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Afghanistan’s leader has exerted full control over a city that once enjoyed looser social norms, even under Taliban rule.
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Three cameras caught the moment people ducked then ran for cover in Sumy, in north eastern Ukraine.
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The Iran and Ukraine wars underline the common limits of military force in achieving political ends, but also the differences between a dug-in Russian president and a vacillating American one.
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Jamie Mantzouridis used steroids, growth hormones and insulin until the side effects became impossible to ignoreFitness influencers linked to wellness brand helping run illegal steroid market on TelegramJamie Mantzouridis vividly remembers the first time he took steroids. He got someone else to inject him and his mind was racing. “What if he hit an artery? What if there was an air bubble?” Mantzouridis, however, says he was young and fearless.He was small growing up, skinny and self-conscious. B
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Prof Channa Jayasena says growing online sales of unregulated drugs risk fatalities as responsibility falls between regulatorsFitness influencers linked to wellness brand helping run illegal steroid market on TelegramThe UK has become a “wild west” for people peddling experimental peptides, steroids and other substances, a leading expert has said, warning action must be taken to avoid fatalities.Prof Channa Jayasena of Imperial College London, a consultant in reproductive endocrinology and andro
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In an exclusive interview, the legendary con man known as Fat Leonard, back in prison, tells The Post about his wild escape and his bid for a presidential pardon.
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Jordan, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman and the UAE reportedly came under attack as Tehran says it is closing Strait of HormuzLindsey Graham, a longtime US senator and key ally of Donald Trump, has died from a sudden illness, his office said in the early hours of Sunday. He had just turned 71.Graham’s abrupt death will send shockwaves through Washington and the Republican party. He had served in the Senate since 2003, representing South Carolina, and was running for re-election in November. Continue readin
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Two drugs are being trialled in the Ituri region in a programme set up just six weeks after the outbreak was declared, with hopes it will reduce mortality ratesThere is no approved drug to help the medical teams scrabbling to save lives in the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo – but there are hopes that could change within months as the first patients are enrolled in a treatment trial.It is a record pace to set up and start this kind of research, scientists said, with patien
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The influential politician has just returned from Kyiv, where he met Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday.
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Typhoon Bavi made landfall in China after killing 17 in the Philippines, skirting Japan and hitting Taiwan. At its largest, the storm was about the width of France.
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Republican senator had served in the Senate since 2003 and was a sharp critic of Trump before becoming one of his most loyal backersUS senator Lindsey Graham, a key ally of Donald Trump, has died from a sudden illness, his office said in the early hours of Sunday. He had just turned 71.Graham’s death will send shockwaves through Washington and the Republican party. He has served in the Senate since 2003, representing South Carolina. Continue reading...
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Government to launch consultation after Everton’s deal with Stake.com went ahead amid warnings from Gambling CommissionMinisters are poised to launch a crackdown on unlicensed casinos sponsoring British sports teams, amid criticism that a delay to the proposals has opened the door for offshore gambling firms to strike lucrative deals with Premier League clubs.Progress with plans to kick unlicensed gambling operators out of football has stalled since February, when the Department for Culture, Med
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The German supermarket's $9bn US push targets urban hubs like Manhattan. Can its discount model match Walmart?
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Discontent with Trump-backed government mounts as Chávez heirs struggle to respond to disaster for which they seem ill-preparedEven before two powerful earthquakes reduced the OPPE 25 government housing project to an anarchy of shattered concrete and broken lives, the foundations of Hugo Chávez’s populist “Bolivarian” revolution were shaking in what was once a hotbed of support.Gabriel González remembers his elation when, in 2013, he received the keys to his freshly completed apartment in one of
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Foreign ministers will discuss options on Monday but decision on imports is not expected for months The EU has been accused of dragging its feet over upholding international law, on the eve of a long-awaited debate about banning trade with illegal Israeli settlements.EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels on Monday will discuss a possible ban on imports from the settlements, against an ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza, where a UN inquiry found Israel to be committing a genocide, and surgin
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Sudden shift may be linked to affinity for Erdoğan but what might be consequences of erratic behavior towards alliance?Donald Trump’s relationship with Washington’s Nato allies is nobody’s idea of a happy marriage.But the US president’s volatile performance at the western military alliance’s annual summit in Ankara this week seemed extreme, even by Trumpian standards. As commentators sought toexplain what happened, their usually capacious stock of Trump-fitting cliches was at risk of exhaustion.
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India’s government wants to shut down Delhi’s Gymkhana Club, which the prime minister calls a vestige of colonialism. Some members suspect a different motive.
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Crude oil prices jumped above prewar levels this week, demonstrating Iran’s capacity to move energy prices by projecting power in the Strait of Hormuz.
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Russia absorbed much of the mercenary group, but several hundred have used the painkiller tramadol to build a new haven.
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Russia absorbed much of the mercenary group, but several hundred have used the painkiller tramadol to build a new haven in the Central African Republic.