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Boom time: The fraught rise of the retail apps
An online shopping revolution is transforming consumer habits but not everyone has a good deal
4 min |
August 11, 2023
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Till truths Prices go up to factor in 'real costs'
A leading discount supermarket in Germany temporarily raised prices to reflect products' real cost on people's health and the environment.
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August 11, 2023
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Rents soar as bid to attract foreign money backfires
Government incentives and deregulation have brought digital nomads, Airbnbs and 'golden visas' - but steep housing costs for locals
4 min |
August 11, 2023
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'This is weird, it's strange'
Sea ice has fallen so fast from record highs that it has left the continent exposed to destructive elements and scientists are baffled
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August 11, 2023
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'Should we cheer?': support for port arrivals
After weeks of local strife and national buildup, the sparsely filled coaches entering the Dorset port where the Bibby Stockholm is moored were a boost to pro-refugee demonstrators.
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August 11, 2023
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'A floating prison' First asylum seekers go onboard Bibby Stockholm barge
‘Inhumane’ government accused of reverting to the Victorian era with up to 500 spaces for people fleeing to escape war and persecution
3 min |
August 11, 2023
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Reality check: Ukraine's push on three fronts is measured in metres
The first casualty of the Ukrainian counteroffensive was wishful thinking. Any hope that Russian troops would abandon their trenches has been left far behind on the battlefield.
3 min |
August 11, 2023
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China backs peace talks after Jeddah summit
China is said to be in support of a third round of talks to find a framework for peace in Ukraine after a meeting of senior officials from about 40 countries in Saudi Arabia last weekend.
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August 11, 2023
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French disconnection France's empire in Africa is crumbling while Russia circles
Retreats from crumbling empires are inevitably characterised by hastily arranged evacuations. Panicked civilians make their way to rickety airport terminals in the hope of an emergency flight out of the chaos. This was the postcolonial scene in Niamey, the capital of Niger, last week, as hundreds of French nationals joined other EU citizens in scurrying away from the west African nation.
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August 11, 2023
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Sahel crisis: Military coup adds to chaos but may also offer hope
An intrepid traveller would now be hard-pressed to traverse the African continent at its widest point, passing from the Red Sea to near the Atlantic, while staying within a country that is not being torn apart by a civil war or recovering from one, has not suffered a military coup since 2021, or is not a failed state occupied by a toxic mix of rapacious politicians, militia and Russian mercenaries.
3 min |
August 11, 2023
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'These people are diehard': Trump fans shrug off his indictments
Many in Iowasee prosecution of the former president as a Democratic political move - and they say it will backfire
5 min |
August 11, 2023
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Jack Smith, prosecutor 'If I could be cowed...I would find another line of work'
A grand jury indicted Donald Trump on 1 August on charges of trying to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. The 45-page indictment against Trump - which includes one count of conspiracy to defraud the US, one count of conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding, and conspiracy against rights - was filed by special counsel Jack Smith in federal district court in Washington DC.
2 min |
August 11, 2023
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EVERY TIME HE IS INDICTED, HIS POLL NUMBERS GO UP
Many a politician's career has ended in ignominy in the wake of scandal whereas the former Republican president seems to draw strength from charges against him. Democrats, meanwhile, are watching the courtroom drama unfold without comment
4 min |
August 11, 2023
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In other words...
From Argentinian horror to Japanese thrillers, a new generation is reading more internationally than ever before
9 min |
August 04, 2023
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Has Nigel Farage become Britain's most influential politician?
Whatever one thinks of Nigel Farage, back in the news for bringing about the resignation of NatWest's chief executive Alison Rose and Coutts boss Peter Flavel, he has been instrumental in changing Britain. Few observers would argue that his campaign to remove the UK from the European Union has led to a beneficial change, but almost everyone would agree that it's been a profound one.
