Lamine Yamal: ‘Football has become mechanical, but players like me have that special spark’
Like the kid he is, Lamine Yamal just wanted to keep playing. This wasn’t Plaça Joan XXIII, and it wasn’t…
‘They took the money but didn’t look after my child’: what Luna Wong’s death reveals about how international students are treated in the UK
As a young teenager, one of Luna Wong’s favorite things was to walk to a bridge near her home in…
Blind date: ‘I really wish I hadn’t stepped on that dog – but she told me it was fine’
View image in fullscreenMiklos on Minnie What were you hoping for? To step outside my comfort zone. To meet the…
What is El Niño, what causes it, and can we reduce the risks?
This year’s massive El Niño, coming less than two years after the last one, has already set temperature records. To…
‘Refusing to meet Trump was an easy no’: Colin Kaepernick on being ‘blackballed’ for taking a knee, racism, and why he’s still ready to play
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France gave the Statue of Liberty. China sends pandas. What do diplomatic gifts mean, and how do you choose one?
It was one of the most powerful political gifts of modern times: the Statue of Liberty, a huge neoclassical sculpture…
Meloni accused of ‘running scared’ by limiting foreign children in classrooms.
The Italian government has been accused of increasing divisive rhetoric to win over far-right voters before next year’s general election.…
I once had a brain surgeon drop a piece of my skull on the floor.
In May 2017, on a Sunday, I was at the gym using the chest press when I felt a pop.…
Berlin’s new political star offers something all of Europe needs: hope and housing | Fatma Aydemir
Hope is fragile. You can only hold on to it if you keep finding reasons to believe tomorrow can be…
‘I’m 100% natural’: how Japan’s 90-year-old bodybuilder is still winning titles
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