Aaron Drapkin
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China dismisses anger at ‘huge Wuhan pool party’
Speed Read Images should lead critics to ‘reflect on epidemic control in their own countries’, state media say
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle pitch mystery project idea to Hollywood
Speed Read The Sussex royals have been shopping their concept around tinseltown since June
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Cycling revolution: ‘demand for bikes has gone ballistic’
Speed Read Brompton to launch bike rental subscription service after lockdown surge
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Bid to resurrect extinct Sumatran rhino using stem cells
Speed Read Scientists aim to create embryos to implant into a ‘closely related species’
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Flu now killing five times more people than Covid-19
Speed Read Influenza deaths overtook those caused by coronavirus in mid-June, UK figures show
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Deutsche Bank handed Donald Trump’s financial records to New York investigators
Speed Read German financial giant was subpoenaed by prosecutors building case against the US president
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135,000 jobs in Britain facing the axe amid ‘economic armageddon’
Speed Read Retail sector expected to see at least 22,500 jobs disappear
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Four things we learned from US Congress grilling of the Silicon Valley tech titans
Speed Read Previously unseen internal documents and emails granted Congress new licence to probe
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Mystery of where Stonehenge stones came from finally solved
Speed Read But how the builders moved the huge stone megaliths to the Salisbury site remains a mystery
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Boris Johnson accused of repeatedly citing ‘inaccurate’ child poverty figures
Speed Read End Child Poverty Coalition says the PM’s comments were ‘deeply insulting’
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Yorkshire museum calls on curators to enter battle of the sculpted bums
Speed Read The competition has been welcomed by visitors unable to ‘ogle the buns’ in person
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Chinese consulate closed by Trump ‘was hotbed of spying’
Speed Read Former CIA station chief says the move marks the beginning of a 21st-century cold war
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Six-a-year anti-HIV injection ‘more effective’ than daily pill
Speed Read Researchers say long-acting new preventative drug is ‘game changer’ in fight against Aids
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Dominic Cummings touring top military sites ahead of security overhaul
Speed Read PM’s most senior aide to play central role in review of UK’s foreign policy, defence and security
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Revealed: the areas that may face local Covid lockdowns ‘within days’
In Depth Health experts expect ‘a number of Leicesters’ across the UK
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At least 10,000 UK workers axed in two days as clock ticks down on Covid jobs scheme
Speed Read Many thousands of further redundancies are expected
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Israel delays controversial West Bank annexation
Speed Read PM Benjamin Netanyahu misses target date for starting much-criticised separation process
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Plane crashed ‘as distracted pilots discussed Covid fears’
Speed Read Preliminary report says ‘human error’ to blame for crash in Pakistan that claimed 98 lives
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Who are the two candidates vying to become Liberal Democrat leader?
Speed Read Voting kicks off in July and the result will be announced in late August
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Coronavirus: what has it cost to house the homeless during the pandemic?
Speed Read Charities call for urgent government action to prevent rough sleepers being forced back onto streets
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EU accuses Russia and China of coronavirus ‘disinformation campaigns’
In Depth Allegation marks first time Brussels has pointed finger at Beijing
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Russia battles to clean up ‘worst ever’ oil spill in Arctic
Speed Read State of emergency declared following leakage of more than 21,000 tons of diesel in Siberia
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‘Irresistins’: have scientists discovered a drug that defeats superbugs?
Speed Read Breakthrough dubbed the ‘holy grail’ of antibiotics research
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Autopsy report reveals George Floyd had coronavirus
Speed Read Covid-19 listed under ‘other significant conditions’ but unrelated to the cause of death
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