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What is the Quad, and how did it come about?
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Leaders of the US, Japan, Australia and India gathered in Tokyo on Tuesday for a summit of the Quad. What is the group, where did it come from and why do diplomats keep coming up with strange names for various partner...
The people making a difference: the man who made blokes strip off and feel good about themselves
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Paul Goddard was susceptible to peer pressure growing up. “To try and fit in I’d commit crimes with the other guys who were older than me," hy sê. “Shoplifting, stealing cars. I was a bit of a turd, to be honest.” H...
‘Phones are like a scab we know we shouldn’t pick’: the truth about social media and anxiety
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Most people think that phones are a bad thing for anxiety. Parents, in die besonder, believe phones are terrible for the mental health of children, teenagers and young adults. So, what is the truth? While I was writing ...
Biden says ‘everybody’ should be concerned about spread of monkeypox
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Joe Biden said Sunday that “everybody” should be worried about the spread of monkeypox recently, and his national security adviser assured the public that the US has a “vaccine that is relevant to treating” the virus....
‘The lady without legs or arms’: how artist Sarah Biffin shattered Victorian ideas about disability
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She was born without arms and legs to a farming family in 1784 en, measuring just 37 inches in height as an adult, was put on show in touring fairground attractions. Billed as The Limbless Wonder, Sarah Biffin painte...
What I wish I’d known about living with an anxiety disorder
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To some extent, anxiety is an entirely logical response to being alive, and being a human among other humans. When I was diagnosed with generalised anxiety disorder in my 20s, this thought would have been helpful. To ...
Noord-Korea se Covid-gevallelading gaan verby 2 miljoen te midde van wêreldwye kommer oor die regime se pandemieplan
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Kenners het Noord-Korea se bewering bevraagteken dat hy 'goeie resultate' behaal in sy stryd teen 'n Covid-19-uitbraak, aangesien die aantal mense met simptome van die virus oortref het 2 miljoen. Die regime het berig 26...
United Australia party and Coalition MPs denounced for ‘totally misleading’ claim about WHO
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Experts have denounced a “totally misleading” claim perpetuated by government MPs and the United Australia party that the World Health Organization will use a possible pandemic treaty to control Australia’s health sys...
US stock markets fall sharply as investors worry about recession
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The wild ride on the US stock markets continued on Wednesday with the Dow Jones Industrial Average sinking more than 1,100 points as investors worried about a looming recession. All of the major US markets fell sharpl...
Video showing arrest of Fiji bus driver reignites debate about police use of excessive force
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Fiji police have suspended an officer pending an investigation after a video showing what appeared to be the use of excessive force against a bus driver during an arrest was shared widely in the Pacific country. The v...
Floodlights review – this harrowing drama about sexual abuse in football is so, so valuable
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“By the way, Woody,” says Barry Bennell, “do you think you’re good enough to be one of my boys?” The football coach is visiting Andy Woodward’s parents’ house to recruit their son for Crewe Alexandra’s youth team, but...
Dallas shooting suspect harbored delusions about Asian people, sê die polisie
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Authorities in Dallas said on Tuesday the man suspected of opening fire in a hair salon in the city’s Koreatown and wounding three women of Asian descent harbored delusions about Asian people since having a car crash ...
Dear Mr Musk, stop bleating about Twitter bots and get on with it
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You’re on the hook, Elon, so stop bleating about bots and cease speculating about a lower takeover price. When we agreed a bid at $54.20 a share, in cash, you waived your right to conduct due diligence. Look busy and ...
Thin-skinned Jordan Peterson is wrong about everything but right about Twitter
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Jordan Peterson is an academic, an internet personality, and a big fan of beef. A man of many accomplishments, he’s most famous for writing a bestselling book called 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos while simul...
Wayne Rooney had ‘awkward’ chat with Jamie Vardy about wife’s column, hof gesê
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Wayne Rooney asked Jamie Vardy if his wife could cut back on her media activities during the Euro 2016 football tournament because it was causing “distractions” for the England team, die hooggeregshof gehoor het. Rooney t...
Achoo! The hay fever season lasts longer than ever. Here’s what we can do about it
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If you have sneezed your way through the last few days, you are not alone. About a quarter of the UK population are thought to suffer from hay fever, with numbers continuing to grow. And the latest research suggests t...