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‘I took a grenade blast to escape’ - Russian deserters speak to The Times
When Nikolai’s assault unit was told to advance on a Ukrainian position, he decided he’d rather blow up his own arm than continue to fight. Nikolai a…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
Why too much noise is killing us - the Sunday Story
Jet engines, the neighbour's lawnmower, traffic noise - it's all terrible for our health. Yet for many years the issue has been dismissed, described …
3 months, 4 weeks ago
Sex poetry and brain worms: The RFK 'love triangle' shocking America - the Saturday Story
A new book by New York Magazine’s former star political writer, Olivia Nuzzi, has unleashed a chaotic slew of revelations about her alleged transgres…
4 months ago
Why are so many Poles returning home?
In the 1980s, the leader of Poland’s Solidarity Movement, campaigning against communism, promised the country’s economy would one day rival Japan. Th…
4 months ago
Will a review into mental health fix a system in crisis?
Today, Health Secretary Wes Streeting is announcing an independent review into rising demand for mental health, ADHD, and autism services. Amid soari…
4 months ago
What ever happened to Trump’s peace plan for Gaza?
On Tuesday the UN General Assembly met to discuss a plan for Palestinian statehood, two months after President Trump announced his twenty-point peace…
4 months ago
Will the budget fallout bring down Keir Starmer?
The arguments over last week’s budget continue; first chancellor Rachel Reeves was accused of misleading MPs and the public over the state of public …
4 months ago
Joseph Kony's son escaped his father's militia - now he tells his story
In 2012 Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony went viral thanks to Kony 2012, a documentary about his atrocities. He's been on the run ever since. Today, the s…
4 months ago
Are we becoming a post-literate society? - The Sunday Story
When an Oxbridge professor says his students are “functionally illiterate”, you know something is wrong. With reading levels in freefall and screenti…
4 months, 1 week ago
The $10m mind-reader who spooked Joe Rogan and Barack Obama - the Saturday Story
Oz Pearlman has guessed Joe Rogan's pin number, freaked out Barack Obama, mind-read Howard Stern’s secret afterlife password and left Richard Branson…
4 months, 1 week ago