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<p>US president Donald Trump</p>
Americas

Trump surprises Japanese trade envoy by jumping in on tariff talks

Japan’s PM says there are still gaps between the two countries’ stances

<p>Actress Nora Aunor appears during the photo call for the film Sinapupunan</p>
News

Nora Aunor, icon of Philippine cinema, dies at 71

<p>Rahul Gandhi with his mother Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi </p>
India

Modi accused of ‘vendetta’ as opposition leaders named in graft case

<p>File. Google has been asked to hire lawyers and third parties to monitor reforms by the Japanese Fair Trade Commission</p>
Japan

Japan orders Google to stop pushing phone makers to install its apps

<p>Representational. A pharmacist holds a sample box of 'Berry kush' marijuana</p>
South Asia

American man arrested for smuggling 23kg cannabis into Sri Lanka

<p>President Xi Jinping gestures during his visit to Vietnam on 14 April 2025</p>
China

China says economy beat forecasts to grow 5.4% ahead of Trump tariffs

<p>Davies was found alive in Thailand</p>
News & Advice

British man missing for a month found ‘perfectly fine’ on Thai island

<p>File. A medical worker takes part in a protest against the rape and murder of a doctor in a hospital in Kolkata city, India</p>
India

Woman says she was sexually assaulted while on hospital ventilator

<p>First confirmed live observation of the colossal squid, Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, in its natural habitat</p>
Science

Stunned scientists capture first video of colossal squid in the deep

<p>A man pours water on his daughter on a hot day in Manila, Philippines</p>
Southeast Asia

Philippines braces for ‘danger’ level of extreme heat

<p>File. Teacher gives lessons in Urdu language</p>
India

Urdu language isn’t alien to India and can be freely used, court rules

<p>A demonstrator holds a placard during a protest against the lack of substantial legal protection for sexual assault victims in Tokyo on 11 June 2019</p>
Japan

Calls in Japan to scrap time limit on civil suits over child sex abuse

Editor’s picks

<p>An armed individual watches as young anti-coup recruits are prepared and trained for their fight against the military in Myanmar’s eastern Kayah state in 2021</p>
Southeast Asia

The Rohingya were driven from Myanmar. Now they’re fighting back

<p>File. Men use a cot to salvage belongings, including a solar panel, from their flooded home in Jaffarabad, Pakistan, on 5 September 2022</p>
News

How Pakistan quietly became world’s biggest solar importer

<p>Ma Yang was deported in February to Laos, a country she has never set foot in</p>
Southeast Asia

Milwaukee mom deported to Laos ‘shaken’ as she faces decades without family

South Asia

<p>Afghan players congratulate top scoring batter Zazai as she walks off the field during their match against Cricket Without Borders XI at Junction Oval in Melbourne</p>
South Asia

Afghanistan’s women cricketers get ICC funding and elite coaching

South Asia

Afghanistan’s women cricketers get ICC funding and elite coaching

<p>Afghan players congratulate top scoring batter Zazai as she walks off the field during their match against Cricket Without Borders XI at Junction Oval in Melbourne</p>
<p>An Afghan girl waits in a queue to receive a free iftar meal on the outskirts of Kabul</p>
South Asia

Millions of Afghans face famine thanks to Trump’s aid cuts, warns UN

<p>File. Rainy weather hits ahead of the arrival of a cyclone in Dhaka in 2024 </p>
News

Once-in-century storm tides could strike Bangladesh every decade

<p>Taliban fighters patrol in Kabul, Afghanistan</p>
South Asia

Taliban detains men and their barbers over ‘non-compliant’ haircuts

<p>A US delegation led by State Department official Eric Meyer, fourth left, meets Pakistan's prime minister Shehbaz Sharif in Islamabad</p>
South Asia

After Ukraine, Trump is now eyeing Pakistan’s rare minerals

<p>A US delegation led by State Department official Eric Meyer, fourth left, meets Pakistan's prime minister Shehbaz Sharif in Islamabad</p>
South Asia

