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Construction workers building a basketball court next to the Hope hostel in Kigali. Photograph: Victoria Jones/PA

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Rwanda making preparations to take children removed from UK

Hostel in Kigali building football pitches and providing outdoor toys for any children flown to the country

By Editor

June 24, 2022June 24, 2022

The health secretary, Sajid Javid, said there were no blasphemy laws in the UK and that would be ‘a dangerous road to go down’. Photograph: Andy Rain/EPA

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Sajid Javid attacks ‘cancel culture’ as UK cinemas pull ‘blasphemous’ film

Cineworld cancelled screenings of The Lady of Heaven ‘to ensure safety of staff’

By Editor

June 9, 2022June 9, 2022

Twenty-four of the universities listed are in North America, and include Yale, Harvard and MIT. Photograph: Elise Amendola/AP

The UK has a new open-door immigration policy – as long as you went to Harvard

Britain’s new visa scheme for ‘high potential individuals’ is yet another reminder that borders only exist for the poor

By Editor

June 8, 2022September 5, 2022

Features

Chickens were first tempted down from trees by rice, research suggests

Close human contact only started about 3,500 years ago and birds were initially venerated, find archaeologists

By Editor

June 7, 2022September 5, 2022

Dr Susan Hopkins said community transmission in the UK was ‘largely centred in urban areas and we are predominantly seeing it in individuals who self-identify as gay or bisexual’. Photograph: Jeff Overs/PA

UK to announce more monkeypox cases as efforts ramp up to contain outbreak

Close contacts of those infected with rare disease offered vaccines and told to isolate for up to 21 days

By Editor

May 22, 2022September 28, 2022

World

Temperatures in parts of Spain reach highest on record for May

‘Extraordinarily hot’ in central and southern areas, say meteorologists, with forecast of 40C in Andalucía

By Editor

May 21, 2022September 28, 2022

Features

Turmoil and panic in crypto market as ‘stablecoin’ slump prompts wider collapse

The near-total crash of terra has fuelled real panic that the crypto sector may face existential problems

By Editor

May 12, 2022September 27, 2022

World

NFT scams, toxic ‘mines’ and lost life savings: the cryptocurrency dream is fading fast

It was supposed to be a financial revolution. Instead, crypto has become an environmentally disastrous gift to con artists

By Editor

May 12, 2022June 7, 2022

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Rwanda making preparations to take children removed from UK

Sajid Javid attacks ‘cancel culture’ as UK cinemas pull ‘blasphemous’ film

The UK has a new open-door immigration policy – as long as you went to Harvard

Chickens were first tempted down from trees by rice, research suggests

UK to announce more monkeypox cases as efforts ramp up to contain outbreak

Temperatures in parts of Spain reach highest on record for May

Turmoil and panic in crypto market as ‘stablecoin’ slump prompts wider collapse

NFT scams, toxic ‘mines’ and lost life savings: the cryptocurrency dream is fading fast

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