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Pakistan’s cities slip under toxic smog as live readings for Lahore show PM2.5 levels 100 times over what WHO prescribes

Lack of systemic support for body donation, logistical hurdles, and cultural and religious sensitivities force medical students to rely on anatomical models or digital simulations for training. Namita Singh reports

Peter Mandelson is a favourite to replace Dame Karen Pierce as the UK’s ambassador to the US

Exclusive: The chair of a joint EU-UK delegation has outlined the bloc’s aims for closer ties in the wake of the US election

Peggy Grande told The Independent that Donald Trump is likely to give a ‘preferential trade deal to the UK’

Completion of sanctuary for domestic abuse survivors built with our readers’ donations will be ‘moment of pride for us all’, says developer

Long-time favorite four-letter-word ‘f***’ has crept more steadily in recent decades into media, society, slang and even politics. As many Americans (and global citizens) exclaimed it around the US presidential race and results, a new edition of lexicographer Jesse Sheidlower’s The F-Word has been published. He shares some ‘f****ing’ factoids…

‘I think that I’m still trying to grapple with the fact that our country dislikes women so much,’ one accuser told Kelly Rissman after the resounding election results