Israel’s war on Gaza is deliberately targeting children – new UN report

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A fresh round of Israeli airstrikes on Gaza which has killed more than 400 Palestinians has destroyed any hope that the ceasefire negotiated in January would hold. A statement from the child rights group Defence for...

A ‘golden age’ of global free trade is over. Smaller alliances can meet the moment

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The global trade landscape is shifting, and not in the way free traders had hoped. For decades, the belief that economic openness could foster peace and stability reigned supreme. Trade, it was argued, could transform...

Cutting welfare goes against Labour’s core values – that’s the point

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Its one thing to say the economy is not doing well and weve got a fiscal challenge … but cutting the benefits of the most vulnerable in our society who cant work, to pay for that, is not going to work. And its not a...

Emergency alerts and news notifications can make us stressed and anxious — here’s what you can do to cope

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When theres a disaster, its helpful to know whats going on and know whether youre truly at risk. But as essential as emergency alert systems are, they can leave many of us feeling anxious even when the alert may be a...

Ukraine deal: Europe has learned from the failed 2014 Minsk accords with Putin. Trump has not

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The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, has agreed to pause attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure for 30 days following a phone call with his American counterpart, Donald Trump. On social media, Trump said the call was...

Microplastics: are they poisoning crops and jeopardising food production?

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Microplastics are hindering photosynthesis, the process by which plants convert energy from the sun into the fruit and vegetables we eat. This threatens massive losses in crop and seafood production over the coming decades...

If we fully engage with how generative AI works, we can still create original art

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Even before the recent protest by a group of well-known musicians at the UK governments plans to allow AI companies to use copyright-protected work for training, disquiet around artists rights was already growing. In early...