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Huge explosion at Malta fireworks factory
A large explosion has torn through a fireworks factory in northern Malta, damaging buildings several kilometres away.
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‘Spoiled insulin’: Sudan war disrupts drug supplies, fuelling smuggling
As the conflict destroys local production, Sudanese patients are forced to rely on expensive, smuggled medicines.
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How the world failed Ryan and Yaman
An Israeli strike killed my children. What pains me is not just their loss but also the normalisation of their murder.
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‘Hold your nerve and trust nature’: birds, bats and butterflies rebound at Somerset rewilding farm
Letting nature take over at a former dairy farm has resulted in a surge of species in just three yearsThree years of rew...
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LA’s storied fashion district in a slump – can the Olympics put it back on its feet?
The neighborhood that makes America’s clothes has been buffeted by ICE raids and post-Covid problems – but leaders say h...
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Hungary’s Magyar to amend the constitution to remove President Tamas Sulyok
After coming to power in April, PM Peter Magyar had given Sulyok a deadline of Sunday to leave office.
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Yoga can reduce anxiety and insomnia for people living with cancer, study finds
First clinical trial of its kind, involving 410 cancer survivors in US, also finds reductions in distress and fatigueYog...
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‘Where are the jobs?’: as US autoworkers face offshoring, Democrats vie to win votes
Workers who voted for Trump and Republicans in recent elections are now being hit with offshoring and the impacts of tar...
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Cyclist praised for rescuing four people who nearly drowned in Ruhr, Germany
Family were enjoying a waterside barbecue in Bochum before members ended up in jeopardy in riverA cyclist has been prais...
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People ‘panicking’ as Ghana passes sweeping law criminalising LGBTQ+ activity
Community groups say some fear they could lose homes, jobs and access to healthcare if the new law is ratified by Presid...
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How could El Nino reshape tropical storms around the world this year?
El Nino tends to reduce hurricanes in the Atlantic while increasing storms in the Pacific Ocean.
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Better sleep, improved health, happier people: how ‘cool roofs’ could help millions avoid deadly heat
A project to measure how reflective paint reduces indoor temperatures is delivering tangible benefits across AfricaThe b...