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M John Harrison’s Booker prize-winner is weird, challenging and strikingly topical
After years on the margins, Harrison’s win for this resonantly disturbing dystopia brings the visionary writer the recognition he deserves
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Mums v Big Pharma review – the ‘bored, hysterical housewives’ who exposed a horrifying scandal
Janet Williams and Emma Murphy both had children with disabilities, then started doing some digging … and uncovered a jaw-dropping medical fiasco that rivals thalidomide. Long may they fight!
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Entertainment
M John Harrison becomes first science fiction author to win the Booker prize
The 81-year-old’s postapocalyptic novel The End of Everything takes home the £50,000 award Guardian fiction editor Justine Jordan on M John Harrison’s win: A visionary writer gets the recognition he deserves Eighty-one-year-old M John Harrison has won the Booker prize for The End of Everything, a postapocalyptic novel set on a near-future Kent coast, becoming the oldest winner in the award’s history. Gaby Wood, chief executive of the Booker Prize Foundation, said that while plenty of previous winners had dabbled in science fiction, Harrison’s was “the first Booker winner to have emerged from t
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International
What Trump meant when he said the U.S. is cutting aid to Israel
President Trump says he's halting aid to Israel. Israelis are worried. But experts say the U.S. is just shifting aid from the State Department to the Pentagon, with less congressional oversight.
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International
France advances the increase in the minimum wage in the face of protests and union pressure
The French Government will increase the minimum wage by 1.6% starting in December, a month ahead of schedule, to try to contain social unrest. The measure will raise the minimum income to…
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France advances the increase in the minimum wage in the face of protests and union pressure
The French Government will increase the minimum wage by 1.6% starting in December, a month ahead of schedule, to try to contain social unrest. The measure will raise the minimum income to…
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International
Zoe Kleinman: Nvidia CEO's affair will cause ripples across US and beyond
Jensen Huang is being investigated by his own company over an extramarital affair with a woman alleged to be a Chinese spy.
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International
Trial date of alleged Charlie Kirk killer set for June 2028
Tyler Robinson has pleaded not guilty to aggravated murder and six other charges in connection with the 2025 killing of the conservative activist.
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International
What to expect as Russia, Ukraine and the US hold trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi
Negotiators from Ukraine, Russia and the United States are set to meet in the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Tuesday for a new round of talks aimed at ending nearly five years of full-scale…
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Sports
Manchester’s soulless content machine football clubs sum up post-imperial Britain | Barney Ronay
United and City dominate the news cycle with stories so strange and vast they threaten to consume the rest of the league In Manchester this weekend it was possible to bookend your Thursday‑to‑Sunday entertainment with two cultural events. First up, a debut screening of the re‑released and uncensored Ken Russell film The Devils at Trafford Odeon. And three days later, three miles down the road, Manchester United versus Aston Villa at Old Trafford. As expected, one of these events provided a visceral cinematic experience, a deeply disturbing two-hour public meditation on the meaning of faith, bl
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Sports
Aberdeen hunt yet another manager after ill-fated Robinson reign
Stephen Robinson's tenure as head coach panned out as many Aberdeen fans feared it would, writes BBC Scotland's Liam McLeod.
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Crypto
Forget ‘Ultrasound Money’? Vitalik Buterin Pushes New Ethereum Store-of-Value Vision
Buterin outlined three main reasons for shifting attention away from Ethereum's fee-burning narrative and toward its potential as a store of value.
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