After Ukraine, Trump is now eyeing Pakistan’s rare minerals

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South Asia

What Asian countries hit by tariffs are doing to save their economies

<p>A view of Bagram air base after US and Nato troops left Afghanistan</p>
South Asia

US military flight to Afghanistan sparks speculation about Bagram base

East Asia

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East Asia

North Korea issues threat after US flies long-range bombers over South

<p>Recovery teams work at the scene where a Jeju Air flight crashed and burst into flames at the Muan airport in South Korea on 30 December 2024</p>
East Asia

South Korea ignored bird strike warnings before Jeju Air disaster

<p>Two US Air Force B-1B bomber, top left, flies over the Korean Peninsula with South Korean Air Force F-35A fighter jet, F-16 fighter jets and US Air Force F-16 fighter jets in South Korea during the joint aerial drills of South Korea and the United States, at an undisclosed location in South Korea</p>
East Asia

US flies long-range bomber in drill against North Korea nuclear threat

<p>Ousted South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol waves before leaving the presidential residence in Seoul on 11 April 2025</p>
East Asia

Yoon denies insurrection charge as criminal trial opens in South Korea

<p>Protesters opposed to impeached South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol participate in a rally to celebrate the expulsion of the impeached President </p>
East Asia

Who are the runners and riders in South Korea’s presidential election?

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Europe

More than 150 Chinese fighting with Russia against Ukraine – Zelensky

<p>Kim Shin Jo at a funeral in 2010 </p>
East Asia

The bizarre life of a failed North Korean assassin who became a pastor

<p>File: Northrop Grumman’s MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system on display<a href="https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/license/1410393699?adppopup=true"></a></p>
East Asia

US to send Triton drones to Japan amid tensions in Taiwan

Southeast Asia

<p>Chinese president Xi Jinping with Vietnam’s National Assembly chairman Tran Thanh Man in Hanoi on 14 April 2025</p>
Southeast Asia

Trump says Xi in Vietnam to ‘screw’ US

Southeast Asia

Trump says Xi in Vietnam to ‘screw’ US

<p>Chinese president Xi Jinping with Vietnam’s National Assembly chairman Tran Thanh Man in Hanoi on 14 April 2025</p>
<p>A tourist walks through the Dien Bien Phu Military Cemetery</p>
Vietnam

Why tourists are flocking to Vietnam battlefields 50 years on from war

<p>Rear Admiral Roy Vincent Trinidad, Philippine Navy spokesperson for the West Philippine Sea, speaks during a press conference while a submersible drone is projected from an electronic screen at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines</p>
Southeast Asia

Drones found by Filipino fishermen capable of ‘underwater warfare’

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Southeast Asia

Why has Singapore dissolved its parliament?

<p>File. Indonesian workers transfer crude palm oil to tankers at Tanjung Emas seaport in Semarang</p>
Southeast Asia

Indonesia arrests judges who cleared palm oil companies of corruption

<p>File. Indonesian workers transfer crude palm oil to tankers at Tanjung Emas seaport in Semarang</p>
Southeast Asia

Indonesia arrests judges who cleared palm oil companies of corruption

<p>Visitors walk near entrance of Maha Aungmye Bonzan Monastery, commonly known as the Me Nu Brick Monastery, in the aftermath of Friday's earthquake in Innwa, Tada-U township, Mandalay, Myanmar, Friday, April 4, 2025</p>
Southeast Asia

Myanmar hit by fresh earthquake during hundreds of aftershocks

<p>SUDESTE ASIÁTICO-SISMO</p>
Southeast Asia

UN calls on Myanmar to release Aung San Suu Kyi and respect ceasefire

Australia and New Zealand

<p>A teen has been arrested for an alleged contract killing plot</p>
Australasia

Teen accused of trying to hire hitmen online in Nordic plot

Australasia

Teen accused of trying to hire hitmen online in Nordic plot

<p>A teen has been arrested for an alleged contract killing plot</p>
<p>A Dachshund close up and looking directly at the camera in the summer</p>
Australasia

New hope in search for dachshund lost on Kangaroo Island for 500 days

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News

New sighting of missing dachshund Valerie in Australian wilderness

<p>A fisherman watches the water near the Kyeemagh Beach Baths on January 24, 2021 at Botany Bay in Sydney, Australia</p>
News

