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For the first time in history, many young women are out-earning their male peers. As boys lag behind in education and ...

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Outlander star Sam Heughan is to play Macbeth in his debut with the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC). The British theatre ...

As the planet continues to warm, scientists emphasise the urgency of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to mitigate further ...