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The fast-paced move to digital spaces after the pandemic has expanded possibilities for finding community and support in adverse circumstances.
The NHS will never ask you to pay to receive your COVID-19 vaccination.
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Here’s how you can avoid a COVID-19 vaccine scam.
Representatives from LGBTQ+ Compass Community Center in Florida pose in front of a 2012 exhibit called Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals 1933-1945.
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Tens of thousands of gay men and lesbians were persecuted by the Nazis but stigma and a lack of research funding has kept their history hidden.
Future of the planet is in our hands.
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The US mustn’t make the mistake of tackling these threats separately – or of trying to take a unilateral approach.
Keir Starmer delivers a speech virtually.
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Empty chambers and cancelled conferences deny the public a vital feedback loop when politicians are presenting their ideas.
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The UK government has announced a four-stage plan for ending COVID-19 restrictions.
Regional powerplay: the nuclear deal has complex implications for the regin.
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The US president is sending a message to Saudi Arabia. But it might also find that negotiations with Tehran are tougher.
Russian Sputnik V vaccines arriving at Silvio Pettiross airport in Ciudad Luque, Paraguay, February 2021.
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The global vaccine rollout has not been free from geopolitical rivalries and point-scoring.
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Plans are being adopted and resolutions made, but moving forward means facing difficult truths about the past.
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If anything, the past few years have shown us why it should be difficult for a prime minister to call an election at will.
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Pubs are recognised as important assets to their communities, providing economic and social value alike.
Mass protests against the detention of Aung San Suu Kyi continue on the streets of Myanmar’s major cities.
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‘Show trials’ by dictatorships have repeatedly been shown to have no basis in law.
Italy’s former prime minister Giuseppe Conte hands over power (and a symbolic bell) to his replacement Mario Draghi.
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Mario Draghi, former president of the European Central Bank, has been appointed prime minister after the government collapsed.
Farewell to a ‘Patriot’, Trump supporters saluting at a memorial for Ashli Babbitt, who was shot and killed during the riot at the US Capitol on January 6.
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The word ‘patriot’ has a particular meaning to many Americans. But some of them took their idea of patriotism a bit far on January 6.
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The military coup may mark the end of Myanmar’s short-lived and fragile democracy, but it is galvanising growing protest.
Politics and pandemic: Myanmar voters were encouraged to stay at home during the 2020 election campaign.
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Myanmar’s military is now using COVID restrictions as a way of getting protesters off the streets.
The funeral of Nicholas Suarez, who was murdered with four other students in Buga, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, January 2021.
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Despite a landmark deal in 2016 which brought an end to five decades of conflict, an upsurge in mass killings is threatening peace in Colombia.
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Significant steps need to be taken for elections to go ahead safely in May.
Children marvel at the new decimal 50 pence coin, the world’s first seven sided coin.
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The idea that Britain was giving up ‘glorious individualism’ to fit in with European neighbours
Burmese students protesting the military coup with the three-fingered salute from The Hunger Games.
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The Hunger Games salute, teabags and Pepe the Frog are being adopted by young pro-democracy activists across south-east Asia.
In Libya, the sense of jubilation after the revolt that brought down Muammar Gadaffi did not last long.
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A decade ago, the lack of a clear policy by the Obama administration let the region down. But might US have another opportunity in the Middle East?
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Everyone would benefit if people in prison were required to take part in elections rather than being banned, as is so often the case.
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The most ignored and least understood UK demographic, mixed-race people don’t want to be told who they are or where they fit in.
Stansted 15 standing before Chelmsford Crown Court prior to sentencing.
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It’s important to celebrate when miscarriages of justice are overturned. But the wider implications of the ruling are far from encouraging.
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Chile made a strong case for price reductions, cut deals with multiple providers and participated in trials for early access.