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Inside the Chauvin Jury Room: 11 of 12 Jurors Were Ready to Convict Right Away

What Is ‘Cheugy’? You Know It When You See It.

Good Luck to Republicans if Biden’s Family Plan Becomes Law

Covid: Australians could face jail or fines if they return from India

Florida plans to fine social media for banning politicians

Covid: Care home isolation rule axed for low-risk trips in England

South Asians in UK at greater risk from Covid

Clubbing returns: 'This is the best day of my life'

Elliot Page on Oprah Winfrey: Transition surgery 'life-saving'

Do you know where plastic waste in the oceans is coming from?

Covid-19: Campaign for St Paul's memorial to virus victims

Wood burners: Sale of coal and wet wood restricted in England

Why is this the 'most instagrammable' bird?

HMS Unicorn goes under the microscope for preservation project

Planning my 'big Greek wedding' in a pandemic

Week in pictures: 24 - 30 April 2021

Long-distance relationships are tough - but lockdown helped this couple

Bobby Sands: The hunger strike that changed the course of N Ireland's conflict

Domestic Abuse Bill: For these victims, a new law is long overdue

Britney Spears: Does the latest documentary tell us anything new?

Singapore: What's it like in the best place to live during Covid?

Election 2021: 'I was homeless now I'm voting for the first time'

Covid: Pakistan fears 'Impending doom' threatens Pakistan

Diapers, Cereal and, Yes, Toilet Paper Are Going to Get More Expensive

4 Takeaways From Biden’s Address to Congress

Biden’s $4 Trillion Economic Plan, in One Chart

How Long Can We Live?

When the Cellos Play, the Cows Come Home

Restaurants struggle to find staff ahead of reopening

One in seven shops lie empty after lockdown

'Heartbreaking' return to St Vincent's volcano-hit 'red zone'

England's 20th Century coastal communities seen from above

Henny Beaumont: Painting the female victims of violence

Xueli Abbing: The abandoned baby who became a Vogue model

Boris Johnson flat row: What do we know about the PM’s finances?

How a cover band inspired Royal Blood's new music

'It's your device, you should be able to repair it'

Australians stuck overseas 'abandoned' by their own country

The ransomware surge ruining lives

India Covid: A nurse's story of fighting the virus

A Sharp Divide at the Supreme Court Over a One-Letter Word

The World Knows Her as ‘Disaster Girl.’ She Just Made $500,000 Off the Meme.

Israel stampede: Dozens killed in crush at religious festival

Amazon hopes pandemic habits stick after profits triple

Lady Gaga: Five arrested in dognapping case

The Papers: 'Strictly want Carrie' and Clarke denies claims

West Bengal: India state elections go ahead as deaths hit record high

Samsung: Handsets push profits to pre-pandemic highs

DUP: Who are the leadership contenders?

Arlene Foster: Removal of DUP leader is total mess, says party source

PM needs independent standards adviser - Labour

NSPCC child abuse helpline has record call numbers in pandemic

India Covid-19: Deadly second wave spreads from cities to small towns

Free e-cigarettes for smokers in A&E trial

Call for Snowdon to only be known by Welsh name Yr Wyddfa

Students want sexual consent test in university

NRA's Wayne LaPierre elephant hunt video sparks outrage

eBay launches new trainer authentication scheme

The Troubles: Searching for the 'angel' who saved my life

Silverdale stink: 'My house and children's toys all smell of landfill'

Covid in India: Sikh temple offers drive-through oxygen

Covid: Turkey prepares for its first full lockdown

2021 elections: A simple guide to the Scottish, Welsh and local elections

Line Of Duty: 'My favourite thing is reading the wild fan theories'

Housing: 'Trying to buy in this market is painful'

Zac Easter: He left his brain behind to save others from his fate

The 'forgotten' Afghan refugees taking their own lives

Why virtual away days may be here to stay

The Papers: 'Boris painted into corner' and how to get 'fancy wallpaper'

Inside Anthony Hopkins’s Unexpected Win at the Oscars

Why Don’t Some TV Shows Sound the Way They Used To?

Covid: One dose of vaccine halves transmission - study

Self-driving cars to be allowed on UK roads this year

Covid vaccine: Sore arm and headache most common side effects

Boris Johnson faces MPs amid questions over Downing Street flat revamp

Business leaders set out plan for Covid recovery

Internet access: 1.5m UK homes still offline, Ofcom finds

Demand high as cruises gear up for a restart

Richard Pusey: Australian jailed for filming dying officers

Burkina Faso ambush: Spaniards and Irishman killed after abduction

Family-meal image wins international food photo contest

Children of the 90s study: 'I feel privileged to be part of it'

Birds of Oz: The charming natives that found TikTok fame

Why a US photographer says 'sorry for the war'

CEO Secrets: Why crying can help you succeed in business

'This bank has changed people's lives'

Dog theft: Simple tips to stop your puppy being pinched

Emilia Clarke on the book that helped her to grieve for her dad

Kenyans bitter over al-Qaeda US embassy compensation snub

Kuwait: Murder spurs demands for greater safety for women

Mon Laferte: Chile's pop export on repression and injustice

The Papers: 'PM urged to come clean' and 'June olé days'

Lockdowns hurt child speech and language skills - report

Bafta TV Awards: Diversity's BGT routine up for must-see moment award

To Be Tracked or Not? Apple Is Now Giving Us the Choice.

