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A Shocking Exit and a Sad Day for Tennis

How Young G.O.P. Leaders Sold Out Their Generation

I Wrote James Bond Movies. The Amazon-MGM Deal Gives Me Chills.

Belarus: A climate of fear for opposition activists

Rescuers question what3words' use in emergencies

Domino’s seeks 5,000 workers as staff return to old roles

Naomi Osaka Quits the French Open After News Conference Dispute

Yemen fishermen find $1.5m of ambergris in the belly of a whale

Covid: Horse therapy for NHS nurse is 'magical'

Lockdown album written by Bungay singer, 16, after cancer diagnosis

Alfred Fagon: Why his 70s play about black British life still resonates today

Why electric cars will take over sooner than you think

Then and now: Pandemic clears the air

Corrie actor Colson Smith: 'I've been trolled over my weight for 10 years'

The story of Spain’s ‘terrifying confidence’ – and how it conquered the world

The dancer aged 106 who bans the word 'old'

Iran's presidential election: Four ways it matters

'Gene therapy is a game changer for our son'

Covid-19: Red list arrivals terminal opens at Heathrow Airport

NSA spying row: US and Denmark pressed over allegations

Kingstanding stabbing: Hunt for attackers after boy 14, stabbed to death

Fears vulnerable children traumatised by pandemic

Flat owners warning over rooftop developments

Send in the Bugs. The Michelangelos Need Cleaning.

An Arms Race in America: Gun Buying Spiked During the Pandemic. It’s Still Up.

Where to Appreciate the Joys of Naked Gardening

War Horse actor salutes 80s gay Soho in one-man show

Uganda: Finding the truth behind a killing spree in Kampala

James Barnor: The 91-year-old's photos bringing Ghana to life

South Korea: From food wasters to recyclers

Tulsa Race Massacre: What happened in 1921?

Metal, money, mystery: How Sanjeev Gupta built his empire

The Indian children orphaned by Covid-19

The Motherload: How pandemic anger almost destroyed a mums' support group

Are businesses really tackling racial inequality?

Noisy appliances: How loud is your house?

Biosecurity warning over loosely-regulated virus labs

Fox News Breaking News Alert

Israel coalition government a threat to security, warns Netanyahu

NSA spying row: Denmark helped US gather data on European officials, says report

Hundreds more Afghans and their families to be allowed to settle in UK

Eviction ban end puts thousands in fear of losing their homes

Whiplash: New rules to crackdown on fraudulent insurance claims

A 6-Year-Old Was Chained and Hungry in a Syrian Camp. Then She Died.

A Vaccine Side Effect Leaves Women Wondering: Why Isn’t the Pill Safer?

Newspaper headlines: Jabs 'ramped up' and Covid passport 'scrapped'

Plague of Mice in Australia Overruns Farms, Shops and Bedrooms

Texas Republicans Finalize One of the Nation’s Strictest Voting Bills

Ex-Priest Dies Just Before Facing Charges in 1972 Killing of an Altar Boy

Cops Don’t Belong at Pride

‘What Do I Do Next?’: Orphaned by Covid, Two Teens Find Their Way

2 Airlines Will Postpone Serving Alcohol Amid Surge of In-Flight Violence

Faye Schulman Dies; Fought Nazis With a Rifle and a Camera

A Sexual Abuse Lawsuit Splits the Gucci Family

Senior MP demands answers for leaseholders

Fox News Intensifies Its Pro-Trump Politics as Dissenters Depart

Newspaper headlines: PM 'weds in secret' and Wuhan lab leak 'feasible'

'I’m fine, really': Finding hope as Covid sweeps India

How opera helped me come out as trans

Dogs rehomed: ‘She went from a defeated dog, to a great pet’

Covid: Teaching post-Covid patients to breathe again

Piccadilly 1965: How six Indian friends found their feet in the UK

Samantha Azzopardi: Australia's notorious con artist sentenced for child theft

Jeremy Clarkson reveals 'heartache' filming farming TV series

Buying a pink NFT cat was a crypto nightmare

How Ben Crump became America's go-to civil rights lawyer

Covid and jobs: Why are hospitality workers leaving the industry?

Thomas Tuchel's masterclass leaves Pep Guardiola in despair

'I made the best selection to win the game' - but did Guardiola get it wrong?

She Put Her Unspent Love in a Cardboard Box

The Jewish History of Israel Is Over 3,000 Years Old. That’s Why It’s Complicated.

Covid’s Deadliest Phase May Be Here Soon

At Long Last, a New Rail Tunnel Under the Hudson River Can Be Built

3 Tacoma Police Officers Charged in Killing of Black Man

QAnon Now as Popular in U.S. as Some Major Religions, Poll Suggests

The ‘Talking’ Dog of TikTok

Biden budget: President sets out $6tn spending plan

CCTV shows Khan before he carried out the attack

Emmys 2021: The binge-worthy TV shows in this year's race

Venezuela's paradise beach resort turns into violent nightmare

Tokyo 2020: Meet the armless archer aiming for gold at the Paralympics

Week in pictures: 22 - 28 May 2021

After a 32-year battle for justice, what is Hillsborough's legacy?

