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Sun Sep 13 2026
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Health
Food-borne illnesses, funding cuts and layoffs: Maha movement’s glaring limitations are now showing
A man walks past a Houthi mural of a figure on a barrel labeled "No Passing" beside a ship
Yemen
Houthis claim attack on Saudi base as fighting flares with Yemeni forces
A bald man gestures on stage.
Trump administration
Taxes wouldn’t fund $5,000 Trump ‘dividend’ if Republicans win midterms, says commerce secretary
woman sits on porch outside home holding canvas photo of young woman in dress smiling
Crime
Mississippi police say more arrests to come in death of woman found hanging from tree
Jimmie Åkesson licks an envelope containing his ballot
Sweden
Voting under way with far right eyeing first role in government
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Special report

a man in blue suit points to a crowd as people hold signs that say 'Trump accounts'
Children
‘Trump accounts’ promise to mint child millionaires. Experts have their doubts
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In focus

JD Vance at an event at the White House in August.
Politics
Religious Vance seeks to avoid Maga schism as he keeps the faith for 2028
France
Who are the 514 people accused of starting French wildfires and what motivates them?
Elon Musk
The AfD won a shock election in Germany. Elon Musk was thrilled
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Features

Kylie Minogue arches back dramatically, holding a microphone above her in a white outfit
Music
25 years of Can’t Get You Out of My Head, the song that saw the future of pop
The Sunday read
The battle to save the dying heart of rural France: the village bistro
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Opinion

A rescue worker stands before a burning building in Kyiv after a missile attack, with rubble nearby
quote  Putin would rather keep killing than admit he’s lost. As a winter of misery looms in Ukraine, Nato must step in
Simon Tisdall
quote  Why is the Trump administration calling bike lanes ‘DEI’?
Dave Schilling
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Sports

Linn Grant, of Europe, celebrates as she leaves the 6th green during the final day of the Solheim Cup.
Golf
Solheim Cup 2026: final day – live
Tennis
quote  FastPasses, Mega Honey Deuces and $55 chopped cheese: welcome to the US Open in 2041
Bryan Armen Graham at Flushing Meadows
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Culture

Illustration of a young girl standing outside a house holding a house-shaped toy on a suburban street
‘I was hit by an emotional hurricane’
Esther Freud, Deborah Levy and other novelists revisit their childhood homes
Smithsonian
‘Don’t I deserve a little grace?’: Lonnie Bunch on pressure from Trump and leaving the Smithsonian on his own terms
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Lifestyle

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New York fashion week
‘I love the boldness of modernism’: New York fashion week goes highbrow
The moment I knew
The moment I knew: I had planned to break up with him – then he snuck out of school to buy me hot chips
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