Lori and George Schappell in Times Square, greeting fans.
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World’s oldest living conjoined twins – Lori and George Schappell – have died aged 62.
Exercise is actually very good for the joints.
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The more ours joints are used, the stronger the bones and muscles surrounding them become.
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The US, Europe and China are all planning particle colliders that would study the Higgs boson.
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How far the violent exchanges between Israel and Iran will escalate may well hinge on how strong the two sides’ leader need to appear to their own people.
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The Bank of England and the OBR hold politicians back, but with good reason.
The bitcoin halving happens only once every four years.
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There are reasons to believe that the bitcoin halving could keep the value of the currency high.
Jury selection for Donald Trump’s ‘hush money’ trial has taken long than normal.
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Jury selection for the former US president’s trial has been lengthy.
(L-R) Enzo Mari, Daisy Ridley, Taylor Swift and Andrew Scott.
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An album of easter eggs, a film about a woman with worrying dreams, a series about an unknowable man, new Welsh music and the last chance to see a design great.
French activist Thomas Brail occupies a tree on the Boulevard Saint-Germain in protest at a major road development in September 2023.
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Protestors’ actions are intentionally borderline but environmental defenders insist their actions are nothing compared to the risks that political inaction pose. Our expert explains.
Germany’s chancellor, Olaf Scholz, arrives in Beijing to meet President Xi on April 15 2024.
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President Xi is looking to play a wider international role, meetings with other national leaders suggest.
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The arrival of international students provides opportunities for intercultural exchange within UK universities.
Adding water to the mash vat as part of the brewing process: from left to right, Adrian Warrell (historic brewer), Charlie Taverner (postdoctoral researcher) and Marc Meltonville (head brewer) and Jamie Comer from Storylab at Anglia Ruskin University.
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At Christchurch Cathedral in Dublin masons received up to 15 pints a day as payment.
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I worked with Sure Start and saw the good it brought to communities.
Computer-assisted warfare: an Israeli patrol in the Gaza Strip, March 2024.
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A selection of our coverage of the conflict in Gaza from the past fortnight.
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Respondents to a survey confirmed they would hesitate to encourage anyone to become a freelancer given the limited prospects currently offered in the profession.
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The civil procedure rules on settlement are preventing true access to justice.
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International varieties of English aren’t ‘wrong’ just because they differ from native speaker English.
Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, during the presentation of the party manifesto in New Delhi, India, on April 14 2024.
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Modi has aimed to improve the lives of ordinary Indians, but some are still finding jobs hard to come by.
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When the public sees an institution is failing, they generally lose trust in it. Not so with the health service.
People are increasingly discussing how difficult the end of a friendship can be.
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One study found 86% of young people had gone through a friendship breakup.
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A reconsideration of Nas’s literary clout, 30 years after the release of Illmatic.
The Taliban are in talks with Russia over improved co-operation.
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The Taliban is likely to be hoping for economic and political benefits from an improved relationship with Russia.
Artists were invited to draw and create artworks while snorkelling in Scottish waters.
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Nine artists have taken part in a snorkelling artists’ residency that began underwater in Scotland.
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What happens when statutory carbon reduction targets are missed.
Influencers, online retail and AI have created a new generation of customers for Sephora.
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Increased confidence from its AI developments, as well as the spending might of the TikTok generation, may have played a role.