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Thursday briefing: A short quiz on a very long year – how many questions can you answer about 2025?
Welcome to the newsletter’s first end-of-year quiz. Test yourself on culture, technology and assorted politica…
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Sexually explicit letters about exiled Hong Kong activists sent to UK and Australian addresses
Exclusive: Letters with deepfake images of Carmen Lau in UK and targeting of Ted Hui in Australia part of grow…
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Hull teenager becomes second Briton ever to join professional sumo stable
Nicholas Tarasenko, 15, gets rare chance to break into professional sumo ranks after winning amateur tournamen…
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Bristol student missed boarding Air India flight due to traffic
Bhoomi Chauhan says she was 10 minutes late and asked airline staff to let her through but was turned awayA st…
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Family of former Leicester City owner killed in helicopter crash sue makers for £2.15bn
Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha’s relatives demand compensation from Italian firm Leonardo six years after his deathT…
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Tributes paid to ‘kind and loving’ British tourist who died in Laos
Simone White was one of six people to die in suspected methanol poisoning incident in Vang ViengTributes have …
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Family of Sikh activist calls for inquest into Midlands hospital death
Questions raised about sudden death in Birmingham after Canada links India to murder in British ColumbiaThe fa…
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Ministers yet to finalise Covid testing plans for travellers from China
Officials confirm new policy for England will begin on Thursday but say they are still working on final detail…
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Covid live: US supreme court to rule on vaccine mandates; Polish president tests positive
Court to hear legal challenge against law mandating certain workers must have jab; Andrzej Duda has Covid for …
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Covid live news: walk-in PCR tests unavailable in England for several hours; France considers new curbs
No walk-in PCR tests available in England for a few hours due to ‘high demand’; Emmanuel Macron expected to an…
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Voices of Covid doctors: ‘It was always about trying to save you’ – video
Healthcare workers around the world have been on the frontline of the coronavirus pandemic for almost two year…
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Coronavirus live: Omicron poses real threat, says Moderna chief; Pfizer says Covid pill near 90% effective
Moderna chief cautions against assumptions Omicron is milder than Delta; Pfizer says pill cut hospitalisation …
- China, Coronavirus, England, Europe, Hong Kong, US news, Vaccines and immunisation, World Health Organization, World news
Covid live: France backs jabs for vulnerable 5- to 11-year-olds; Greece to fine unvaccinated over-60s
Unjabbed Greeks face a €100 fine per month; French regulator says children who could develop severe Covid shou…
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UK unlikely to unlock travel to key European destinations, say sources
Government considers adding more destinations to England’s red list as it monitors Vietnam variantCoronavirus …
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Covid variant found in India may delay lifting of England restrictions, minister admits
James Cleverly says decisions will be driven by data amid concerns over rapid jump in casesCoronavirus – lates…