Zac Attewell discusses the legacy of the late Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and argues that if Russia is to survive, they should look to history to find their place in the world.
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Reece Goodall looks at the outcome of the Swedish elections and what the results mean for the future of Sweden.
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For the first time in more than three decades, snooker is holding a mixed doubles tournament, pitting the best of the women’s and men’s games against each other in a round robin format in what is being touted as a landmark moment for a sport. Here’s a summary of the...
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Students at Glasgow University who are unable to find accommodation have been advised by the institution to consider deferring or withdrawing from their studies.
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In the middle of the largest conflict for more than half a decade, Ukrainian football returned on the 23 August. A 0-0 draw in Shakhtar Donetsk’s first game of the Ukrainian Premier League season seemed to indicate that their team may have been shackled by the conflict, but among the...
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With the largest interest rate hike in 27 years and dire warnings over inflation and the risk of recession, Odysseas Digbassanis looks at Truss' energy plan and asks whether it's enough to save the economy this winter
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University of Warwick professor Tom Marsh has been reported missing after visiting the La Silla Observatory in Central Chile.
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Archaeologists have found evidence of amputation from over 20,000 years before the practice was previously thought to have started! Reece Goodall explains why the evidence is so compelling and how it shifts our understanding of ancient southeast Asia.
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It’s been a long time since chess was headline news. There have been chess stories that inflame the cultural imagination – we might think, perhaps, of the game’s heyday in the 1970s and 80s, against a backdrop of Cold War tensions and competing grandmasters. Or maybe the 1996 and 1997...
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Coventry City Council has spent more than £46,000 over the past three years on two luxury cars which are used by mayors and senior councillors, a Freedom of Information (FOI) request from the Taxpayer’s Alliance has revealed.
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Formula 1 has revealed its race calendar for 2023, which will see the sport hold 24 races in a season for the very first time. This total eclipses the record by two races, with the inaugural Las Vegas GP and the sport’s return to Qatar and China making this the...
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A report has found that the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) benefitted from colonial exploitation. It says that that the development of “tropical medicine” at LSHTM was shaped by white supremacy and racist pseudoscience.
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Recently, artificial intelligence has been criticized as a way to create artwork. Reece Goodall questions whether this form of technology should even be used by artists in competitions.
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