Summer travel may partly be spurring the spike.
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The current increase in infections is not any surprise to disease scientists – nor is it anything to be too concerned about.
Ukraine’s diplomatic efforts have included specific representation to the Arab world.
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Ukraine was able to advance its plan for peace with an audience including China and other Brics nations.
It won’t hurt a bit.
Kevin CC
The Bank of England has just raised rates for the 14th time in a row to 5.25%.
England’s Demi Stokes (in white) is absent from the 2023 Women’s World Cup due to run of injuries over the last season.
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As participation levels rise, TV viewing figures increase and sponsorship income improves year on year, what’s left to achieve for women in football?
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Reneging on climate commitments indicates the UK government’s misreading of public attitudes.
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaking during the 2022 UN Climate Change Conference COP27.
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Past prime ministers could afford to talk big on climate change – but now the impact of the environmental crisis is manifestly real, Sunak can’t afford to appease those who oppose green policies.
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My research on chefs’ mental health shows restaurants valorise isolation, abuse and violence – but The Bear avoids idealising this obsessive mindset.
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Teachers may feel that the government could have gone further.
Dancers perform during a celebration in Sydney ahead of the 2023 Fifa Women’s World Cup.
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Fifa is facing a bumpy road to balancing money and moral aspects of growing the Women’s World Cup.
Russian president Vladimir Putin visits the Kerch bridge linking Russian-occupied Crimea with the Russian mainland, after an attack damaged it.
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About 100,000 Crimean Tatars died as part of a massive deportation of these people by Soviet leader Joseph Stalin towards the end of the second world war.
The British Miracle Meat presenter, Greg Wallace, onstage at a food festival in 2019.
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Repugnance for certain activities tends to dictate government rules for markets but this can obscure real problems like poverty.
Homelessness charity Shelter stages a protest in Westminster, highlighting the slow progress of the Renters (Reform) Bill, which promised to abolish Section 21 eviction notices.
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Without state investment, strategic consideration and political support, the lessons learned since the start of the pandemic on the importance to society of a place to call home will be lost.
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The opposition is divided over whether it will win over voters by promising more public investment or by proving it is economically restrained.
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A paleobiologist on why he appreciates the franchise despite its inaccuracies.
Refugees from Ukraine arriving at the Polish border in 2022.
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More young Poles want the country to stay neutral in the Ukraine war than in 2022, a survey says.
Carbon City Zero
Climate change board games can help players grasp the issues by experiencing them first-hand.
On the attack: a Ukrainian tank crew on the front line near Bakhmut, eastern Ukraine.
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Ukraine’s summer push is now showing signs of real progress, but don’t expect an end to the war anytime soon.
An Ashrayan village in Rupganj area of Narayanganj in central Bangladesh.
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By 2050, 13.3 million people in Bangladesh could be displaced by the climate crisis. For them to be safe, the government needs to do more than build buildings.
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Giving AI any degree of executive control could be dangerous for humans.
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Expect more extremes and a range of ‘surprises’ to exacerbate the climate emergency.