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‘Like you’re in a horror movie’: pollution leaves New Zealand wetlands irreversibly damaged | New Zealand

As David Klee nosed his boat out into the channels of Whangamarino, he saw the birds were dying. Hundreds were already dead, floating, the...

Judge reportedly orders Trump aides to testify in January 6 special counsel investigation – live | US politics

Meadows and former Trump aides ordered to testify in Jan 6 investigation – reportA federal judge has ordered Mark Meadows and other former top...

The NHS can prescribe medical cannabis. So why are desperate patients being forced to go private? | Kojo Koram

In the midst of a healthcare crisis, the health secretary, Steve Barclay, has declared that “innovation is crucial to solving the challenges facing the...

Russian forces preparing for Ukrainian counteroffensive, says Medvedev | Russia

The Russian former president Dmitry Medvedev said Moscow was preparing for a Ukrainian counteroffensive, as Kyiv claimed Russian forces were “running out of steam”.“They...

Harry Kane reels in Rooney for England goals record like a hunter with its prey | Harry Kane

It is one of Harry Kane’s most treasured possessions: the shirt he wore for his England debut. The European Championship qualifier against Lithuania at...

Plan to test for dioxins near Ohio train derailment site is flawed, experts say | Ohio train derailment

A plan to test for toxic dioxins near the site of a February train wreck in East Palestine, Ohio, is flawed and unlikely to...

Why Macron’s pension plans have stoked so much anger in France | France

Since Emmanuel Macron forced through his plans to raise the pension age in France last week, public dismay over the change to a fiercely...

Dmitry Buriak: exclusive NFT “STARRY NIGHT” will be released in 3D and augmented reality

One of the world's most famous paintings, Starry Night, is released as an NFT on  March 26  on ElmonX. London, United Kingdom,  March 23, 2023. ElmonX, formerly Vtail, has...

Bank of England chief warns of further interest rate hikes if firms raise prices – business live | Business

Introduction: Bank of England chief warns of further rate hikes if firms raise pricesGood morning, and welcome to our rolling coverage of business, the...

The Power to Rabbit Hole: the seven best shows to stream this week | Television & radio

Pick of the weekThe PowerImagine a world in which men are physically afraid of women? It might be an understandable revenge fantasy but this...

Russia-Ukraine war live: Bakhmut counteroffensive starts soon, says Ukrainian ground forces commander | Russia

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureCredit Suisse AG and UBS group AG are under scrutiny in a US...

‘City killer’ asteroid to pass harmlessly between Earth and moon | Asteroids

An asteroid big enough to wipe out a city will pass harmlessly between Earth and the moon’s orbit this weekend, missing both, while providing...

TikTok CEO grilled for over five hours on China, drugs and teen mental health | TikTok

The chief executive of TikTok, Shou Zi Chew, was forced to defend his company’s relationship with China, as well as the protections for its...

‘A dream becomes reality’: Harry Kane’s pride at breaking England goals record | Harry Kane

Harry Kane said his dream had come true after the striker became his country’s record goalscorer and helped England make a flying start to...

Teenager stabbed to death in Northampton named as police appeal for information | UK news

A teenager stabbed to death in Northampton on Wednesday afternoon has been named by police as Rohan Shand.Rohan, known as Fred by friends and...

Italy v England: Euro 2024 qualifying – live | Euro 2024 qualifying

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this feature26 min: Now Maguire takes an age over a restart, and the referee...

WRU chair Ieuan Evans prepares for pivotal vote on Welsh rugby’s future | Rugby union

It is no exaggeration to say the entire future of Welsh rugby is at stake in Port Talbot this Sunday morning. “You sense it...

Melanie McFadyean obituary | Newspapers & magazines

The outstanding characteristic of the journalist, writer, and lecturer Melanie McFadyean, who has died of cancer aged 72, was fearlessness. To this was added...

The chaotic chain of events that led to England appointing a good manager | Football

MR ROY, MR RAY, AND THE LAW OF UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCESWe’re three and a half days into International Week, and Football Daily has yet to...

Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers review – treasure trove of the overlooked | Classical music

Twenty-one composers, with dates of birth ranging from 1764 to 1893, are represented in this always fascinating and sometimes revelatory collection of more than...

Dredge review – horrors lurk in the deep in this eldritch fishing game | Games

Heading out as the sun rises in a battered old fishing boat, everything seems peaceful. The vessel can’t go far, but there are mackerel...

Covid struck and Britain locked down. Here’s what we learned from that – and what we must do next time | Devi Sridhar

Three years to the day from when Britain went into formal lockdown, it’s worth reflecting on the historical moment we all lived through: a...

Soccer AM was not just laddish banter – it changed my life and gave soul to Saturdays | Football

My first vivid memory of Soccer AM was in a hungover stupor sprawled across a sofa at a mate’s student house in Birmingham in...

