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Our selection of some of the most striking news photographs taken around the world this week. Image copyrightTyrone Siu / ReutersImage caption A police officer points a gun towards anti-extradition bill protesters in Hong Kong. The incident came during cla…

KUALA LUMPUR: The second Malaysian-born giant panda finally has a name Yi Yi, which means friendship. Water, Land and Natural Resources Minister Dr Xavier Jayakumar announced the nineteen-month-old female panda cubs name at a ceremony at the Zoo Negara on Th…

Huang Shunjie might just have the best job in the world. The 24-year-old spends each day caring for 18 panda cubs at the Giant Panda Protection and Research Center outside China’s central city of Chengdu. He prepares their meals of bamboo and milk formula, ch…

Two giant pandas at Moscow Zoo celebrated their birthdays this week: Ru Yi turned three on Wednesday and his female companion Ding Ding turned two the day before. The pair emigrated from Sichuan to Moscow in April 2019 as part of a research collaboration bet…

Our democracy is under threat and needs a shot in the arm if it is to be fit for coming generations. The Citizens Convention on UK Democracy intends to do just that. The Convention will run an ambitious, impartial, two-year deliberation on democratic reform …

A mother who drowned her young twins in the bath on Boxing Day showed signs of narcissistic rage and was not suffering the catastrophic depression claimed by her defence lawyer, a psychiatrist has told a court. Samantha Ford, 38, drowned 23-month-olds Jake a…

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A man who convinced parents to employ him as a childminder so he could abuse their children has been jailed for 12 years. Alexander Philo-Steele was found guilty of abusing two brothers, aged six and seven, and another six-year-old boy.  His offending was s…

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