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Nord Stream gas pipe explosions were sabotage, say investigators

18 November 2022

A Swedish Security Service investigation has found traces of explosives at a location where mysterious leaks appeared in pipelines from Russia to Europe in September


Stadium 974 (Rass Abou Aboud) ahead of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar

Brazil picked as 2022 World Cup winners by Alan Turing Institute model

18 November 2022

A prediction model that anyone can try has given Brazil a 25 per cent chance of winning the men's football World Cup – but the results are sobering reading for many other nations


UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 24: A couple arrives to vote the Anthem Center in Henderson, Nev., during early voting in Nevada on Monday, October 24, 2022. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

What US midterm elections mean for climate policy and public health

4 November 2022

The outcome of state and national elections on 8 November will shape the next two years of policy on climate change, abortion and covid-19


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Brazil election: Lula win hailed as victory for the Amazon

31 October 2022

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who campaigned to protect the rainforest, narrowly beat Jair Bolsonaro in the Brazilian presidential election


US pardons people convicted for marijuana possession under federal law

US pardons people convicted for marijuana possession under federal law

6 October 2022

US president Joe Biden announced a pardon for thousands of people convicted for possession of marijuana under federal law


The Pope’s AI adviser on ensuring algorithms respect human dignity

The Pope’s AI adviser on ensuring algorithms respect human dignity

5 September 2022

Franciscan monk Paolo Benanti is the brains behind the Rome Call, a pact aimed at making sure artificial intelligence is developed with ethics in mind. He tells us why religions should be part of that conversation.


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Activist groups are making it harder to access abortions in the UK

23 August 2022

Doctors in the UK say that attempts to restrict access to abortion services are an unacceptable barrier to healthcare


A serviceman with a Russian flag on his uniform stands guard near the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in the course of Ukraine-Russia conflict outside the Russian-controlled city of Enerhodar in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine August 4, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko - RC2LPV9MUYER

Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant 'not designed to withstand fighting'

16 August 2022

A scientist in Ukraine warns that the reactor at Europe’s largest nuclear power station is designed to protect against some threats, but not shelling


An information label is seen on packaging for a CO2 cylinder for a fizzy drinks machine in Manchester, Britain, September 20, 2021. REUTERS/Phil Noble - RC2JTP9BULMB

US CO2 shortage worsened by contaminated gas from an extinct volcano

11 August 2022

An extinct volcano’s underground reservoir in Mississippi has supplied CO2 to US beverage makers and food processing companies for decades. But natural contamination has exacerbated an ongoing CO2 shortage


2EMC9HJ The Facebook app is seen on an Apple iPhone X in this photo illustration on January 31, 2019. (Photo by Jaap Arriens / Sipa USA)

Having rich childhood friends is linked to a higher salary as an adult

1 August 2022

A study of Facebook friend networks has shown that people from low-income households are more likely to grow up to make a higher salary if they had wealthier friends as children


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