Turkey’s Fatih Celik (left) and Korea’s Jeong Hun Joo compete during day ten of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games in Japan.
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Staff members were rushed into the White House Mess – then rushed out when they were told a plane was heading for the White House.
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Sixteen years after Hurricane Katrina made landfall, the Category 4 storm Hurricane Ida reached Louisiana. Planning for future hurricanes must include the need to build resiliency to climate change.
A Tigrayan refugee places a cross made from twigs on the banks of a river marking the border between Ethiopia and Sudan where bodies frequently wash up.
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I was part of the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry into police race discrimination. The new drama is a reminder of how far we still have to go to tackle institutional racism.
Afghan refugees preparing to board a South Korean flight in Kabul.
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Sahotra Sarkar, The University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts
Some people seeking to influence public opinion about abortion rights claim the science is clear. It’s not, and that means abortion remains a political question – not a biological one.
Enjoying your garden doesn’t have to involve gardening – you can make it what you want it to be.
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Urban legends are shaped by the people who tell them and where they’re from. That’s why you’ll hear so many versions of the same story.
Smoke rises from a wildfire in the forested hills of the Kabylie region, east of the capital Algiers, on August 10, 2021.
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Ida exploded from a weak hurricane to a powerful Category 4 storm in less than 24 hours, thanks to heat from an ocean eddy. An oceanographer explains its rapid intensification.
New petrol E10 is expected to cut carbon dioxide emissions.
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As well as protecting a great number of people, giving vaccines away can raise the UK’s influence abroad and perhaps even change how the country perceives the pandemic.
Heading for the exit.
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Following the completion of the US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, Neta Crawford, the co-director of the Costs of War Project, reflects on 7,268 days of American involvement in the conflict.
Women light candles at a vigil for the victims of the Keyham mass shooting in Plymouth.
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Patients with more symptoms during initial infection – particularly breathlessness, chest pain or abnormal heart sounds – appear more likely to experience lasting illness.
COVID restrictions have prevented the spread of other respiratory viruses too. As these are lifted, the UK government has warned parents of a delayed surge in infections