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Terror on wheels: the history of vehicle-ramming attacks
The Explainer Cars and lorries have now become 'the jihadist's weapon of choice' but they've been a mass-killing weapon for years
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The biggest sporting events of 2025
The Explainer Women's Rugby World Cup and African Cup of Nations are among sporting highlights this coming year
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What will happen in 2025? Predictions and events
The Explainer The new year could bring further chaos in the Middle East and an intensifying AI arms race – all under the shadow of a second Donald Trump presidency
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The men who could succeed Vladimir Putin
The Explainer His reign can't last forever. Who are the leading alternatives?
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Five medical breakthroughs of 2024
The Explainer The year's new discoveries for health conditions that affect millions
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Panama Canal politics – and what Trump's threats mean
The Explainer The contentious history, and troublesome present, of Central America's vital shipping lane
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Are pig-organ transplants becoming a reality?
The Explainer US woman has gene-edited pig-kidney transplant, and scientists hope experimental surgery could save thousands of lives
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MH370 timeline: Malaysia agrees to new search for missing flight
The Explainer Marine robotics firm will comb new areas in a 'no win, no fee' deal
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What are the rules about homeschooling – and how are they changing?
The Explainer Additional safeguards planned for the most vulnerable children, prompted by the killing of Sara Sharif
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Inside the house of Assad
The Explainer Bashar al-Assad and his father, Hafez, ruled Syria for more than half a century but how did one family achieve and maintain power?
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Simulation theory: are we all living in The Matrix?
The Explainer Elon Musk is among many fascinated by the idea that our 'reality' is actually an advanced super-computer simulation
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The real story behind the Stanford Prison Experiment
The Explainer 'Everything you think you know is wrong' about Philip Zimbardo's infamous prison simulation
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Why ghost guns are so easy to make — and so dangerous
The Explainer Untraceable, DIY firearms are a growing public health and safety hazard
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Assad's fall upends the Captagon drug empire
Multi-billion-dollar drug network sustained former Syrian regime
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The key financial dates to prepare for in 2025
The Explainer Discover the main money milestones that may affect you in the new year
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