim
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How I learned to swim

As I entered my fifties, my body and my confidence started to falter and fail me. I was told swimming would help keep me fit and strong-minded. But first I had to navigate the aggravation of the slow lane

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August 18, 2023
"My mother spent her life trying to find me"
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"My mother spent her life trying to find me"

Countless Bangladeshi children were put up for adoption without the consent of their parents in the chaotic wake of civil war. Denials and scant paperwork hid the truth for years

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August 18, 2023
Trump indicted over bid to reverse 2020 election loss
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Trump indicted over bid to reverse 2020 election loss

Donald Trump and some of his closest confidantes have been indicted on state racketeering and conspiracy charges over efforts to reverse Trump's defeat in the 2020 election in Georgia. This indictment makes the former US president a criminal defendant in a fourth case as he campaigns to recapture the presidency.

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August 18, 2023
A frail truce The battle for Tigray is not over
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A frail truce The battle for Tigray is not over

Despite a peace deal last year, Eritrean troops remain in border areas, and the Irob community pays the price

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August 18, 2023
Why Taliban is desperate to silence musicians and artists
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Why Taliban is desperate to silence musicians and artists

Hardline Islamist leaders have imposed brutal restrictions on cultural expression and the Afghan people are suffering

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August 18, 2023
Shore bet Artwork with a mission to restore reefs
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Shore bet Artwork with a mission to restore reefs

In the turquoise waters of Nacula Island, steel sculptures sit on the seafloor, adorned with coral. The artworks are part of a conservation effort to help grow and restore coral reefs as they face the threat of bleaching because of warmer seas.

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August 18, 2023
Florida's united effort to turn the tide on coral bleaching
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Florida's united effort to turn the tide on coral bleaching

A race is under way in Florida to rescue corals being bleached at alarming rates as a result of historic heatwaves and rising water temperatures.

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August 18, 2023
Thousands missing at sea as use of deadliest route rises
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Thousands missing at sea as use of deadliest route rises

The number of people taking the world's deadliest migratory route-across the central Mediterranean - to reach the EU has more than doubled, driving irregular crossings at the bloc's external borders to their highest level in seven years.

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August 18, 2023
Fresh anger over asylum policy after Channel boat deaths
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Fresh anger over asylum policy after Channel boat deaths

Calls this week mounted in the UK and France for the introduction of safe routes for refugees crossing the Channel after a French organisation said it had received multiple distress calls from people making the crossing.

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August 18, 2023
Questions fly after paradise is reduced to streets of ash
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Questions fly after paradise is reduced to streets of ash

Atleast 99 people have died in the fire that consumed the historic town of Lahaina on the Hawaiian island of Maui, and officials warned that the effort to find and identify the dead was in its early stages. Meanwhile, residents raised questions over aspects of the government response, from warnings during the fire to aid distribution in the days since.

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August 18, 2023
Phone apps hit home in Beijing's bid for hearts and minds
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Phone apps hit home in Beijing's bid for hearts and minds

Ariel Lo spends a couple of hours most weeks sharing anime art and memes on Chinese apps, often chatting with friends in China in a Mandarin slightly different from the one she uses at home in Taiwan.

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August 18, 2023
Great leap backwards? Deflationary slide sparks global fears
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Great leap backwards? Deflationary slide sparks global fears

When two core indicators of Chinese inflation turned negative last week, alarm bells rang as the world's second-largest economy started sliding into deflation. According to Joe Biden, China's economy is a \"ticking timebomb\".

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August 18, 2023
'You don't survive that' Sappers dice with death to clear mines
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'You don't survive that' Sappers dice with death to clear mines

Oleksandr Slyusar, a Ukrainian sapper with a ready smile, had spent the past 30 hours under Russian shelling in the recently liberated village of Staromaiorske in the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine. A rocket fired at them from a Grad system had peppered the legs and back of a fellow landmine-clearer with shrapnel.

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August 18, 2023
Tech bosses issue threats to workers who shun office life
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Tech bosses issue threats to workers who shun office life

Amazon workers in the US are being tracked and penalised for not spending sufficient time in the company's offices, an email sent to employees revealed, as tech companies push back against work-from-home practices that flourished during the pandemic.

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August 18, 2023
Desk jockeys - Why Britain has felt this seismic shift more than many countries
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Desk jockeys - Why Britain has felt this seismic shift more than many countries

Working from home is a seismic shift in employment patterns that has rocked charities, businesses and public sector organisations across the world.

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August 18, 2023
OUT OF OFFICE
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OUT OF OFFICE

Covid-19 transformed the way we work. But as lockdown memories fade, firms are pushing back against homebased employees. Who will prevail?

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August 18, 2023
My legacy? I'm Ferris Bueller
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My legacy? I'm Ferris Bueller

The actor best known for playing a teenager talks about his new very grown-up role in the tale of OxyContin and the film that will always define him

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August 11, 2023
People are kinder than our cynical politicians will give us credit for
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People are kinder than our cynical politicians will give us credit for

An expiring Tory party lashing about for electoral resuscitation by doubling down on pugnacious policies. A Labour opposition that has straitjacketed its pledges and ambitions with its fears of blowing its strongest chance in years to gain power. That is the slim space that now defines Westminster, making the preoccupations and tones of our politicians seem more remote than ever.

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August 11, 2023
My escape from China's mass arrests
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My escape from China's mass arrests

When Uyghurs started disappearing into 're-education camps', I knew it was only a matter of time before I would be detained. So I got ready to run

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August 11, 2023
'What about Hunter?' Why Biden's son is a GOP target again
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'What about Hunter?' Why Biden's son is a GOP target again

The difference between six and seven is slight but, in the mouth of Joe Biden, it meant everything. \"I have seven grandkids,\" the US president said in a recent podcast interview.

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August 11, 2023