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Twenty-nine people have survived an Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash in Kazakhstan, while the death toll has reached 38.

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The King has used his Christmas address to pay tribute to the doctors and nurses who provided cancer treatment for himself ...

A Sydney mayor is promising measures to prevent a beautiful beach from turning into a rubbish tip and public toilet again next Christmas.

Gift this clever leftover ham survival kit for your loved ones to enjoy over that lazy Christmas to New Year stretch.

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It’s that time of year again … and we’ve invited 30 of our writers, from fields as disparate as wildlife ecology and mathematics to literature and politics, to share their best books of of 2024.

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