Women dominate 2024 Booker Prize shortlist
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Black women have higher risk of dying from all types of breast cancer, new study finds
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Sexual harassment at work is as common today for women as 5 years ago
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EU chief unveils her new team after a long and bumpy road; women get top roles
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Podcast duo sorry for jokes about black women
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European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen puts women in many of the top roles in her new Commission team
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Women in UK ‘will be worse off than in 2010 unless public spending rises’
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Charlotte Wood on the Booker prize: ‘The global attention is like nothing I’ve seen’
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Percival Everett and Rachel Kushner are among 6 Booker Prize finalists
American writers Percival Everett and Rachel Kushner have been shortlisted for the Booker Prize2 days ago -
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Percival Everett and Rachel Kushner are among 6 Booker Prize finalists
American writers Percival Everett and Rachel Kushner have been shortlisted for the Booker Prize2 days ago -
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Women’s Super League 2024-25 previews No 9: Manchester City
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Each of the six Booker novels does something unique
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