Dmitry Buriak: SONY filed a patent for cross-platform NFT

This is a big game from Sony that will allow NFTs to be transferred to different games and consoles. It's no secret that Sony Interactive...

Tech guru Jaron Lanier: ‘The danger isn’t that AI destroys us. It’s that it drives us insane’ | Jaron Lanier

Jaron Lanier, the godfather of virtual reality and the sage of all things web, is nicknamed the Dismal Optimist. And there has never been...

Tories fear if Johnson is suspended over Partygate then Uxbridge could be lost in byelection – UK politics live | Politics

Key eventsAlbanian PM attacks 'disgraceful' way migrants from his country singled out by Suella BravermanThe Albanian prime minister Edi Rama has described the way...

Scrapping the Met isn’t enough. There are radical – and proven – alternatives | Owen Jones

The Metropolitan police cannot be reformed: it must be given its final rites and buried for good. I made this argument in the first...

Bank of England expected to raise interest rates after Fed hike – business live | Business

Key eventsBritain’s biggest banks under pressure to pass on higher interest rates to saversRichard PartingtonBritain’s biggest banks are under pressure to pass on higher...

TV tonight: Taiwan’s battle with China to hold on to independence | Television

Inside Taiwan: Standing Up to China9pm, BBC TwoJane Corbin’s densely packed documentary investigates the precarious situation in Taiwan. President Xi Jinping’s government is accused...

Artist of the voting world: Albania’s PM Edi Rama mixes paint with politics | Albania

When Albania’s leader Edi Rama doodles in his prime ministerial office, he is consumed by what he calls his artistic spirit. The act of...

Chinese startup invents long-distance kissing machine | China

A Chinese start-up has invented a long-distance kissing machine that transmits users’ kiss data collected through motion sensors hidden in silicon lips, which simultaneously...

California storm siege leaves five dead amid reports of tornadoes in some areas | California

The start of spring offered little reprieve for California as another atmospheric river doused the saturated state with more rain and snow. Five deaths...

England can harness pain of setbacks to overcome Italy, insists Gareth Southgate | England

Gareth Southgate has called on his England players to harness the pain of the recent past to inspire a triumphant future, as he prepared...

Police search for student suspect after two adults shot at Denver high school | Denver

A 17-year-old student shot and wounded two school administrators at a Denver high school on Wednesday morning, after a handgun was found during a...

Tyson Fury unification fight with Oleksandr Usyk off as negotiations end | Boxing

Tyson Fury’s world heavyweight title unification fight with Oleksandr Usyk is off after it emerged talks between the camps of the rival champions had...

UN warns of ‘draining humanity’s lifeblood’ amid worsening water scarcity | United Nations

The United Nations opened its first water conference in almost half a century in New York on Wednesday, with a plea for countries to...

Tottenham’s Pedro Porro: ‘Tim Sherwood won’t be the first to have had to shut his mouth’ | Tottenham Hotspur

So this is awkward. It’s a beautiful day at Las Rozas, 25km north-west of Madrid, and Pedro Porro is sitting in the sunshine, happy...

Boris Johnson facing formal reprimand for misleading parliament | Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson faces being formally reprimanded for recklessly misleading parliament after MPs investigating the Partygate scandal denounced his “flimsy” explanations and suggested he had...

Lyon v Chelsea: Women’s Champions League quarter-final – live | Women’s Champions League

Key eventsShow key events onlyPlease turn on JavaScript to use this featureEve Perisset of Chelsea, with her accreditation lanyard prominently positioned, takes a look...

Decline of more than 500 species of marine life in Australian reefs ‘the tip of the iceberg’, study finds | Marine life

More than 500 common species of fish, seaweed, coral and invertebrates that live on reefs around Australia have declined in the past decade, a...

An anti-portrait of an opera-goer – Bill Henson’s best photograph | Art and design

Many years ago I had a wonderful art dealer in Paris. At some point in the late 80s, the Garnier Opéra and Opéra Comique...

‘It’s half of what was shot at us’: Kharkiv’s Russian missile cemetery | Ukraine

During the first few months of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the cruise missiles fired by Moscow at its neighbour remained embedded for days...

Fresh allegations made of sexual abuse at gymnastics club in Poole | Gymnastics

Gymnasts for Change says it is supporting a number of new complainants who have alleged abuse at the former Olga gymnastics club in Poole...

How to make Glamorgan sausages – recipe | Sausages

The historic Welsh county of Glamorgan has long been famous for its sausages – and not just the cheesy ones. Described by one Victorian...

‘Money is a constant worry and it’s infecting everything’: one family’s experience of the soaring UK cost of living | UK cost of living...

“Money is just a constant worry and I feel like it’s infecting everything,” says Jess Daly of the impact rising living costs are having...

Kostiantyn Kryvopust: the outflow of bitcoins increased to 95 million dollars

Outflows from bitcoin (BTC)-backed investment funds surged last week, despite a significant rise in the cryptocurrency's spot price. According to a new  report  from CoinShares, outflows from...