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"Tourists do not feel safe' Deadly air crashes cast long shadow
Fear, anxiety and resignation stalk Nepal's domestic airports. Norwegian tourist Waldemar Wergeland is relieved to have landed safely at Kathmandu's domestic terminal.
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July 28, 2023
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How sweet talk from Big Food is fuelling disease risk
Sugar-laden drinks aimed at children are just one example of misleading marketing that can have devastating effects
5 min |
July 28, 2023
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Volunteer crews feel the strain of record wildfires
Long hours in the field in often unpredictable conditions are testing the mental health of the dwindling number of firefighters in rural areas
3 min |
July 28, 2023
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'We are at war with fire' Fear and chaos on Rhodes
Greece undertook its largest evacuation effort in its history last Sunday, moving 19,000 people primarily tourists - from villages and resorts on the island of Rhodes as wildfires fanned by high-speed winds raged.
2 min |
July 28, 2023
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A massive Labour win - followed by mudslinging and mistrust
The fallout from a surprise defeat in one byelection overshadowed a record breaking success in another
4 min |
July 28, 2023
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This is barbarism' Shock at strike on Odesa cathedral
Bombardment of Black Sea port city is part of a campaign by Moscow to disrupt the shipping of grain exports
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July 28, 2023
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Dismay over government silence on sexual violence
As footage emerged last week of two women in the state of Manipur being forcibly stripped, paraded naked, publicly molested and allegedly gang raped , everyone from prime minister Narendra Modi to the chief justice of India publicly expressed their shock and disgust.
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July 28, 2023
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Win or lose?
Polls had predicted an election win for the conservative People’s party, in league with far-right Vox. But a hung parliament has left all to play for and deliver ed a signifi cant blow to Europe’s rightwing populists
4 min |
July 28, 2023
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Hammer houses
American photographer Janine Wiedel documented filthy workers risking their lives in the mills, mines and forges of the late 1970s English Midlands
3 min |
July 21, 2023
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The government is wrong to cling to its cruel migration bill - Alf Dubs
'I’m a 16-year-old orphan from an African country escaping a war and religious persecution and I have a sibling living legally in the UK. What is a safe and legal route for me to come to the UK?'
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July 21, 2023
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After real progress on climate, Europe now faces a 'greenlash' - Nathalie Tocci
When floods swept Europe in July 2021, killing more than 200 people in Germany, Belgium and neighbouring countries, it was a disaster that came as the climate crisis was moving to the top of Europe’s political agenda. All of a sudden, climate was no longer an abstract threat that could be batted into a distant future; it was already here, causing shocking weather events, destroying lives and leaving people homeless.
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July 21, 2023
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Our food systems are close to collapse - and the rich don't care - George Monbiot
According to Google’s news search, the media has run more than 10,000 stories this year about Phillip Schofield, the British television presenter who resigned over an affair with a younger colleague. Google also records a global total of five news stories about a scientific paper published this month, showing that the chances of simultaneous crop losses in major growing regions, caused by climate breakdown, appear to have been dangerously underestimated. In the media world, celebrity gossip is thousands of times more important than existential risk.
3 min |
July 21, 2023
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Why fentanyl crisis could derail fragile detente with Beijing
Who is responsible for the United States’ opioid epidemic? According to the US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, the culprits are “transnational criminal enterprises” who need to be tackled via international law enforcement operations. But according to Chinese state media, “the fentanyl crisis in the United States is demand-driven”, primarily by “the users themselves”.
3 min |
July 21, 2023
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'Voltage valley' loses hope as EV revival deal turns sour
When Lordstown Motors, an electric vehicles (EV) manufacturer in Ohio’s Mahoning valley, declared bankruptcy last month, it was the latest blow to a region that has seen decades of extravagant promises fail to deliver.
3 min |
July 21, 2023
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Bigger, better
Despite problems behind the scenes, this year's World Cup should lift the profile of the women's game to a new level
3 min |
July 21, 2023
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How fiction is falling prey to its own vision of dystopia
First the soldiers came for those with mohawks. Then they came for the hairdressers themselves.
3 min |
July 21, 2023
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Grain crash - Diners go cold on rice in haste of modern life
0.5% The proportion of Japan’s domestic rice production that gets sent overseas, despite a fi vefold increase in exports between 2014 and 2021
3 min |
July 21, 2023
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Farmers embrace Maya traditions
Yucatán villagers are reconnecting with milpa growing methods despite a changing landscape
4 min |
July 21, 2023
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Councils join calls for ban on disposable e-cigarettes
20% Of 11 to 18-year-olds have tried vaping
3 min |
July 21, 2023
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Tatar-led resistance fighting back in Crimea
85% Proportion of political arrests and illegal searches carried out against the Ta tar community in the region
2 min |
July 21, 2023
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'My last war' - Foreign volunteers on the front
Alan from England tells of the battle from the trenches, while Steve from the US hasn't registered with his embassy
4 min |
July 21, 2023
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Seeing red - Record-breaking heatwaves are only going to get more severe
The world endured the hottest week ever recorded between 3-10 July. And meteorologists say there is more to come - a lot more.
2 min |
July 21, 2023
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Heating up - Soaring temperatures spark global concern
52.2 - The temperature in degrees celsius that was recorded in a remote township in China’s Xinjiang region – a new nationwide record
5 min |
July 21, 2023
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SONGS OF FREEDOM HIP-HOP IN EGYPT'S REBELLION
Ever since protests in Cairo in 2011, music has been vital to young people making their voices heard against an oppressive regime
10+ min |
July 21, 2023
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The allergy timebomb
More and more youngsters are suffering extreme allergic reactions to everyday foods. What can be done to help the families living with constant terror?
10+ min |
July 21, 2023
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'Life and death' - Stars argue action is aimed at protecting jobbing players
A lot of people are on the margins...this isn't an academic exercise
3 min |
July 21, 2023
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The quest for equity - What has been going on behind the scenes of raised fists?
63 Years since actors and writers last joined forces against the studios to fight for improved payments, including cover for healthcare
3 min |
July 21, 2023
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Lights! Camera! Industrial action!
Hollywood actors pulled focus as they joined a long-running strike by screenwriters who want to revisit how studios pay them for their work in an age of streaming and artificial intelligence
4 min |
July 21, 2023
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Imperial measures
This account of three South Asian nations and their journey to independence embraces food, cinema and personal history
3 min |
July 14, 2023
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Blonde versus bombshell
In the pink corner, Greta Gerwig's Barbie movie. In the other, Christopher Nolan's epic Oppenheimer. Which will triumph in the box office smackdown?
4 min |