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‘You reach a tipping point’: New Zealand’s strained healthcare system at centre of election ba

With care shortfalls biting across the country, the National-led coalition has been accused of letting chronic underfunding worsenBack when she was he...

Oct 19, 2026
‘This is horrifying. This is madness’: the row over competitive yoga

Some yogis welcome the idea of competition – for others, it is anathema. Will those keen for yoga to become an Olympic sport win the argument?Vaishn...

Oct 18, 2026
I saw rioting, looting, above all, anger. If French leaders think more violence will solve this, the

It’s a perfect storm of protesters with heartfelt grievances and others set on conflict. The key here is the sense of betrayal that united them on t...

Oct 18, 2026
The next ayahuasca? Gabon fights to protect sacred plant from US drug companies

Iboga root, central to several Gabonese ritual traditions, is believed to have huge potential for use in treating addiction and some mental illnessesT...

Oct 18, 2026
Hilarious quips and ‘100,000-volt’ energy: the hypemen (and women) redefining Afrobeats music

Style of emceeing based on high-octane, ad-libbed vocals has flourished thanks to its unique way of captivating crowdsFor the 2015 freshmen cohort of ...

Oct 18, 2026
‘Medieval romance overflowed with sexually active fairies’: the surprisingly long roots of roman

Critics mock it as raunchy trash – but this enchanting genre is much older, and wilder, than you might imagineThere’s a popular genre, filled with...

Oct 18, 2026
Macron criticises ‘unbridled violence’ after days of unrest and 2,400 arrests across France

Ministers, officials and police under pressure over response to protests as government holds crisis talks amid ‘colossal failure of the state’The ...

Oct 18, 2026
Zelenskyy thanks Trump for resumed intelligence sharing after US Starlink ‘message’

Two people killed and at least 17 injured as Russia and Ukraine continue to trade strikes on power infrastructureVolodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday thanked...

Oct 18, 2026
Four people killed in ‘violent, fast-moving’ fire at Canadian military base

Prime minister Mark Carney describes blaze as ‘one of the worst tragedies for the forces on Canadian soil in peacetime’Four people have been kille...

Oct 18, 2026
Tap water no longer drinkable in Norwegian town as climate-related thawing releases heavy metals

Warning for other Arctic communities as residents told not to use water in Longyearbyen in Svalbard, one of the fastest-warming places in the worldRes...

Oct 19, 2026
US ambassador to Israel calls West Bank settler attack on American photojournalist ‘terror’

Mike Huckabee calls for arrest and prosecution of those responsible as Heidi Levine, 63, recovers in hospital in IsraelThe US ambassador to Israel, Mi...

Oct 18, 2026
Revealed: African island fights offshore gambling network linked to UK family

London-based property investors deny selling licences to casinos claiming to be based on Anjouan, a tiny Indian Ocean islandThe island of Anjouan, ris...

Oct 19, 2026

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