Numerous studies have charted our waning ability to concentrate over the past quarter century; literacy rates and reading for pleasure are simultaneously on the decline amid a proliferation of ‘brain rot’ content. Helen Coffey digs into our collective loss of focus and asks the experts how to reverse the dumbing-down process

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The British ‘Midsommar’ and ‘Saltburn’ actor, this month named one of ‘Hollywood’s hottest young stars’, now plays a stalked musician in the eerie thriller ‘Lurker’. He talks to Tom Murray about nascent celebrity, the provocations of Emerald Fennell, and his night at Paris Hilton’s birthday party

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Hundreds of law enforcement officers swarm Ivy League campus as massive manhunt underway for suspected gunman

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Multiple women have told The Associated Press they survived or witnessed alleged rapes and other sexual assaults committed by a new Russian military unit in Mali

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A makeshift village in the Mauritanian desert shelters thousands of refugees who have fled Mali in recent weeks as fighting intensifies against militants linked to al-Qaida.

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Women and girls from Mali are alleging rape and sexual assault by Russian fighters with Africa Corps, a new military unit under Moscow's control

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The former chief executive of Marie Curie has made a sizeable donation to The Independent’s SafeCall campaign as he urges others to support its aim to provide a vital free service for missing children

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Leon Towers was 14 when he fled into the Cumbrian night and into the hands of traffickers. He tells Harriette Boucher how a lifetime of silence began – and why he’s determined no child is left unseen again

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An arctic air blast swept south from Canada, spreading into the northern United States. Meanwhile residents of the Pacific Northwest braced for possible mudslides and levee failures as floodwaters slowly recede.

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The Mapuches have endured centuries of battle

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Hidden bank accounts, secret purchases and misrepresenting income were among the secrets being kept under wraps, Starling Bank said.

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A shooter dressed in black killed multiple people and wounded several others at Brown University on Saturday during final exams on the Ivy League campus, authorities said, and police were searching for the suspect.

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Chinese demand for foreign luxury cars is waning as customers opt for more affordable Chinese brand models

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Flooding worsened by climate change is forcing a community in South Sudan to work constantly to keep water from encroaching on their land

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The latest shooting on a college campus in the U.S. unfolded Saturday at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island

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The law firm hired by the University of Michigan to investigate former football coach Sherrone Moore’s relationship with a staffer will continue its probe of the program and is prepared to expand its inquiry throughout the athletic department

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The actor stated he has “always been so interested in that period of Irish history”

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Met Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley said some stores needed to do more to help police tackle the issue

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