Sexual and reproductive services face an uncertain future as the country’s second-largest donor halts support worth hundreds of millions of poundsThe Swedish flag is still flying above the pale blue building overlooking the Atlantic in Liberia’s capital, Monrovia, but the doors of the embassy are now closed to…

Sweden ends aid to Liberia in a hammer blow to women’s rights and healthcare
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Sweden ends aid to Liberia in a hammer blow to women’s rights and healthcare

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With millions of club shirts going to waste every season, a radical recycling rethink is neededWhen Joanna Czutkowna buried a Manchester United jersey, a cotton T-shirt and a wool-cotton jumper in her Lancashire farm and dug it up a year later, the video went viral. The T-shirt had disappeared, apart from the seams…

It’s time to get shirty about the short life of the football top
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It’s time to get shirty about the short life of the football top

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Alvarez wants Barça but Atlético say no chance of thatJesus poised for Barcelona and Martinelli for Al-HilalArsenal are running out of time to persuade Julián Alvarez to join them from Atlético Madrid after agreeing to sell Gabriel Martinelli, Gabriel Jesus and Fábio Vieira in deals collectively worth more than…

Arsenal trying to lure Julián Alvarez after agreeing deals to sell Martinelli and Jesus
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Arsenal trying to lure Julián Alvarez after agreeing deals to sell Martinelli and Jesus

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Unions say ban will take time to enact, while president also wants under-15s social media ban as key legacyFrench high schools are rushing to put in place a ban on mobile phones this week as Emmanuel Macron pushes for children to spend less time in front of screens.Education unions warned that banning mobile phone use…

French high schools rush to put Macron’s phone ban into force
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French high schools rush to put Macron’s phone ban into force

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US trade representative Jamieson Greer has a level-headed reputation but commerce secretary Howard Lutnick and White House adviser Peter Navarro also have key rolesHaving reportedly read Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables, in French, during a military tour of duty in Iraq, Jamieson Greer considered himself an unlikely…

As Canada tariff talks collapse, who’s calling the shots in Trump’s trade team?
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As Canada tariff talks collapse, who’s calling the shots in Trump’s trade team?

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Pedro Sánchez says two countries are cooperating after mass incursion by 70,000 people into north African enclave Spain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, has insisted there was no evidence to suggest the Moroccan government was behind last month’s massive border crossing into Ceuta.As many as 141 people are…

Morocco not to blame for Ceuta border breach, says Spanish PM
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Morocco not to blame for Ceuta border breach, says Spanish PM

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Debut director James Ross II shows promise in this gore fest, but the fear factor suffers from an overly complex plotSleep has been part of the horror genre repertoire since The Cabinet of Dr Caligari, and the anxieties around it are spiking as the “sleep economy” becomes a thing. This ambitiously structured gore…

Parasomnia review – sleep-schedule horror conjures up a succubus on the loose in waking nightmare
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Parasomnia review – sleep-schedule horror conjures up a succubus on the loose in waking nightmare

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Divers join search teams scouring deep waters for ⁠any survivors, with eight people so far confirmed to have diedNearly 20 people are still missing after a ferry capsized ⁠off northern Cyprus, killing at least eight, as divers join search teams scouring deep waters for ⁠any survivors.The double-hulled ⁠ferry…

Nearly 20 people still missing after ferry capsizes ⁠off northern Cyprus
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Nearly 20 people still missing after ferry capsizes ⁠off northern Cyprus

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Apparently a dedicated mud room will make you less stressed. But I have a very different approachI was excited to learn that the latest interiors essential, according to the Washington Post, is a “dirty zone”. I’m ahead of the curve – I’ve already got a dirty zone by each main door (and also one directly…

Do you have a bespoke ‘dirty zone’? | Emma Beddington
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Do you have a bespoke ‘dirty zone’? | Emma Beddington

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Public lands belong to all of us. Noone should plunder those lands for profitDo people still say a car was “sold for parts”? Because the US is being sold for parts or just handed over to the oligarchy. It’s a fire sale, a bankruptcy auction, it’s a planned dismantling of everything from its military to its…

Trump’s plan to sell off a part of Yosemite is what oligarchy looks like | Rebecca Solnit
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Trump’s plan to sell off a part of Yosemite is what oligarchy looks like | Rebecca Solnit

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