TOK: History
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One woman’s fight to capture whiff of the past
Should there be museums for smells? As our lives move online and artificial intelligence take over, some think it has never been more important to preserve culturally important aromas.
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Anti-Semitism surge 75 years after Auschwitz
Will we ever defeat anti-Semitism? Today, millions of people around the world will remember the Holocaust. But while fewer victims of the Nazi atrocities remain, old hatreds still persist.
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Trump rages as impeachment trial opens in USA
Will this be the end of Trump’s controversial presidency? The impeachment process moves to the US Senate this week, with high-profile lawyers and politicians set to debate his wrongdoing.
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Exit Harry and Meghan as royal family cuts ties
Will Harry and Meghan live to regret their choice? Negotiations are over: the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have taken the drastic decision to drop their HRH titles in a bid for a normal life.
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The whole Russian government just resigned
Is Putin turning himself into a tsar? The entire Russian government has resigned as Vladimir Putin proposes constitutional reforms. Critics say he is guaranteeing himself power for life.
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Seven days that shook the world
Is the Iran crisis over? New evidence has emerged showing that in the days immediately before and after the assassination of General Soleimani, the world teetered on the brink of war.
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Queen summons crisis meeting to save monarchy
Citizen or subject? Republic or monarchy? Questions that were almost unthinkable in the UK, a few months ago, are now being openly discussed. Can today’s urgent royal summit steady the ship?
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Abdication: Meghan flies off as Harry faces wrath
Will the monarchy survive? Insiders at the Palace are furious after Harry and Meghan gave no warning of their bombshell. Some say it might be the final straw for 1,000 years of history.
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Fears of WW3 after US drone kills Iranian hero
Are we on the brink of WW3? The USA has killed a powerful Iranian general. Iran has threatened revenge and Donald Trump has promised to “hit them harder than they have ever been hit before”.
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Dizzy Boris: The return of One-Nation Toryism
What can we learn from history? The Victorian leader Benjamin Disraeli is the politician that Boris Johnson looks set to emulate as his triumphant Conservatives return to Parliament today.
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Shock landslide for Johnson as UK turns blue
What kind of victory was it? In a calamitous night for the Left, Jeremy Corbyn announced plans to stand down, and Jo Swinson lost her seat. But progressives still reign in Scotland and London.
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Winds of change: the UK picks its next leader
Is this the most important election in a lifetime? Both leading parties have policies that would have been unthinkable a few years ago. Voters across the UK will make a huge decision today.
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‘Women make better leaders than men’
Are women better leaders than men? Finland is about to have a new female prime minister — the world’s youngest. Around the globe, female leaders are being praised for their inspiring work.
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Curtain to fall on the ‘best decade in history’
Were the 2010s really the best decade ever? Swedish historian Johan Norberg says the statistics prove that the world is happier, healthier, freer and richer than ever.
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Trump, NATO, the NHS and a wicked Russian plot
Is Russia interfering in UK politics? A new report suggests that Putin is “sowing confusion” and disinformation online in the latest stage of an information war on its NATO enemies.