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'I'm afraid they'll bomb the cafe where I work, or bomb me': a day in the life of a 12-year-old boy in Gaza

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September 22, 2026

Health

How did Big Toothbrush take over, and how did our mouths become such a profitable market?

In December 1969, the consumer magazine Which? looked at a fairly new gadget that it predicted many people would give…

September 22, 2026

Russia

Putin tightens his hold on Russia as 49 Ukraine war veterans win seats in parliament.

Russia’s new parliament will include 49 deputies who have fought in the war against Ukraine, officials said, after the ruling…

September 21, 2026

El Niño southern oscillation

'Jaw-dropping' El Niño breaks temperature records months before its peak

The “jaw-dropping” El Niño currently heating up the planet has already broken the highest temperature ever recorded for the phenomenon,…

September 21, 2026

Germany

The German chancellor is holding on to power after another defeat by the far-right AfD.

Germany’s embattled leader, Friedrich Merz, has tried to rally support for his struggling chancellorship among senior members of his conservative…

September 21, 2026

Dirty Dancing

'Still gives me a jolt of joy': why Dirty Dancing is my feelgood movie

There’s probably a Swedish word for what Dirty Dancing makes me feel. A kind of turbo-nostalgia that mixes comfort, joy,…

September 21, 2026

Parents and parenting

The kindness of strangers: I was extremely stressed taking my four children on an international flight – then a passenger tucked a blanket around my sleeping son.

I won’t lie – I was having nightmares before the trip. When my family immigrated to Australia from Europe, my…

September 21, 2026

Gaza

'I lost my children, and I'm afraid of losing my baby again': a day in the life of a pregnant woman in Gaza

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September 21, 2026