Gavin Newsom: California's governor faces recall election

New York Loses House Seat After Coming Up 89 People Short on Census

Ex-SAS soldier from Hereford set for solo row across Atlantic

Miscarriage rates 'over 40% higher' in black women

Covid-19 in India: Visual guide to the crisis

UK's first hijabi firefighter: ‘Firefighters don’t look like me’

Recovering from lockdown: Five tips to boost your child's vocabulary

Nigeria: The community that trades by barter instead of money

India Covid: The messages deciding between life and death

Afghan interpreters rejected for resettlement 'face death' after UK exit

Electric cars: What will happen to all the dead batteries?

Inside a long Covid clinic: 'I want to play with my kids again'

Sir Tom Jones: 'I might be old but my voice is still young'

France-Algeria relations: The lingering fallout from nuclear tests in the Sahara

Coronavirus: Portugal records no daily deaths for first time since August

Kanye West's Yeezy trainers sell for record $1.8m

Firefighter who became defining image of mountain gorse fire

Belfast girl goes from Park Runs to being world's fastest at 12

The Papers: 'Boris on ropes' and new 'let Covid rip' claim

A private school in Miami, citing false claims, bars vaccinated teachers from contact with students.

How to Watch the Oscars 2021: Date, Time and Streaming

She Turned Her Audacious Lens on Herself, and Shaped the Future

Visiting a Garden Center This Spring? Be Strategic.

Dominic Cummings allegations: Top civil servant to face MPs

Turkmenistan celebrates new holiday to honour native dog breed

Oscars 2021: 13 major red carpet looks from the Academy Awards

Chloe Zhao, from 'outsider' to Hollywood history-maker

Catalytic converters: Demand for precious metals drives surge in thefts

Older workers 'see biggest jobs fall since 1980s'

The salmon you buy in the future may be farmed on land

Can Western brands recover from consumer backlash in China?

Facebook v Apple: The ad tracking row heats up

E.U. Set to Let Vaccinated U.S. Tourists Visit This Summer

'I will not return to work': Myanmar coup cripples healthcare system

India Covid: Patients struggle at home as hospitals choke

Covid-19: Vaccine rollout in England extends to 44-year-olds

Shops, pubs and pools reopen in Scotland

Space junk map tracks 200 ‘ticking time bombs’

The Papers: 'PM under pressure' and 'India at breaking point'

'We do like a rave!' Inside the UK's last lesbian bars

Chernobyl nuclear disaster: ‘Three-day evacuation lasted 35 years’

Cladding victims ‘let down by the system’

'Apocalyptic' landscape in aftermath of volcanic eruptions on St Vincent.

I’m Buying a House. Can the Seller Really Take the Chandeliers?

MacKenzie Scott Gave Away Billions. The Scam Artists Followed.

One High School, Five Students Fatally Shot

7 Deputies Placed on Leave After Fatal Shooting of Black Man in North Carolina

It’s Going to Be Weird, but We Need to Learn to Live With Germs Again

He Said He Loved Her. Then He Went to the F.B.I.

YouTube Videos Brainwashed My Father. Can I Reprogram His Feed?

Column on ‘Wokeness’ Ruining Disney World Experience Draws Backlash

Oscars 2021 Predictions: Who Will Win Best Picture, Actor and Actress?

Dominic Cummings allegations: Labour calls for government to face MPs

Iraq Covid hospital fire: At least 23 dead after 'oxygen tank explodes'

Breaking With Predecessors, Biden Declares Mass Killings of Armenians a Genocide

Oscars 2021: Stars prepare for in-person ceremony

Cisco says computer chip shortage to last six months

Brazil: Environment police battle for Amazon rainforest

TikTok: 'My nan has helped me get millions of views'

Oscars 2021: 'I don't mind being the underdog'

How Armel Zola is helping people to 'stay positive' at home

Your pictures on the theme of 'fences'

Afghanistan War: How can the West fight terrorism after leaving?

The Voice: Grace Holden tells of opening up about her grief

Deaths climb as India reels from deadly Covid wave

Screen time at 'breaking point' but can tech help?

U.K. Far Right, Lifted by Trump, Now Turns to Russia

Caitlyn Jenner Announces Run for California Governor

My Boyfriend Has Two Girlfriends. Should I Be His Third?

Idaho Senate Approves Bill to Kill 90 Percent of State’s Wolves

Vaccines Are Effective Against the New York Variant, Studies Find

Covid-19: Israel records no daily deaths for the first time in 10 months

Mental health: Trauma, genocide and my invisible illness

Gregory's Girl: 'The affection for it overwhelms me'

Palestinian election: Leaders face reckoning as rare vote looms

US lifts pause on Johnson & Johnson vaccines

Covid: 'Smell training' recommended for lost sense of smell

Brexit: UK and Australia agree 'vast majority' of trade deal

Myanmar: Military chief set to make first foreign trip since coup

The Papers: Cummings' 'war' with PM and 'No masks by summer'

Two 13-year-old boys desperate to get a vaccine

George Floyd: Black Lives Matter protesters react to Chauvin conviction

Iceland volcano eruption: Music video and wedding filmed at Fagradalsfjall

Tokyo Olympics: The challenges of training in a Covid pandemic

Week in pictures: 17 - 23 April 2021

It's the Oscars 2021 - but how many people have seen the main films?

