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Some people said COP26, the global climate conference, was doomed because China’s president didn't show up. Then along came an unusually capable civil servant known as ‘the panda’.

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Thanks to revelations from one former Facebook insider, 2021 was a year of reckoning for the tech giant.

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Cressida Dick is in charge of the Metropolitan Police. But having a woman at the top hasn’t shielded the force from accusations that it’s still a deeply sexist institution.   

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The day after the Taliban took Kabul, a young man fell to his death from a US airplane. The tragedy revealed a lot about America’s withdrawal from Afghanistan.

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Britney Spears has rarely been out of the headlines this year. What does her story tell us about pop culture in 2021?

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When Simone Biles put her mental health before more medals, and pulled out of the Tokyo Olympics, the world was amazed. 

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How a Russian actress, not a joyriding billionaire, is the best person to show us where space travel is going.

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Squid Game's director Hwang Dong-hyuk originally had the idea for this year's runaway TV hit in 2009. His story is a 12-year lesson in endurance. 

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Conservative leaders have traditionally been in favour of low taxes and spending - but not Boris Johnson. How will he and his Chancellor Rishi Sunak sort out their differences? 

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