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US sees surge in efforts to reduce child labor regulations
‘Dumb and dangerous’  
US sees surge in efforts to reduce child labor regulations
Ten states have rolled back child labor laws recently, with a federal bill to allow teens to work in one of the most dangerous industries
US elections 2024  
The pro-Trump pastors embracing ‘overt white Christian nationalism’
‘Your soul is tested here’  
The last days of death row in California
Live  
Russia-Ukraine war: five children among at least 34 injured after Pavlohrad attack
US gun control  
New York buyback program takes thousands of firearms off the street
Ukraine invasion
Ukraine’s air defences shoot down 15 Russian missiles during wave of early morning strikes
Live  
Ukraine’s air defences shoot down 15 Russian missiles during wave of early morning strikes
Freight train derailed in border region of Bryansk; children among those injured in attack that appeared to target ammunition depot
Ukraine  
Ammunition depot reportedly hit in wave of Russian missile attacks
At a glance  
What we know on day 432 of the Russian invasion
When Russia targets ordinary homes  
The attacks that mean no one is safe in Ukraine
News extra
Texas guts ‘woke civics’. Now kids can’t engage in a key democratic process
Education  
Texas guts ‘woke civics’. Now kids can’t engage in a key democratic process
Many states have restricted how schools can teach race and gender, but only Texas has banned student interaction with elected officials
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How the US navy devastated a tiny Puerto Rican island
‘I thought they’d kill us’  
How the US navy devastated a tiny Puerto Rican island
For decades, the military fired explosives on Vieques. The US citizens who live there still face the consequences
Review  
The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece – Tom Hanks’s ambitious, myth-busting novel
Great Coco  
The telltale signs of China turning Myanmar island into military base
‘Excessive loyalty’  
How Republican giant George Shultz fell for Nixon, Reagan … and Elizabeth Holmes
Spain  
Madrid’s new museum is a modern mecca for old-world art lovers
‘You’re very fat up here’  
Was dance god George Balanchine a controlling monster?
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Why the coronation will be a muted affair in Australia
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Why the coronation will be a muted affair in Australia
As Charles III is crowned in London, only one state – Western Australia – is considering a public holiday and republicanism is resurgent
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What 2011 can tell us about the US debt ceiling crisis
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