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World university subject rankings 2017: new stars emerge

The latest rankings from QS show that the UK and US are still leaders in many fields – but competition is increasing from other international players

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Instagram generation is fuelling UK food waste mountain, study finds

Research highlights generational divide in attitudes towards food as millennials focus on its appearance while buying too much

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Drink: Valentine’s Day tipples that won’t make you cringe with embarrassment

If you follow this column regularly, you may have noticed that I veer between gratifying readers who want to celebrate Valentine’s Day with as much razzmatazz as possible and those who just wish it would go away. This year, it’s the former – and, thankfully for me, there are for once some interesting new drinks to write about.

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Emma Watson: the feminist and the fairytale

She’s about to star as the heroine of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, but post-Potter she has received more plaudits for her activism than her acting

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Travel ban ruling: judges refuse to reinstate Trump's order – live

President vows ‘see you in court!’ as ninth US circuit court of appeals in San Francisco unanimously rules nationwide halt to travel ban must stay in place

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Theresa May to become first PM on the cover of American Vogue

The prime minister will appear in the April edition of the magazine, after a secret Annie Leibovitz photo shoot at Chequers

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Donald Trump's Indonesian business partner considers run for president in 2019

Donald Trump’s Indonesian business partner, a billionaire developer and media mogul, has announced he might run for president in Indonesia’s 2019 elections.

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Wonder Woman writer and artist dropped by DC over 'challenging relationship'

Comics giant says that the company was concerned by criticism by husband-and-wife team Ray Dillon and Renae De Liz of other creatives

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Indonesia military transport plane crashes in Papua, killing 13

​Hercules C-130 given to country by Australia came down minutes before its scheduled landing in bad weather

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Myanmar’s military killed seven of my children, says Rohingya refugee who fled village

Noor Ayesha held her last surviving daughter tight as their boat crossed into Bangladeshi waters. She left behind a firebombed home, a dead husband, seven slain children and the soldiers who raped her.

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Thailand launches investigation into BBC for alleged insult of new king

​Thailand has opened an investigation into the BBC’s local language service for alleged defamation and blocked access to an online profile of the country’s new king, less than a week after he succeeded to the throne.

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Yoga joins Unesco world heritage list

​Mind-body discipline is added to intangible cultural heritage list along with Cuba’s rumba and Peruvian scissors dance

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Terrific guy, fantastic country': Trump heaps praise on Pakistan's leader

​Donald Trump has heaped praise on Pakistan, traditionally a troublesome US ally, saying it is a “fantastic country, fantastic place of fantastic people” according to an official statement released by Islamabad.

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Taliban facing financial crisis as civilian deaths deter donors

​Departure of most foreign combat troops and infighting between rival groups has weakened perceived legitimacy of war

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DPRK satellite images show prison camps accused of "atrocities"

​New satellite images of DPRK prison camps have been released, showing the continued existence of political prison camps described by the United Nations as being used to perpetrate “unspeakable atrocities”.

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Women enter Mumbai's Haji Ali Dargah mosque after ban lifted

​Trustees put the ban in place in 2011, arguing that allowing women near the tomb of a revered saint was a ‘grievous sin’ in Islam