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ASSAULT ON THE SMITHSONIAN
Donald Trump has vowed to kill off 'woke' culture in his second term, and a major institution a few blocks from the White House is in his sights
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January 16, 2026
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'Add blood, forced smile' How Grok's nudification AI tool went viral
A trend for the chatbot to alter pictures to show women in bikinis spiralled into hundreds of thousands of requests to create fake sexualised images, horrifying those targeted
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January 16, 2026
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Two horrifying truths have been disclosed by a lying president
For a serial liar, Donald Trump can be bracingly honest. We've known about the mendacity for years - consider the 30,573 documented falsehoods from the president's first term, culminating in the big lie, his claim to have won the 2020 election - but the examples of bracing candour are fresher. Last week both began and ended with the US president speaking the shocking truth.
4 min |
January 16, 2026
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Jude Law's Putin sent from Russia with love
Is a new film portrayal of the autocrat as a James Bond-like strategist merely swallowing Kremlin myths?
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January 16, 2026
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The city of noodles fights for the crown
The road to ramen paradise ends in the unlikeliest of places. At Men Endo, located in a suburban street, next to a school and a low-rise apartment block, bowls of noodles disappear in a flurry of slurps, gulps and hurried but heartfelt exchanges of appreciation between customers and chefs.
3 min |
January 16, 2026
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Rhetoric risks repeating Warsaw Pact mistakes
Donald Trump's echoing of Russia's talking points in its war against Ukraine has long been a cause for alarm and dismay in the west.
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January 16, 2026
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Europe's options What can the EU do to counter Trump's designs on Greenland?
Diplomacy and Arctic security European governments, led by Denmark's ambassador to the US, Jesper Møller Sørensen, and Greenland's envoy, Jacob Isbosethsen, have been lobbying US lawmakers to talk Trump out of his territorial ambitions for the island.
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January 16, 2026
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China first? Carney looks to mend broken ties with Beijing
As trade war with Washington takes its toll, Canada’s PM seeks to restore fractured relationship with China
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January 16, 2026
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As the bombs fell, my family planted hope in a garden in Gaza
My 12-year-old brother Mazen ran into the kitchen, shouting that the aubergines were sprouting. He held up the tiny green shoots, his hands shaking. My older brother Mohammed and I rushed outside, laughing despite the fear that had become our constant companion.
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January 16, 2026
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Can Havana's bond with Venezuela survive Trump?
On Havana's Fifth Avenue, where the trees and lawns remain groomed even as the rest of Cuba wilts, a billboard outside the Venezuelan embassy reads: “Hasta Siempre Comandante” (Until For Ever, Commander) next to a vast picture of a smiling Hugo Chávez.
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January 16, 2026
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What unites Greenland, Venezuela and Ukraine? Trump's lies and Europe's weakness
Donald Trump made 30,573 \"false or misleading\" claims during his first term, according to calculations published in 2021 by the Washington Post.
3 min |
January 16, 2026
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Demonstrators voice fury over ICE's fatal shooting of Renee Good
Thousands of people took to the streets across the US last weekend to express their outrage over the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman by an immigration officer, even as the head of homeland security, Kristi Noem, pledged to send \"hundreds more\" federal agents to the city.
2 min |
January 16, 2026
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My friend has cancer and is talking about ending her life
I am in my 80s and an old friend has several health issues.
3 min |
January 16, 2026
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Europe's promised night train revival is stalling- don't let it hit the buffers
When the European Union made its 2020 commitment to achieving net zero carbon emissions by the middle of the century, there was a wave of excitement about what that might mean for the continent’s most romantic form of travel.
2 min |
January 16, 2026
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Murder on his mind
Park Chan-wook's brutal films put Korean cinema on the map. His latest is a blistering satire about a man driven to the edge
7 min |
January 16, 2026
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Military faces Rohingya genocide hearing at UN court
Finally, I feel like our voices are being heard, and like something is going to happen that is positive for the community,” said Monaira*.
2 min |
January 16, 2026
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Table for one: no-fuss recipe ideas to bring joy to solo meals
I really struggle with cooking for one, so what can I make in January that's interesting but easy and, most importantly, warming?
2 min |
January 16, 2026
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Let's dance How getting creative could save your life
Scientific evidence shows that engaging in the arts can reduce depression, improve immunity and delay ageing - all while you're having fun
3 min |
January 16, 2026
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The fiction that read our future reality
From multiverse theory to mass surveillance and the metaverse... did these novels see it all coming or did it happen because of these prophetic tales?
3 min |
January 16, 2026
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The streets are full of blood' Inside Iran's anti-regime protests
Sarah felt she had little left to lose. A 50-year-old entrepreneur in Tehran, she watched as prices soared higher while her freedoms shrank each year.
5 min |
January 16, 2026
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Artificial intimacy
Always available, endlessly affirming and designed to please, Al companions foster attachments that blur the boundary between human and machine - with troubling implications for care, connection and dependence.
10+ min |
January 16, 2026
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Imperial measures
Trump's attack on Venezuela and stated designs on Greenland suggest expansionism is under way, but some argue it is simply standard US foreign policy stripped of hypocrisy
8 min |
January 16, 2026
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'Fela broke my heart'
Lemi Ghariokwu recalls his artistic partnership with the Afrobeat pioneer-from designing iconic album sleeves to the violent raid that changed everything
3 min |
January 16, 2026
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Iran protests Trump weighs up calls to help - but the advice is not clear cut
Donald Trump was this week warned by Iranians that it will be too late unless he acts quickly to fulfil his promise to help protesters under fire from security services in Iran, but the president has received conflicting advice.
2 min |
January 16, 2026
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Can the last baobab tree in Kinshasa be kept from the chop?
The older inhabitants of Kinshasa remember when trees shaded its main avenues and thick-trunked baobabs stood in front of government offices.
3 min |
January 16, 2026
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The creaking state needs an injection of central planning
Governments come into office brimming with confidence.
3 min |
January 16, 2026
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Shallow end Why did Quebec's Lake Rouge vanish?
The sudden drainage has left experts and a community wondering if nature or human actions were responsible
5 min |
January 16, 2026
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Trump has shown there aren't any rules. We'll all regret that
I never thought it possible that you could look back on the Iraq war and feel some measure of nostalgia.
4 min |
January 09, 2026
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The new world order 'according to Trump
With the audacious snatch and grab raid that extracted Nicolás Maduro to face trial in the United States, Washington sent a clear message to its allies and adversaries:
3 min |
January 09, 2026
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The phone is ringing, but is it a scam? I'll ask my assistant
I am staring at my computer when my phone rings.
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