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‘You’re reminded you don’t belong, even if you were born in Britain’: after the riots, reflections on racism

Naseerah Limbada, 25Organiser of English classes for refugees at Conversation Over Borders, LondonAnti-racist campaigner Naseerah Limbada works for the nonprofi

Team GB doctor and physio help save life of Uzbekistan boxing coach

It is not only Team GB's athletes who are getting their "Olympic moment" at the Paris Games.Team GB boxing doctor Harj Singh and physio Robbie Lil

World record threatened as USA pips Botswana to men’s 4x400m title in Paris | News | Paris 24 | Olympic Games

USA and Botswana stormed to the second- and third-fastest men’s 4x400m performances of all time to take respective gold and silver at the Paris 2024 Olympic G

2024 World Rowing Under 19 Championships – Great Britain Women’s Eight Preview

Image Credit: British Rowing Last year’s U19 women’s eight edged out the competition in a thrilling race giving them the top spot, with four crews b

Island 300 times smaller than UK that rules swathes of ocean despite no defences

The tiny nation of Kiribati controls more of the ocean than the country with the largest population in the world - India - despite having 1.4 billion fewer citi

Bad news for Indian techies! New UK govt may tighten rules on overseas hiring

The new UK government has signalled its intent to curb overseas hiring by technology and engineering companies. Home secretary Yvette Cooper has asked the Mig

Fewer world records were broken in Paris than at other recent Olympics. Are we reaching peak sports performance?

After three weeks of blood, sweat and tears, with the world's most talented athletes gathering to battle for their place in the history books, the

You know who else should be on trial for the UK’s far-right riots? Elon Musk | Jonathan Freedland

One man is missing. Of course, it’s good that so many of those responsible for a week of terrifying far-right violence are facing an especially swift and seve

UK government warns ‘think before you post’ amid threats to arrest citizens for offensive rhetoric on socials

The government of the United Kingdom warned its citizens this week to be careful of posting material deemed offensive — threatening imprisonment for those wh

Elon Musk’s riot tweets spur UK to seek tougher social media rules

Riot police hold back protesters near a burning police vehicle in Southport, England | Credit: Bloomberg Keir Starmer called for a “mature conversati

Paris Olympics: Lea Friedrich breaks world record in sprint qualification

Lea Friedrich of Germany set the fastest time in the women’s sprint qualification round, as the world record was beaten four times during the flying 200m tim

Explainer: Why are riots erupting across the UK?

Since the end of July, England has been in the firm grip of violent riots led by members of the British far-right. Driven by anti-immigrant and Islamophobic sen