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Obesity rates in some countries levelling off or potentially falling, study finds
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The Guardian · World

Obesity rates in some countries levelling off or potentially falling, study finds

Researchers say rise not inevitable and it is important to unpick what is behind differences in obesity trendsA continuing rise in obesity around the world is not inevitable, research suggests, with rates in some countries levelling off or potentially in decline.Researchers say focusing on what has...

Nicola Davis Science correspondent
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Why budget rhetoric won’t match reality for many younger Australians
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The Guardian · World

Why budget rhetoric won’t match reality for many younger Australians

Figures show the treasurer’s reforms will make the tax system fairer but some will not have the advantages enjoyed by their parents As Jim Chalmers was doing the round of the parliamentary press gallery on Tuesday, he was encouraging journalists to see the tax reforms in the budget as the most ambi...

Patrick Commins Economics editor
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Chinese court awards compensation to sacked worker replaced by AI
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The Guardian · World

Chinese court awards compensation to sacked worker replaced by AI

Case attracts widespread attention as example of China balancing enthusiastic adoption of AI with job securityA court in China has ruled in favour of a worker whose company replaced him with artificial intelligence (AI), awarding him more than £28,000 in compensation.The worker, whose surname is Zho...

Amy Hawkins Senior China correspondent
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‘The guards could not speak without yelling’: life as an 85-year-old ICE detainee
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The Guardian · World

‘The guards could not speak without yelling’: life as an 85-year-old ICE detainee

US authorities arrested French citizen Marie-Thérèse Ross-Mahé after she missed an immigration appointmentThe wailing at the Louisiana immigration detention facility began at night, Marie-Thérèse Ross-Mahé remembered, back at home in France. “Children crying, and even babies.”The 85-year-old’s deten...

Associated Press in Nantes
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