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What is fracking? Charged issue resurfaces in presidential race : NPR

A shale gas well drilling site is pictured in 2020 in St. Mary’s, Pa., a key battleground state where the fracking industry has brought in jobs. Keith Srakocic/AP hide caption toggle caption Keith Srakocic/AP In a sit-down interview with CNN on Thursday, Vice President Harris said she wouldn’t ban fracking if elected president, a reversal […]

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The rapper from India topping global hip-hop charts

Hanumankind/Instagram Hanumankind, a rapper based in India, has made big waves with his music In a short time, Indian rapper Hanumankind has rapidly risen as a standout in the country’s burgeoning hip-hop scene. His track Big Dawgs not only topped global charts but also briefly outpaced Kendrick Lamar’s diss track Not Like Us. The BBC […]

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Deadline day: Arsenal sign Raheem Sterling on loan from Chelsea

Arsenal have signed Chelsea forward Raheem Sterling on loan for the rest of the season, the clubs confirmed Friday. Sterling has three years remaining on his current contract at Chelsea but had been deemed surplus to requirements at Stamford Bridge. After previously being linked with Man United, Sterling completed his move to Arsenal just before […]

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Badger culling to end in England within five years

Badger culling will end in England within five years as part of a shift in the fight against bovine tuberculosis, the government said on Friday. As part of the new TB eradication strategy, badgers will be vaccinated instead of killed and work to develop a separate vaccine for livestock will also be stepped up. The […]

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What is polio and how will children be immunised?

Getty Images A series of “humanitarian pauses” to fighting in Gaza are due to begin on Sunday, to allow hundreds of thousands of children to be vaccinated against polio. The agreement comes after UN officials said a 10-month-old has been partially paralysed after contracting Gaza’s first recorded case of polio in 25 years. What is […]

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Workers’ rights could be strengthened

Getty Images Full-time workers’ rights to ask for a four-day working week could be strengthened under government plans to increase flexible working. Employees would still have to work their full hours to receive their full pay but could request to compress their contracted hours into a shorter working week, as first reported by the Daily […]

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