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Nativist rhetoric is nothing new. But ideas once considered fringe are now being absorbed into the mainstream.
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When it comes to reading, choosing the books your child reads, forcing them to read at certain times and asking them questions about their books are all big no nos.
What a feeling: Rachel Daly and Ellen White celebrate after scoring during England’s semi-final against USA.
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The lesson from other sports is clear: women’s football must be broadcast on free-to-air if it isn’t to disappear.
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New research found persistent differences between generations of people in the UK when it comes to their attitudes to immigration.
Women footballers are still fighting for stable footing.
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Survey of 3,000 players in 33 different countries outlines how difficult it is for women footballers.
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The MP has been suspended again but will the party leadership readmit him if a snap election is on the cards?
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Fifty years after the original film, three generations of Shaft are loose on the streets of New York.
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Could our best shot at stopping climate catastrophe be restoring forests on a massive scale?
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They’re effective – and popular.
Washington is getting ready for Donald Trump’s big show.
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The Declaration of Independence was not greeted with universal acclaim and many Americans stayed loyal to the crown.
Ursula von der Leyen: still under investigation in Germany.
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It’s not just that the new top team only represents western states. Several of them seem rather unprepared to lead the union.
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A decade-long project to excavate a sod house from half a millennium ago has yielded nearly 100,000 artefacts.
Parenting and baby care books may be unintentionally putting babies in danger.
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When there is no “village” to help raise a child, parents often turn to baby books for guidance — but they don’t always hold the best advice.
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Uber’s expansion has become a global epic with regional episodes, but the legal conflict in Argentina has even higher stakes.
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The British nuclear weapon tests on Kiritimati (or Christmas) Island had profound and lasting cultural consequences for both atomic veterans and local islanders.
British Prime Minister Theresa May meets Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia at the G20 in Osaka, Japan.
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Despite the UK’s close relationship with Saudi Arabia, the British public think much the same about its global influence as they do about Russia and Iran – and it isn’t good.
A toothbrush made from a twig from the arak tree.
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Oil pulling is a useful addition to toothbrushing.
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English will remain an official EU language – even after Brexit – and this will impact the way it evolves.
Artist’s impression of the Dragonfly landing.
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Titan may host primitive lifeforms and could tell us how life arose on our own planet.
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Wildflowers, bees and butterflies – your lawn is a vibrant ecosystem waiting to be unleashed.
In 2018 Ireland voted to repeal the eighth amendment of its constitution and legalise abortion, following proposals from a citizen’s assembly.
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It worked in Ireland – now Nicola Sturgeon is asking selected citizens to examine the big constitutional issues facing the country.
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Here’s what we already do – and don’t – know about the link to climate change.
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Migration offers a fix for the islands ‘drowning’ as a consequence of the climate crisis – but are there better alternatives?
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They swim, they eat, they multiply.
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Policies to tackle climate change will make it more expensive not to act.