Scientists warn rising heat could cause more mental health disorders

<p>Anthony Albanese says Australia doesn’t want Russian military presence in region</p>
Australasia

Australia responds after report says Russia eyeing Indonesian airbase

<p>Anthony Albanese says Australia doesn’t want Russian military presence in region</p>
Australasia

Australia responds after report says Russia eyeing Indonesian airbase

<p>Police have charged a man and a teenager after a boy was shot dead</p>
Australasia

Relatives charged after boy shot and killed in Australia

<p>A woman in <a href="/https/www.the-independent.com/topic/australia">Australia</a> unknowingly gave birth to a stranger’s baby after an IVF clinic error</p>
Australasia

Woman gives birth to stranger’s baby after embryo mixup at clinic

Americas

<p>The videos appear to be aimed at American consumers.</p>
US politics

Chinese factories flood TikTok ads urging Americans to buy direct

<p>Marilu Domingo Ortiz, whose husband was taken into custody by ICE agents after they smashed a window of their family car, looks at broken glass and damage to their vehicle at their home, Wednesday, April 16, 2025, in New Bedford, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)</p>
Americas

Family says ICE agents smashed car window to take man seeking asylum

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Climate

Trump’s approach to the climate has done us one important favour

<p>People walk down a dark street in San Juan, Puerto Rico after the island was hit with a massive power outage </p>
Americas

Puerto Rico slammed by island-wide blackout

Trump DOGE Americorps
Americas

DOGE targets a community service program in its latest cost-cutting effort

Trump DOGE GSA
Americas

Why Elon Musk installed his top lieutenants at a federal agency you probably haven't heard of

<p>People walk down a dark street in San Juan, Puerto Rico after the island was hit with a massive power outage </p>
Americas

Puerto Rico slammed by island-wide blackout

Trump DOGE Americorps
Americas

DOGE targets a community service program in its latest cost-cutting effort

Trump DOGE GSA
Americas

Why Elon Musk installed his top lieutenants at a federal agency you probably haven't heard of

<p>A baby manatee swimming beside its mother comes to the surface to breathe, at Manatee Lagoon, in Riviera Beach</p>
US politics

Trump plan leaves protected species a risk, environmentalists warn

<p>President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele, who reportedly plans to double the size of a notorious prison where U.S. deportees are being held</p>
US politics

El Salvador vows to double size of prison holding US deportees

<p>Seattle crosswalk buttons hacked to imitate Jeff Bezos’ voice urging pedestrians not pitch not to tax the rich</p>
Americas

Seattle crosswalk buttons hacked with ‘Bezos’ begging not to tax rich

<p>Kamala Harris, the party’s nominee in the November presidential elections, hasn’t held a public event in months.</p>
US politics

Democrats find their lost unity around a ‘constitutional crisis’

<p>Ed Martin, the current interim U.S. Attorney for D.C., has appeared on Russian state media 150 times, according to a report</p>
US politics

Trump-picked prosecutor was on Russian state media over 150 times

<p>Daniel Ridge, 49, suffers from PTSD and depression and fell into homelessness during the Covid-19 pandemic</p>
Americas

Homeless man wins $2.4 million lawsuit but can’t be found

<p>Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell speaks at the Economic Club of Chicago on April 16</p>
US politics

Trump trade war means inflation and labor dilemma for the Fed

Trump
Americas

Trump administration issues order to stop construction on New York offshore wind project

UK and Europe

<p>Mayor of London Sir Sadiq Khan called for a youth mobility scheme with the EU </p>
UK Politics

EU youth mobility scheme could save UK from Trump tariffs, Khan says

UK Politics

EU youth mobility scheme could save UK from Trump tariffs, Khan says

<p>Mayor of London Sir Sadiq Khan called for a youth mobility scheme with the EU </p>
<p>Campaigners from For Women Scotland outside the Supreme Court </p>
Home News

What does the UK Supreme Court ruling mean for transgender women?

