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US farm workers labor in deadly heat with few protections
‘We’re not animals, we’re human beings’ / US farm workers labor in deadly heat with few protections
Advocates want Osha to issue federal heat standards, requiring water, shade and rest breaks
‘​​I think it kicked ass’ / How Texas Democrats fought for voting rights by fleeing the state
Germany floods / Merkel voices horror at ‘catastrophe’ as death toll passes 100
Grin outlook / Restoration work wipes smile off the face of Dutch vegetable seller
Coronavirus / Republican lawmakers push to cast vaccine refusal as a civil rights issue
Guaranteed income / California passes US’s first state-backed plan
News extra
Pregnant man and multiracial handshake approved for launch
Emojis / Pregnant man and multiracial handshake approved for launch
Additional emojis aim to complete Unicode’s drive to offer more variety and gender-neutral options
Coronavirus
England’s Covid unlocking is threat to world, say 1,200 scientists
Coronavirus / England’s Covid unlocking is threat to world, say 1,200 scientists
International experts say ‘unethical experiment’ could allow vaccine-resistant variants to develop
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Why are we so obsessed with heists?
‘You can root for the bad guys’ / Why are we so obsessed with heists?
In a new Netflix docuseries, three unlikely heists are put under the spotlight along with the eccentric people behind them
Capital punishment / Everyone on death row gets a lawyer. Not everyone gets a Kim Kardashian
‘We have a hostility to being boring’ / Sparks, still flying in their 70s
Space / The space race is back on – but who will win?
Experience / I was stabbed while playing Hamlet
Gwen Berry / ‘I’m not anti-American … I want justice for everybody’
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Opinion
There’s a new tactic for exposing you to radical content online: the ‘slow red-pill’
Joshua Citarella
There’s a new tactic for exposing you to radical content online: the ‘slow red-pill’
If Covid-19 is a seasonal virus, why is it spreading during the summer?
Francois Balloux
Sports
The Open / Club maker hits back at DeChambeau over ‘stupid’ comments
Club maker hits back at DeChambeau over ‘stupid’ comments
Gold Cup / USA hammer six past Martinique to reach last eight
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The best of the Olympics and Paralympics
Newsletter / The best of the Olympics and Paralympics
Running throughout the Olympics and Paralympics, a guide to the day’s highlights and the best that is yet to come
Culture
Lisa Taddeo / ‘I suppose it comes as no surprise that I like dark writing’
‘I suppose it comes as no surprise that I like dark writing’
Sex Pistols / Legal battle over music licensing for new Danny Boyle series
Explore
A bee: in its dying moments its mouth opens and closes, kissing the ground
The nature of ... / A bee: in its dying moments its mouth opens and closes, kissing the ground
Helen Sullivan
The Upside weekly report / Why are so many Americans happy with their lot?
Heat exhaustion, apocalyptic scenes: what it’s like fighting the US’s biggest wildfire
Matthew Montoya
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