George Floyd: After a flood of donations, what next?

Tetraplegic Steven Webb is elected mayor of Truro

Mud reveals secrets of when humans began to change planet

Is Kintyre's 'Route 66' the next road to recovery?

Champions League final: Dover Athletic face ruin in 'dog eat dog' football world

NHS calls for ban on toy neodymium magnets amid child safety fears

Festivals face 'another lost summer' without government safety net, MPs say

Stonewall boss defends new strategy amid criticism

Mantuan roundel: UK places export bar on £17m artefact

Seth Meyers Calls Trump the ‘David Blaine of Crime’

The coronavirus is raging in Manitoba, hitting Indigenous people especially hard.

What We Know About the San Jose Shooting

‘Witch Hunt,’ Meet Grand Jury

Twitter: Social media giant lists new 'Blue' subscription service

Hong Kong: Jimmy Lai jailed again for pro-democracy protests

Covid: Surgery waiting times could be cut with specialist hubs, say surgeons

Patrisse Cullors: Black Lives Matter co-founder resigns

Covid in Scotland: Decision due on Glasgow restrictions

US 'rapidly' planning to evacuate Afghan interpreters

Barack Obama praises Marcus Rashford in Zoom meeting

Covid: Small businesses' account delays are over, insist banks

Pockit promises action over frozen customer accounts

Canary Islands: 'Taking in migrants changed my life'

Brighton artist turns coma hallucinations into graphic novel

The teenagers fighting India's deadly Covid crisis

Cicadas: The US chef cooking up the insect 'flavour bombs'

Taiwan must choose between virus and politics

Glasgow: The city that has been locked down for nine months

The looming battle over abortion in the US

In Tarun Tejpal acquittal, judge questions 'appropriate' behaviour for rape victims

Drones and live-streams: How tech is changing conservation

Newspaper headlines: Doubt over lockdown easing as Hancock faces pressure

The Myth of Coexistence in Israel

Is It OK to Ask Health Care Providers if They’re Vaccinated?

Covid: Matt Hancock to face questions after Dominic Cummings attack

Belarus plane: Lukashenko hits back at condemnation of journalist's arrest

HS2 dishonest over compensation claim, says report

Nexta: The journalists taking on Belarus’ regime

Passengers refused boarding amid testing confusion

Gogglebox Tom and girlfriend 'trolled' for BLM support

GP practices in England facing 'tsunami of patients'

Flower tattoos heal self-harm scars

Tulsa massacre: The search for victims, 100 years on

Tokyo Olympic Games: When are they and will they go ahead?

The uncertain future of Britain's offices

Mozambique Palma attack: 'I had to pay a bribe to flee'

'Fortress Australia': Why calls to open up borders are meeting resistance

Luke Combs dissects lockdown anthem Six Feet Apart, one year later

RTHK: How authorities cracked down on Hong Kong's only public broadcaster

County lines: 1,100 people arrested in UK crackdown

How patient 'tsunami’ threatens to overwhelm GPs

Climate: World at risk of hitting temperature limit soon

Eric Carle: Very Hungry Caterpillar author dies aged 91

The Papers: Cummings 'rains fire' with 'pure revenge'

Season without a trophy not a success - Solskjaer

C.D.C. Will Not Investigate Mild Infections in Vaccinated Americans

Mark York, Actor on ‘The Office,’ Dies at 55

Giant Confederate Monument Will Remain at Revamped Stone Mountain

Anti-Zionism Isn’t Anti-Semitism? Someone Didn’t Get the Memo.

China overtakes Germany as UK’s top import market

Families in anguish over pair held in Belarus

'I thought I was too old to be on TikTok'

When to Watch a Lunar Eclipse and Supermoon in Late Night Skies

Covid: Dominic Cummings to be quizzed by MPs on pandemic handling

Covid vaccine: 30 and 31-year-olds in England now invited

Building projects hit by lack of supplies and price rises

Millions cannot afford water bills, says watchdog

Mast Upgrade: UK experiment could sweep aside fusion hurdle

Housing: Shelter calls for 90,000 social homes to be built

AI emotion-detection software tested on Uyghurs

From protests to 'patriots': Why China is crushing Hong Kong dissent

Dominic Cummings: His views on Covid and why it matters

Cummings testimony: What is herd immunity?

Amateur choirs 'devastated' at Covid rule change in England

Jerusalem's Sheikh Jarrah: The land dispute in the eye of a storm

Letter from Africa: Why Queen of England has a throne in Nigeria

Covid: 'The horror of laying everyone off made me sick'

The Papers: Lockdown 'farce' as vaccines 'hit new high'

Ask Yourself Which Books You Truly Love

I’m a Vaccinated Transplant Recipient. I Don’t Have Antibodies. Now What?

