Rachel Roberts
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Rachel Roberts is a London-based journalist with a background in local then national news. She focuses on health and education stories and has a particular interest in vaccines and issues impacting children.
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Mexico’s President Rules Out US Cross-Border Strikes on Drug Cartels
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has dismissed the suggestion the United States could strike within Mexican territory amid heightened border sensitivities.
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MI5 Warns British Lawmakers of LinkedIn Threat From Chinese Spies
Speaker of the House of Commons Sir Lindsay Hoyle wrote to MPs on Tuesday to make them aware of the Espionage Alert issued by the intelligence agency.
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Japan Issues Safety Warning to Its Citizens in China Amid Escalating Tensions
The dispute began when the Japanese prime minister commented on Taiwan and has now escalated, as China has issued travel warnings and banned films.
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Chile Faces Close Presidential Race Between a Communist and a Pro-Trump Conservative
Jeannette Jara, a member of the Communist Party since her teens, will face José Antonio Kast, a socially conservative Catholic, in a run-off.
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Ousted Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sentenced to Death Over Brutal Crackdown
Sheikh Hasina and close aide Asaduzzaman Khan remain in India, which is refusing to extradite the pair, who have been convicted of crimes against humanity.
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US Agrees to $330 Million Sale of Fighter Jets to Taiwan
The Pentagon said that the proposed sale would improve Taiwan’s ‘capability to meet current and future threats.’
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Blood Pressure Rates Surge in Children Worldwide, Study Finds
The ‘alarming’ increase is believed to be largely related to the concurrent rise in global rates of obesity, academics said.
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Olympic Committee Moves Toward Banning Trans-Identifying Males From Women’s Sports
The IOC set up a scientific group to evaluate the persistence of male physical advantage even after testosterone suppressing treatment.
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Indigenous Activists Breach UN Security at Climate Summit
The protesters had traveled 30 days by ship to make their point on deforestation to the delegates and world leaders gathered in Belem.
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In Speech to Staff, BBC Boss Admits ‘Mistake’ Over Panorama Editing of Trump
Outgoing Director-General Tim Davie, who quit following a damning internal report on bias, urged staff to ‘fight’ against what he termed the BBC’s ‘enemies.’
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Mexico’s President Rules Out US Cross-Border Strikes on Drug Cartels
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has dismissed the suggestion the United States could strike within Mexican territory amid heightened border sensitivities.
|
MI5 Warns British Lawmakers of LinkedIn Threat From Chinese Spies
Speaker of the House of Commons Sir Lindsay Hoyle wrote to MPs on Tuesday to make them aware of the Espionage Alert issued by the intelligence agency.
|
Japan Issues Safety Warning to Its Citizens in China Amid Escalating Tensions
The dispute began when the Japanese prime minister commented on Taiwan and has now escalated, as China has issued travel warnings and banned films.
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Chile Faces Close Presidential Race Between a Communist and a Pro-Trump Conservative
Jeannette Jara, a member of the Communist Party since her teens, will face José Antonio Kast, a socially conservative Catholic, in a run-off.
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Ousted Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sentenced to Death Over Brutal Crackdown
Sheikh Hasina and close aide Asaduzzaman Khan remain in India, which is refusing to extradite the pair, who have been convicted of crimes against humanity.
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US Agrees to $330 Million Sale of Fighter Jets to Taiwan
The Pentagon said that the proposed sale would improve Taiwan’s ‘capability to meet current and future threats.’
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Blood Pressure Rates Surge in Children Worldwide, Study Finds
The ‘alarming’ increase is believed to be largely related to the concurrent rise in global rates of obesity, academics said.
|
Olympic Committee Moves Toward Banning Trans-Identifying Males From Women’s Sports
The IOC set up a scientific group to evaluate the persistence of male physical advantage even after testosterone suppressing treatment.
|
Indigenous Activists Breach UN Security at Climate Summit
The protesters had traveled 30 days by ship to make their point on deforestation to the delegates and world leaders gathered in Belem.
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In Speech to Staff, BBC Boss Admits ‘Mistake’ Over Panorama Editing of Trump
Outgoing Director-General Tim Davie, who quit following a damning internal report on bias, urged staff to ‘fight’ against what he termed the BBC’s ‘enemies.’
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