The King and Queen will attend a Royal Maundy service at Durham Cathedral (Aaron Chown/PA)
Home News

King hails love as important virtue across religions in Easter message

<p>The weapon system demonstrator is a type of Radiofrequency Directed Energy Weapon (RF DEW) and has “proven capable of neutralising multiple targets simultaneously with near-instant effect”. (Ministry of Defence handout)</p>
Home News

UK develops gamechanging weapon that can down drone swarms

<p>The pensioner’s body was found by police at the property in Gatley</p>
Crime

Murder arrest as woman, 93, found dead in house

<p>The pensioner’s body was found by police at the property in Gatley</p>
Crime

Murder arrest as woman, 93, found dead in house

Only 5% of teachers say that the pupils with Send they teach always receive the educational support to which they are legally entitled to, according to a poll by the NASUWT teaching union (PA)
Home News

Majority of teachers say support for special needs pupils has decreased – survey

After deciding not to contact their GP, most people turned to managing the condition themselves, the survey found (Alamy/PA)
Home News

Plan to divert millions of patients from waiting lists with GP service expansion

<p>Russia Ukraine War</p>
Europe

How Ukraine’s Sumy is rebuilding after deadly Russian attack

<p>Ukraine-Russia war live: Zelensky says basis of new minerals deal ‘almost finalised’ with US</p>
LiveEurope

Ukraine war live: Zelensky hails ‘good progress’ on minerals deal

<p>Trump said he was told the Russian attack on Suny was a ‘mistake’</p>
Europe

Trump has taken his deep grudge against Zelensky further than ever

Ivory Coast Cocoa
Europe

Struggling Ivory Coast cocoa farmers are worried about US tariff plans

Trump Meloni
Europe

Italy's Meloni will test her mettle as EU-US bridge when she meets Trump in Washington

Iran Nuclear
Europe

Iran confirms that the 2nd round of nuclear talks with the US will be in Rome

<p>Paris has launched daily inspections of pool change rooms in a crackdown on voyeurism</p>
Europe

Paris launches pool changing room inspections after men film women

<p>Zhang Dayong and his partner were killed in the Italian capital of Rome</p>
Europe

Couple shot dead in mafia-style killing in Italy

Voices

<p>Joaquin Phoenix finds an AI love interest in Scarlett Johansson in Spike Jonze’s 2015 movie ‘Her’</p>
Voices

The bar for men is so low, an AI boyfriend is the only logical option

Voices

The bar for men is so low, an AI boyfriend is the only logical option

<p>Joaquin Phoenix finds an AI love interest in Scarlett Johansson in Spike Jonze’s 2015 movie ‘Her’</p>
<p>‘There is another measure which is long overdue and now needs to be considered: a new youth mobility scheme with the EU, which would boost growth not only in London but across Britain and Europe’</p>
Voices

Sadiq Khan: This will get us closer to Europe – and a post-Trump bump

The Independent View

The US needs to understand truth and trade are not interchangeable

<p>‘The decision to shut out from the hearing the people most closely affected by it made the decision weaker’</p>
Voices

We let the Supreme Court decide ‘what a woman is’ – they chose wrong

<p>Supposed ‘free speech’ absolutist Elon Musk</p>
Voices

The difference between ‘hate speech’ and ‘freedom of speech’

<p>Supposed ‘free speech’ absolutist Elon Musk</p>
Voices

The difference between ‘hate speech’ and ‘freedom of speech’

<p>‘The Supreme Court’s judgement just adds to the weight of state abuse of trans women’</p>
Voices

Trans women like me are outlawed – what are you so scared of?

<p>‘The truth is that Trump and Vance have played their hand so badly that they now need a UK trade deal as much as we do’</p>
Voices

How can Starmer seal the deal with Trump?