The Mystery of Magic’s Greatest Card Trick

It’s the Media’s ‘Mean-Too’ Moment. Stop Yelling and Go to Human Resources.

Fox News Breaking News Alert

US issues Japan travel warning weeks before Olympics

EU agrees new Belarus sanctions after plane arrest

UN calls for immediate release of Mali President Bah Ndaw

Mouse plague deals fresh blow to Australian farmers

DR Congo's Goma volcano: Desperate search for children missing after eruption

Exams 2021: How will my grades be assessed this year?

Covid: Deaf campaigner calls for clear mask research

Tech giants fight 'cloud wars' deep in the ocean

Covid: How the pandemic is affecting your dreams

Hinkley C: Hundreds more needed to finish nuclear power station

Fox News Breaking News Alert

Simone Biles Dials Up the Difficulty, ‘Because I Can’

'Dangerous' home teeth-whitening kits sold online

UK tourism spending 'worth just half of pre-pandemic level'

Covid: Councils urged to allow England Parkrun events to resume

Teachers 'struggle to deal with classroom sexual abuse'

The Papers: Brits flock to Spain as EU leaders condemn Belarus

Belarus plane: What happens with a military jet interception?

A 1960 Corvette That Vanished for 40 Years After Le Mans Is Auctioned Off

Italy wins the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest.

‘You Can Feel the Tension’: A Windfall for Minority Farmers Divides Rural America

I Shouldn’t Tell My Employer I’m Vaccinated, Right?

How Humanity Gave Itself an Extra Life

Ryanair plane: Western powers voice outrage at plane 'hijacking'

India records 300,000 Covid deaths as pandemic rages

Arundel Castle: £1m of 'irreplaceable' artefacts stolen

21 Runners Dead After Extreme Weather Hits Chinese Ultramarathon

Covid: Parts of England to trial self-isolation support

Covid in Wales: Care home visiting restrictions eased

Former miner: Why I’m giving up my coal fire

The couple who met on YouTube

Derbyshire widow's plea for rule change on overloaded lorries

Toronto lockdown: A year without indoor dining

Why Indonesia's 'new Bali' is accused of trampling on human rights

Children speak of neglect in US asylum camps

Pollution: ‘We can smell and taste the traffic at school'

Bob Dylan: 80 things you may not know about him on his 80th birthday

George Floyd death: How do I talk to my son about race?

Bury Brexit hatchet and seize new opportunities, says CBI

US PGA Championship: Phil Mickelson becomes oldest major winner with sixth title

Covid: Sniffer dogs could bolster screening at airports

Can I Keep My Husband From Visiting India Amid Its Covid Surge?

A Teenager Mistakenly Moved Into a Senior Living Complex. TikTok Loves It.

Covid-19: Jabs effective against Indian variant and lockdown confessions

Taylor defeats Ramirez in thriller become undisputed world champion

China race: Severe weather kills cross-country runners

Glastonbury live-stream delivers a rush of nostalgia in the face of failure

Rural crime: Bodycams for farmers as they fight rural crime

Eurovision 2021 in pictures: The best of the ceremony

Israel-Gaza: What Bella Hadid’s stance says about changing conversations

Italy wins Eurovision: 'Rock and roll never dies'

Guatemala disappeared: Reuniting families with the remains of loved ones

Postcards: Londoners' lockdown secrets revealed

‘I have dementia, but I’m still here, I’m still me’

Your pictures on the theme of 'woodland walk'

Inside Russia's Trefoil military base in the Arctic

Could my mum’s toaster help me care for her?

Jon Cruddas: Labour guru's plan to win back the working class

Does a $75m settlement make up for three decades in prison?

How schools are turning the tide on nature deprivation

Pregnancy after baby loss: 'We felt guilty for being excited'

India coronavirus: A tribal area had oxygen while cities gasped

Martin Bashir: I never wanted to harm Diana and don't believe we did

'Did weak wi-fi password lead the police to our door?'

Covid vaccine: 32 and 33-year-olds in England now invited to book

Nigerian army chief Ibrahim Attahiru killed in air crash

Prison guards spared jail time in Epstein suicide plea deal

Behind the scenes of Glastonbury's live-stream concert

Covid: Out in Brighton on the first Friday night after rules ease

Water so toxic 'it could burn your eyes'

Amazon in pictures: Sebastião Salgado's last frontier

Covid Vaccines: Could they be magnetic?

Over 3,000 fans will attend the final of this year's Eurovision Song Contest

George Floyd death: How US police are trying to win back trust

'A meme that almost made me quit my family WhatsApp group'

The 10-year-old boy who beat a chess grandmaster - but didn't want to boast

George Best: How Man Utd legend left for Dunstable Town

Myanmar: The small embattled town that stood up to the army

Timeline: Martin Bashir's actions from Diana interview to Dyson report

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