1 week ago Meet the world’s biggest DONKEY who lives in UK sanctuary and already towers over his keeper despite still growing

IT’S official – the world’s tallest donkey lives in a sanctuary in the UK and already towers over his keeper – and he hasn’t stopped growing. Loveable giant Derrick is a staggering 16.3 hands, the equivalent of being 5ft 5ins or 167cms tall. His status has now been recognised as a Guinness World Record (GWR)...

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2 w. ago Ryder Cup 2025: Meet Team USA including the World No1 Scottie Scheffler and Europe’s nemesis Patrick Cantlay

Captain Keegan Bradley leads the hosts in New York desperate to reclaim the cup after a humbling in Rome two years ago

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2 w. ago Meet the Scot running the world's most remote museum alongside 1,000 penguins in 'dream' Antarctica quest

Amanda Barry, from the Highlands, is a member of the team on the three-year Antarctica mission.

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2 w. ago Do you speak Sylheti? Tamajaght? Klingon? Inside the Festival for Endangered Languages

Every two weeks, a language is lost – and by the end of the century, half of the world’s 7,000 tongues could have vanished. We meet the artist using eyeliner and chokeberries to rescue everything from Ogham to ArablishIn his studio, Sam Winston appears less artist, more linguistic alchemist. He is experimenting with manufacturing inks out of tobacco from Marlboro cigarettes, the juice of Belarusian chokeberries imported in a 100g packet small enough to make it past customs and a strange brew of kohl eyeliner from the Middle East and galena – the mineral form of lead sulfide – from Wales.The coloured substances are used to conjure words on to giant canvas flags that will soon hang from the ceiling of London’s Barbican Centre – connecting a group of poets’ native languages with materials from their native landscapes. The quintet speak marginal or at-risk languages covering five continents, and their newly commissioned poems all speak to their sense of home. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy heads to the UN as US envoy vows to defend Nato territory

Ukrainian president is expected to meet Trump on the sidelines of the UN general assembly in New York; Washington’s new UN envoy convenes emergency meeting. What we know on day 1,308See all our Russia-Ukraine war coverageUkrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has landed in New York where he will attend the United Nations general assembly and try to drum up support for a US-led peace effort to end the war in Ukraine. “We are doing everything to stop the war,” he wrote on X on Tuesday, adding that he had two dozen meetings scheduled. The Ukrainian leader is expected to meet US president Donald Trump and other world leaders on the sidelines of the UN meeting, and deliver an address on Wednesday.Zelenskyy said he would also attend the first leaders’ summit of the Coalition for the Return of Ukrainian Children, which would for the first time be held on a global stage. The meeting, he said, underlined “the global nature of the changes brought about by this war, the war that Russia began ...

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2 w. ago Arab and Muslim leaders to meet Trump to discuss peace plan for Gaza

Talks on UN-led stabilisation force follow recognition of Palestine by France, Canada and the UKMiddle East crisis – live updatesArab and Muslim leaders are to meet Donald Trump in New York to discuss their plan for a UN-mandated international stabilisation force in Gaza after France joined the UK, Canada and Australia in recognising Palestine as a state.Israel has warned that it might respond to the recognition of Palestine by annexing the West Bank, citing claims from Hamas that recognition by allies of Israel was a victory for the terror group. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Scientists are baffled by a monster black hole growing at 2.4 TIMES the theoretical limit

Located 12.8 billion light-years away, the black hole, called RACS J0320-35, weighs about a billion times the mass of our sun.

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2 w. ago Meet Scotland's forgotten record holder bidding to be World Cup wildcard alongside 'standout' ex

The Scottish striker is making a case for a inclusion into Steve Clarke’s squad with his early season form.

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3 w. ago Meet the 'world's cutest sea monster': Scientists discover an adorable snailfish nearly 10,800ft underwater

When you go this deep, you'd expect any sign of life to be pretty terrifying. So scientists were delighted to discover an adorable new species of snailfish thousands of feet below the ocean's surface.

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3 w. ago Is Canelo Alvarez vs Terence Crawford free on Netflix tonight?

Two of boxing's pound-for-pound greats Terence Crawford and Canelo Alvarez will meet in an historic super-middleweight world title fight tonight

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4 w. ago Meet Paul: The British dad who broke four Guinness World Records in a day

Paul Jameson, 65, was diagnosed with a type of MND in June 2017

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last month EU and US officials meet as Trump says he is ready to impose further sanctions on Russia

Europe and US consider further actions to weaken Russia after it launched its largest-ever air attack on Ukraine over the weekendThe EU’s most senior sanctions envoy is holding talks in Washington with US officials after Donald Trump said he was ready to take further action against Russia over the war in Ukraine.David O’Sullivan, the EU sanctions envoy, is meeting US counterparts on Monday, as Europe and the US look for tougher measures to weaken Vladimir Putin’s war machine after Russia launched its largest-ever air attack on Ukraine over the weekend. Continue reading...

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last month Prince Harry boards plane for London, but will he meet King Charles? What we know ahead of charity event | World News

Prince Harry boards plane for London, but will he meet King Charles? What we know ahead of charity event | World News  Hindustan Times

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last month 'How creativity can transform our world': meet the winners of the 2025 London Design Medals

'How creativity can transform our world': meet the winners of the 2025 London Design Medals  wallpaper.com

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