Cosy games exploded in popularity during the pandemic.
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Cosy, personal games, as I discovered, can change the lives of the people who make them and those who play them.
Joe Biden answers questions from the media ahead of his State of the Union speech.
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Biden outlined a plan to build a temporary port to deliver aid to Gaza, and called on Israel to protect innocent victims in Gaza.
Children queue for food aid in the southern Gaza Strip, February 2024.
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Children are particularly at risk from malnutrition as food supplies in Gaza run out.
Tony Curran (centre) as James I and Nicholas Galitzine (right) as George Villiers.
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It was sometimes thought that men who had sex with men would give birth to monsters.
Former chancellor Nigel Lawson in 1985.
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A short history of reducing tax burdens and winning elections.
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Simon Kolstoe argues that while AI can greatly assist in ethics reviews, it cannot make an ethical decision.
Shackled to a vision of a ‘glorious past’: Russian president Vladimir Putin celebrates Defender of the Fatherland Day, February 23 2024.
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The Russian president still insists that Ukraine has been taken over by hostile pro-western elites over the past decade.
Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert in It Happened One Night.
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It Happened One Night is one of only three films to nab the Oscar “big five”, winning prizes for best actor, actress, adapted screenplay, director and picture.
Lionel Messi continues to face anger from Chinese fans for missing a game in Hong Kong.
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Messi will not start a war in China, but this is not to say that football lacks political relevance.
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Destroying satellites in space can lead to cascades that are hard to predict.
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In the academic year 2021-22, 39,930 teachers in England quit.
Shopping bodies.
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It was a trailblazing firm which fought against animal testing for beauty products.
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There’s no guarantee that the bill will even make it onto the floor of the US House of Representatives.
Reykjavik, the Icelandic capital.
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In Iceland’s few open prisons, prisoners benefit from benign conditions, rural settings and internet access. This makes being imprisoned as a foreigner much easier than in other western Europen countries.
Kalvin Phillips has moved from Manchester City to West Ham United on loan.
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A winter wind appears to have cooled spending among even the biggest clubs.
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The deeply flawed but intriguing Tony Soprano opened up a whole new world of complicated relatable characters that drew audiences in their millions.
Respecter une consigne demande une bonne maîtrise de soi.
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Qu’en enfant mente est souvent problématique. Mais qu’il en soit capable marque une étape importante dans son développement cognitif.
Ukraine claims to have destroyed a Russian A-50 early warning aircraft.
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The downing of two important Russian aircraft show how stretched the invaders’ air force has become.
Donald Trump claims he can force an end to the Ukraine war in 24 hours if he becomes president.
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Donald Trump’s foreign policy plans include forcing an end to the Ukraine war and moving thousands of troops to the Mexican border.
Easy does it …
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The evidence is very mixed on how markets are affected by elections, but that doesn’t mean they’ll be irrelevant in 2024.