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Cabbage soaked in formaldehyde before loading: China ordered an investigation after a blogger filmed it

A blogger filmed cabbage being dipped in a banned chemical and the authorities confirmed the footage is genuine. China grows...

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Bessent unveils his "economic D-Day" against Iran tonight: but 80 percent of Iranian oil goes to China

The biggest sanctions package yet is being billed as historic isolation. The problem is that the ties that need cutting...

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King Harald has been in hospital for eight days, and a palace that has been silent for decades released a diagnosis

The 89-year-old Norwegian king is on antibiotics for a bacterial bloodstream infection. When a palace that says as little as...

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Black August: Why Russia Dreads the Eighth Month of the Year

A coup, a default, the Kursk, Georgia, the poisoning of Navalny - all in August. This summer: smoke over refineries...

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Iran Threatened Its Neighbours, Then Announced a Toll for Hormuz

First a threat to attack the interests of anyone joining the American pressure campaign. Then - talks with Oman and...

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Hackers Shut Down a British Power Plant: For Four Days Nobody Could Get It Running Again

Not a fault, not a storm - an attack from a distance. For four days the plant stood dead, and...

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South Korea Asked Moscow for Permission to Reach Europe: Sanctions Have a Door, and It Is Frozen

A Washington ally duly waited for Russian clearance to sail along the Arctic coast. Brussels is unhappy, but the ship...

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Eleven Million Euros by 28 August: Harry Lost His Battle with the Daily Mail and Is Now Paying for Their Defence

The court called the publisher's costs exceptionally high - and then ordered Harry to pay them. Forty million for one...

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He Walked into a School in Sweden with a Sword and a Helmet: One Person Killed, and the Attacker Was Already on Record

An eighteen-year-old former pupil with a previous conviction entered a school of 450 children. Exactly one year after Orebro, where...

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Seven Dead Aid Workers, Zero Indictments: Britain, Canada and Australia Condemned Israel's Decision

The Israeli military admits serious failures but concludes there is no criminal liability. The blame exists as a concept, but...

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Three Minutes and Nine Kilometres: a Russian Reconnaissance Plane Entered Finnish Airspace, and the Ambassador Was Explaining Himself the Next Day

Finland published the exact figures on the violation of its airspace and summoned the Russian ambassador within a day. How...

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The Court Said the Bill Was Excessive, Then Declined to Cap It: Harry Pays 11 Million by 28 August

Defending the Daily Mail cost 40.22 million euros. The court called that exceptionally high - and then refused to set...

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