Saudi Arabia has banned 40 camels from a beauty pageant after it emerged that they received botox injections and facelifts. Declaring war on cosmetically enhanced camels at the King Abdulaziz Camel Festival, Saudi authorities also ejected breeders who used muscle-boosting hormones and inflated camel body parts. The pageant’s organisers said they will “impose strict penalties on manipulators”. Camels compete each year for a $66m (£50m) prize pot and the title of Miss Camel.
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Female priests adopt M&S jumpers as ‘uniform’
Female priests are adopting a £20 festive M&S jumper as an unofficial uniform, according to The Telegraph. The black jumper, emblazoned with the word “believe” in bold colours, has been bought by several female priests, who use the hashtag “TeamBelieve” on social media when sharing photographs of them wearing it. Reverend Claire Jones, a curate in Bodmin, Cornwall, is collating a photo montage of more than 200 clergy wearing the high-street jumpers.
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Greenland’s capital becomes ground zero for the country’s diplomatic straitsIN THE SPOTLIGHT A flurry of new consular activity in Nuuk shows how important Greenland has become to Europeans’ anxiety about American imperialism
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‘This is something that happens all too often’Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
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Iran and US prepare to meet after skirmishesSpeed Read The incident comes amid heightened tensions in the Middle East
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Israel retrieves final hostage’s body from GazaSpeed Read The 24-year-old police officer was killed during the initial Hamas attack
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China’s Xi targets top general in growing purgeSpeed Read Zhang Youxia is being investigated over ‘grave violations’ of the law
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Panama and Canada are negotiating over a crucial copper mineIn the Spotlight Panama is set to make a final decision on the mine this summer
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Why Greenland’s natural resources are nearly impossible to mineThe Explainer The country’s natural landscape makes the task extremely difficult
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Iran cuts internet as protests escalateSpeed Reada Government buildings across the country have been set on fire
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US nabs ‘shadow’ tanker claimed by RussiaSpeed Read The ship was one of two vessels seized by the US military
