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First, Donald Trump made a pitch for Ukraine’s critical minerals; now, the US president seems to want to own the war-torn nation’s nuclear power plants. But there’s a lot of confusion over what Trump would do if he did take […]

The eclectic members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) are gathering in Greece to decide who will formally succeed Thomas Bach as the body’s president at a ceremony in Switzerland on 23 June, “Olympic Day”. The position of IOC president

A massive chemical plant is causing a “celestial crisis” in Chile’s stargazing stronghold, said Reuters. Experts are warning that the South American nation’s “pristine” dark desert skies, which are “world-renowned” for astronomy, are in danger from the march of urban

Vladimir Putin thinks there are “grounds for optimism” over a 30-day ceasefire deal with Ukraine but added that there is “a lot ahead to be done”. With Volodymyr Zelenskyy rejecting Moscow’s “manipulative” preconditions and both sides reporting enemy drone attacks

Modern healthcare is drastically overdiagnosing people, says a leading neurologist, and this might be doing more harm than good. In a book described as a “searing critique” by The Sunday Times, Suzanne O’Sullivan says that overdiagnosis – the diagnosis of

Greenland’s centre-right opposition has won the most votes in an election overshadowed by Donald Trump’s threat to take control of the island. With more than 90% of yesterday’s ballots counted, the Demokraatit party was set for a “surprise” victory, said

Microplastics have been found in human blood, semen, breast milk, placental tissue and bone marrow, but their presence in the human brain is particularly “troubling”, wrote Ben Spencer, science editor of The Times. A recent University of New Mexico study,

Booked-out diaries, assassination fears and an assault in a hotel lift: Donald Trump impersonators have had quite a ride since the Maga original returned to the White House. With “appearances at parades, golf tournaments and even kids’ parties” the Trump

The political leaders of the US, UK and Russia are 78, 62 and 72 years old respectively, but these men are bucking the global trend of younger politicians taking office. “Across continents,” said Times of India, “a fresh wave” of

The death of a pope, the spiritual leader of the world’s 1.3 billion Catholics, propels the Holy Roman Church into “its most dramatic moment of flux”, said The New York Times. For that very reason, the period between a pontiff’s