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The highlights and lowlights of the 2023-24 rugby union season

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Best games 1=) Ireland 24-28 New Zealand; France 28-29 South Africa. World Cup quarter-finals, Stade de France, 14 and 15 October. Either game would have made an unforgettable final. 3) Bordeaux Bègles 41-42 Harlequins. Stade Chaban-Delmas, 13 April. Hard to imagine a more exhilarating game of club rugby. Most memorable match-day experience 1) Ireland 13-8 […]

How much do you love your children? With prom season approaching, it’s time for more competitive parenting

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When our kids are small, parents flex at each other over things such as food (crisps or not?), toys (wooden or plastic?), screens (none or loads?) – we’ll compete over anything. The toddlers don’t notice; they’re too busy squabbling over every resource that isn’t infinite. That’s why everyone in this bracket always looks so tired. […]

First Thing: Senior Hamas official says it accepts UN ceasefire resolution

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Good morning. A senior Hamas official has said Hamas accepts a UN security council ceasefire resolution that would lead to the release of the remaining hostages taken in the 7 October attack on Israel. The resolution, adopted on Monday, is the first time the security council has endorsed a comprehensive peace deal to end the […]

America’s problem is massive inequality – not ‘woke’ educated elites

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More than a third of Harvard’s graduating seniors are heading into finance or management consulting – two professions notable for how quickly their practitioners “make a bag”, or make money, reports the New York Times. Similar percentages show up in other prestigious universities. Frankly, if anything, I’m surprised that only a third of graduating seniors […]

Why passwords still matter in the age of AI

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Whether it stands for artificial intelligence or, er, Apple intelligence, AI is the hot news of the day. Which is why I think it’s time to talk about [sits backwards on chair] passwords. It may have been buried in the reporting of last night’s Apple event – which the inestimable Kari Paul and Nick Robins-Early […]

How big is Europe’s cocaine problem – and what is the human cost?

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Over the past 10 years, Europe has developed a serious cocaine problem. The drug, originating in the jungles of South America, is being transported, sold and consumed across the European continent in record amounts. The increasing demand from users – and the huge profits to be made in this booming marketplace – is reshaping the […]

The best films of 2024 in the UK so far

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One Life Anthony Hopkins stars as Nicholas Winton, the “British Schindler” who rescued 669 Jewish children from the Nazis, alongside Helena Bonham Carter on mighty form.What we said: “The film does justice to this overwhelmingly moving event in British public life in a quietly affecting drama.” Read the full review. Scala!!! Richly enjoyable documentary charts […]

Euro 2024 team guides part 18: Romania

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This article is part of the Guardian’s Euro 2024 Experts’ Network, a cooperation between some of the best media organisations from the 24 countries who qualified. is running previews from two countries each day in the run-up to the tournament kicking off on 14 June. Prospects Romania return to a major finals after missing out […]

Revealed: drug cartels force migrant children to work as foot soldiers in Europe’s booming cocaine trade

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Hundreds of unaccompanied child migrants across Europe are being forced to work as soldiers for increasingly powerful drug cartels to meet the continent’s soaring appetite for cocaine, a Guardian investigation has found. EU police forces have warned of industrial-scale exploitation of African children by cocaine networks operating in western Europe in cities including Paris and […]