A still from The Magnificent Seven (1960), a western starring Yul Brynner and Steve McQueen.
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Apple, Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, Tesla and Nvidia have driven a bull market rally in US stocks in 2023. But will they dominate in 2024?
Protesters gathered in Seattle, US, calling for a ceasefire in the Gaza-Israel conflict, on December 14 2023.
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Numbers of Muslim and Jewish voters in the US, are small, compared to the rest of the population, so their voting patterns are unlikely to change the 2024 election result.
Dazzle camouflage costume ball at the Chelsea Arts Club in 1919.
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Pyjamas all Christmas day or a jaunty festive silk scarf, these five trends should be brought back this holiday.
Rebekah Brooks attends court for her 2013 trial.
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Prince Harry’s victory against the mirror is only the latest episode in an epic saga.
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People from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds make up, on average, 32.9% of undergraduates in England – but only 14.3% of professors.
Solar now provides about 5% of Britain’s electricity.
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An important milestone set to be passed – if it remains windy.
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI.
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If the CMA concludes the partnership is in fact a merger, it will start looking into whether this has reduced competition.
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Vaccinating livestock against common disease not only improves animal welfare, it’s good for the planet too.
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Why Arne Næss’s ideas of ‘deep ecology’ can help us live with wolves.
CBT may help some women cope better with debilitating menopause symptoms.
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Critics of the latest menopause guidelines say they could scare women away from using HRT.
Ukraine’s leaders are desperately in need of support from its European allies.
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With four elections among Ukraine’s key partners in 2024, commitment to aid for President Zelensky could be in doubt.
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Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky admits there is no end in sight to the war with Russia.
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Scrooge was a neglected child whose trauma haunted him into old age.
Irish folk music group, Lankum.
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A new generation of Irish musicians is using music not just as entertainment but as a powerful tool for social commentary.
Social media can make us buy products we don’t want, new research shows.
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New research shows that scrolling through Instagram can effect our processing and language capabilities. Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast.
These books had our academics gripped until their final pages.
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Against a backdrop of constant technological advancement, record shops like HMV offer a chance to step back and engage with music more traditionally.
The Queen’s second-last Christmas broadcast, in 2020, during the COVID lockdown.
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For many people, the royal Christmas broadcast is a festive tradition that brings comfort, reassurance and a connection to the past.
Tunisians were elated to vote in their first free elections since the fall of their dictatorship in 2011 – but turnout has since fallen from 90% to 11%.
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Voting patterns over decades show how hard it is to maintain enthusiasm for democracy.
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Our mammal ancestors evolved to compete with dinosaurs but may have lost something in the process.