(L–R) Mike Faist as Art, Zendaya as Tashi and Josh O'Connor as Patrick in Challengers.
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The Challengers fuses sex and sport to explore our competitive instincts.
Young jobless South African graduates protest outside the Union Buildings, the seat of government, in Pretoria.
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The third and final part of our series What happened to Nelson Mandela’s South Africa on The Conversation Weekly podcast. Featuring interviews with Sithembile Mbete and Richard Calland.
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Gradually, with more life experience, I have gained perspective and poetic nerve.
By 2023, one in nine children had tried vaping.
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Vaping is more common than cigarette smoking among young people but there are a variety of risks to users.
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It is difficult to distinguish between elephant and mammoth ivory.
The United Arab Emirates recorded its heaviest rainfall in 75 years on April 16.
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Hint: it’s not cloud seeding.
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Looming carbon budget deadlines pose a challenge for the UK’s flagship climate legislation.
Coffee is one of Ethiopia’s main exports, but EU deforestation rules could cost the country US$1 billion a year.
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Well-intentioned green trade policies can have adverse consequences.
Rishi Sunak’s claims of a sicknote culture are nothing new.
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Welfare reforms targeted at the sick and disabled won’t boost government coffers. In fact, spending on those who need support and investing in less conditional systems has a real financial return.
Reporting from Gaza is extremely restricted, with international journalists only being allowed in when accompanied by the Israeli military.
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Israel continues to restrict international journalists access to Gaza, and Palestinian reporters are being killed.
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Several recent drones attacks on the site, which Russia captured in March 2022, highlight the potential for a major accident.
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The concept of deep medicine would use AI to free up staff, benefiting patient care.
Truong My Lan at her trial in Vietnam, April 2024.
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A recent corruption case in Vietnam has led to the owner of a bank being sentenced to death.
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A brilliant post-apocalyptic tale that expands the lore of a universe fans of the game love.
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First past the post tends to deliver the winning party more seats in parliament than they’d get under a truly proportional voting system – but this year is off the charts.
Michaela School in London.
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Secularism in England is often culturally and historically Christian.
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In an effort to bring the Olympics to a wider and younger audience, breaking is the latest “sport” to make its debut at Paris 2024. But how will it work as a scored sport?
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Kourtney Kardashian Barker says she “pounds breast milk” to stop herself feeling sick – but are there really any proven health benefits for adult consumption of human milk?
Swedish conscripts on parade.
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As some Nato member countries extend conscription, history shows that it can sometimes create more equality in society.
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Religious leaders are vital links for health services looking to counter vaccine hesitancy.
Demonstration at Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate on the day of the nuclear phase-out, 15 April 2023.
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Understanding Berlin’s nuclear exit, one year on.
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It is difficult to argue that online comments can amount to criminal offences that threaten public order.
The LSE is losing some big names to the US.
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There are some fundamental differences between listing on the LSE and in the US – and they may be contributing to London’s decline.
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The Perseverance rover has arrived at what’s thought to be an ancient shoreline on Mars.
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The link between ejaculation and prostate cancer explained.