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The Guardian UK 2d ago

Britain must do more to safeguard migrant workers’ rights | Letter

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The Guardian UK 2d ago

Stonehenge's altar stone probably wasn't transported by a glacier

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New Scientist 6d ago

Pubs' rights to avoid demolition 'extended to other cherished community buildings'

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Daily Mirror 22h ago

UK tribunal orders truant employer to pay Kerala man Rs 38.4L for not giving a day's work

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Times of India 8d ago

Argentina’s ‘Madman’: Inside the world of Javier Milei

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Al Jazeera 4d ago

Shackled, bleeding, raped: Palestinians describe abuse in Israel’s prisons

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Al Jazeera 1d ago

Breaking: NDAs to be waived for landmark military sexual violence inquiry

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ABC Australia 8d ago

From first lady to president? Inside the rise of Peru’s Keiko Fujimori

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Al Jazeera 3d ago

Rs 30k for 3rd kid, Rs 40k for 4th: When childbirth becomes number game, it is women who suffer

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Times of India 7d ago