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Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Kyiv is offering “to Poland and all our partners to build a joint, truly reliable shield against Russian aerial…
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Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected…
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25 of Europe’s most delightful, stress-busting forest stays
If the turning of the leaves hasn’t had you yearning for the restorative calm of a stay in a forest this autumn, surely the first few lines of Thomas Hardy’s novel Under The Greenwood Tree will.
“To dwellers in a wood almost every species of…
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American democracy might not survive another year – is Europe ready for that? | Alexander Hurst
Fascism is supposed to look a certain way: black-clad, uniformed, synchronised and menacing. It is not supposed to look like an overweight president who can’t pronounce acetaminophen and who bumbles, for a full minute, about how he would have…
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Heres how an ancient Indian craft is suffering under Trumps tariffs
Countrys traditional craftmanship, from brassworks to textiles, jewelry and pashmina is under threat as US hikes import duties to 50%
Moradabad in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh has long been a city alive with the rhythms of…
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Rescuers desperately search for survivors of earthquake in the Philippines that killed at least 72
BOGO, Philippines — Rescuers used backhoes and sniffer dogs to look for survivors in collapsed houses and other damaged buildings in the central Philippines after an earthquake killed at least 72 people and injured more than 200 others.
The…
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Too old to work? When Europe’s much-lamented talent shortage meets ageism in the workplace
Jorge Llorca is all too familiar with how it feels to be invisible in the labour market. Ten years ago, this Catalan waiter was unemployed when he heard that Kim Díaz, a local entrepreneur, was recruiting people over 50 for his new project:…
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Viral apple cider vinegar weight loss study retracted for flawed science
BMJ Group has retracted research suggesting that small daily quantities of apple cider vinegar might help people who are overweight or obese to lose weight.
The small clinical trial was published in the open access journal BMJ Nutrition,…
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No apology and no answers: parents in agony amid search for children trapped in Indonesia school collapse | Indonesia
As the call to prayer rang out over the boarding school in Indonesia’s East Java on Monday afternoon, the floor beneath more than 100 students gathered in prostration suddenly gave way.
So quickly were the four storeys of the Al Khoziny school…
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Russian President Putin set to visit India in early December
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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A common supplement could supercharge cancer treatments
In a new study, researchers from the University of Chicago discovered that zeaxanthin, a plant-derived carotenoid best known for protecting vision, may also act as an immune-boosting compound by strengthening the cancer-fighting activity of…
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