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When we started out, we didn’t dare dream it would lead to this: expanded rainforest, a beaver release, and rewilding at Balmoral Sid Rawle, the 1960s peace campaigner and infamous “King of the Hippies”, once remarked that if land ownership in Britain were to be divided equally, we would each get about an acre. Surprisingly, … Read more

Colorado GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert announced she is running for re-election in a different district. Boebert, who currently represents Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District, announced in a Wednesday social media video that she will be running for the seat being vacated by Rep. Ken Buck, R-Colo., in the state’s 4th District. Buck announced in November that … Read more

The Guardian’s list of the 100 best male footballers for 2023 features players from Norway, Georgia and Canada, but there are no Americans in sight Top 100 male footballers in 2023 There are 32 different nationalities represented in the Guardian’s list of the Top 100 best male footballers in the world for 2023. The top … Read more

From removing a House speaker and expelling an indicted member, it was not a great year for America’s representatives Before House Republicans left for their holiday recess this month, they addressed one last matter of business. They did not take up an aid package for Ukraine or pass an appropriations bill to fully fund the … Read more

Duolingo is ‘pausing’ its Welsh course despite high demand – we need robust forms of learning that aren’t driven by profit Every 14 days, a language dies. Within the next century, about half of the 7,000 languages spoken on Earth today will have disappeared, taking with them a unique lexicon, culture and way of seeing … Read more

After receiving multiple indictments in 2023, here’s what to know on the civil and federal cases Trump faces going into the year of the next presidential election.

The conversation is stuck: you’re either ‘playing the race card’ or ‘in denial’. But here’s a way to break through The national conversation on racism seems to be stuck in an endless loop. We all know the routine: a public debate is sparked by a news story that features a case of alleged bigotry. It … Read more

Empiricism, algorithms and smartphones are out – astrology, art and a life lived fiercely offline are in Cultural upheavals can be a riddle in real time. Trends that might seem obvious in hindsight are poorly understood in the present or not fathomed at all. We live in turbulent times now, at the tail end of … Read more

President faces pressure from Republican critics and Democratic allies as he struggles to address what both sides agree is a crisis Heading into the heat of the 2024 election season, Joe Biden is weighing major changes to US immigration policy that would toughen border enforcement and address an issue that has emerged as one of … Read more

UN high commissioner for human rights says there is ‘rapid deterioration’ of rights in West Bank. Plus, how instant noodles took over the world Good morning. A UN report published today deplored what it said was a “rapid deterioration” of human rights in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and urged Israeli authorities to end violence against … Read more