A South African Buddhist celebrates the Chinese New Year at Nan Hua Buddhist temple in Bronkhorstpruit, South Africa.
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Much of the recent commentary on Sino-African relations has a negative tone. But genuine cultural exchange holds the promise of mutual enrichment.
I’m building a golf course, a beautiful golf course, and I will make Scotland pay for it.
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Can concern for the environment survive in the age of Trump and Brexit?
A cancer patient from Inner Mongolia seeks treatment in Beijing.
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Of women who die from cervical cancer, 87% live in poor countries.
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Gabapentin is the new Valium.
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They gamble less with their hearts than their heads.
There are downsides to clean hands.
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Food poisoning or allergies – which to go for.
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Inequality for those left behind is a necessary byproduct of rewarding those who excel.
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A look back at the polls shows just how popular Theresa May’s predecessor was.
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Gordon has made humble gut microbes one of the most talked about health topics of the last decade.
Commerce and Sea Power, William Lionel Wyllie, 1898.
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Laying the first telegraphy cable under the Atlantic was the Victorians’ version of the Apollo mission – it caught the imagination of a generation.
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A long-festering military and diplomatic sore has been dramatically reopened. Can it ever be healed?
Virtue and vice? Or just food?
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Sugar and saturated fat aren’t ‘evil’ and kale and avocado aren’t ‘good’.
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It may not be burgers for breakfast, but the diets that have launched some big online careers aren’t as healthy as you might think.
Keeping schtum.
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Theresa May is wise to play the long game when it comes to negotiating the UK’s exit from the EU.
Anopheles claviger , prêt à croquer.
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Pourquoi moi ? Et pas lui ? Tous celles et ceux qui se font dévorer par les moustiques se posent la question. Professeur de génétique, Tim Spector se pique d’avoir la réponse.
Unlike fine wines, the older generation of drinkers aren’t improving with age.
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Hard living and formative years during which health issues were understood less than today are coming home to roost.
Dalit protest.
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Tens of thousands of Dalits protested against a lack of freedom – on India’s Independence Day.
Organisers get ready for a rally in Lima on August 13.
‘Ni Una Menos, Villa El Salvador, Lima
Peru is the latest country in Latin America where women are mobilising against violence.
Going for gold.
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After much suspicion and derision, women with hyperandrogenism can compete in international events.
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The Olympics provide Brazilians with a welcome distraction from their country’s fraught and bitter politics.