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Cities around the world are experimenting with basic income schemes. The benefits for residents seem obvious – but what’s in it for the cities?For the first time in many years, Lance Dingman has food

Industry and government have made steps to tackle child labor in Mexico’s tobacco fields, but Nina Lakhani finds low incomes for working families slow progress. Photography by César RodríguezRevealed:

A report shows a slump in jobs in the UK arms sector even as the technology sharpens and intensifies conflicts overseasThe growing reliance on technology in many of the world’s ongoing conflicts is

Former prime minister says government should take ‘their own backbench’ into confidence before anyone else. All the day’s events, live 8.56am BST 8.27am BST The matter of public importance, put

1,400 necklaces, 567 handbags and 14 tiaras among the goods seized from Najib Razak as part of embezzlement investigationMalaysian police have seized a cache of jewellery, handbags and watches worth

There is no large-scale problem in Europe today, but domestic political issues in which the migration theme is exploited“The EU money should be for employment, not for cows.” Even back in 2005 Tony

UN figures reveal deepening opioid crisis in Africa, with cocaine and opium production at records levels worldwideThe misuse of pharmaceutical opioids is fast becoming a “global epidemic”, with the

After the supreme court upheld the president’s executive order, Muslim Americans voice fears for their relativesAli Alsubai got the news through a text alert. “Supreme court upholds Trump’s travel

Move comes after strongman Khalifa Haftar takes control of key Gulf of Sirte oil terminals Libya’s oil industry – the sole reliable source of revenue for the strife-torn country – has been plunged

Award-winning social activist, TEDx speaker and filmmaker Insia Dariwala talks about her hopes for a world where boys and girls can be safe and freeInsia Dariwala always knew her life wasn’t going to

Monitoring group says work shows why a denuclearisation deal rather than a ‘statement of lofty goals’ is neededNorth Korea has continued to upgrade its only known nuclear reactor used to fuel its

Joe Crowley, 10-term Democrat expected to be party’s next House leader, loses to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, 28, in New YorkOcasio-Cortez: who is the new progressive star of the Democrats? Alexandria

Assistant commissioner Tony Crandell says of 86 Sydney deaths from 1976 to 2000, the review found 27 were probably related to gay-hate bias. There was no evidence of bias in 34 cases, and in 25 there

Madrid's municipal police have trained a police dog to carry out what looks like CPR. His performance may look impressive but it is 'just a stunt', police spokesman Fernando Rodriguez told Euronews.

Former bishops of breakaway Mormon sect avoid jail over offences spanning decadesTwo British Columbia men were sentenced to house arrest for having multiple wives, marking Canada’s first convictions

Army on standby as huge blaze forces residents in Stalybridge to leave their homesWildfires sweep across moors outside Manchester - in picturesFirefighters in Greater Manchester are continuing to

Former PM to say Trump must preserve the transatlantic pact and unite with EuropeA return to the dark politics of the 1930s is no longer far-fetched today because of rampant nationalist populism and

Forty-seven farmers reportedly killed in 2017-18, consistent with decline since peak in 1998 when 153 diedMurders of farmers in South Africa are at a 20-year low, research by one of the country’s

Aboriginal legal service asks Northern Territory politicians to show courage and support community solutions The Northern Territory’s biggest Aboriginal legal service is pleading with the government

Mayor calls for extra funds and claims there are now 3.3 officers per 1,000 LondonersLondon was hit harder than any other part of the country by years of Conservative cuts to its police force, Sadiq