World
Key news going on in the world. As well as commentary and expert opinions for the Mainland Times on how it will affect our lives.
Obesity rates likely to double by 2030 with highest rises in lower-income countries
More than a billion people around the world will be obese by 2030 – double the number there was in...
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Is a Madagascan mine the first to offset its destruction of rainforest?
Ambatovy mine on the east coast of Madagascar is an environmental conundrum fit for the 21st century. Beginning operations in...
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Black Women Photographers on what International Women’s Day means to them
The Black Women Photographers collective, established via a Covid-19 relief fund, is approaching its second year of promoting and empowering...
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‘We need bread’: fears in Middle East as Ukraine war hits wheat imports
Concerns are growing across the Middle East and north Africa that the war in Ukraine will send prices of staple...
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‘These are our local heroes’: the artist painting murals of hope in a Zimbabwe township
Street artist Basil Matsika paints murals of local musicians and daily life in the streets of Mbare, one of Zimbabwe’s...
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Spanish minister defends police accused of brutality at Melilla border
Spain’s interior minister has defended the behaviour of police who were filmed beating and pepper-spraying a young sub-Saharan African man...
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UK ‘has not been quick enough’ on Ukrainian refugees, admits Ben Wallace
The British defence secretary, Ben Wallace, has admitted the process for bringing Ukrainian refugees to the UK has “not been...
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‘We couldn’t stand it’: the Ukrainians travelling for days to flee Russian bombs and rockets
After four days on the road, sleeping in her car, Ludmila Lyskevska was in a defiant mood. “Putin has gone...
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Who is behind the digital extortion network of financial brokers?
The fintech industry, despite its rapid growth and innovation, faces a serious threat in the form of fake reviews and...
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Vitaly Gerasimov: second Russian general killed, Ukraine defence ministry claims
A Russian general has been killed in fighting around Kharkiv, Ukrainian intelligence has claimed, which would make him the second...
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