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Alessandro Costacurta: ‘San Siro Is An Icon – It’s Incredibly Beautiful But It’s Not Functional’

17 September 2026 | 14:48

Alessandro Costacurta lasted 15 minutes of his first game at San Siro. He was, admittedly, not playing, but tagging along to watch his older brother’s favourite team.“I grew up in the province of Vare...

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Ireland To Boycott Eurovision Again Over Ongoing Deaths In Gaza

17 September 2026 | 13:35

Ireland is to boycott Eurovision for the second year running over the “appalling” ongoing killing in Gaza, the national broadcaster has said.Ireland was one of five countries, along with Iceland, Neth...

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Iran School Bombing: Grounds To Believe US Was Behind Atrocity, UN Finds

17 September 2026 | 09:33

A UN fact-finding mission on Iran has said there are reasonable grounds to believe the US was behind two military strikes on a school and sports facility in Iran in ⁠February, and that these constitut...

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Spermageddon, ‘Greedy Jobs’ And Abject Fear: Why Birth Rates Are Plummeting – And Why It Matters

17 September 2026 | 09:15

Generation Maybe is the most tactful possible title for Camilla Cavendish’s bracing new book – because the trend she’s describing is anything but a “maybe”. “The wave of childlessness that is sweeping...

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2025 Was Among Driest Years On Record For World’s Rivers, Study Finds

17 September 2026 | 04:16

Rivers across the world experienced one of their driest years in more than three decades in 2025, a comprehensive study of global water resources has found.The assessment of the global water cycle by ...

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De Cuyper And Brighton Pile On Pain For Manchester United With Comeback

16 September 2026 | 23:46

Across four days Manchester United have lost the 199th derby against Manchester City, were told by JJ Gabriel that he wants to leave, and now they have been knocked out of the Carabao Cup by Brighton....

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Top Trump Military Adviser Says US Must Prepare To Fight Around Moon

16 September 2026 | 21:34

American troops need to prepare for combat not only in Earth’s orbit but around the moon, Donald Trump’s top military adviser said on Wednesday, looking ahead to a new frontier in warfare after the US...

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Send in the clowns: the new guard of activists combating the right

16 September 2026 | 18:16

On a humid morning on 15 July, Tillie the Clown, a Brooklyn-based drag performer whose real name is Taylor Horne, was waiting to be let inside a New York City council meeting. Horne had started gettin...

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Cassandra Wilson obituary

16 September 2026 | 16:33

Cassandra Wilson, the double Grammy-winning jazz vocalist and songwriter who has died aged 70, was described in 2001 by Time magazine as “America’s best singer”. Superlatives accompanied Wilson throug...

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Are you cleaning your cat litter box correctly?

16 September 2026 | 16:15

Throughout history, people have revered cats. Ancient Egyptians worshipped feline deities. In Norse mythology, the Viking goddess Freya rode around in a sled pulled by two cats. And my father regularl...