Travel chaos as Tube strikes begin over demands for 32 hour work week
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA five day tube strike has started today as London Underground staff stage a walkout over pay and working conditions. Read More
Ukrainian children forced into weapons training and tortured by Russia
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteNearly 20,000 Ukrainian children have been forcibly transferred to Russia since Vladimir Putin’s invasion in 2022, and subjected to military training, sexual violence and detention in…
What is sickle cell disease? Symptoms and treatments
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteResearch commissioned by the NHS Race and Health Observatory found a number of inequalities in care, funding and research provided for people with sickle…
Internet access in Middle East and Asia disrupted after 'undersea cables cut'
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteInternet access in parts of Asia and the Middle East was disrupted after undersea cables were cut, experts have said. Read More
Kuwait proposes sweeping reforms to decades-old family law
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteKuwait has unveiled a draft overhaul of its 1984 Personal Status Law — the most sweeping reform of family regulations in four…
Girl, 6, freed after spending whole life locked in room by cruel parents
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA six-year-old girl, who has allegedly been locked in the same room since she was born, has been discovered by police in Brazil. …
Hostages still held in Gaza have been there 700 days too long
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteSeven hundred days after Hamas’s October 7 massacre, 48 Israelis are still in Hamas captivity. Read More
Russia strikes Ukraine’s main government building for first time
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteKyiv‘s main government building was struck during an overnight Russian attack on Sunday, marking the first time the building has been hit…
Israel destroys second high-rise in Gaza City giving residents just 20 minutes to evacuate 15 storeys
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Israeli military has destroyed a second major high-rise tower in Gaza City in as many days, after Benjamin Netanyahu‘s forces warned people to flee south ahead…
Bangladesh battles rising tide of dengue and chikungunya
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteBangladesh faces a fast-worsening public health crisis as the mosquito-borne diseases dengue and chikungunya spread side by side, overwhelming hospitals and heightening…