Z is for Zero, Net: The year climate goals became climate deadlines
Deadly droughts, floods and wildfires expose the urgency of reaching net zero.
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Y is for Yorkshire cricket: A racism scandal at one of England’s most successful county clubs rocked the cricketing establishment
Former professional cricketer Azeem Rafiq blew the whistle on racist abuse at Yorkshire County Cricket Club.
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X is for Xi Jinping: At the peak of his powers, China’s president is nowhere and everywhere on the world stage
The leader didn’t leave his country once in 2021, but dominated the minds, summits and treaties of the West.
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W is for Whistleblowers: How we woke up to the real danger of Big Tech
This was the year the mask slipped, after damaging revelations from within the social media giants.
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V is for Variants: The Alpha and Omicron of Covid-19’s journey so far
This year, it became clear that new strains would prolong the pandemic.
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U is for U-turn: Boris Johnson, Owen Paterson and the reversal that unleashed a sleaze scandal
Tory MPs were marched up the hill and back down again when the government tried to overthrow the standards process…
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T is for Travis Scott: A fatal concert crush raised questions about crowd control and the rapper himself
At least ten people – aged between nine and 27 – died, and many hundreds were injured at Astroworld Festival…
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S is for Simone Biles: When great athletes prioritised their mental health over the pressure to perform
From the Goat of women's gymnastics to Britain's new tennis prodigy Emma Raducanu, sports stars protected their wellbeing in 2021.
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