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How a robot cafe in Tokyo aims to empower – not replace – human workers

Inventor Kentaro Yoshifuji’s robots allow people to work at the Dawn cafe from anywhere in the world – ‘teleportation’ technology that could open up new demographics for Japan’s flatlining economy. Adam Withnall reports from Tokyo

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Woman ‘suicidal’ after taking same antidepressants as Thomas Kingston issues warning over side effects

Coroner and MPs raise concerns as almost 200 alerts made in decade to regulator over deaths linked to drugs

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‘It isn’t just about porn’: What the US PornHub ‘ban’ is really about

Age verification laws designed to block children from online porn sites are sweeping the US, Io Dodds writes. But do they actually protect children, or is there another agenda at work?

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Thousands of paedophiles and rapists removed from sex offenders register despite serious crimes

Exclusive: New data shows applications for sex offenders to be removed from the register have 75 per cent success rate

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The 20 most overrated TV shows of all time, ranked

THE COUNTDOWN: The Independent’s culture team selects the most unduly hyped series ever

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LA nurse defies evacuation orders to protect her home from looters: ‘Nothing here is good’

‘No one’s here securing the homes, so these criminals are coming and breaking in,’ the veteran caregiver told The Independent

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Trump has been on a run of big wins — his own agenda push could end the streak

ANALYSIS: Despite some early wins, Trump still faces an uphill battle with his more significant policy proposals, Eric Garcia writes

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LA was sitting on a powder keg ripe for a fire after months of drought. Then it was lit

EXCLUSIVE: Author John Vaillant tells The Independent that human-driven climate change has created dangerous wildfire conditions and thousands of ‘climate refugees’ in the city of Los Angeles

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Devin Haney: ‘I want to prove to myself that Ryan Garcia took nothing out of me’

Interview: The WBC champion spoke to The Independent during a rare trip to London, as he plots his return to the ring after last year’s messy saga with Garcia

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Pharmacists hit out at difficulties stocking flu jabs amid warning illness yet to peak

Hospitals are ‘full to bursting’ across the country with hundreds attending emergency departments

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I tested the viral Fittle Box for two months, and now all my friends and family want one

Prettier than a Peloton and more practical than a rusty set of dumbbells – this might be the best thing I’ve ever tested as a fitness writer

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What the papers say – January 10

Here are the biggest stories leading Friday’s front pages.

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Civil rights groups warn Laken Riley bill could open the door to Trump’s mass deportations

Opponents call the bill a ‘slippery slope’ for Trump’s agenda and a ‘backdoor to mass detention’

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Democrats signal openness to Republicans’ Laken Riley Act with key vote

Bill may pass, led by Republicans, without amendments after Democratic resistance vanishes

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California is in a home-insurance crisis. The Pacific Palisades fire will only make it worse

‘We need to make it incredibly expensive to build in these kinds of environments,’ one expert told The Independent. ‘If the insurance industry refuses to sell policies, maybe people won’t risk it’

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Jimmy Carter held the highest office in the land. But his faith made him a public servant

Analysis: Carter navigated the barbed wire of the politics of religion, Eric Garcia reports. In doing so, he ran his race and he kept his faith

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Drunk firefighter causes chaos in first class — forcing pilot to make emergency landing, police say

Exclusive: Robert Solesky admitted to ‘aggressively’ grabbing a flight attendant by the lapels, but insisted that “it was a kind gesture to say, ‘Thanks, man,’” according to court filings reported first by The Independent

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Hospital wards face ‘pandemic-level’ strain with soaring flu cases triggering winter crisis

Around 20 hospital trusts across England have declared critical incidents with staff facing ‘mammoth demand’ due to the cold weather and flu

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Family of missing father in ‘living nightmare’ as body found in Spain

John George’s family joined volunteers in the search for the 37-year-old before a body was discovered in Rojales on 7 January

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Best maternity jeans, tried and tested by a pregnant fashion writer

Whether you’re looking for mom jeans or skinny styles, I’ve done the searching for you

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‘It would be like Hawaii’: Republicans open to Trump’s Canada and Greenland proposal

‘There’s some good arguments,’ one Republican senator tells The Independent ahead of Trump’s return to Capitol Hill

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Five football fields a minute: How a perfect storm of extreme weather set off Los Angeles wildfires

Rising temperatures have created the ideal conditions for “extreme, high severity wildfires that spread rapidly,” according to the California Air Resources Board

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Jerry Springer Show refused to fly guests home if they walked off set, according to new Netflix doc

The new Netflix documentary ‘Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action’ explores the making of the controversial talk show

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Sarah McBride slams Republicans for attempted trans sports ban: ‘Defies understanding’

The first openly transgender lawmaker exclusively tells The Independent that Republicans’ prioritization of the legislation leaves her “mystified that this is a priority” for the GOP.

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Starmer urged to scrap funding for Musk’s firms after billionaire receives £190m from UK taxpayers

Exclusive: Firms owned by Elon Musk have raked in more than £190m of taxpayer cash since 2016, sparking calls for Keir Starmer to prevent any further public funds going to the billionaire’s sprawling business empire

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