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Local interpretation of national guidance will be most effective in preventing outbreaks in schools.
Am I laughing?
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Political satire is not dead – but it’s had to adapt since Donald Trump’s election.
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Trade deals are usually about breaking down barriers. This one is about putting them up.
Student protesters detained in Minsk.
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A new survey conducted just before the disputed election, shows how the views of young Belarusians are changing.
Tony Abbott: the future face of UK trade.
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Abbott has little experience on trade but he packs a symbolic punch.
Boris Johnson is greeted in Downing Street by Mark Sedwill, who has resigned.
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Chief adviser Dominic Cummings doesn’t have much time for the civil service, preferring political appointees instead.
More than 1.3 million people lost their homes after Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
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Research shows supporting newly released prisoners to move to a new area can slash reincarceration rates.
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Fewer cases, fewer deaths and earlier lockdowns were in evidence across nations with female figureheads.
‘What happened to Joe Biden?’ A 2020 Trump campaign attack advert.
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Negative political advertising can actually spark more curiosity about a policy issue.
Watering plants in Ethioipa: how young lives have been affected by COVID-19.
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New survey shows the impact of coronavirus lockdowns on young people in Vietnam, India, Ethiopia and Peru.
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Trust, accountability and communication are key.
A joint Greek-US military exercise gets under way near Crete.
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Adding the eastern Mediterranean into the mix complicates matters, though. The two sides appear to have opened Pandora’s box.
Mike Pompeo: on his own on Iran.
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The US bid to impose so-called ‘snapback’ sanctions on Iran was roundly rejected by the UN security council.
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Talk of an ‘invasion’ is exactly what prevents meaningful action.
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Being away from school may have had benefits for some teenagers.
Trump prays at the Values Voter Summit, a conference for social conservatives, in December 2019.
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Evangelicals used to stay out of party politics. No longer.
China’s campaign from the 1950s to eradicate schistosomiasis, or ‘snail fever’, has been lauded ever since.
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New research shows China’s claim to have eradicated this parasitic disease in the 1950s were false, and part of a big cover up.
Gavin Williamson: not exactly rolling in end-of-term gifts.
PA/Stefan Rousseau
A government agency makes a convenient scapegoat for a minister out of his depth.
Pick me! A few of the children from schools in the London area among the 1,000 who left the British Isles for Canada.
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In 1940, when it came to evacuating children to safety in the US and Canada, class divisions still seemed to count.
Not going away: protesters on August 17 in Minsk.
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Russia’s reaction to previous unrest in its neighbours provides clues on how Vladimir Putin may respond to protests in Belarus.
Alexei Navalny at a recent rally commemorating the 2015 murder of opposition leader, Boris Nemtsov.
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Who is Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition activist seriously ill after suspected poisoning.
The Rohingya people have faced violent persecution since Myanmar became independent from the British 70 years ago.
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In a country with 135 ethnic minorities, democratic elections have little meaning if the stateless, persecuted Rohingya people continue to be ethnically cleansed.
UAE deal: a symbolic win for Bibi.
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Why other Arab states may be cautious about following the Emirati lead and normalising relations with Israel.
Children are at high risk of domestic violence and abuse, but are often left out of research and strategies to address it.
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Coronavirus has shown the need for a radical overhaul of national strategies on domestic violence.
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Dementia and abuse often go hand in hand, whether it’s the sufferer or the caregiver who is responsible.