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Celebrating 50 years since mankind’s giant leap
Will humans ever live on the Moon? Tomorrow, it will be 50 years since the Apollo 11 astronauts began their historic journey to the Moon. Now, the world wants to go back — this time to stay.
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Duchess of division as privacy row boils over
Is Meghan Markle asking for too much privacy? Critics say she is betraying the unwritten contract by which the royals are funded by taxpayers in exchange for becoming VERY public figures.
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Trump celebrates with tanks and fighter planes
Is Donald Trump behaving like a tin-pot dictator? Last night, he turned the USA’s famous Independence Day celebrations into a military show of strength — with himself at the heart of them.
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#KimOhNo: Star’s new brand name sparks backlash
Is Kim Kardashian West disrespecting Japanese culture? The decision to call her shapewear brand ‘Kimono’, like the traditional Japanese robe, has prompted cries of cultural appropriation.
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USA accused of running concentration camps
Are the detention centres along the southern US border “concentration camps”? Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has sparked a row over language and history by saying that they are.
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Anne Frank: Portrait of an icon as a young woman
Should we all keep a diary? An important part of Anne Frank’s writing is that she captures so much of what it is to be a teenager, even with secret pages musing on puberty and prostitutes.
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Free world salutes ‘the greatest generation’
Do we need to relearn the importance of resolve, courage and sacrifice? The Queen described the heroes of D-Day as “my generation” — the “resilient” old men and women who saved the world.
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‘The most ghastly disaster of the whole war’
Was D-Day more of an epic human tragedy than a military triumph? Tomorrow, Donald Trump and the Queen will lead the world in marking the 75th anniversary of a famous Allied victory.
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Britain divided over Donald Trump state visit
As the Queen rolls out the red carpet for Donald Trump today, a bitter row has opened up between those who think the honour is right and those who condemn it as hypocritical and immoral.
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Victoria at 200: a woman afraid of nothing
Tomorrow, Britain will celebrate the 200th birthday of one of its longest-reigning monarchs. The creator of ITV’s Victoria says the Queen makes a fine role model for young women today.
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The tech arms race shaping your future
Google has restricted Huawei’s use of Android this morning — a huge ramping up of the tech arms race between China and America. The eventual winner could dominate our lives for decades.
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UK’s Tutankhamun found behind Essex Aldi
The discovery of a “King of Bling” buried with his harp is testament to the riches of Saxon civilisation. Saxons permeated society at every level. Could we call this early pop culture?
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Archie Harrison (Harry’s son) meets the Queen
What’s in a name? An awful lot judging by the reaction this morning to the adorable Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, aged three days, as he was introduced to his royal great granny.
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It’s a boy, says Prince of beaming smiles
The first major member of the royal family to have African-American blood. An emotionally literate father. A mother who campaigns for gender equality. Does the new baby mark a real change?
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Modern emperor ascends Japan’s ancient throne
Emperor Naruhito is an Oxford-educated globe-trotter who wrote a book about London’s River Thames. Some think he marks a turning point for Japan’s insular, conservative monarchy.