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Featuring an image of the Rosalia adorned with a white nun’s veil and a rosary, the artist's new album exudes “religiosity”, despite its sometimes explicit lyrics. It is also part of a wider trend across Spain: a “growing return to the Catholic faith”.
Rosalía and the rise of nunmania
It may just be a ‘seasonal spike’ but Spain is ‘enthralled’ with all things nun
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November 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Featuring an image of the Rosalia adorned with a white nun’s veil and a rosary, the artist's new album exudes “religiosity”, despite its sometimes explicit lyrics. It is also part of a wider trend across Spain: a “growing return to the Catholic faith”.
“This year’s shortlist was a strong one”, said Martin Chilton in The Independent. Each of the “experienced” authors tackled the “theme of identity” in one way or another – so what set Flesh apart?
Should David Szalay’s Flesh have won the Booker Prize?
The British-Hungarian author’s ‘hypnotic’ tale of masculinity, sex and power scooped this year’s literary award
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November 14, 2025 at 2:48 PM
“This year’s shortlist was a strong one”, said Martin Chilton in The Independent. Each of the “experienced” authors tackled the “theme of identity” in one way or another – so what set Flesh apart?
Speaking at an event for veterans of the Ukraine war last week, the Russian president said “there is nothing like” the Poseidon missile.
Vladimir Putin’s ‘nuclear tsunami’ missile
Russian president has boasted that there is no way to intercept the new weapon
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November 14, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Speaking at an event for veterans of the Ukraine war last week, the Russian president said “there is nothing like” the Poseidon missile.
There were 2.64 million animal tests in Britain in 2024, according to the Home Office. Some 488,255 animals were used in experiments that caused them “either moderate or severe pain and suffering”.
How the UK will eradicate animal testing
Ministers plan to replace vivisection with AI and other innovations
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November 14, 2025 at 10:12 AM
There were 2.64 million animal tests in Britain in 2024, according to the Home Office. Some 488,255 animals were used in experiments that caused them “either moderate or severe pain and suffering”.
The White House has been accused of discriminating against deaf Americans, after their decision to axe a Biden-era policy that used sign language interpreters during major events.
A free speech debate is raging over sign language at the White House
The administration has been accused of excluding deaf Americans from press briefings
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November 13, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The White House has been accused of discriminating against deaf Americans, after their decision to axe a Biden-era policy that used sign language interpreters during major events.
Snipers killed 225 people, including 60 children, during the four-year siege, Zilha Mastalic Kosuta, of the Institute for Researching Crimes Against Humanity and International Law at Sarajevo University, told DW in 2022. To date, not one sniper has been brought to justice.
Who were the ‘weekend snipers’ of Sarajevo?
Italian authorities launch investigation into allegations far-right gun enthusiasts paid to travel to Bosnian capital and shoot civilians ‘for fun’ during the four-year siege
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November 13, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Snipers killed 225 people, including 60 children, during the four-year siege, Zilha Mastalic Kosuta, of the Institute for Researching Crimes Against Humanity and International Law at Sarajevo University, told DW in 2022. To date, not one sniper has been brought to justice.
With no rain on the horizon, the president has warned that citizens might have to start rationing water. “If rationing doesn’t work,” said Masoud Pezeshkian, “we may have to evacuate Tehran.”
Iran’s great cities are about to run out of water
President warns that unless rationing eases water crisis, citizens may have to evacuate the capital
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November 12, 2025 at 2:37 PM
With no rain on the horizon, the president has warned that citizens might have to start rationing water. “If rationing doesn’t work,” said Masoud Pezeshkian, “we may have to evacuate Tehran.”
It happens to every president sooner or later: The moment when they are still in power but their influence wanes as politicians and voters look to the future.
Is Trump a lame duck president?
Republicans are considering a post-Trump future
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November 11, 2025 at 8:56 PM
It happens to every president sooner or later: The moment when they are still in power but their influence wanes as politicians and voters look to the future.
Pope Leo XIV and a few U.S. bishops have recently criticized President Donald Trump’s policies on immigration, with Leo's comments being his “strongest criticism of Trump yet,” said the BBC.
