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Primary schools in Britain are beginning to close : A baby bust is starting to work its way through the system
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Primary schools in Britain are beginning to close 
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Iran attacks Israel, risking a full-blown regional war : Direct drone and missile strikes cross a rubicon
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Iran attacks Israel, risking a full-blown regional war 
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Will Israel retaliate against Iran, or hold back?: America urges restraint after Iran’s large but futile bombardment of Israel
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Will Israel retaliate against Iran, or hold back?
Quick Glance: Israel Army Chief Vows Response to Iran Attack, Western Nations Call for Restraint
  • Multiple Western allies caution against escalation following Iran's attack on Israel, raising fears of broader regional conflict.

  • Israel's military leader pledges a response to Iran's attack, while Western countries urge Israel to avoid escalating tensions in the Middle East.

  • Western nations, including the US, France, Germany, the UK, along with the United Nations and the European Union, advocate for restraint and de-escalation to prevent further conflict.

  • Concerns of regional escalation loom as violence stemming from Israel's conflict in Gaza threatens to spread to other areas, prompting international calls for peace and diplomacy.
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What happens if Ukraine loses?: Russian victory would be debilitating for the West, and especially for Europe
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What happens if Ukraine loses?
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A short history of India in eight maps: Understanding the breathtaking diversity of India and Indians
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A short history of India in eight maps
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Iran and Israel’s shadow war explodes into the open: But the Islamic Republic may have miscalculated
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Iran and Israel’s shadow war explodes into the open
Quick Glance: The Night Iran's Missile Show Rattled Israel
  • In Tehran, 'Operation True Promise' launched an unprecedented aerial assault on Israel.

  • The direct clash between powerful militaries showcased Israel's defense and Iran's display of power.

  • Despite minor damages and injuries, the question remains whether this attack signifies further escalation or the start of a war.

  • The missile and drone strikes resulted in minimal damage, with Israel and allies successfully intercepting most projectiles.
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What happens if Ukraine loses?: Russian victory would be debilitating for the West, and especially for Europe
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What happens if Ukraine loses?
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Ukrainian drone strikes are hurting Russia’s oil industry: The world’s third-largest producer is now an importer of petrol
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Ukrainian drone strikes are hurting Russia’s oil industry
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Breaking the Silence: Israeli Army Veterans Tour U.S. & Canada to Speak Out Against Occupation
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The IDF is accused of military and moral failures in Gaza: Its generals botched the strategy, and discipline among troops has broken down
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The IDF is accused of military and moral failures in Gaza
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What happens if Ukraine loses?: Russian victory would be debilitating for the West, and especially for Europe
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What happens if Ukraine loses?
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How to locate the global south: How a fuzzy, scorned term reflects geopolitical shifts
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How to locate the global south
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Ukrainian Teen Describes Being Taken From School by Armed Men & Held in Russian-Controlled Territory
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Flat whites are Australia’s greatest culinary export: They are even better than Vegemite
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Flat whites are Australia’s greatest culinary export
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New technology can keep whales safe from speeding ships: Collisions kill 20,000 every year
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New technology can keep whales safe from speeding ships
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As Russia’s attacks step up, Ukraine fears waning Western support: An interview with the country’s new national security chief
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As Russia’s attacks step up, Ukraine fears waning Western support
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A story of Scottish wildcats : For some cats this is the best of times. For others, arguably a bit less good
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A story of Scottish wildcats
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Think Tesla is in trouble? Pity even more its wannabe EV rivals: A fleet of electric-car startups is struggling to stay in business
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Think Tesla is in trouble? Pity even more its wannabe EV rivals
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Bees, like humans, can preserve cultural traditions: Different colonies build in competing architectural styles
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Bees, like humans, can preserve cultural traditions
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Israel’s use of AI in Gaza is coming under closer scrutiny: Do the humans in Israel’s army have sufficient control over its technology?
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Israel’s use of AI in Gaza is coming under closer scrutiny
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Canada beats U.S. in overtime to win women's hockey world final: Canada beat the United States 6-5 on Sunday in a breathtaking women's world hockey championship ...
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Canada beats U.S. in overtime to win women's hockey world final
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Elon Musk is feuding with Brazil’s powerful Supreme Court: The court has become the de facto regulator of social media in the country
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Elon Musk is feuding with Brazil’s powerful Supreme Court
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What Ramadan is like in Xinjiang: Our columnist visits a harshly controlled region
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What Ramadan is like in Xinjiang
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Russia is struggling to find its missing soldiers: As many as 25,000 could be MIA
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Russia is struggling to find its missing soldiers
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Generative AI is a marvel. Is it also built on theft?: The wonder-technology faces accusations of copyright infringement
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Generative AI is a marvel. Is it also built on theft?
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Robert F. Kennedy junior doesn’t care if he condemns America to Trump: He’s a tree-hugging conspiracy theorist – and he’s running for president
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Robert F. Kennedy junior doesn’t care if he condemns America to Trump
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In praise of Peter Higgs : The particle named after him became a selling point. For the man, it was a bit of a pain
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In praise of Peter Higgs
Quick Glance: Physicist Peter Higgs Passes Away at 94
  • Physicist Peter Higgs, whose theory of an undetected particle in the universe changed science, has died at 94, according to the University of Edinburgh.

