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Do you want to ban kids from social media? The government...

The government wants to know if you want to ban young people from social media.

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Vegetarian diet can slash risk of five cancers by...

A vegetarian diet can reduce the risk of five types of cancer by as much as 30%, a study has found.

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Instagram to notify parents if teens search for suicide...

Instagram will start notifying parents if their children repeatedly search for suicide and self-harm content. 

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Sky News forms consortium to drive push for AI standards

Sky News has formed a consortium with other major news organisations to develop industry standards for AI's fair use of their material.

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'I failed three or four exams': Meet the kids who...

Is social media messing up our kids?

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Trump's furious response to Anthropic is as much about...

In the most clear and consequential policy move on AI safety yet, the Trump administration has announced it will blacklist a leading...

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Collagen supplements 'may boost skin health' but they're...

Collagen supplements should not be seen as a "quick fix" for wrinkles, experts have said, but they do have "legitimate" benefits.

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AI willing to 'go nuclear' in wargames

As the deadline looms for a leading AI lab to hand over its tech to the US military, a study has appeared suggesting AI models are...

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Boy expected to be paralysed able to walk after ground-breaking...

A three-year-old boy who would almost certainly have been born paralysed because of a severe spinal abnormality is able to walk after...

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NASA reveals details of medical incident that led...

NASA has revealed details of an incident aboard the ISS that prompted the first medical evacuation in the space station's 25-year...

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The energy habits that cause the most family arguments

On a day when energy bills are making headlines, we thought we'd share new research on the energy habits that lead to the most household...

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Obama says aliens 'are real' - but they're not at...

Barack Obama has said aliens are "real" in an interview, before later taking to social media to clarify his comments.

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'Britain's loneliest sheep' gives birth for first...

"Britain's loneliest sheep" has given birth for the first time.

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Fire-juggling unicyclist caught performing on crossing

Police have caught a man juggling fire while riding a unicycle on a pedestrian crossing.

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Winter Olympics hit by penis enhancement controversy

Crotch enhancements. Banned helmets. Qualifying manipulation claims. And Russian hacking.

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Boxer loses hairpiece in the ring

American boxer Jarrell Miller won his heavyweight bout in New York by a hair's breadth on Saturday - but lost his wig when the toupee...

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Climber Alex Honnold scales Taipei 101 skyscraper...

American climber Alex Honnold ascended one of the world's tallest buildings on Sunday without a rope or protective equipment. 

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Stolen Fabergé pendant passed to police - quite...

A Fabergé pendant has been recovered - after police spent six days closely monitoring the man accused of swallowing it.

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Police officer sacked and banned from profession for...

A police sergeant has been sacked for using a picture frame to weigh down her laptop keys and give the false impression she was working...

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Oxford Dictionary publisher reveals Word of the Year...

Don't get too upset, but 'rage bait' has been named by Oxford University Press as this year's Word of the Year, beating other online...

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U.S. Deports Nine Migrants in Secret, Ignoring Legal...

Most had court orders protecting them from removal to their home countries, so they were sent to detention in Cameroon.

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Can’t Buy Love? Kenya Bans Bouquets Made of Cash.

Floral arrangements crafted from carefully-folded, colorful bank notes, had become a popular symbol of love in Nairobi.

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A Family’s Memories and a Nation’s Struggles in ‘My...

The movie, created by two brothers, contrasts intimate impressions with a tense moment in Nigeria’s history.

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What is Israel Doing in Africa?

The region has become a critical theater for global rivalries amid Israel’s recognition of breakaway Somaliland and Washington’s counterterrorism...

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South Africa Pulls Out of Venice Biennale After Gaza...

The country, a major center for African art, will not have an official presence at this year’s event after a legal dispute over a...

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Assault on Sudanese City Bore ‘Hallmarks of Genocide,’...

A paramilitary group in Sudan’s civil war “acted with genocidal intent” in a monthslong siege of El Fasher, according to human rights...

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Journalists Arrested in Cameroon While Covering Secretive...

