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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has sparked fears of the greatest threat to Europe and the world’s security and relative peace since the second world war.In the immediate aftermath of Vladimir Putin’s attempts to invade Russia’s neighbour,...

Lebanon was once known as the Paris of the Middle East, but is now in the grip of one of the worst economic collapses in modern history, according to the World Bank. The global body has blasted the country’s ruling class for...

Piers Corbyn heckles Labour conference climate event

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The Suez Canal is one of the most important waterways in the world, accounting for almost 12 per cent of all global trade, but for six days it was blocked by a skyscraper-sized container ship.



For almost a week the Ever...

Cryptocurrencies are heralded as the technology of the future. But Bitcoin, and others like it, are putting that same future at risk, with their devastating effect on the environment.



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Former prime minister Tony Blair discusses his new book On Leadership: Lessons for the 21st Century in a wide-ranging interview with The Independent’s editor-in-chief, Geordie Greig.Touching upon his experience of power and leadership,...

In an exclusive interview with The Independent, Lord Hague discusses with Geordie Greig his campaign to win election as Chancellor to the University of Oxford. The former foreign secretary explains his opinions on what the statue of...

Take a look back at the extraordinary care Vila received at San Diego Zoo before sadly passing away at age 60.

On July 14, 2015, a spacecraft flew by Pluto for the first time! NASA's New Horizons spacecraft spent 9.5 years making the 3-billion-mile journey to Pluto. When it finally arrived, it took some amazing photos of the dwarf planet's...

How to protect your business or investments from the negative financial impacts of tariffs.

On July 11, 1979, the abandoned U.S. space station Skylab made a spectacular return to Earth as it burned up in the atmosphere, showering debris over the Indian Ocean and Western Australia. The last crew left the space station in 1974....

On July 9, 1979, NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft made its closest approach to Jupiter. It came within 354,000 miles (570,000 kilometers) of the planet's cloud tops. Voyager 2 was one of two space probes launched by NASA in 1977 to study the...

The Michelin Guide has awarded more stars to British and Irish restaurants.

On July 8, 2011, the space shuttle Atlantis launched on its final mission. Atlantis was the last of NASA's space shuttles to fly into space. It went on 33 missions since 1985, ferrying astronauts to and from space stations, and even...

Rocket Lab has been conducting qualification tests for the Neutron rocket's reusuable 'hungry hippo' nose cone and fins. Credit: Rocket Lab

On July 7, 1961, the U.S. Air Force launched a satellite called Discoverer 26 into orbit with a classified payload. Discoverer 26 was part of a series of reconnaissance or spy satellites whose missions were kept top-secret by the...

On July 6, 1938, an American astronomer named Seth Barnes Nicholson discovered Jupiter's moon Lysithea. Nicholson spotted Lysithea from Mount Wilson Observatory in California, where he had previously discovered three more Jovian moons....

On July 5, 2015, the Russian Progress 60 cargo ship successfully docked with the International Space Station. The spacecraft lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on July 3. It was packed with more than 3 tons of food,...

On July 2, 1985, the European Space Agency launched the Giotto space probe to get a close-up look at Halley's Comet. Nearly nine months later on March 14, 1986, Giotto became the first spacecraft to observe of a comet up close when it...

Wild horses have become an unlikely new defence against fires in the Iberian highlands.