Wagner Group boss, Yevgeny Prigozhin, rose through the ranks from Vladimir Putin’s caterer to the boss of Russia’s most powerful private military company.
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The mention of the Falklands/Malvinas territorial dispute in an EU document shows that, post-Brexit, Brussels no longer feels beholden to toe the UK’s line on sovereignty.
Olga Carmona (Spain) and Alessia Russo (England) contest the ball during the 2023 Fifa Women’s World Cup final.
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Shared parental leave requires mothers to give up some of their maternity leave.
Unrest: the murder of Mahsa Amini sparked an explosion of protest on the streets of Iran, which has been met with brutality by the country’s security forces.
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Collaboration is often promoted as a tool for harnessing collective intelligence. But sometimes working solo is the best option.
Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, hands out medals to servicemen at a hospital in the Zaporizhzhia region, August 2023.
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A selection of the best of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.
Kurds and their sujpports demonstrate in Lausanne to protest the 100th anniversary of a treaty which denied them a homeland.
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Overcrowding is associated with many other mental and physical health concerns.
Slow but steady: Volodymyr Zelensky receives a briefing on the counter-offensive from officers in Zaporizhzhia.
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In the Japanese workplace, women face discrimination, restrictive behaviour and appearance codes and a lower glass ceiling than elsewhere. Only a profound cultural shift will change that.
Ukrainian refugees settle into their hosted accommodation in Oxfordshire with a cup of tea.
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Drones are both a destructive battlefield weapon and deliver a psychological boost when used on Russian cities.
Veronica Sarauz, widow of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, speaks during a press conference after his assassination on August 9.
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