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Volodymyr Zelenskiy, the comedian who last week won Ukraine’s presidential election, has dismissed an offer by Vladimir Putin to provide passports to Ukrainians and pledged instead to grant citizenship to Russians who “suffer” under the Kremlin’s rule.

19 teenage Indian students commit suicide after software error botches exam results.

"So today, as first minister of Scotland, I am declaring that there is a climate emergency. And Scotland will live up to our responsibility to tackle it." | Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has declared a "climate emergency" in her speech to the SNP conference

The world’s first “biosolar leaf”, which scientists claim can mop up carbon dioxide and discharge oxygen into the atmosphere, doing the work of 100 trees using the surface area of one tree. It cultivates microalgae and phytoplankton on solar panel structures to be installed on land and roofs.

Extinction Rebellion: Supporters warn ‘hippy language’ is watering down climate change message - 'Facts and figures need to be at the forefront of our argument otherwise I fear we lose most of the population in the fight,' one supporter says

MMR vaccine and autism link debunked. Again. A study of over 600,000 Danish children reports no link has been found between MMR and an increased autism risk, even in children with other risk factors for ASD. Strikingly, in a subgroup of girls, the MMR vaccine was associated with reduced ASD risk.

Trump: 'Saudi Arabia buys a lot, I don't want to lose them'

"Brazil can’t be a country of the gay world, of gay tourism. We have families" Brazil’s far-right president, the self-declared homophobe Jair Bolsonaro has said.

More than 300 overworked NHS nurses have died by suicide in just seven years

Tens of thousands of Hong Kong residents have taken to the streets to demand their government halt a plan that would make it easier to extradite people to the secretive judicial system in mainland China.

Sri Lanka issues decree banning all forms of face covering

Human rights lawyer sentenced to 148 lashes and 38 years in jail in Iran

Trees must be planted across area half the size of London every year to offset climate damage of farming, experts say - Mass woodland creation scheme needs to start immediately, UK government told