17 h. ago North Korea holds national dog meat cooking competition with contestants from across the country

North Korea has held a national dog meat cooking competition in Pyongyang this week, state media revealed, with around 200 chefs from across the country.

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33 h. ago Can a common denominator unite warring contestant nations at the International Mathematics Olympiad?

Determination by IMO organisers to remain apolitical divides participating countries amid wars in Ukraine and GazaGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA resounding cheer erupted when on Monday three Palestinian teenagers shuffled on to the stage of a convention centre tucked away behind the golden beaches of Australia’s Sunshine Coast.All of them from the West Bank, they were only half of a team able to attend the International Mathematics Olympiad, a gathering of the world’s brightest young mathematical minds, where medals can offer tickets to any university in the world and launch brilliant careers.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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45 h. ago Man United handed Bryan Mbuemo transfer warning after new bid

Manchester United are continuing their long pursuit of their top transfer target

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45 h. ago Man United handed Bryan Mbeumo transfer warning after new bid

Manchester United are continuing their long pursuit of their top transfer target

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4 d. ago Sky warns illegal 'firestick' streamers they face being cut off after raids on homes and data centre

Detectives from the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit executed search warrants in the early hours as Sky pledges to smash the streamers

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8 d. ago Unite could move to disaffiliate from Labour in future, union boss warns

Unite members have to see that the fee to affiliate with Labour is ‘worth something’, Sharon Graham told the BBC.

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8 d. ago Labour goes to war with Unite: Union accused of 'silly stunts' after suspending Angela Rayner for failing to back striking bin workers 'causing misery' in Birmingham

The party accused Unite of engaging in 'silly stunts' after its annual conference voted to suspend the membership of the Deputy Prime Minister, who said the walk-out was causing 'misery' and should end.

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9 d. ago Thirty years ago we said never again, Srebrenica. How much longer before we declare: never again, Gaza? | Ed Husic

When it comes to the horrors of genocide we say these words with an ironic frequency. How do we short-circuit the re-run of this pitiful, shameful cycle?Today will be a hard day for Sydneysider Mirela Muratovic, a survivor of the only recognised genocide in Europe since the end of the second world war: Srebrenica.During the 1990s Bosnian war Srebrenica was designated a United Nations-protected “safe area” – a label that came to mean nothing. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Rio Ferdinand warns Man United left with one choice over Bryan Mbeumo transfer pursuit

Rio Ferdinand says Manchester United should find a way to get a deal over the line with Brentford in their quest to sign Bryan Mbeumo

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9 d. ago Tighter borders and aid cuts could risk greater instability, UN migration chief warns

The head of the United Nations’ migration agency has warned that tightening borders while cutting development aid could further worsen instability in crisis-hit countries

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1 week ago Rio Ferdinand fires Bryan Mbeumo transfer warning at Manchester United

Man United are still locked in negotiations with Brentford to sign star attacker Bryan Mbeumo

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1 week ago Rio Ferdinand warns Man Utd Bryan Mbeumo saga could leave them with ‘egg on their face’

Rio Ferdinand has warned Manchester United that they risk embarrassment should they be unable to secure Bryan Mbeumo's signature this summer, given how tirelessly they have worked to sign him

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1 week ago Rio Ferdinand's urgent message for Man United over Bryan Mbeumo transfer saga

Rio Ferdinand has warned that Manchester United must work to secure a deal for Bryan Mbeumo, given that the star has announced that Old Trafford is the only destination he is interested in this summer

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1 week ago US issues sanctions against UN official investigating abuses in Gaza

Trump administration targets Francesca Albanese, a special rapporteur, in latest action against critics of Israel’s warThe Trump administration announced on Wednesday it was issuing sanctions against an independent official tasked with investigating human rights abuses in the Palestinian territories, the latest effort by the United States to punish critics of Israel’s 21-month war in Gaza.The state department’s decision to sanction Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur for the West Bank and Gaza, comes after a recent US pressure campaign to force the international body to remove her from her post failed. Continue reading...

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1 week ago US issues sanctions against Francesca Albanese, UN official investigating abuses in Gaza

Trump administration targets special rapporteur for the West Bank and Gaza, in latest action against critics of Israel’s warThe Trump administration announced on Wednesday it was issuing sanctions against an independent official tasked with investigating human rights abuses in the Palestinian territories, the latest effort by the United States to punish critics of Israel’s 21-month war in Gaza.The state department’s decision to sanction Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur for the West Bank and Gaza, comes after a recent US pressure campaign to force the international body to remove her from her post failed. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Macron and wife Brigitte put on a united front at grave of the Unknown Warrior

The French President walked arm in arm with the First Lady as they met the UK Prime Minister and his wife Victoria for a wreath laying ceremony outside Parliament at the statue of Sir Winston Churchill.

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1 week ago Children DUMPED by adopted family suffer 'traumatic' incident aboard United flight with new foster dad

Foster parent Jim Niven slammed United Airlines after saying he was accused of sex trafficking two Hispanic teen girls that he is guardian for while flying from Costa Rica

Society

1 week ago Anne rededicates First World War Menin Gate memorial to ‘remembrance and unity’

The princess also visited the grave of Queen Victoria’s grandson, Prince Maurice von Battenberg, who died fighting with the British Army.

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2 w. ago Get to know the Lionesses ahead of their first UEFA Women’s EURO 2025 match

They’re the footie heroes carrying the nation’s hopes on their shoulders at the international contest – but how much do you know about our women’s England side?

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2 w. ago Met Police funding shortfall puts Barking and Dagenham units at risk, officer warns

Superintendant Biju Premnath said “frontline” services would be protected but other units were “at risk”

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