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Everything you need to know about sugar – from how much you should consume, to some of its 50 disguises
Fructose, glucose, sucrose. Lactose, maltose, dextrose. Treacle, molasses … honey! The sweet stuff is everywhere, in everything from colas and cakes to fruit and veg. Are some forms healthier than others? And what about artificial sweeteners?
Many people try not to eat too much sugar, yet it is added to so much food and drink, it is hard to avoid. It goes by more than 50 different names on labels, is present even in seemingly savoury products and the alternatives are confusing and controversial. So is the sweet stuff addictive – and should you cut it out completely?
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Jamaica’s beach access crisis: ‘We shouldn’t be forced to fight for what is already ours’
Activists argue business model is ‘plantation tourism’ designed to benefit elite and disadvantage most Jamaicans
Devon Taylor remembers when the Mammee Bay shoreline in St Ann, Jamaica, was filled with children frolicking in the ocean after school, fishers haggling with locals over the price of their daily catch and craft vendors carving souvenirs under almond trees.
“I grew up on Mammee Bay,” Taylor says. He recalls fetching seawater in bottles for his grandmother when she was no longer able to go to the beach, learning to swim in the shallows, and watching generations of fishers cast their nets. “That beach raised us. It fed us.”
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Elon Musk and co may relish march of the robots but there must be AI boundaries in the workplace | Heather Stewart
As technology advances quickly, firms should not lose sight of what qualities humans bring to jobs
A robot magician called D4YRL was rejected as a member of the Magic Circle last week, for being insufficiently human.
While D4YRL’s tricks were exemplary, the august organisation decided “he” did not engage the audience’s emotions as a flesh-and-blood performer would.
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‘Have I been influenced, or is this actually me?’ How personal taste fell out of fashion
Our favourite music, clothes and books used to be markers of individuality – but the algorithm has made us all sheep. Meet the style rebels fighting back
What are you into? What floats your boat? What music, films, clothes, art, books – anything, really – do you actually like? Do you find these questions more difficult to answer than you would have done 10 years ago? How about 20? You do? You’re not alone.
It has become impossible to ignore: personal taste has been seriously debased – if not completely destroyed – by technological advancement. We know the internet has radically altered the way we form our opinions and beliefs. Now we’re waking up to another sobering truth: it has wrecked our capacity to form our own preferences.
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Let him eat cake! Birthday greetings for President Trump as he turns 80 – from Greta Thunberg, Piers Morgan and more
The 47th has his 80th this weekend – a milestone that surely shouldn’t go unmarked. Artists, activists, writers and thinkers send their messages to the man of the hour (even if they’re unlikely to get a party invite)
Cory Doctorow
Dear Comrade Trump:On this, the occasion of your 80th birthday, I write to extend my sincere thanks for all the work you have done. After decades of deadlock, you have inspired the world to action! You have done more to de-dollarise the world than any American leader in history. Without you, there would be no way that Ethiopia would be revaluing its national debt in yuan. You have done more to end the global dependence on oil than any leader (except, perhaps, for Comrade Putin). Without you, there would be no way that India would be chucking out its gas hobs and replacing them with induction tops. And, of course, you have done more than any president in history to end American dominance over the internet. Without you, there would be no way the EU would be racing forward with projects such as Eurostack and European Digital Infrastructure Consortium, with whole nations ditching American tech exports like Microsoft Office 365 in favour of free, open, auditable, transparent alternatives running on servers within the EU’s borders. Comrade Trump, you are, at long last, ushering in the post-American world, and a grateful planet salutes you!
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‘It’s going to be extremely hot’: workers imperiled as sweltering World Cup temperatures are forecast
It could top 90F in several cities hosting World Cup games – and workers could pay the price with their health
As the World Cup kicks off, labor advocates and scholars warn that the workers making the tournament possible could face serious heat-related risks.
“It’s going to be extremely hot, and you just cannot leave people unprotected or you’re going to deal with a lot of injuries,” said Jonathan Alingu, co-executive director of Central Florida Jobs With Justice, which has been calling for worker protections at the Miami games. “Or, God forbid, something even worse.”
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‘Let’s not blow it’: Trump calls for restraint after Israel launches fresh airstrikes on Beirut
US president says ‘all sides should stand down’ as mediators seek to conclude preliminary US-Iran peace deal negotiations
Donald Trump called for restraint on Sunday after Israel launched fresh airstrikes on Beirut, as mediators sought to reach a preliminary peace deal between Iran and the US to definitively end the three-month war in the Middle East.
Trump played down new Israeli strikes but said “all sides should stand down”.
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New defence secretary to ‘reprioritise’ UK plan for military spending, say sources
Starmer ‘can’t sack him or let him resign’, says ally of Dan Jarvis after predecessor’s resignation
The new defence secretary is to revisit a controversial plan for funding the armed forces and may return to demand more cash from the Treasury, allies have said.
Multiple government sources said Dan Jarvis would look to “reprioritise” aspects of the defence investment plan (Dip), which was delayed until July after the resignation of John Healey following a disagreement over its funding.
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Deadly Philippines earthquake found to have raised seabed by up to 2 metres
‘Coastal uplift’ exposes coral and kills marine life, as residents say shorelines extended by up to 200 metres
A powerful earthquake that killed at least 61 people in the Philippines this week raised the seabed by as much as 2 metres (6.6ft), exposing coral and harming marine life, the country’s environment department has said.
At least 40 people are still missing after the 7.8-magnitude quake off southern Mindanao island on Monday, according to updated tolls from the disaster agency.
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Netherlands v Japan: World Cup 2026 – live
⚽️ Kick-off time: 3pm local/4pm EDT/9pm BST/6am AEST
⚽️ Player guide | Bracketology | Golden Boot | WallchartThe New York Knicks’ NBA glory has absolutely nothing to do with the World Cup –but only if you take these things literally. In Manhattan right now, it’s an essential part of the 2026 World Cup story.
On Haiti v Scotland
William MacGregor, 41, from Dumbarton, described the post-goal atmosphere as “bouncing … Drinks were flying everywhere when the goal went in. Not mine, I kept mine.”
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