China has sentenced Rahile Dawut to life in prison and would like the world to forget her. We must not
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Reading Time: < 1 minute I last saw Rahile Dawut in 2016, at a conference we’d organised in Hong Kong. Read More
‘We lie on the floor till someone buys us’: shocking allegations of UAE agencies’ abuse of domestic workers
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Women seeking jobs as domestic workers in the UAE allege they are being detained and abused in squalid accommodation, while recruiters sell…
Rishi Sunak is poised for a total ban on disposable vapes amid fears they risk hooking a new generation of youngsters on nicotine
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Disposable vapes could be banned within months under plans published today. Read More
Lancet launches major ‘spillover’ investigation as two die of pandemic bird flu including a toddlerAmajor new scientific push to better understand how dangerous pathogens jump from animals to people has been launched in a bid to prevent another pandemic.
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A major new scientific push to better understand how dangerous pathogens jump from animals to people has been launched in a bid…
Monkey who received a pig kidney transplant survives for two years in 'significant step forward', researchers say
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A monkey has survived for two years after receiving a pig kidney transplant in what researchers have hailed as a ‘significant step…
Pregnant 11-year-old girl twice raped by teenage boys should have abortion, High Court judge rules
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A pregnant 11-year-old girl who has twice been raped by teenage boys should have a termination, a High Court judge has ruled. Read…
Half a billion cheap electrical items go to UK landfills in a year, research finds
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Almost half a billion small, cheap electrical everyday items from headphones to handheld fans ended up in landfill in the UK in…
Captain Tom’s daughter admits pocketing £800k after her dad's death
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Captain Tom’s family yesterday confessed to taking money from the NHS fund-raising veteran – from the sale of his books.
Police issue CCTV appeal after passengers 'threatened' on board train
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Reading Time: < 1 minute A GANG of four yobs threatened a man and a woman with a metal walking stick and demanded they hand over their…
What happens if you don’t wash your water bottle often enough?
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Reusable water bottles are beneficial in so many ways. Read More