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A new framework reveals the stages of women’s heart healthThe Explainer Doctors now have guidance for earlier intervention in girls’ and women’s cardiovascular health
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Autumn Budget 2026: what the fiscal update means for your financesThe Explainer From savings to energy bills, the announcement will have a direct impact on millions
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The ‘King Charles is Muslim’ conspiracy theoryThe Explainer Claims the monarch secretly converted to Islam and intends to dismantle Britain’s Christian identity have circulated for years
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Northeast Spain becomes a hotbed for US tech giantsThe Explainer The region of Aragon is now home to some of the largest tech conglomerates
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Talking Points
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Why the Bayeux Tapestry is one in the eye for commonersTalking Point Tech billionaires and art critics can take their time enjoying the 11th-century relic in London. But the public must hurry along
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Can Manchester United stop the rot?Talking Point From serial champions to ‘rotten institution’, the club’s priority now should be ‘to think big again, and invest big’
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The two-week half-term dilemmaTalking Point More schools are offering a longer break, forcing parents to take unpaid leave or pay for more childcare
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Under the Radar
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Scientists have deployed an AI-designed virusUnder the radar It could fight off a deadly bacterial infection
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Is Bougainville about to be the world’s newest nation?
Under the Radar Resource-rich islands push for ratification of their vote for independence from Papua New Guinea
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How extreme weather survivors are working for a better futureUnder The Radar ‘Emotion’ and ‘humanity’ are turning tears into power
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Speed Reads
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Macklemore launching ‘Free Palestine’ concert tourSpeed Read It comes less than two weeks after the rapper was dropped by Ed Sheeran’s tour
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Trump administration runs taxpayer-funded ‘love me’ adSpeed Read Democratic lawmakers have demanded more details about the ad
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Trump hosts Xi for lavish visit with few public gainsSpeed Read The two leaders have “never gotten along better,” Trump claimed
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China reportedly holds F-35 parts diverted to Hong KongSpeed Read The parts were “inexplicably diverted” to the city, Bloomberg reported
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