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UK ‘allowed’ killing of own citizens to protect undercover agent – police chief

The MI5 chose to turn a blind eye of some of the crimes during the Troubles, a state-appointed investigator says British security forces had knowingly failed to prevent several murders of UK citizens in order to protect an informant in an armed resistance group active in Northern Ireland during the Troubles, a high-profile report published on…

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Global hunger isn’t the worst food-related threat to humanity

There are more obese people in the world than hungry ones – which may sound like a good thing, but it really isn’t World Obesity Day was marked this week and, with over a billion people afflicted worldwide, obesity is now considered more dangerous to global health than hunger. The numbers are staggering.

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Ireland votes to keep ‘sexist’ language in the constitution

Voters rejected a proposal to expand the definition of families and the role of women Irish voters have overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to revise the definition of families in the constitution and remove the mention of women’s “duties in the home.” Both the government and opposition parties have argued that the current text contains old-fashioned…

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