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A new review study has sought to understand the impact of the COVID pandemic on children’s school attainment.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s main red-light district, where Chinese gangs have been active in recent years.
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Japan’s traditional mafia organisation, the yakuza, has become almost respectable, leaving space for more violent Chinese gangs to muscle in on their turf.
Dante running from the Three Beasts by William Blake (1824-1827).
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An expert in Dante and Schiaparelli explains how the fashion house’s new show transforms celebrities into the ‘new beasts’ of the Inferno.
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Anna Betz says she was told to pick a sticker off her laptop when visiting the palace of Westminster.
Many midwives want to be prepared in how to care for all patients.
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Providing appropriate care for both cisgender women and trans and nonbinary people need not be mutually exclusive.
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Hearing someone’s voice can decrease feelings of loneliness and anxiety
UFC president Dana White has brought another brutal sport to our screens.
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Power Slap, a brutal fight sport, sees contestants slap each other so hard they are at times knocked unconscious.
For many young people, arcades and board game cafes are replacing traditional pubs and bars.
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Younger people are spending more on experiences, and cutting back on alcohol.
Researchers have found evidence that primates colonised northern Canada 52 million years ago.
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Close relatives of primates adapted to life in the High Arctic 52 million years ago – this may offer insight into future changes in the Arctic.
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Despite their sharp-looking pincers, earwigs have a reputation for being tender parents.
Nadhim Zahawi has been sacked as Conservative chairman.
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The prime minister’s pledge to bring integrity to public office could become a stick to beat him with – just like ‘back to basics’ became for John Major.
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There’s much excitement among bitcoiners right now – but are they about to be disappointed?
Exxon, 1972. That decade, the firm’s private research predicted that fossil use would heat the planet.
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An alternate timeline that ends with a Nobel prize for Exxon’s CEO.
Oscar nominees Michelle Yeoh and Jamie Lee Curtis in the film Everything Everywhere All At Once.
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Ageism is pervasive and these women are still exceptions in society.
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There have been concerns that lunar new year may cause the current wave of COVID infections in China to spread much further and faster. But the worst has likely passed.
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Seventy five years after his killing, Gandhi’s image is under scrutiny, but the Indian government likes to use it for political gain.
US president Joe Biden’s handling of the classified documents discovery could dog the remainder of his first term in office.
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Both Donald Trump and Joe Biden have been found with classified documents in breach of US law. But there are key differences in each case.
Photos of Matteo Messina Denaro over the years.
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Organised crime gangs appear to have realised that committing fewer murders enables them to fly under the radar more easily.
‘Levelling up’ aims to address economic and social imbalances across the UK – but is it working?
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Preparing a bid for such funding can cost project hopefuls up to £30,000.
Bella Ramsey as Ellie in The Last of Us.
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How The Last of Us bucked the trend for failed video game adaptations and instead added depth to a much beloved game.
Deepfakes of Nicki Minaj and Tom Holland in Deep Fake Neighbour Wars.
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Deepfakes have found their perfect vehicle in comedy – which allows them to be enjoyed without fear of deception.
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Impacted earwax that blocks the ear canal is a major reason for GP consultations.
Jack Scanlon in the 2008 film adaptation of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas.
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An expert in the representation of the Holocaust on film explains the responsibility of the reader to educate themselves beyond the depth of a single work of fiction.
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We navigate between making the Holocaust a fable and banning any representation by talking about, arguing over and even calling out fables of the Holocaust.
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Tár muddles fact in with its fiction, creating a skewed impression of a conductor’s power.