3 min |
August 04, 2023
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Stormzy's learning
The British rap artist has parlayed his fame into a book imprint, a football club and-to his bemusement-real political clout. But perhaps his greatest legacy will be putting dozens of Black students through Cambridge
10+ min |
August 04, 2023
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Remarkable Washington hearing on UFOS buoys belief
As the world heard tales of recovered alien bodies, crashed extraterrestrial spaceships, and an apparently violent plot to conceal both, not everyone was willing to believe.
2 min |
August 04, 2023
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Benju boss Musician goes global in his 70s
When Daniyal Ahmed set off on a road trip from Karachi into the neighbouring province of Balochistan in early 2022, his only contacts were a few distant connections he hoped would lead him to a legendary musician. After circling villages near Pasni, a fishing port on the Arabian sea about a six-hour drive from Karachi, Ahmed by chance spotted Ustad Noor Bakhsh on the side of a lonely road sitting next to his broken motorbike, waiting for help.
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August 04, 2023
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Bamboo to the rescue as villages rebuild after the floods
A year ago, Shani Dana's mudbrick house was swept away in the worst floods on record to hit Pakistan. More than 1,700 people were killed and 900,000 homes damaged or destroyed. Sindh province, where Dana lives, was the most badly affected.
3 min |
August 04, 2023
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Joy and defiance at Indigenous gathering
Climate concerns prominent as hundreds attend celebration of Amazonian chief's nominal 91st birthday
3 min |
August 04, 2023
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Return to the narrow gaze of a pioneering naturalist
Farmers and volunteers are honouring the legacy of Gilbert White, an 18thcentury parson who inspired Darwin
4 min |
August 04, 2023
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Green retreat Raft of Tory climate policies under threat
Rishi Sunak has been accused of showing disregard for the climate crisis after Whitehall officials warned that some of his key green pledges were already unachievable.
3 min |
August 04, 2023
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Stalemate drags on as socialist party loses crucial seat
Spain's socialist party has suffered a setback in its efforts to form a new leftwing coalition government after last month's inconclusive election as a count of overseas votes handed a crucial seat across to the opposition conservatives.
3 min |
August 04, 2023
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Neighbours 'may use force' to reinstate the president
A powerful bloc of west African states suspended ties with Niger following last week's coup and authorised the possible use of force if the country's democratically elected president, Mohamed Bazoum, is not released and reinstated within a week.
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August 04, 2023
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Egypt calls on Putin to revive Black Sea grain deal
Egypt's leader, Abdel Fatah alSisi, urged Vladimir Putin to return to the Black Sea grain deal during a Russia-Africa summit in St Petersburg marked by concerns about the global economic fallout from the Kremlin's invasion of Ukraine.
2 min |
August 04, 2023
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No to Netanyahu Israelis' defiance is a lesson for anyone who cares about democracy
Beware the strongman leader who fears prison. Donald Trump is running for president in part because he sees a return to the White House as a literal get-out-of-jail-free card: reinstalled in the Oval Office, he would be able to pardon himself for the mounting pile of serious federal crimes for which he is indicted. His legal strategy is his political strategy.
3 min |
August 04, 2023
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What is the judicial overhaul vote about? And what happens next?
Israel's far-right and ultrareligious government has finally succeeded in passing an element of its wide-ranging changes to the judiciary. Legal action, a general strike and possible refusal from upwards of 10,000 military reservists to report for duty are on the cards as the country's largest ever domestic crisis enters a new chapter.
3 min |
August 04, 2023
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'A contract has been broken'
Conflict over Netanyahu's plans to overhaul the judiciary is leading to new levels of civil disobedience - and potential security risks
4 min |
August 04, 2023
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Graduates unconvinced by calls to toil in the countryside
Amid record joblessness, the government wants young people to go to the farmland. But the prospect is unappealing
3 min |
August 04, 2023
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Under-fire Odesa sets aside its Russian heritage
In the courtyard of Odesa's Fine Arts museum, a police officer unlocked a large, grey container and pulled back the doors to reveal Catherine the Great. She was laid out flat on a wooden tray, one arm outstretched and the other at her side, holding a scroll ordering the construction of Odesa.
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