Sport

<p>Mikel Arteta led Arsenal to victory in the Bernabeu</p>
Football

Arteta reveals phone call with Guardiola before beating Real Madrid

Football

Arteta reveals phone call with Guardiola before beating Real Madrid

<p>Mikel Arteta led Arsenal to victory in the Bernabeu</p>
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Football

Saka confronted by Real Madrid star near tunnel in heated moment

Arsenal’s Bukayo Saka celebrates (Adam Davy/PA)
Football

Thursday’s briefing: Arsenal outclass Real Madrid as Amorim makes Onana decision

Arsenal players celebrate after the UEFA Champions League quarter-final, second leg match at the Santiago Bernabeu in Madrid, Spain. Picture date: Wednesday April 16, 2025.
Football

Mikel Arteta targets Champions League glory after Arsenal knock out Real Madrid

<p>Tyrique George celebrates scoring his first goal for Chelsea in the first leg against Legia Warsaw</p>
Football

Is Chelsea vs Legia Warsaw on TV? Kick-off time and how to watch

<p>Tyrique George celebrates scoring his first goal for Chelsea in the first leg against Legia Warsaw</p>
Football

Is Chelsea vs Legia Warsaw on TV? Kick-off time and how to watch

<p>Manchester United face Lyon with their Europa League quarter-final finely poised at 2-2</p>
Football

Is Man United vs Lyon on TV? Kick-off time, channel and how to watch

<p>Eintracht Frankfurt's in-form striker Hugo Ekitike caused Spurs problems in the opening leg</p>
Football

Is Eintracht Frankfurt vs Tottenham on TV? Kick-off and how to watch

<p>Athletic Bilbao host the second leg of their tie with Rangers</p>
Football

Is Athletic Bilbao vs Rangers on TV? Time, channel and how to watch

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LiveFootball

Arsenal secure another famous win to book semi-final spot

<p>Arsenal and PSG are set to meet in the Champions League semi-finals</p>
Football

Stylish midfield, electric attack: Why Arsenal should fear PSG

<p>Eilish McColgan is taking a long-game approach to marathon</p>
Athletics

McColgan sets two London Marathon targets for long-awaited debut

<p>Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli took Arsenal to another famous Champions League win</p>
Football

Arsenal create own Champions League magic to script new story

Stand-in Newcastle boss Jason Tindall has told Eddie Howe to just concentrate on his recovery (Owen Humphreys/PA)
Football

Jason Tindall comfortable in Newcastle hotseat as Eddie Howe continues recovery

Snooker

Ali Carter clinches Crucible place with win over He Guoqiang

<p>Gabriel Martinelli scores the winner on the night (Adam Davy/PA)</p>
Football

Arsenal vs Real Madrid player ratings: Declan Rice shines again

Lifestyle

Spring-fragranced candles (The White Company/PA)
Design

9 ways to scentscape your space for summer

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Fashion

The seven jewellery trends to try this spring

<p>McDonald’s revealed on X the Snack Wrap would return on the 14th of an unknown month</p>
Lifestyle

McDonald’s teases return date for long-awaited Snack Wrap

<p>‘None of us can even afford groceries let alone coachella,’ one person commented on the influencer's TikTok</p>
Lifestyle

Influencer faces backlash for showing off $1,000 Coachella meal

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Lifestyle

You star Penn Badgley opens up about ‘body dysmorphia’

<p>Evan Francis before she was diagnosed with Fowler's Syndrome</p>
Health & Families

Woman, 29, barred from Greggs toilet ‘until she showed catheter bag’

<p>‘None of us can even afford groceries let alone coachella,’ one person commented on the influencer's TikTok</p>
Lifestyle

Influencer faces backlash for showing off $1,000 Coachella meal

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Lifestyle

You star Penn Badgley opens up about ‘body dysmorphia’

<p>Evan Francis before she was diagnosed with Fowler's Syndrome</p>
Health & Families

Woman, 29, barred from Greggs toilet ‘until she showed catheter bag’

Climate

<p>Recent days have seen the DRC grapple with devastating floods that have killed at least 72 people and injured 170 more</p>
Climate

Deadly floods in DRC becoming more likely with climate change

Climate

Deadly floods in DRC becoming more likely with climate change

<p>Recent days have seen the DRC grapple with devastating floods that have killed at least 72 people and injured 170 more</p>
Two women walk along a road into the cocoa farming village of Douele, in the Bafing-Tonkpi region, Ivory Coast in February 2025 (Chris Terry/Fairtrade)
News