Telegram misogyny: 'They wanted to tie me and my child to a horse'

Working abroad: 'The pandemic just made it harder'

Mother Charged With Killing 2 Newborns Found Dead in Queens Apartment

Dozens injured in East Jerusalem clashes

US President Joe Biden to 'propose hiking tax on rich'

Chauvin Verdict Brings the Police Relief and Some Resentment

How the Super League Fell Apart

Uyghurs: MPs state genocide is taking place in China

Tesla's Autopilot 'tricked' to operate without driver

Australia resists calls for tougher climate targets

Scottish election 2021: Is this Scotland’s climate election?

Covid: The man who took pictures of social distancing signs

European Super League: Why were there no teams from Germany?

Afghanistan: Have things improved since the Taliban?

Lockdown lip fillers gone wrong: 'My lips went black'

Shopping in 10 minutes: The new supermarket battleground

The Indonesian island that could host Elon Musk's new SpaceX site

Oscars 2021: Why the Academy needs to recognise casting directors

What is conversion therapy?

Biden Will Seek Tax Increase on Rich to Fund Child Care and Education

One Covid vaccine cuts infection risk in all age groups

Post Office scandal: Postmasters await Appeal Court ruling

Alexei Navalny urged to end hunger strike immediately

Chernobyl radiation damage 'not passed to children'

Charities sound alarm over buy-now-pay-later debt

The Papers: Cummings accused of leaks and beaming Prince Louis

India’s Second Covid Wave Is Completely Out of Control

Driving tests resume but getting a date like 'gold dust'

‘Pervasive racism’ blamed for failure to commemorate black and Asian troops

Marcus Rashford's budget cookery serves up fish finger sandwich

Brit Awards to have live audience as part of Covid event trials

Google and Apple attacked on app store 'monopoly'

Church shortlists for senior posts 'must include ethnic minorities'

Met Office and Microsoft to build climate supercomputer

ASMR: Why is it being used more in the music industry?

Climate Basics: Your carbon footprint explained

What's gone wrong with Australia's vaccine rollout?

Oscars 2021: Why Two Distant Strangers is 'important and necessary'

Could this lidless paper cup cut coffee waste?

Post Office scandal: What the Horizon saga is all about

Big Dog's Backyard Ultra: The toughest, weirdest race you've never heard of

Lockdown rules: What are the restrictions in your area?

Climate change: Biden summit to push for 'immediate' action

Dyson lobbying row: Labour calls for probe into PM texts

Employment: North and Midlands 'leading jobs recovery

The Papers: George Floyd's legacy and EU 'to welcome tourists'

Is this the end of line for the landline phone?

Derek Chauvin is being held in solitary confinement for 23 hours a day.

An unvaccinated worker set off an outbreak at a U.S. nursing home where most residents were immunized.

Seth Rogen and the Secret to Happiness

U.S. health officials are examining ‘a handful’ of new, unconfirmed reports after J.& J. vaccine pause, the C.D.C. director says.

What’s the Secret of Biden’s Success?

EuroMillions: UK ticket-holder wins £59m jackpot

‘It was a murder in full light of day,’ President Biden says of George Floyd’s death.

George Floyd: The murder that drove America to the brink

Queen will mark 95th birthday in low-key fashion

Derek Chauvin is found guilty of murdering George Floyd.

Is the Australia-NZ travel bubble the way ahead?

Middle East states dominate list of top executioners in 2020 - Amnesty

Climate change: Growing doubts over 'chip fat' biofuel

Newspaper headlines: Super League 'in tatters' and Chauvin found guilty

Navalny's supporters fear Russia's Putin wants him dead

Derek Chauvin conviction: 'This is monumental. This is historic'

The beauty ideal fuelling an illicit drugs trade

London elections: 'I don't feel welcome in this city'

Surfer reunited with big wave board discovered 2,700km away

Shanghai Auto Show: Five electric car brands to look out for in China

CEO Secrets: 'No money is better than the wrong money'

‘My sister took her life waiting for abusive ex-partner to face trial’

India Covid-19 second wave: Shortage of oxygen, beds and even cremation slots

Oscars 2021: The lowdown on the international feature nominees

Coronapas: The passport helping Denmark open up after Covid

Prosecutor in Derek Chauvin trial makes closing argument: ‘This wasn’t policing, this was murder.’

Walter Mondale, Ex-Vice President and Champion of Liberal Politics, Dies at 93

Matthew McConaughey, governor of Texas? Voters seem all right with the idea, a poll found.

‘God Knows What’s Going to Happen’: Minneapolis Braces for Verdict in Floyd’s Death