World News
Global breaking news and international affairs. Major world events and developments relevant to UK readers.
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Internal papers show officials overlooked 99% of vaccine data before advice
The United States has taken a dramatic and contentious step away from global public health norms after its top health…
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Norway launches push for alternative internet to counter ‘enshittification
A global consumer movement is coalescing around a fight against the deliberate, gradual degradation of the digital products and services…
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Trump plan for Hormuz naval coalition founders as allies withhold vessels
The world’s most critical energy artery has been choked, triggering the largest oil supply disruption in history and pushing Brent…
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London Book Fair highlights thriller rights for Idris Elba, surging romcoms and censorship clashes
The final curtain fell on this year’s London Book Fair on Thursday, marking the end of an era for the…
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Super-rich influx to Florida property market prices out residents
The shine is coming off the Sunshine State for a growing number of Floridians, as a stark divide emerges between…
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Nigeria’s digital creator economy surges but can skit-makers profit
While the global spotlight often falls on influencers in London or Los Angeles, a multi-billion dollar digital content industry is…
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Pakistan strikes militant bases inside Afghanistan amid ongoing clashes
Pakistan and Afghanistan are now engaged in what a senior Pakistani minister has termed an “open war”, as cross-border hostilities…
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US tribe restores toxic wasteland left by mining
On a stretch of Oklahoma grassland known as the Laue, a quiet revolution in environmental restoration and tribal sovereignty is…
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Likely disturbance of Australian soldiers’ remains by Israeli bulldozer in Gaza cemetery claims senator
Australian families of soldiers buried in Gaza are demanding answers and apologies after confronting the likelihood that the remains of…
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Tech firms Meta and Google face scrutiny over addictive design features
In a Los Angeles courtroom, the future of social media design is being weighed in the hands of a jury.…
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