Cyclist Chris Hoy announces that his cancer is terminal

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The Guardian view on tax and spend politics: dodging debate

The former Labour chancellor Denis Healey famously quipped that the first law of politics is
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Polio cases surge in Pakistan ahead of vaccination campaign

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Flies, rats and hush money

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Cameroon’s Francis Ngannou knocks out Renan Ferreira in MMA return

Cameroon’s Francis Ngannou made a triumphant return to mixed martial arts by knocking out Renan
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Nut bans no help to allergic air passengers, experts say

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Ministers explore handing Post Office ownership to sub-postmasters

Ministers are exploring plans to hand ownership of the Post Office to thousands of sub-postmasters
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Ghana’s illegal gold mining industry causes environmental destruction

Reuters Water from a polluted river in Ghana was so thick and discoloured that an
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A king, a steel nut and a cheating storm –

It could have come straight from the plot of a Shakespearean tragedy. A king is
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Georgia saw record-high early voting numbers. Here’s what that means

Newsportu’s Scott Simon talks with University of Florida Professor Michael McDonald about the high turnout
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