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What is killing Sumatra’s elephants? The battle to save one of our rarest animals
Investigators are still searching for what caused the recent deaths of a mother and her calf, but conservationists say t...
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To reverse the ‘greenlash’, Europe’s Green parties should embrace Polanski’s boldness | Tarik Abou-Chadi
Be more strident and ambitious, take on economic inequality, and progressive voters will reward you as they have the UK’...
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‘Not many people had gay dads who died of Aids’: Andrew Durham and Sofia Coppola on movie memoir Fairyland
Fairyland is a bittersweet film about a girl brought up by her gay father in a blizzard of glitter and feather boas in 1...
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‘Seriously the best boss ever’: inside the world of Jeffrey Epstein’s assistant
No one’s name appears in the Epstein files more than that of Lesley Groff, his assistant. Reading through the thousands...
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Loss of manual jobs could be driving toxic masculinity, says Sting
Musician says ‘we’ve lost that direction for our energy’ as his play The Last Ship returns to West EndThe fact many men...
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Spanish PM’s family affair: the corruption cases involving Pedro Sánchez’s brother, wife and predecessor
Socialist leader insists no wrongdoing by family and backs former prime minister, but has much to contend withSpain’s pr...
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World almost certain to endure record hot year by 2030, UN warns
Global temperature record could be broken as soon as 2027, with El Niño expected later this yearA record-breaking hot ye...
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Two killed in US strike on another alleged drug boat in Pacific as campaign’s death toll nears 200
Military claims boat targeted in second deadly attack this week was travelling along a known smuggling routeThe US milit...
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US launches new strikes on Iran military site as Israel intensifies attacks on southern Lebanon
US forces down attack drones in Bandar Abbas amid further military activity around the strait of Hormuz, with Iranian fo...
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AI ‘art’ is boring, soulless theft – and when I see it as an artist I see red | Jess Harwood
I draw the old way – with my hand. Doing it with AI would not make me more creative, it would drain the colour out of my...
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Google employee charged with insider trading over Polymarket bets
Michele Spagnuolo allegedly used insider information to profit from bets on people on Google's most-searched list.
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Aid cuts and climate change drive deadly malaria surge in Zimbabwe
A surge in malaria cases in Zimbabwe is exposing fragile health systems and growing treatment shortages in rural areas.