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Mother who endured extreme peril to have twins tells horrifying story
A mother risked death crossing flooded rivers in labour to deliver twins, after her local health centre had no maternity…
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UK Environment
Chicken consumption per person now six times higher than in 1961, UN says
The global meat supply has quadrupled over the past sixty years, with the average person now eating twice as much…
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UK Environment
Startup transforms urine into natural fertiliser
Human urine is being transformed into certified fertiliser at the European Space Agency’s headquarters in Paris, where staff urinate into…
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World News
Germany’s UN Security Council bid defeat sparks national introspection
Germany has suffered the humiliation of losing a bid for a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council for…
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UK Environment
UN scientists announce El Niño is set to return this summer
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has issued what it describes as its most authoritative climate information source — a comprehensive…
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UK Politics
Cooper: Global rules serve mutual interests on China trip
Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper has called for the UK and China to cooperate on global crises, arguing that as two…
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UK Business
London startup by ex-DeepMind researcher nets $50M for AI-designed non-toxic next-gen GPU cooling
Orbital Industries has secured $50 million in Series B funding to commercialise an AI-designed cooling fluid that tackles the growing…
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UK Environment
Climate-resilient playground boosts happiness at flood-vulnerable London school
School playground now usable after severe flooding transformed by rain gardens For years, the play area at St John’s Church…
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World News
UK criticises Israeli minister over taunts to restrained Gaza flotilla protesters
The UK foreign secretary has condemned as “truly appalling” a video released by Israel’s national security minister in which he…
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World News
Cooper issues global food crisis warning over Iran conflict as UK revamps aid strategy
Britain risks sleepwalking into a food crisis, Yvette Cooper has warned, as the Foreign Secretary used a keynote speech in…
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