✓Alberta voters reject a move toward independence in referendum backing Canadian unity
Voters in Canada's oil-rich Alberta province overwhelmingly backed remaining in Canada, with early referendum results Tuesday delivering a boost to Prime Minister Carney's push…
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Kenya cult leader's children still being starved weeks before trial, son says
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Space X and Tesla exploring merger, CEO Elon Musk says
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Amelia Earhart researchers leave remote atoll empty-handed after ‘plane debris’ found to be a clump of trees
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Odds of fifth interest rate hike this year shorten as RBA deputy warns inflation outlook ‘worsening’
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Ukraine thankful that intelligence on missile strikes ‘works now’, says Zelenskyy – as it happened
The Ukrainian leader says talks with US envoys covered security guarantees and he hopes to hear Russia’s response tomorrow. Nordic correspondent. As well as Steve Witkoff,…
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✓The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time preview – Link faces his scariest challenge yet: the 4K era
The kingdom of Hyrule has been prettified, the soundtrack is newly orchestrated and our hero feels strikingly different under the thumbs … we play a hands-on demo of Nintendo’s…
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Ex-OpenAI worker accused of bugging offices planned to 'flee' to Saudi Arabia, prosecutors say
A former OpenAI engineer charged with secretly installing a recording device at its offices was "mere days" away from fleeing to Saudi Arabia before his arrest, prosecutors allege
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Cornell responds to Jane Doe's letter saying she felt 'unsupported' by university president
A woman known as Jane Doe who accused seven men at Cornell University of sexual assault at a fraternity house sent a letter to the school saying she “felt unsupported and…
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✓‘Too big to not fail’: Google outage exposes UK reliance on a handful of cloud providers
Our dependence on internet services of a few key tech companies leaves us vulnerable to cloud failures, bugs and more, experts say. It happened again. A power outage hit a…
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✓World
Wright calls Trump's diesel deal a peace incentive. Rubio says Russia would sell anyway.
President Trump's top aides offered sharply different explanations this weekend of his Russian diesel deal amid a barrage of bipartisan criticism calling the move a gift to…
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✓Nigeria confirms an Ebola case in Abuja as a woman arriving from Uganda tests positive
Nigeria is the latest country to report an Ebola case as the outbreak spreads across the region. Kenya confirmed its first case earlier this month and has since recorded nine…
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✓Houthi missile strike on Yemen camp kills 73 security recruits, local authorities say
Three missiles hit a camp in government-controlled Shabwa province on Monday that was being used as a training centre, Yemen's army says
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Trump once questioned Obama's citizenship. Now Obama is speaking out for Ilhan Omar.
Former President Barack Obama issued a forceful denunciation of the Trump administration's legal pursuit of Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar over suspicions she fraudulently obtained…
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✓Alberta's decisive decision to stay in Canada gives Carney backing to take on Trump
The overwhelming vote by Alberta to stay in Canada gives Mark Carney political capital to focus on remaking the country's economy, writes the BBC's Lyse Doucet
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✓Trump makes Russia-friendly moves as he looks for a way to end the war with Ukraine
President Trump's up and down relationship with Russia is back on as he presses to find an end to the war in Ukraine amid high energy costs ahead of the U.S. midterms
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✓Mariah Carey wins dismissal of brother’s defamation lawsuit over her memoir
Morgan Carey sued his sister over claims in her 2020 memoir, The Meaning of Mariah Carey, which he said falsely portrayed him as a violent drug dealer. A judge has dismissed a…
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✓World
Ukraine's Starlink restrictions raise suspicions of Musk, Trump retaliation
The rupture between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky over last week's diesel deal deepened Wednesday after an Elon Musk -owned satellite system used by…
72% agreement · 2 independent sources
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✓Severe drought declared and hosepipe bans in force - is your area affected?
