World News
Global breaking news and international affairs. Major world events and developments relevant to UK readers.
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Patients shed up to 8% body weight in new GLP-1 pill trial
A new once-daily pill being developed by the pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly has demonstrated superior weight loss and blood sugar…
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Zambia health aid proposal draws criticism for US exploitation
A proposed billion-dollar health financing deal between the United States and Zambia has sparked allegations of exploitation and raised serious…
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Royal Artillery faces criticism for refusing entry to looted Asante treasure
A golden ram’s head looted from an African palace 150 years ago remains locked away in a British Army officers’…
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New worldwide tariffs by Trump take effect at 10%
President Donald Trump’s new global tariffs have come into force at a rate of 10%, a direct response to a…
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Reporter Ksenia Savoskina visits woodland retreat to document Ukrainian injured troops’ stories
Deep within a pine forest, far from the din of Ukrainian cities, stands a severe modernist building of marble and…
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Annual mating ritual of 1,000 virgin queens secures resurgence of Europe’s dark bee
In the forests and fields of Europe, a quiet crisis is unfolding for a native pollinator now classified as ‘Endangered’…
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Attempted murder case brought against Robert Mugabe’s son for Johannesburg shooting
Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe, the 28-year-old son of the late Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe, remains in custody after a brief appearance…
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Polio Eradication Drive in Malawi Confronts Social Media Figures, Misleading Claims and Aid Reductions
In a race against a resurgent virus, health workers in Malawi have vaccinated an astonishing 1.3 million children in just…
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Baboon intrusions spark human-wildlife confrontation in Cape Town
At the edge of Da Gama Park, where Cape Town’s suburbs meet the mountain, baboons navigate a landscape of garden…
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El Mencho, drug cartel chief, allegedly slain by Mexican security forces
Mexican security forces have reportedly killed Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, the fugitive drug lord known as “El Mencho”, in a military…
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