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The virtues of truth-telling are explored in this tale of one man’s need to confront and reveal his pastCharles Lamosway, the lone wolf narrator of Morgan Talty’s debut, is uncompromising in his opinions, not least when he turns his gaze towards his own situation...
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Signs of resistance to artemisinin in tenth of children with severe malaria similar to situation in Asia, say researchersResearchers have found “troubling” evidence for the first time that a lifesaving malaria drug is becoming less effective in young African children with...
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The Japanese novelist explores the relationship between language and national identity, in the second part of her Scattered All Over the Earth trilogyReading Yōko Tawada is an immensely fun and occasionally bewildering experience. Suggested in the Stars, the second volume...
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Crops have failed in several countries, with 27m people at risk of hunger according to World Food ProgrammeEmmanuel Himoonga paced his dry field, picking up stalks of maize that had been bleached almost to bone white.The 61-year-old chief of Shakumbila,...
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Country closes 137-year legal loophole, becoming one of 12 in Latin America and the Caribbean to entirely ban marriage for minorsColombian lawmakers have approved a bill to eradicate child marriage in the South American country after 17 years of campaigning by advocacy gr...
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Temperatures in Guangzhou fail to drop below level that meteorological service uses to mark change in seasonOne of China’s biggest cities is still officially in summer, despite it being mid-November, as temperatures have failed to drop below the threshold considered neces...
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Students ‘let down’ by cheat sheet fiasco, says minister. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, ...
Science » 1 week ago
The H-2A program might grow under Trump and mass deportationsAgriculture rules in Quincy, Washington. Sprawling apple, cherry and peach orchards surround this rural city of about 8,000. Packing sheds dot the middle of downtown. Railroad tracks run close to the Columbia Ri...
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Gigantic multicoloured organism is visible from space and has grown for between 300 and 500 yearsThe world’s largest known coral, visible from space, has been discovered in the waters of the Solomon Islands.With a circumference of 183 metres, the gigant...
Science » 1 week ago
Analysis by Climate Action Tracker puts median temperature rise by 2100 at 2.7C if current policies continueWorld leaders have promised to try to stop the planet heating by more than 1.5C (2.7F). But current policies put the temperature rise on track for 2.7C, a report ha...