We have always wondered what was up there.
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Humans have always been fascinated by the moon and before we could really get there we travelled to it in our stories.
China’s president Xi Jinping is not due to attend the G20.
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China’s president Xi Jinping is testing out a “softer” foreign policy approach.
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaking with BAE Systems in May 2023 about establishing a business in the country.
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Most companies don’t benefit from conflict, but some see past the operational risks to build or strengthen their bases in war zones.
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It’s not news that Raac is a problem in UK, but funding to fix them is in short supply.
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Today, as in the past, pro-car sentiment is a backlash against nascent environmental protest.
The Cambrian explosion, about 530 million years ago, was when most of the major groups of animals first appear in the fossil record.
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We may have become the most complex living creature in part by accident and replication of error.
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The UK Labour Party used to radically advocate for common ownership. But as private wealth in Britain benefits from ever greater tax breaks, anti-inequality sentiment is waning.
City leaders often appear reluctant to discuss London’t role in growing levels of regional inequality.
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Business bosses appear reluctant to take part in open debate about their firms’ contribution to growing regional inequalities.
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A concerning range of digital games played by children are still failing to build in progressive representations of disability and diverse bodies.
Brothers in arms: Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at a military parade in Pyongyang in July.
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Despite the UN sanctions against North Korea, Russia is apparently trading weapons and technology which could help Pyongyang’s missile programme.
After winning a third term, Ali Bongo has been ousted as president of Gabon by a military coup.
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Ali Bongo is the latest in a string of leaders to be ousted in military coups since 2020.
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A Manchester-based local news company is turning heads and attracting a new readership.
Knights travel to battle in an illustration from a Medieval manuscript.
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For the 50th anniversary of Tolkien’s death, I want to celebrate some of his major contributions to the study of medieval literature.
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Wealthier people are getting their solar panels connected first, leaving a more congested grid for everyone else.
2024 Republican presidential primary candidate Vivek Ramaswamy speaks at CPAC-DC, an annual gathering of conservative donors and political activists in the Washington DC area.
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Republican rising star Vivek Ramaswamy had a bump in the polls after a recent television debate.
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Several new drugs have recently been approved in the US to treat Alzheimer’s disease. But they’re not quite the breakthrough that some are claiming.
Belarus president Alexander Lukashenko with Vladimir Putin at military exercises in Kaliningrad in 2013.
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What are tactical nuclear weapons and would Russia resort to using them in Ukraine?
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The history of comics is closely tied to the involvement of Jewish creators, who have had an enormous impact on the medium over the last 90 years.
Central bankers, policymakers and academics meet annually at Jackson Hole, Wyoming to discuss the economy.
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The world’s central banks face a range of dilemmas, not least whether high inflation – and therefore high interest rates – will become permanent.
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With his own MPs blocking his every policy, Sunak doesn’t appear able to get much done.