UN warns of ‘supersized’ El Niño as countries prepare for impact
The Panama Canal will cut the number of vessels transiting its locks by more than 10 percent this Thursday, a precaution tied…
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Three farmers detained by Israel in Lebanon, village leader says
Three Lebanese farmers were seized by Israeli forces in the occupied strip of southern Lebanon after being summoned by phone to a…
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Nepal tunnel rescuers hunt for survivors with rafts and drone
Rescue crews working along the banks of the Trishuli River in central Nepal have entered their ninth day of searching for people…
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Schools to close early for A66 crash funeral
Parents across South Bank and surrounding neighbourhoods received notice this week that their children's schools would end the school day well before…
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Burnham and Macron agree to scale up action on small boats
The handshake outside Number 10 on Thursday carried symbolic weight that few observers missed: for the first time since Andy Burnham assumed…
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Volkswagen board approves plan to cut another 50,000 jobs
German automotive conglomerate Volkswagen has given formal board approval to eliminate an additional 50,000 positions across its global operations, pushing
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AI tools that take notes for GPs could miss vital information, study suggests
General practitioners across Britain are increasingly relying on speech-to-text software that listens to consultations and transcribes them into written
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AI data centres are booming in Australia – but at what cost?
In the quiet streets of Lane Cove, a leafy suburb on Sydney's lower north-shore, residents are learning to live beside a sound…
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How Gloria Steinem changed the lives of generations of women
For nearly seven decades, a woman with aviator sunglasses perched on her nose and long, blonde-streaked hair became the unmistakable visual signature…
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‘Gromit was nearly a cat!’: Secrets from 50 years of Aardman
In 1976, two school friends in Bristol decided to make films out of plasticine. Fifty years later, that impromptu pastime had grown…
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