Graduates toss their caps into the air at the conclusion of the 2022 Dana Hills High School graduation ceremony in Dana Hills, Calif.
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For Brits, ‘Pomp and Circumstance’ evokes nostalgia for a vanished, golden age. But Americans experience it as a stirring sendoff into a hopeful future.
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A new study reveals the extent of the COVID pandemic’s effect on headteachers, including high workloads, stress and exhaustion.
The SS Hartdale is lying at a depth of 80 metres, 12 miles off the coast of Northern Ireland.
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The SS Hartdale was sunk by a German U-boat in 1915 and its final resting place had long been unknown.
British soldiers questioning suspected members of the Kenya Land and Freedom Army near Gilgil, Kenya, on Jan. 8, 1953.
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Operation Legacy highlights the repercussions faced when people with power determine what information is available to interpret events of the past.
Äspö Hard Rock Laboratory in Sweden, where KBS-3 repository technologies have been tested.
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Spent nuclear fuel remains dangerous for so long that languages can disappear and humanity’s very existence cannot be guaranteed. So how do we communicate information about repositories into the future?
The World Health Organization recommends formal school programmes as the key to preventing skin cancer.
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Being severely sunburnt as a child more than doubles the chance of developing future skin cancer but less than half of primary schools questioned in new research have a sun safety policy.
Miners from different collieries gather in Port Talbot in April 1984.
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The strike saw different political factions uniting, which eventually led to a more collaborative form of politics in Wales.
The current pension age of 66 is set to rise to 67 by 2028.
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Increasing life expectancy and falling birthrates means many of us may have to keep working until beyond 71 years of age.
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Research has revealed how British otters may have been able to recover from species loss in the 1950s with the help of otters from Asia.
A U.S. Air Force fighter jet takes off from RAF Lakenheath in the U.K. in 2018. American nuclear weapons may soon be hosted there.
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NATO members, particularly those in eastern Europe, fear a Russian invasion of their territory. By stationing some of its nuclear weapons in the U.K. again, the U.S. could ease those fears.
The greater horseshoe bat is one of the UK’s 18 bat species.
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Maths plays a crucial role in new research which finds that bats “leapfrog” their way home at night.
This image provided by the U.S. Navy shows an aircraft launching from the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Red Sea on Jan. 22, 2024. American and British forces bombed targets in eight locations used by the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen, the second time the two allies have done so.
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Since the outset of Israel’s invasion of Gaza, the West has aimed to prevent the conflict from escalating regionally. But strikes on the Houthis in Yemen by the U.S. and the U.K. may ensure it will.
Ellis Humphrey Evans, known by his bardic name Hedd Wyn, was killed on the first day of the battle of Passchendaele.
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Bard Hedd Wyn was killed in action in France in 1917.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith speaks about reforms in Alberta health care in Edmonton in November 2023.
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Catalonia and post-Brexit U.K. illustrate the dangers of separatism and divisive rhetoric. Both Alberta and Ottawa must act to address western alienation and prevent a catastrophic scenario.
The Mari Lwyd makes a welcome appearance in Chepstow.
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The Mari Lwyd and the plygain are two prominent Welsh traditions celebrated over Christmas and the new year.
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Westminster has rebuked Scotland’s first minister for holding his own bilateral meetings without a UK diplomat being present.
A group of men being interrogated by a police inspector in 1952.
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Colonialists daily reinforced a hierarchy that allowed white people to abuse Africans.
Both homes and businesses in rural areas struggled with digital connectivity during the pandemic.
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New research reveals the digital divide that was exposed by the COVID pandemic.
Steel production in an electric arc furnace.
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Electric arc furnaces can use up to 100% scrap steel as its raw material, resulting in a significant reduction in emissions.
Indian visitors look at a painting depicting the Amritsar Massacre at Jallianwala Bagh.
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Fewer than a quarter of once-colonized countries make official government-to-government requests for an apology or reparations.