An Associated Press reporter was hit and held with three other journalists and a lawyer, two detainees said, while at a center for...

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South Sudan Appoints Dead Man to Election Panel, as...

The government of President Salva Kiir has been accused of gross incompetence, as fighting between rebels and security forces pushes...

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Botswana’s ‘Corn Lady’ Finds Fame With Food Stands

Tshephiso Marumo has had success selling traditional village food in Botswana. But as she has risen, she has become more outspoken,...

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In Africa, Jesse Jackson Was Esteemed for His Fight...

He made several trips to South Africa, and to other African nations, as a peace broker and a representative of Black America.

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Ebo Taylor, Musical Innovator of Highlife and Afrobeat,...

Borrowing from jazz and African rhythms, he forged a singular style that helped define music in his native Ghana — and West Africa...

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First U.S. Troops Land in Nigeria for Trump-Led Christian...

The deployment follows months of escalating pressure from President Trump on the African nation, including a surprise missile strike...

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How Peter Biar Ajak, a Sudanese Peace Activist, Was...

Peter Biar Ajak, a democracy advocate, was convicted of conspiring to buy and export weapons for a revolt in South Sudan.

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Elephant Bone in Spain May Be Proof of Hannibal’s...

Archaeologists say a 2,200-year-old specimen is the first direct evidence of how the Carthaginian war machine used the giant mammals...

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4 Months Trapped in a Hospital for an Obsolete Way...

Health workers in developing countries know that isolating tuberculosis patients is an outdated and potentially harmful practice,...

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Trump’s Foreign Policy: Resurrecting Empire

President Trump’s approach is a revival of the mission of empire — acquiring the territories and resources of sovereign peoples.

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U.S. Hunts for Militants as the Nigerian Military...

The country has one of the most feared armed forces in Africa, yet within its own borders, it has repeatedly failed to stop abductions...

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U.S. Slaps Sanctions on Rwanda, Saying It Sabotaged...

Rwanda’s government responded by claiming the sanctions unjustly targeted only one party to the conflict and misrepresented the facts.

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With a New Nigeria Refinery, Africa’s Richest Man...

Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, has an ambitious vision for the continent’s most populous nation, but hurdles stand in his way.

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15 South Africans Duped Into Fighting for Russia in...

The South African leader said that the men had come home two weeks after he had won agreement from President Vladimir V. Putin.

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Nearly 500 jobs to be lost as US cannabis firm takes...

Nearly 500 jobs are expected to be lost when craft beer giant BrewDog is taken over by an American cannabis firm.

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This war has massive implications for the world economy

There is nowhere else on the planet with quite as concentrated a supply of quite so much energy as the Arabian Gulf.

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Oil and gas costs surge but some stocks defy war-focused...

Oil and gas prices have seen dramatic lifts as financial markets give their first reaction to the war in the Middle East.

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Will the cost of petrol in my car go up due to Middle...

Fresh conflict in the Middle East threatens to make the cost of petrol more expensive for motorists in the UK, experts have warned.

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Chancellor to say she has the 'right economic plan'...

Rachel Reeves will insist she has "the right economic plan for our country" and that "working people are better off" thanks to Labour...

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Marine biologist on salaries, tears and the one thing...

If you've ever spent your morning commute daydreaming about starting afresh with your career, this feature is for you.

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Oil prices spike as key shipping route disrupted by...

Global oil prices have risen sharply after Iran's response to US and Israeli airstrikes disrupted shipping, raising the prospect of...

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Fifth of global oil flows through this vital waterway...

Sky's Data and Forensics team has been monitoring shipping through the Strait of Hormuz - a strategically vital waterway for Iran...

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'Our house is worth £550,000 - what are pros...

More than 165,000 people have now signed up to our free Money newsletter, which brings the kind of content you enjoy in the award-winning...

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Connecting On-Premises Networks with AZURE Virtual...

This post outlines the options that exist for connecting your on-premise network to AZURE. Following are the three options, This post...

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