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Chain tells customers to ‘pipe down’ and use earphones instead, calling its venues ‘an oasis of tranquillity’ The pub chain Wetherspoons has banned customers from playing music or taking calls on speaker after growing complaints about the noise. The company announced it had introduced the ban across its 792 pubs, saying sounds from smartphones and tablet computers had become an “increasing problem in recent years”. Continue reading...

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Anger, guilt, shame: the deepest unseen wound of this war is the rift between those who left and those who stayed behind, says Ukrainian writer Diana Berg

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Russian soldiers are now dying at an exceptionally high rate in Ukraine, according to Ukrainian officials, in what could mark one of the deadliest killed-to-wounded ratios seen in modern warfare. Pre...

Killhouse is based on real-life story of civilian couple saved from battlefield by Ukrainian drone operators

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And when you tell them that, they will make you pay for it.

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Researchers are pulling clues from genetic material in ice age soils and rewriting chapters of human history.

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The Ukrainian capital survived the winter of 2025-2026... but where do we go from here?

Four men expose the horror and brutality of conditions in the Ukraine war, with two saying they saw soldiers being shot for refusing orders.

Russian strikes have forced Ukraine to build high-tech air defense on the cheap.

"I wish I could be as brave as them," says Pavel Talankin, a school videographer in the industrial town of Karabash, speaking of Russians who protested the invasion of Ukraine in its first days. "But ...

Uncover the reality behind Putin's not-so-special '3-day operation' that has extended far beyond initial expectations.

Nemiroff says products still reaching UK chains such as Sainsbury’s and Tesco despite production difficulties

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The curators of shattered historical buildings near the eastern frontline are preserving wartime memories as they reconstruct their collections

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Trump and Putin spoke after the U.S. paused weapons shipments. Then Russia launched a massive barrage.

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