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Japan allows over-the-counter emergency contraception pill for the first time

Japan has for the first time approved over-the-counter sales of an emergency contraceptive pill, its
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Pizza Hut to close 68 UK restaurants

Charlotte EdwardsBusiness reporter, BBC News Getty Images Pizza Hut is to close 68 restaurants and
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US, Australia sign rare earth, mineral agreement as China tightens

US President Donald Trump said the deal had been negotiated over the last four to
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Life-changing eye implant helps blind patients read again

Fergus WalshMedical editor Sheila Irvine, who is registered blind, punches the air with joy at
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Rachel Reeves says Brexit deal caused long-term damage to economy

Rachel Reeves chose to stress the long-term damage done to the UK economy by the
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As deadline for Trump’s colleges compact looms, schools signal dissent

Secretary of Education Linda McMahon testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on May 21.
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Housing secretary says ‘job on the line’ over 1.5m housing

Justin RowlattBBC Panorama and Anna LamcheBBC News Getty Images Housing Secretary Steve Reed says his
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In praise of the humble seed

Rebecca MorelleScience Editor and Alison FrancisSenior Science Journalist Tony Jolliffe/BBC News Cate Blanchett has teamed
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Government vows to create 400,000 jobs in clean energy sector

Pritti MistryBusiness reporter Ed Miliband says 400,000 jobs is “not a target, it’s what we
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Botox crackdown pledged by regulator after BBC investigation

The pharmacists’ watchdog has promised to investigate and “take action” after the BBC exposed illegal
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