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Sunday 8 November 2026

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There are eight group-chat archetypes. I know which I am – and it’s not sexy or cool | Polly Hudson

Are you a ghoster, meme machine or last-minute responder? Do you fail to pay back your more organised friends? My message, if so: this is not OKIf you want to completely bore a child, try telling them about how there were only four TV channels when you were growing up. Or that if you wanted to hear a pop song you had to buy a physical copy, or sit by your boombox – yes, boombox – listening to the…

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Ukraine’s new frontier: how space has become critical to balance of the war

In a war driven by drones and battlefield sensors, access to space is essential. After Starlink speed restrictions and Russian Oreshnik missile strikes, Kyiv is racing to develop its own space capabilitiesFor people in the Russian industrial city of Samara on the banks of the Volga, the first they knew of the Ukrainian attack were detonations that sent a column of smoke into the air.If the Kremli…

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Who won New Zealand’s photo-finish election and why special votes could change everything

The shape of the next government will not become clear until special votes are counted and official results are announced on 27 NovemberNew Zealand faces weeks of uncertainty with election ‘too close to call’New Zealand’s right-leaning coalition, led by the National party, hopes to cling on to power based on Saturday’s cliffhanger general election. But the shape of the next government will not be…

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Uyghurs facing deportation by Thailand say they will be ‘like slaves’ in China

Activists fear Bangkok will give in to pressure from Beijing despite reports of torture and human rights abuses against the mostly muslim ethnic minorityThe deportation of two more Uyghurs to China from Thailand would put their lives in grave danger, activists have said, with one of the men saying he would be “like a slave” if he was sent back.Last year, Thai authorities forcibly deported 40 Uygh…

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‘I haven’t thrown anyone under the bus’: Usman Khawaja defends timing of ball-tampering revelations

Former Test opener issues explanation on social media Khawaja says he would ‘not deny’ everyone knew about sandpaperUsman Khawaja insists he has not thrown anyone under the bus with his bombshell ball-tampering revelations that have rocked Australian cricket.One day on from claiming sandpaper had been used in the Test prior to Cape Town 2018 and the entire team were responsible, Khawaja defended…

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New Zealand’s two major parties are flatlining as dispirited voters seek transformational change

Voters sent National and Labour a clear message last night – and the parties have no one to blame but themselvesNew Zealand faces weeks of uncertainty with election ‘too close to call’New Zealand voters sent the two major parties a clear message last night. They expect more.In a resounding rejection of the incrementalist political managerialism that has characterised the governments led by the ma…

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Trump says he asked Dana White, UFC boss, to be his new White House press secretary

White says he has meeting with Trump in Washington DC on Monday, without saying whether he will accept the jobDonald Trump has offered the job of White House press secretary to Dana White, the chief executive of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, the president said in a social media post on Saturday.Trump described White, who staged a cage-fighting spectacle at the White House to mark the presid…

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