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Jun 12
Fifa’s decision to expand the World Cup finals from 32 to 48 teams has created more pathways for smaller countries to qualify, including first-timers Curaçao, Cape Verde, Jordan and Uzbekistan.
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Jun 12
While there are legitimate concerns about labour exploitation, there is also a need for affordable food.
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Jun 12
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Jun 12
A “plague” of rodents is “terrorising” the area, said the Financial Times, as rats and weasels “chew their way into tents, biting children and contaminating food”.
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Jun 11
Claiming we are on the verge of a civil war is “not only unconvincing, but potentially harmful”, said Jonathan Portes of the UK in a Changing Europe. Throwing the term around “distracts from underlying issues”.
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Jun 11
The Pensions Commission warned last month that at least 15 million people are not saving enough for post-work life – and now new research has found that fewer than one in ten of us will be able to afford a “comfortable” retirement.
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Jun 11
A shortage of the fiery-flavoured condiment is “stifling supply” – both in the Caribbean, and in countries like the US, the UK and Australia, where consumers have developed a taste for its sweet, smoky punch.
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Jun 11
9 June was Electric Car Day 2026, marking when the average petrol driver has spent “the equivalent on fuel” as an EV driver does running their vehicle for the whole year.
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Jun 10
Sullivan resigned as co-chair and director of West Ham on Saturday, saying in his statement that he was stepping down to apply his “full energy and attention on fighting these false allegations”.
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Jun 10
Kemi Badenoch’s call to scrap equalities guidelines for police and other public bodies has opened up a new front in the culture wars
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Jun 10
“As Europe rearms against Russia”, defence readiness has “become just as important as the ability to draft recruits or churn out weapons”, said Rozina Sabur in The Telegraph. But Britain is lagging behind, and risks “sleepwalking into potential disaster”.
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Jun 9
The “most outspoken member” of an “evangelistic” administration, Vance’s ire does seem to have a “particular focus on the UK”, said The Times.
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Jun 9
A landmark report revealed that almost a million 16 to 24-year-olds are now “Neets” – not in education, employment or training.
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Jun 9
Israel and Iran recently traded tit-for-tat strikes, in defiance of Donald Trump, for the first time since a fragile ceasefire was agreed in April.
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Jun 9
Two large language models have passed the Turing test, which determines if a machine can “show the same intelligence as a human being,” said The Independent.
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Jun 8
Three Lions supporters may finally “have grounds to dream”, said The Telegraph. But not all football analysts believe the picture is so rosy for Thomas Tuchel’s men.
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Jun 8
The movie, “Her Heart Beats in its Cage”, is a prison drama based on real killing, centering on Zhao Xiaohong, who may be perceived as a “star in the making”, a “feminist icon”, a “murderer” or “part of a calculated deception”, said The Times.
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Jun 7
Spinal-cord injuries are “notoriously difficult to treat,” said Rhys Blakely, science editor of The Times. But Zurich-based researchers think a solution may be in sight: injectable microrobots.
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Jun 7
Environmental coalition group Dam Removal Europe has calculated that a record-breaking 603 dams were removed across the continent last year.
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Jun 6
Parties contesting the Makerfield by-election are “locked in a war of words” over how much support there is for insurgent “far-right” party Restore Britain, said Kitty Donaldson in The i Paper.
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