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Larreal was only Venezuelan to have competed in five different Olympic games

Israel is not the only area where progressives are frustrated with Harris

A recent swing state survey that showed Harris in lead used trustworthy methodology, polling experts told The Independent

Exclusive: Health secretary warned he must act on regulator Nursing and Midwifery Council

Exclusive: ‘Colleagues say I should burn my baggage rather than bringing it into my home’ says passenger

Exclusive: Library staff, MPs and charities have warned banning books is worrying regression on LGBT+ rights and can be harmful to young people

EXCLUSIVE: The University of California Los Angeles spent a fortune on police and security in response to a campus Palestine solidarity encampment, Josh Marcus reports

Body positivity influencers made plus-size people everywhere feel represented. That is, until popular weight loss drugs declared thin is in. Meredith Clark asks content creators and activists if we should be mad when our favorite plus-size influencers lose weight, or if fatphobia is really to blame

Before he was Kamala Harris’s running mate, the Minnesota governor was a geography teacher, coach and faculty adviser for a gay-straight alliance at Mankato West High School. His former students tell Alex Woodward about their unlikely ally, and why dozens are now campaigning for him

Kyiv destroys key bridge on Seym river in bid to protect gains inside Russia

The former Commons leader warned that the upcoming budget is a ‘diplomatic signal as well as a fiscal event’