While some in Russia believe Ukraine is standing in the way of peace, other analysts say Putin has maximalist ambitions.

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The long read: As GenAI becomes the primary way to find information, local and traditional wisdom is being lost. And we are only beginning to realise what we’re missing

Dog racing, once a form of public entertainment more popular than the cinema in Britain, is now on its last legs

Satellite images and verified videos paint a harrowing picture of door-to-door mass killings in the Darfur region of war-torn Sudan.

Wartorn Ukraine is becoming a testing ground for high-tech weaponry making its way into the hands of powerful gangs

Paramilitary Rapid Support Forces collecting bodies after deadly takeover of North Darfur capital, US researcher says.

In Singapore and Hong Kong, governments are cracking down hard on vapes containing etomidate; but will more prohibition stop them?

The police operation targeting a criminal gang in a densely-populated area of Rio is the deadliest in the city.

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The Singaporean government hanged Pannir Selvam this month, the 11th convict to be executed in 2025 for nonviolent narcotics violations.

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A new podcast tells the story of Mags Haney, the Stirling drug dealer who may have been a police informant.

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Exclusive: One option could be to leave treaty that allows legal claims against projects such as Heathrow expansion Keir Starmer has tasked a Conservative peer with writing a new planning bill to remove the ability for environmental groups to delay projects such as Heathrow’s third runway with judicial reviews. The Guardian understands that leaving the Aarhus convention is being discussed as an option. This is an international treaty signed up to by the EU and other countries in Europe, which protects the right for campaigners to bring legal claims against large infrastructure projects such as waste plants, nuclear power stations and motorways. Continue reading...