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Driving around in a vintage, bright orange Unimog – a monstrous decommissioned military vehicle that belches fumes – sums up the ethos of Dutch post-punk trio the Homesick: eccentric, a bit mad, but a whole lot of fun. The same sense of mischief that compelled drummer Erik Woudwijk to save up from the age of 12 to buy the Unimog also fuels their scratchy, lo-fi anthems lampooning Christianity and exploring teenage boredom.

Culture evolves and undergoes various alterations over the generations. This changing nature cuts across various aspects like dressing and traditional rites. Yet, one of the few things that have remained unique over time is the value and influence of natural creatures on man.

Millions of chickens could soon be sold across the EU without being individually inspected for contamination or signs of disease after being killed, in a move some experts believe will put consumers at increased risk of food poisoning bugs.

Most war games focus on dramatic on-the-ground heroics, but Unmanned illuminates the effects of drone warfare from a pilot’s perspective.

Vast underground reservoirs beneath the city’s Centenary Park can store 1m gallons of water.

Antibiotics crucial to human medicine are still being used in “unacceptable” quantities on US livestock farms, an investigation has found, despite rules brought in last year to curb their use and combat the spread of deadly superbugs.

UK news organisations have cited tweets from Russian trolls more than 100 times, a Guardian investigation has found, in stories about topics including Donald Trump, Donald Glover and Lena Dunham. In June the US Congress released details of 1,000 accounts that Twitter believes were run by the Internet Research Agency (IRA), a state-backed misinformation operation based in St Petersburg, adding to more than 2,000 accounts the company had already identified. The accounts were cited in news storie

A $1.2bn Chinese-built “luxury city” is being built.

A major police academy in Thailand has announced it will ban women from enrolling, sparking accusations of gender discrimination.

Human rights officials and activists have warned that the rule of law in Guatemala is under threat after a UN-backed special prosecutor was banned from re-entering the country – the latest in a series of clashes between the government and an international anti-corruption commission.

Two Reuters journalists have each been sentenced to seven years in prison after they were found guilty breaching the official secrets act in Myanmar.

The seven-year jail sentence handed down to two journalists arrested while investigating a massacre of Rohingya Muslims was condemned worldwide.

In Bangkok’s upmarket Siam Paragon shopping mall, close to a Cold Stone Creamery, a young man crawls through a small, dank-looking tunnel...

Article written by a journalist who travelled to the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh with Oxfam.

James Ricketson has been found guilty of espionage in Cambodia.

Originally published on The Guardian. Water management is still the biggest obstacle in achieving equal distribution of water resources. Pollution, coming mostly from Bogotá’s domestic input, threatens the Chingaza watershed and the ecosystem services it provides to the inhabitants of such region.

Indigenous people in the Brazilian Amazon are mourning the murder of a community leader who campaigned to protect the forest from logging amid escalating violence in the region.

Birth is messy. It’s often not until you’re pregnant that you learn about the third stage of labor – the bit after the baby appears, when the mother pushes out the placenta that has provided life support for the previous nine months. In developed nations, birth is assumed to be safe. Yet in the United States, the maternal mortality rate doubled between 1990 and 2013, and infant mortality rates are rising in England and Wales, due largely to social inequality and cuts to maternity services. As

The staggering landscapes of Wales are a major draw for visitors. They’re also the perfect base for adrenaline-filled activities – from the world’s fastest zip line to journeying deep underground – and accessible by train...

Amputations, fractured fingers, burns and head trauma are just some of the serious injuries suffered by US meat plant workers every week, according to data seen by the Guardian.

Britain will need to build more mega-farms to keep it supplied with chicken, according to the head of the UK’s influential poultry lobby.

Now in its second year, Decolonise festival gives a platform to musicians of colour looking to challenge prejudice and shake up a predominantly white genre

A strong core isn’t about having photogenic abs, looking good in swimwear or grinding out another deadlift. It is a key element in dozens of everyday movements, including simple things such as carrying your shopping or getting out of bed in the morning. Many people know that a weak core can lead to a bad back, but the benefits of strengthening it are sometimes underappreciated. An analysis of studies published between 1970 and 2011, for instance, found that “core stability exercise was better th

The “architectural masterpiece” that is the National Arts Theatre was built in 1976 as the primary centre for the performing arts. It boasts a 5,000-seater main hall with a collapsible stage and two cinema halls. It was also one of the four main venues for the landmark Festival of Arts and Culture (FESTAC) in 1977.

Slick industry PR campaigns about antibiotics in food production are muddying the water around a serious public health risk, an investigation by the Guardian has found.

While sitting in an Alabama jail, Martin Luther King Jr began writing a letter about the moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws. He invoked the legal maxim originating with St Augustine that an unjust law is no law at all. This week, attorney general Jeff Sessions quoted the bible to justify a cruel policy that is, in fact, not a required law: the forced separation of immigrant families at the border.

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