Is the Catholic Church taking on Trump?
Pope calls for ‘deep reflection’ on immigration
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November 10, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Pope Leo XIV and a few U.S. bishops have recently criticized President Donald Trump’s policies on immigration, with Leo's comments being his “strongest criticism of Trump yet,” said the BBC.
“My view is, if I don’t file a complaint, what will happen to other Mexican women?” Sheinbaum said at a news conference on Wednesday.
Mexico’s first female president was publicly groped
First female president vows action against sexual harassment after viral incident, but machismo and violence against women remain deeply ingrained
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November 10, 2025 at 2:10 PM
“My view is, if I don’t file a complaint, what will happen to other Mexican women?” Sheinbaum said at a news conference on Wednesday.
“The family has had to endure publicity – all of it bad – since the feud erupted”, with the dispute “likely to get worse” after a period of mourning, sources close to the family told The Times.
Gopichand Hinduja and the rift at the heart of UK's richest family
Following the death of the patriarch, the family’s ‘Succession-like’ feuds are ‘likely to get worse’
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November 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
“The family has had to endure publicity – all of it bad – since the feud erupted”, with the dispute “likely to get worse” after a period of mourning, sources close to the family told The Times.
The “unprecedented economic transformation” towards a greener global economy, is “now unmistakably under way, despite a global pandemic, war, Brexit and two Trump presidencies”, said Christiana Figueres, the former executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
The future of the Paris agreement
UN secretary general warns it is ‘inevitable’ the world will overshoot 1.5C target, but there is still time to change course
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November 10, 2025 at 12:04 PM
The “unprecedented economic transformation” towards a greener global economy, is “now unmistakably under way, despite a global pandemic, war, Brexit and two Trump presidencies”, said Christiana Figueres, the former executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
“Every year people ask what difference Cop will make, given the thousands of flights that come along with it,” said Sky News. But this year, “those questions have grown louder”, coming at a “particularly precarious time for climate action”.
Cop30: Will Trump’s snub derail UN climate summit?
No high-level US representatives will attend, and most nations failed to submit updated plans for cutting greenhouse gas emissions
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November 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM
“Every year people ask what difference Cop will make, given the thousands of flights that come along with it,” said Sky News. But this year, “those questions have grown louder”, coming at a “particularly precarious time for climate action”.
Named after X’s built-in AI factchecker, Grok, the origins of Grokipedia date back to the end of last year, when Musk told followers to “stop donating to Wokepedia”.
Grokipedia: Elon Musk’s Wikipedia ‘rip-off’
AI-powered online encyclopaedia seeks to tell a ‘new version of the truth’
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November 7, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Named after X’s built-in AI factchecker, Grok, the origins of Grokipedia date back to the end of last year, when Musk told followers to “stop donating to Wokepedia”.
If the findings are confirmed the implications are profound: it could “open an entirely new chapter” in the “quest” to “understand the past and future of the universe”, said Phys org.
‘The Big Crunch’: why science is divided over the future of the universe
New study upends the prevailing theory about dark matter and says it is weakening
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November 7, 2025 at 11:56 AM
If the findings are confirmed the implications are profound: it could “open an entirely new chapter” in the “quest” to “understand the past and future of the universe”, said Phys org.
“These are what I would call silent genocides – there are no TV crews, no journalists. But they are happening, and they’re happening now,” said Fiona Watson, Survival’s research and advocacy director.
The world’s uncontacted peoples under threat
Indigenous groups face ‘silent genocide’ from growing contact with miners, missionaries and influencers
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November 6, 2025 at 12:24 PM
“These are what I would call silent genocides – there are no TV crews, no journalists. But they are happening, and they’re happening now,” said Fiona Watson, Survival’s research and advocacy director.
Democrats won every major election yesterday, sweeping the races to lead Virginia, New Jersey and New York City. theweek.com
📸: Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images
📸: Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Democrats won every major election yesterday, sweeping the races to lead Virginia, New Jersey and New York City. theweek.com
📸: Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images
📸: Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images
The next leader of the Netherlands will be breaking barriers in several ways: Rob Jetten, the head of the center-left Democrats 66 party, is virtually certain to become the country’s next prime minister.
