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Banker fined $84 million for smuggling Picasso painting out of Spain
Jaime Botin, the ex-chairman of Bankinter, was also given an 18-month prison term on Thursday but he is unlikely to…
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How Iraq’s relationship with Iran shifted after the fall of Saddam Hussein
The reason he had played cat and mouse with UN weapons inspectors for over a decade was not because he…
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Prohibition Was a Failed Experiment in Moral Governance
A century ago, Prohibition went into effect around the United States, and the evangelical Protestants who had fought for 80…
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Entire Russian government resigns after Vladimir Putin speech
In a shock announcement, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev announced his government would resign, allowing Putin to appoint a new administration…
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Weather shows evidence of climate change every single day since 2012
A single, torrential rainstorm one day in June. Alejandra Borunda National Geographic An unseasonably warm day in January. A cold…
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The agony of weekend loneliness: ‘I won’t speak to another human until Monday’
On Saturday morning, Peter got up and went to the supermarket. Paula Cocozza The Guardian He carried his shopping home,…
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The Crown Prince of Iran Pitches Regime Change to Washington
He painted a picture of Iran on the brink of collapse—and presented a plan to manage the coming “implosion” with…
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Peru’s top court says dissolution of parliament was legal
The constitutional court said President Martín Vizcarra had not exceeded his powers when he took the step amid a stand-off…
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If you can read this headline, you can read a novel.
Public anxiety about the capacity of digital-age children and young adults to read anything longer than a screen grab has…
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Why the ‘golden age’ of political cartooning might be drawing to an end
The power they wield is not to be underestimated. Antony Funnell for Big Ideas ABC news Louis XVI lost his…
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James Murdoch blasts News Corp’s ‘ongoing climate change denial’
Rupert Murdoch’s youngest son has revealed his “frustration” with News Corp’s coverage of climate change, pointing particularly to the “ongoing…
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Australia’s bushfire smoke will do a full lap of the earth: NASA
The smoke has billowed into the lower stratosphere, reaching 17.7 km above sea level, the US space agency NASA said…
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It takes a nation to save the land we love
I remember the bright stars, not yet morning, as we drove to hear my old friend Helen Pedersen sing the…
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Climate crisis likely to increase violent deaths of young people – report
Rising temperatures caused by global heating are likely to increase deaths from road crashes, violence, suicides and drowning, according to…
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South China Sea: Putin moves to support the Philippines and Vietnam against Beijing’s plan
The development will frustrate China’s attempts to secure ownership of the lucrative zone within its nine dash line, the proportion…
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Dutton Slammed for Locking Up a Blind, Mentally Ill Refugee for a Decade
For many years, there have been concerns about the arbitrary power the Home Affairs Minister has to either grant or…
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