Parts of southern England have entered "severe drought", while about 30 million people are under hosepipe ban
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ClimateTone Neutral2 min
✓Inside the race between Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos for control of outer space
The Atlantic writer Josh Tyrangiel says Musk and Bezos each want to colonize the moon, mine its resources and launch thousands more satellites. He says their only real competition…
73% agreement · 2 independent sources
ClimateTone Neutral2 min
✓Nato increases Black Sea deployment amid escalating deadly Russian attacks
Mounting anxiety as Russia’s war on Ukraine reaches Nato’s borders with targeting of vessels transporting agricultural cargo. Nato is deploying additional military assets to the…
76% agreement · 2 independent sources
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✓Andy Burnham outlines new rules to outlaw ‘rip-off’ private parking fines
Drivers to get five minutes to decide whether to park and 10 minutes to leave after their session ends. Drivers will get a guaranteed five minutes to decide whether to park and 10…
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✓China’s economy grows faster than forecast after AI boom boosts exports
Third-quarter GDP up by 4.5% compared with last year as industrial output is buoyed by electronics demand. Roaring exports lifted China’s economic growth in the third quarter of…
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✓US food importer sues Trump over 50 percent tariffs on Canadian goods
The lawsuit argues Trump bypassed Congress and misused a Depression-era law to impose tariffs on Canadian imports
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✓Paddy Power owner blames tax rises for plan to shed up to 1,400 jobs
Flutter says one in 10 UK and Ireland workers at risk of redundancy because of a ‘material increase in betting and gaming duties’. The gambling company behind Paddy Power and Sky…
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✓Suspect arrested after historic town hall set alight - French media
The spire of the clock tower at Limoges city hall dramatically collapsed as it was engulfed in flames on Saturday
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✓Pope Leo XIV thanks wellwishers in first event after cancer surgery
The Pope's first event since his lung cancer diagnosis and surgery saw him recite the traditional Angelus prayer from the balcony of the Apostolic Palace
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✓Technology
Japan launches mission to Mars to bring back samples from its moon
Japan launched a spacecraft towards Mars in a ground-breaking mission to bring back samples from the largest of the planet's two moons
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✓Swimmer, 65, killed in shark attack off South Africa's east coast
Janine Lochrenberg, 65, was out on her daily morning swim with her club when she was attacked, her family tell the BBC
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✓US bans China's DeepSeek from government in race for AI dominance
The Chinese technology is removed from most US government agencies as race for AI dominance steps up
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Trump snaps at White House reporter: 'Are you a sick person?'
President Trump snapped at a reporter in the Oval Office on Tuesday, telling him to be “quiet.” As the president took questions from journalists in the Oval Office earlier…
73% agreement · 2 independent sources
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✓World's oldest shipwreck found off coast of Turkey
Archaeologists say the wreck is up to 4,700 years old, dating to the Early Bronze Age
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Labor and the Coalition are poised to take a reckless gamble on AI. Haven’t they realised community support has collapsed? | Edward Santow and Sarah Sacher
Australian workers expect the government to act to protect them from AI harms. There is a clear reform solution at hand. Get our new political email , free app or daily news…
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Helen Haines live updates: police charge accused Brendan Nugent with additional offences; lawyer says he has rare neurological condition
Independent MP’s condition remains critical on Wednesday after surgery to save her remaining leg. ‘Deeply appalled’: politicians condemn alleged attack after Helen Haines…
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Is it really ‘madness’ to account for emissions from fossil fuels burned overseas? The Coalition sure thinks so | Temperature Check
The emissions might occur elsewhere, but they generate global harm that scientists can now quantify. Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air…
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‘Austerity is inevitably painful’: How Michael Gove justifies his politics | Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty – podcast
For more than three decades, Michael Gove has been a leading figure in British Conservatism. As a journalist, government minister and now editor of the Tory bible, the Spectator,…
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The CO2-absorbing building made of old sinks, windscreens and toilets: Ghent’s £17m design museum is a green marvel
Inspired by a gothic cathedral partly built using human bones, this gleaming monument to recycling boasts 82,000 bricks derived from construction waste – following a two-day…
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‘It was so satisfying when I threw a rock through the screen’: the people sick of being spied on by their smart TV
Is your television listening to every conversation? Filling your home with highly invasive ads? Some viewers have had enough of tech violating their privacy. When Dan had had…
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TechnologyTone Neutral2 min

‘I forgot to pay’: Victoria’s premier Ben Carroll drives off without paying for petrol, sparking police inquiries
After being contacted by officers, politician says, he has paid bill and is ‘grateful for the team at the servo for their understanding’. Get our breaking news email , free app or…
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Do not be distracted by global crises. Nature cannot wait for a better year – we must act now | Steven Guilbeault
In 2022, I helped push through the international agreement to protect biodiversity. Wars and economic pressures can make nature seem like a ‘nice-to-have’. But it is a critical…
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