Five good-news cancer breakthroughs in 2023
Five good-news cancer breakthroughs in 2023
Cancer-sniffing ants, ‘Bond villain’ DNA, and vaccine trials are just a few exciting developments in cancer research this year
Are Xi and Putin in a true bromance or a marriage of convenience?
Are Xi and Putin in a true bromance or a marriage of convenience?
Chinese leader’s visit to Moscow offered a political boost for his Russian counterpart, but analysts say the meeting revealed much about where the rea…
Chilcot to Partygate: the inquiries that put Britain’s prime ministers on the stand
Chilcot to Partygate: the inquiries that put Britain’s prime ministers on the stand
Boris Johnson isn’t the first occupant of No.10 to have to defend their actions in the top job
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The most extreme weather events of 2023
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‘Reckless’ Gwyneth Paltrow ‘caused ski crash’
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What is the Committee of Privileges?
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‘Has a single mind been changed?’
‘Has a single mind been changed?’
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23 March 2023Johnson’s future ‘in the balance’
Johnson’s future ‘in the balance’
Boris Johnson’s political future “hangs in the balance” after he was grilled by MPs yesterday, said the BBC’s political editor Chris Mason. MPs invest…
Rates rise expected at noon
Rates rise expected at noon
The Bank of England is expected to raise interest rates for an 11th consecutive time. Although another hike had been in doubt, the surprise jump in in…
Sunak releases tax details
Sunak releases tax details
Rishi Sunak earned almost £4.8m in three years but paid an effective tax rate of just 22%, according to an analysis by The Telegraph. The paper said t…
Trump: arrest could be ‘fun’
Trump: arrest could be ‘fun’
Donald Trump has told friends that being arrested could be a “fun experience” for him. The former US president told them he is relishing the idea of a…
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Bugatti Chiron Super Sport: what the car critics say
Pros and cons: nuclear power
Pro: efficient power production
Pro: efficient power production
Generating energy using nuclear fission requires significantly less fuel – specifically, uranium – than coal or gas power plants needed to produce the…
Con: risk in unstable regions
Con: risk in unstable regions
The war in Ukraine has highlighted the threat nuclear power plants can pose when they are in a region that is or has become unstable. There were conce…
Pro: low emissions
Pro: low emissions
Once in operation, nuclear power plants produce very low to zero amounts of direct greenhouse gas emissions. According to the World Nuclear Associatio…
Con: high costs of nuclear plants
Con: high costs of nuclear plants
Nuclear fission is a much more expensive method of energy production than those involving coal or gas. The cost of running and maintaining nuclear pla…
Ukraine in focus
Why won’t Vladimir Putin cut his losses in Ukraine?
Why won’t Vladimir Putin cut his losses in Ukraine?
Why is Bakhmut so important to Russia and Ukraine?
Why is Bakhmut so important to Russia and Ukraine?
The Holodomor: Ukraine’s other significant anniversary
The Holodomor: Ukraine’s other significant anniversary
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“Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.” Mark Twain, quoted in the Cape Cod Times
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Good week for...
Finland, which was named the world’s happiest country for the sixth year in a row.
Bad week for...
Bad week for...
Civil servants and ministers, who were banned from having TikTok on their work phones.
Poll watch
Poll watch
Only 6% of UK voters expect to be left better off by last week’s Budget.
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Africa’s tectonic shift: how the continent is splitting apart
Africa’s tectonic shift: how the continent is splitting apart
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Tucker Carlson, Donald Trump and the Fox News court documents
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