Climate change will destroy cocoa yields by 2030 without support, farmers warn

A supply chain scheme that brings supermarkets together to invest in long-term cocoa contracts can boost efforts to tackle child labour, farmers and industry leaders in Ivory Coast have said (Chris Terry/PA)
News

Longer-term supermarket contracts for cocoa ‘can help tackle child labour’

<p>Farmers living in poverty are calling for help</p>
Climate

Farmers warn all cocoa trees could be ‘destroyed’ by 2030. Here’s why

Grasslands that have been cultivated using nitrogen fertilisers may be more likely to trigger hay fever, a study suggests (Andrew Matthews/PA)
News

Nitrogen-fertilised grassland more likely to trigger hay fever, study suggests

Grasslands that have been cultivated using nitrogen fertilisers may be more likely to trigger hay fever, a study suggests (Andrew Matthews/PA)
News

Nitrogen-fertilised grassland more likely to trigger hay fever, study suggests

<p>The Trump administration issued a proposed rule on Wednesday that environmental groups claim would end habitat protections for America’s endangered animals. But, Republicans say changes to the Endangered Species Act are necessary to promote economic growth</p>
Politics

Environment groups claim Trump rule could hurt endangered species

The tree was chopped down because of safety concerns, the pub chain said (Adam Cormack/Woodland Trust/PA)
News

Council leader ‘outraged’ by Toby Carvery felling ancient oak without permission

Culture

<p>Steve Coogan (and penguin) in his new film ‘The Penguin Lessons’</p>
Features

Steve Coogan on his strange new film about fascism – and a penguin

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News

Florence Pugh says Marvel had concerns about Thunderbolts stunt

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News

Ed Sheeran named as one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People

<p>Gal Gadot stars as the Evil Queen in Disney’s live-action remake of ‘Snow White’ </p>
News

Snow White banned in Lebanon over country’s ‘Israel boycott list’

<p>Serena Williams performs onstage during Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show at Caesars Superdome on February 09, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana</p>
News

Serena Williams responds to claims she shaded Drake during Super Bowl

<p>Mario Cantone as Anthony and Sarah Jessica Parker as Carrie in 'And Just Like That'</p>
News

And Just Like That star requested more nude scenes in season 3

<p>The ‘Gossip Girl’ actor was found dead in New York at the end of February</p>
News

Michelle Trachtenberg’s cause of death revealed after death at 39

<p>Taylor Bradford completed a total of 40 novels during her lifetime, including ‘A Woman of Substance’ </p>
News

Barbara Taylor Bradford’s estate reflects ‘life of elegance’

Premium

<p>Walton Goggins and Aimee Lou Wood in ‘The White Lotus’</p>
Lifestyle

Gen Z women now want older men – and not for the reason you think

Lifestyle

Gen Z women now want older men – and not for the reason you think

<p>Walton Goggins and Aimee Lou Wood in ‘The White Lotus’</p>
<p>An unreliable and capricious US president cannot define the UK national interest and wield a veto over how Starmer performs his tricky balancing act</p>
Voices

Starmer’s ‘liberation day’ from Trump lies in a new EU customs deal 

<p>Easter tradition or seasonal sleight of hand? Most ‘spring lamb’ is anything but</p>
Features

Why it’s time to ditch lamb and try this at Easter instead

<p>Steve Bray celebrates outside Westminster Magistrates’ Court</p>
Politics Explained

Britain still has free speech – as Steve Bray has shown loud and clear

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Tech

There are now more bots than humans on the web – and that’s dangerous

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Tech

There are now more bots than humans on the web – and that’s dangerous

<p>Postpartum psychosis is a rare but severe mental illness affecting roughly 1,400 new mothers in the UK each year</p>
Health and Wellbeing

The mental health of new mothers is being ignored with deadly results

<p>More than 50,000 Palestinians have been killed in the past 18 months – according to local health authorities – amid the total destruction of Gaza</p>
Voices

Why Hamas rejected Israel’s offer of a ceasefire in Gaza

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