  • The discovery of the Higgs boson in 2012 at the CERN research center was a significant advancement in understanding the cosmos, steering physics towards once-fantastical ideas.

  • Higgs, initially 'incompetent' in the physics lab, later specialized in theoretical physics, inspired by quantum physicist Paul Dirac from his school.

  • The Higgs boson's completion of the Standard Model opened doors to explore unexplained aspects of the universe and abstract concepts like parallel universes, despite Higgs disliking the 'God particle' nickname.
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You can watch the solar eclipse online: Muscat: The total solar eclipse of 2024 will occur on Monday, and will be visible across a 185-kilometer stretch between ...
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You can watch the solar eclipse online
Quick Glance: Airplane Observes Solar Eclipse in Bloomington
  • An airplane flies near the total solar eclipse in Bloomington, Indiana.

  • People watch the partial solar eclipse on the observation deck of Edge at Hudson Yards in New York City.

  • Sophia Moccia, 4, from Queens views the eclipse with a homemade mask in New York City.

  • A solar eclipse is visible in Mazatlan, Mexico.
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Welcome to an artificial-intelligence Utopia: What will humans do if technology solves everything?
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Welcome to an artificial-intelligence Utopia
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Toronto protesters cheer as Iran fires drones at Israel: The Eid March was a demonstrations organized by several pro-Palestinian organizations from across Canada ...
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Toronto protesters cheer as Iran fires drones at Israel
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Will China’s ties with Israel survive the Gaza war?: Some Israelis are rethinking the country that refuses to call Hamas a terrorist group
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Will China’s ties with Israel survive the Gaza war?
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'Bollard Man' who saved kids during Sydney stabbing offered Australian citizenship
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'Bollard Man' who saved kids during Sydney stabbing offered Australian ...
Quick Glance: French 'Bollard Man' Granted Permanent Residency After Heroic Act
  • The French man known as 'bollard man' for bravely confronting Joel Cauchi during a stabbing attack in Bondi Junction will be granted permanent residency by the federal government, as confirmed by his lawyer.

  • A widely circulated video on social media captured Damien Guerot holding a shopping center bollard to stop the knife-wielding Cauchi, leading to the decision to grant him permanent residency.

  • His lawyer, Belinda Robinson, mentioned that the official documentation for his permanent residency was expected to arrive soon, following an online petition to recognize his heroic actions.

  • Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton commended Mr. Guerot for his extraordinary bravery and willingness to protect others in danger, highlighting his character as an example of the values they cherish.
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The short-sighted Israeli army: Force alone cannot bring security
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The short-sighted Israeli army
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China’s state is eating the private property market: Pity those soon to buy a home
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China’s state is eating the private property market
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Mike Johnson may have to choose between Ukraine aid and his job: The Republican House speaker is trapped by hardliners on his own side
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Mike Johnson may have to choose between Ukraine aid and his job
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After one year of war, Sudan is a failing state : Half a million may starve without urgent help
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After one year of war, Sudan is a failing state 
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Trump v Biden: who’s ahead in the latest polls?: The Economist is tracking the contest to be America’s next president
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Trump v Biden: who’s ahead in the latest polls?
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Israel’s relations with America reach breaking point : Following Israel’s killing of seven aid workers, Joe Biden delivers his sternest warning yet to Binyamin ...
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Israel’s relations with America reach breaking point
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“Never underestimate the extent to which Bibi can make a bad situation worse.”: Also on the daily podcast: Trump’s first criminal trial gets underway and ...
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Ukraine’s second city faces a renewed Russian threat: Also on the daily podcast: Mexico’s ‘desaparecidos’ and lotteries
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Ukraine’s second city faces a renewed Russian threat
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UFOs are going mainstream: Crowdsourcing sightings could lead to answers
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UFOs are going mainstream
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True swing voters are extraordinarily rare in America: We have found some
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True swing voters are extraordinarily rare in America
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Daniel Kahneman was a master of teasing questions: How a psychologist transformed economics
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Daniel Kahneman was a master of teasing questions
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The Kremlin wants to make Ukraine’s second city unliveable: The race to save Kharkiv from Russian bombs
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The Kremlin wants to make Ukraine’s second city unliveable
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Russia’s ferocious glide-bomb campaign: For now, Ukraine has no answer to it
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Russia’s ferocious glide-bomb campaign
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Why most people regret Brexit: A majority of British voters now believe the split was a mistake
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Why most people regret Brexit
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What China’s central bank and Costco shoppers have in common: Hint: it is not a fondness for cryptocurrencies
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What China’s central bank and Costco shoppers have in common
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How Vladimir Putin brought Russia’s economy back from the brink: Also on the daily podcast: immigration in Britain and making lorries green
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How Vladimir Putin brought Russia’s economy back from the brink
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Xi Jinping’s misguided plan to escape economic stagnation: It will disappoint China’s people and anger the rest of the world
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Xi Jinping’s misguided plan to escape economic stagnation
Quick Glance: China conducts military drills in South China Sea amid US-led exercises
  • China conducted military 'combat patrols' Sunday in the disputed South China Sea, while joint drills by the Philippines, the United States, Japan, and Australia were ongoing.

  • The announcement came one day after defense chiefs from four countries, including the Philippines, stated they would conduct joint drills in the area on Sunday.

  • Beijing's People's Liberation Army (PLA) Southern Theater Command mentioned organizing 'joint naval and air combat patrols in the South China Sea'.

  • Further details about the Chinese military activities in the waterway on Sunday were not disclosed.
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China’s better economic growth hides reasons to worry: The country’s leaders are too complacent about deflation
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China’s better economic growth hides reasons to worry
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The Biden campaign in Michigan has a tremendous ground-game advantage: But does the Democratic Party have a sufficiently unified message?
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The Biden campaign in Michigan has a tremendous ground-game advantage
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What’s next for behavioural economics?: Our podcast on markets, the economy and business. This week, the pandemic was the nascent field’s biggest test yet ...
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What’s next for behavioural economics?
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Who wields the power in the world’s supply chains?: Inventories offer a clue
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Who wields the power in the world’s supply chains?
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How Ukraine is using AI to fight Russia : From target hunting to catching sanctions-busters, its war is increasingly high-tech
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How Ukraine is using AI to fight Russia
Quick Glance: Elon Musk predicts AI will surpass human intelligence by 2026
  • Elon Musk anticipates AI to be smarter than an individual human by the end of next year.

