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It’s not all about the gym and your diet. The places where we live and work shape our health, too.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani attends parliament.
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Trump’s tough rhetoric is bad news for Iran’s moderates.
Then one simply drops it.
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It turned out to be a fairly minor announcement, but the palace knows how to work the news cycle.
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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn claims they do. Two academics assessed the facts.
The aurora Steve.
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Scientists still don’t know what caused the mysterious phenomenon ‘Steve’.
Speaking out.
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Wherever past atrocities are denied, truth must be spoken to power.
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Beijing wants to build an ‘ecological civilisation’.
The Mountain.
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It certainly didn’t stop him picking up his third Europe’s strongest man title this month.
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Changes to the benefits system delve into the pockets of the poor and will lead to more families and disabled people needing to use food banks.
At the match-making corner in Shanghai, education and hukou status are often explicitly stated on adverts.
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The Chinese system of hukou makes ‘inter-marriage’ of people from urban and rural areas difficult.
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Islamic State will change tack after Mosul, but Iraq isn’t ready for what comes next.
Returning to the faith.
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Conversion can be an exhilarating experience, but can come with a significant social toll.
Women in Ghana are under tremendous pressure to have children.
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Infertility is tied to the instability of romantic relationships in Ghana.
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Engineers are hoping to iron out a century-old technology that could reduce shipping emissions.
Game time.
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How to get the best result from a £1.1 billion bet on football.
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What do we need to learn today to work with the robots of tomorrow?
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Doctors can be struck off for having sexual contact with their patient, but where are the sanctions for patients?
All smiles at 11 Downing Street.
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March 8, 2017
Michael Kitson , Cambridge Judge Business School ; Andrew Gunn , University of Leeds ; Catherine Needham , University of Birmingham ; Donald Hirsch , Loughborough University ; Geraint Johnes , Lancaster University ; Ian Greenwood , University of Leeds ; Jonquil Lowe , The Open University ; Kevin Farnsworth , University of York ; Michael Devereux , University of Oxford , and Simon Wren-Lewis , University of Oxford
Philip Hammond delivers his last Spring Budget on the state of the UK economy. Our panel of experts dissect what it says.
A good diet is key for a child’s well-being.
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‘Healthy child’ vouchers and increased taxation could help tackle the childhood obesity problem.
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The country’s ambitious plans for sustainable transport and renewable energy must work in sync.