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"The obsession with Sweden has a lot to do with the country’s history of taking in refugees and asylum seekers, combined with social democratic politics. Both are poison to the political right."

Of course Sweden isn’t perfect, but those who love to portray it as teeming with terrorists and naive towards reality, are just cynical hypocrites
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"Although we can’t detect life, we’ve found that there’s a food source there for it. It would be like a candy store for microbes."

Scientists say discovery of ingredients for life on Saturn’s moon Enceladus is bittersweet as spacecraft prepares to end 20-year mission
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An estimated 100m landmines are scattered in some 70 countries, a legacy of often long-past conflict, and the devices injure up to 20,000 people a year.

Team at Israel’s Hebrew University test system that uses lasers and modified bacteria to locate buried devices
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"Celebrity response to controversy has taken on a surreal and defiant new form."

The gaffe-prone Fast and Furious star has defended her role as a hitman punished by being turned into a woman in The Assignment
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"People wanted me to make one of the brothers a terrorist. But the world is hungry for films which break those moulds."

New comedy Finding Fatimah puts authentic British Asian characters centre-screen – can it help end Muslim stereotypes in film?
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Here's what we know about Star Wars: The Last Jedi.

The first footage of Star Wars Episode VIII has just been revealed – and after poring over it, here’s what we discovered
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"The new generation of MCs is pushing religion to the forefront of their music and using it to explore their psyches."

From Stormzy to Kendrick Lamar, rappers are referencing Christianity in their music more than ever before – but it’s not just about bravado
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David Dao, the passenger violently dragged from his seat by police on a United Airlines flight, will need reconstructive surgery, his lawyer has said.

After suffering multiple injuries – including a concussion – as he was removed from plane, David Dao could become a ‘poster child’ for passenger mistreatment
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"Why is the dearth of women on Wall Street being symbolised with a child?"

The new bronze statue facing down the Charging Bull on Wall Street is meant to be a symbol of defiant femininity. What a pity it makes no sense
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Joseph Szabo was a frustrated high-school teacher in need of inspiration – so he started photographing his students, and captured all the angst and excitement of being caught between childhood and adulthood.

Joseph Szabo was a frustrated high-school teacher in need of inspiration – so he started photographing his students, and captured all the angst and excitement of being caught between childhood and adulthood
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Shana Tolliver had a simple question: how many of her Facebook friends knew a murder victim whose case was still unsolved?

When Shana Tolliver asked friends to identify cases, the response spurred calls for change amid tension between African American neighborhoods and police
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The much-anticipated first trailer for Star Wars: The Last Jedi has been unveiled.

First footage of Episode VIII of the Star Wars saga hits the net after unveiling at the Star Wars Celebration fan event in Florida
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"This 'mother of all bombs' and Trump’s newfound penchant for war will not help Afghan mothers, many of whom are widows struggling to take care of their families after their husbands have been killed. The $16m cost of this one explosion could have provided over 50 million meals for Afghan children."

Trump dropped the biggest non-nuclear bomb ever used in Afghanistan on Thursday. Just where is this escalation going?
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"Financial markets are starting to have doubts about Donald Trump. The euphoria that sent share prices on Wall Street to record levels has quickly dissipated amid fears that the new president is dangerously unpredictable."

After his U-turns at home and Dr Strangelove-style antics abroad, markets and investors are supposing that the president is making it up as he goes along
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"For women who have actual friendships with women, it seems disingenuous, if not a little insulting. Girls reduced women’s friendships to their most negative stereotypes: selfishness, narcissism, a willingness to throw other women under the bus when sex with a man is in the offing."

In showing women to be mercilessly cruel to each other, the final season of Lena Dunham’s award-winning comedy solidifies toxic beliefs about how female relationships operate
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China has urged the US and North Korea to step back from the brink of a potentially catastrophic conflict after Pyongyang warned it would not “keep its arms crossed” in the event of a pre-emptive strike.

Vice-foreign minister says Pyongyang will conduct nuclear test when it sees fit as China appeals to US to avoid pre-emptive strike
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This video from 2016 tells the story of Kunkush the cat. Kunkush was a beloved member of a family who became refugees when they fled Iraq for the safety of Europe. Travelling through Greece, cat and family became separated, sparking an international online search in hopes of reuniting them.

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