  • The Tesla CEO forecasts that the total amount of sentient compute will surpass all humans in five years.

  • Musk speculates that due to the abundance of talent in AI, AI could surpass human intelligence by 2026.

  • Despite highlighting hardware constraints and data scarcity, Musk remains optimistic about AI advancements in the upcoming years.
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How to protect an endangered language: A new book looks at the threats facing six small languages and the efforts to save them
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How to protect an endangered language
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China’s fishing fleet is causing havoc off Africa’s coasts: The victims are non-Chinese crew members, local fishermen and marine life
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China’s fishing fleet is causing havoc off Africa’s coasts
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Are Indians right to boo Hardik Pandya, a star cricketer?: Sport is all the better for a bit of abuse and hostility—but there are limits
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Are Indians right to boo Hardik Pandya, a star cricketer?
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Hundreds of Manchester arena attack survivors file lawsuit against MI5
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Hundreds of Manchester arena attack survivors file lawsuit against MI5
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America’s Asian allies are trying to Trump-proof their policies: Kishida Fumio meets Joe Biden in Washington, DC, to shore up deterrence
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America’s Asian allies are trying to Trump-proof their policies
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Rose Dugdale went from debutante to IRA bombmaker : The heiress and IRA militant died on March 18th, aged 82
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Rose Dugdale went from debutante to IRA bombmaker
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What to expect as Donald Trump’s first criminal trial gets under way: And how much the spectacle will matter
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What to expect as Donald Trump’s first criminal trial gets under way
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Xi Jinping’s misguided plan to escape economic stagnation: It will disappoint China’s people and anger the rest of the world
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Xi Jinping’s misguided plan to escape economic stagnation
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Trump clarifies abortion stance; trumpets $50m bonanza: The latest news in US politics, with coverage of Joe Biden and the Democrats, Donald Trump and the ...
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Trump clarifies abortion stance; trumpets $50m bonanza
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The rights and wrongs of assisted dying: Britain’s next great social reform is coming. Here’s how it should work
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The rights and wrongs of assisted dying
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Americans are turning to stories of civil war, real and imagined: The real risks America faces are more insidious
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Americans are turning to stories of civil war, real and imagined
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Saltus approved to deliver British Columbia curriculum : Saltus has been approved to become a British Columbia Offshore School and is set to begin offering the ...
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Saltus approved to deliver British Columbia curriculum
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DIY landmine-clearing is putting Ukrainian farmers in danger: Licensed deminers are swamped and farmers want to sow
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DIY landmine-clearing is putting Ukrainian farmers in danger
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TOWIE icon pictured with Adam Sandler at posh hotel as photo causes chaos: The meeting of TOWIE star Amy Childs and Hollywood actor Adam Sandler has caused a ...
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TOWIE icon pictured with Adam Sandler at posh hotel as photo causes chaos
Quick Glance: TOWIE Star Encounters Adam Sandler at Exclusive Hotel, Photo Sparks Buzz
  • The meeting between TOWIE star Amy Childs and Hollywood actor Adam Sandler has caused a stir on social media, with her fans being impressed by the photo.

  • Amy radiated glamour as usual, flashing a wide smile and sporting the typical sunglasses of a TV star. A casually dressed Adam in a blue hoodie posed for a selfie with the 33-year-old The Only Way Is Essex star. Amy captioned the photo with: "What a moment… I just met @adamsandler, what a lovely guy… totally impressed."

  • Some critics commented on Adam's appearance that day, with one writing: "Why do the super-rich always look like tramps! Honestly, at least wash your face, darling". Others were simply surprised by the image and could only express their amazement with "omg" comments.

  • This meeting follows a challenging few weeks at the beginning of the year, as Amy had to take her young son to the hospital twice within a month due to breathing problems. Billy was admitted to the ER on Christmas Day as he had persistent coughing and a high fever. Amy had been looking forward to the first Christmas of Billy and his twin sister Amelia.