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May delivers ultimatum to Putin over 'despicable' attack on ex-spy
British Prime Minister gave Vladimir Putin 24 hours to prove the Kremlin didn't poison a former spy with a Soviet toxin.
- by Nick Miller
Opinion & Perspectives
The motherhood penalty is still deeply entrenched ... even in Denmark
It will take more than progressive government policies to ensure equal opportunities for mothers and fathers.
Matt Wade
It's 2018, so let us begin anew
It's at this time of year when even those who have had the luxury of a long break are back at work, when all of us are focused on the year ahead, that we might reflect on what would be a welcome change in the new year.
Amanda Vanstone
'We are all Davos men now': Free trade triumphs despite Trump's trade tantrums
It's a brave new free trade world we live in, where we view ourselves more as consumers than workers. Where a threatened train strike elicits more concern about how we will all get to work than how fairly our fellow workers will be compensated.
Jessica Irvine
North America
Stormy Daniels offers to return $130,000 payment to Trump lawyer
Stormy Daniels, the porn star who claims an affair with President Trump, on Monday offered to give back the $130,000 payment to Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen.
Trump throws gun purchase age to states, courts
President Donald Trump said he would wait for the courts to rule before acting on raising the minimum age for some gun purchases, putting off one of the more contentious gun safety measures he had backed after the latest US school shooting.
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Plane crashes in Nepal, killing dozens
A passenger plane has swerved, crashed and burst into flames as it landed at Kathmandu airport in Nepal, killing at least 38 people.
- by Binaj Gurubacharya
China on track to launch Mars probe in 2020
The Chinese government has released rare details of its ambitious targets for space exploration.
- by Kirsty Needham
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Stone Age people in South Africa unharmed by Toba supervolcano
While the eruption may have triggered a decades-long global "volcanic winter", scientists found evidence some hunter-gatherers continued to thrive.
- by Will Dunham
