16 m. ago Greenland wants to welcome new tourists. Just maybe not Trump

Greenland's tourism industry is expected to see a boom this year following the launch of a new route between the island’s capital and Newark airport

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39 m. ago Blair Kinghorn arrives to complete Lions set as Queensland Reds await

Scotland full-back earmarked for weekend matchUntested pairing of Gibson-Park and Russell face RedsTo say the last couple of days have been a blur for Blair Kinghorn is putting it mildly. As recently as the early hours of Sunday he was celebrating Toulouse’s Top 14 title success in Paris and doing interviews clad only in a pair of budgie smugglers. Now here he is wearing a British & Irish Lions tracksuit, squinting into the Australian sunshine and trying his hardest to focus on the next onrushing target.The Scotland full-back, the last originally-chosen squad member to arrive, will not be involved in the Lions’ midweek game against the Reds but is earmarked to feature against the Waratahs in Sydney on Saturday. All being well a potential slot in the Test XV could follow but even for a class act like Kinghorn it is going to take a lot of frantic paddling below the surface to get up to speed. Continue reading...

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40 m. ago Shattered Lands by Sam Dalrymple review – the many partitions of southern Asia

A deeply researched history that examines colonial and post-colonial faultlines, from Aden to MyanmarEarlier this summer, amid renewed tensions between India and Pakistan following a terrorist attack in Indian-administered Kashmir, Donald Trump remarked that the two countries had been fighting over Kashmir for “a thousand years”. It was a glib, ahistorical comment, and was widely ridiculed. Shattered Lands, Sam Dalrymple’s urgent and ambitious debut, offers a more comprehensive rebuttal. Far from being a region riven by ancient hatreds, the lands that comprise modern India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar – as well as parts of the Gulf – were divided up within living memory from an empire in retreat.“You can’t actually see the Great Wall of China from space,” Dalrymple begins, “but the border wall dividing India from Pakistan is unmistakable.” Stretching more than 3,000km and flanked by floodlights, thermal vision sensors and landmines, this is more a physical scar left by the hurr...

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40 m. ago AD FEATURE: The Salford academy bringing out 'the best in everyone'

Discover all the exciting opportunities Salford City Academy has to offer at its next open evening

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42 m. ago An ancient village ran out of water. So it moved and started over again

Climate change is quietly reshaping where people can live and work

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58 m. ago Cadillac F1 chief Graeme Lowdon drops 'experienced' hint over 2026 driver decision

Cadillac will join the Formula 1 grid in 2026 as the sport's 11th team, providing two extra race seats that the likes of Sergio Perez, Valtteri Bottas and Felipe Drugovich have been linked with filling

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63 m. ago Oldham's brand new feature set to make the town centre more 'welcoming'

The work at Snipe Garden is complete

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74 m. ago Thai prime minister suspended by constitutional court over leaked phone call

A caretaker government is expected to be appointed under a deputy prime minister

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78 m. ago Putin preparing for new operation in European territories, Zelensky warns

Volodymyr Zelensky has warned that Russia is “not looking for a way out of the war” and instead preparing to launch a new operation in Europe.

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84 m. ago At least 36 dead after chemical reactor explodes in drug factory in India

More than 100 people believed to be inside factory at time of explosion

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1 hour ago DWP confirms 'separate' PIP system for new and existing claims from next year

Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall clarified PIP eligibility rules for new and existing claimants from November 2026.

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2 h. ago Mounting public anger in China as writers of gay erotic fiction face prosecution: ‘Unreasonable and ignorant’

China’s censorship campaign turns to danmei, an online genre of same-sex love stories between men

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2 h. ago New images show how a corner of Prestwich village is being transformed

A new 301-space multi-storey car park is set to open by the end of July 2026

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2 h. ago Transfer news LIVE! Arsenal in Eze talks; Chelsea want Kudus; Man Utd launch Watkins move; Isak to Liverpool

Summer window ramping up with July underway

Sport

2 h. ago Mount Fuji enforces sweeping new rules including £20 fee for all four trails to tackle overtourism

All four trails now charge a uniform fee for the first time

Economics

2 h. ago Royal Family to get £132m funding boost despite making £1.1bn profit

The monarchy is set to receive £132 million in funding in 2026-27 for the second year in a row as Crown Estate net profits for the last financial year again hit £1.1 billion

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2 h. ago Bangladesh reels after rape of Hindu woman filmed and shared online

Public fury, protests, and legal demands follow viral video of gang-rape in Cumilla district

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3 h. ago Another Central Asian country bans face veils as Muslim women told to embrace ‘national style’

New law prohibits women in majority Muslim country from covering their faces in public

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3 h. ago Music critics say Oasis only made two good albums. Gen Z strongly disagree

New, younger fans of the Britpop legends are discovering their much-maligned latter-day catalogue without the context of the times. It’s time the band’s older, more cynical observers follow their lead, says Hamish MacBain

Culture

3 h. ago Jaws and effect: How Spielberg’s epic changed our relationship with sharks forever

As Steven Spielberg’s classic celebrates its 50th anniversary, Olivia Petter examines the impact its villainous 25-foot great white has had on shark conservation, and misconceptions around these so-called beasts of the sea

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