Rob Jetten: the centrist millennial set to be the Netherlands’ next prime minister
Jetten will also be the country’s first gay leader
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November 4, 2025 at 9:21 PM
The next leader of the Netherlands will be breaking barriers in several ways: Rob Jetten, the head of the center-left Democrats 66 party, is virtually certain to become the country’s next prime minister.
Europol recently estimated that up to 100 tonnes of juvenile eels are smuggled from Europe each year, generating €2.5–3 billion in peak years. That makes eel trafficking one of the world’s most lucrative wildlife crimes.
Eel-egal trade: the world’s most lucrative wildlife crime?
Trafficking of juvenile ‘glass’ eels from Europe to Asia generates up to €3bn a year but the species is on the brink of extinction
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November 4, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Europol recently estimated that up to 100 tonnes of juvenile eels are smuggled from Europe each year, generating €2.5–3 billion in peak years. That makes eel trafficking one of the world’s most lucrative wildlife crimes.
Harmanpreet Kaur’s team beat South Africa by 52 runs in yesterday’s final, in front of a deafening 45,000-strong crowd in Navi Mumbai – ending Australia’s decade-long dominance in the sport.
What India’s World Cup win means for women’s cricket
The landmark victory could change women’s cricket ‘as we know it’
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November 3, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Harmanpreet Kaur’s team beat South Africa by 52 runs in yesterday’s final, in front of a deafening 45,000-strong crowd in Navi Mumbai – ending Australia’s decade-long dominance in the sport.
Catherine Connolly won Friday’s election by a landslide with 63.4% of the vote.
Ireland just got a new, socialist president
Landslide victory of former barrister and ‘outsider’ Catherine Connolly could ‘mark a turning point’ in anti-establishment politics
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November 3, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Catherine Connolly won Friday’s election by a landslide with 63.4% of the vote.
The study, due to be published in November in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, delves into the gender divide plaguing exclamation marks – the current “battleground” in the world of punctuation.
To the point: the gender divide over exclamation marks
‘Men harbouring urges to be more exclamative’ can finally take a breath – this is what using the punctuation really conveys
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October 31, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The study, due to be published in November in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, delves into the gender divide plaguing exclamation marks – the current “battleground” in the world of punctuation.
Since deepfakes first emerged in 2017 as “incel-produced nonconsensual porn”, concerns have “snowballed into panic” when their political consequences became apparent, said The Guardian.
Believe it when AI see it: is this a deepfake turning point in politics?
AI ‘slopaganda’ hits elections in Ireland and Netherlands and exposes ‘significant gaps’ in security measures
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October 31, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Since deepfakes first emerged in 2017 as “incel-produced nonconsensual porn”, concerns have “snowballed into panic” when their political consequences became apparent, said The Guardian.
For progressives stumped by the dominance of the far right, the rise of Polanski in the UK and Mamdani in the US offers an alternative to “doom-loop politics” and “a paradigm shift that places people before profit”.
Zack Polanski, Zohran Mamdani and the end of ‘doom-loop politics’
Do new figures on the left herald a brighter future for political discourse?
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October 31, 2025 at 2:37 PM
For progressives stumped by the dominance of the far right, the rise of Polanski in the UK and Mamdani in the US offers an alternative to “doom-loop politics” and “a paradigm shift that places people before profit”.
Do you have a dark sense of humor?
If so, you might get a kick out of these movies. From "Bad Santa" to "The Banshees of Inisherin," here are some of the best dark comedies to watch.
If so, you might get a kick out of these movies. From "Bad Santa" to "The Banshees of Inisherin," here are some of the best dark comedies to watch.
The 8 best dark comedies of the 21st century
From Santa Claus to suicide terrorism, these movies skewered big, taboo subjects
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October 30, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Do you have a dark sense of humor?
If so, you might get a kick out of these movies. From "Bad Santa" to "The Banshees of Inisherin," here are some of the best dark comedies to watch.
If so, you might get a kick out of these movies. From "Bad Santa" to "The Banshees of Inisherin," here are some of the best dark comedies to watch.