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The general consensus is that the second in the Star Wars trilogy - released 40 years ago - is the best. In fact, it’s to blame for the franchise’s problems, writes Nicholas Barber.

The city that never sleeps became the city that couldn't sleep, a place known for bravado gripped by fear.

The tweet was one of several bizarre postings, including a promise to sell his possessions.

An expert warns there is "nothing more valuable" in the world today than a way to prevent the disease.

The coronavirus outbreak poses a "perfect storm" for the war-ravaged country, warns Save the Children.

For hundreds of years, indigenous groups have warned that destroying the environment leads to disease and adversely affects lives and culture. Is the world now ready to listen?

The government claims Colombian "terrorist mercenaries" tried to enter Venezuela on speedboats.

Two decades after the world's first major computer virus, an author finds the perpetrator in Manila.

The president of Algeria pays tribute by calling the Berber singer an icon of Algerian art.

As countries ease their coronavirus restrictions, what can would-be travellers expect to experience?

A Spanish study identifies five rashes present in some coronavirus hospital patients.

South Korea says bullets hit one of its border posts, a day after the North's elusive leader reappears.

Hafthor Bjornsson, who was Ser Gregor "The Mountain" Clegane in the series, lifted 501kg.

The convoy was pulled down a steep embankment in Australia after one of the camels slipped.

The placebo effect is well known for its medical benefits, but there is evidence it could give athletes an edge, too.

The identity of the "intermediate host" animal that first passed the coronavirus to a human may never be found, say scientists.

The US designer who rebuilt his life after destroying it through cocaine and crystal meth addiction.

Protesters against HS2 are still trying to save threatened forests during the coronavirus pandemic.

Scientists say the microbe - found in the wild near Lake Victoria - has enormous potential.

Some fear the East African nation is downplaying the pandemic as it seeks to protect its economy.

For 300 years, the Debatable Lands flourished as an anarchic no-man's land; not independent, but too dangerous for either Scotland or England to be able – or want – to take control of.

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Italian businesses are crumbling in the crisis, leaving a familiar "benefactor" to fill the vacuum.

The sum is more than five times the previous quarterly record, in the 2008 financial crisis.

The "shockingly large" hornets can kill humans with their sting and are known to destroy beehives.