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Trump signs executive orders to deny US citizenship to children of so-called ‘birth tourists’– live Bangladesh's ousted ex-prime minister says she will return despite facing death sentence Live updates: Trump signs orders aimed at curbing birthright citizenship; Senate panel votes to hold Fauci in contempt Iran says a deal with Oman to reopen the strait of Hormuz is close to being finalised – as it happened Israel charges settler over killing of Palestinian involved in Oscar-winning West Bank film Judge signals Trump’s defamation lawsuit against Wall Street Journal may be dismissed again Explosive drone 'serious attack' on Germany - as reports claim jet was carrying ammunition Boxer charged with killing aid worker in Athens after his wife gave police 'key' details Rights groups say Israeli attack that killed Lebanese journalist an apparent war crime Nigerian security forces free more than 300 hostages in ‘largest single-day recovery’ Gianni Infantino gets internal support at crisis meeting to remain as FIFA president Drone with explosives found at German airport, official sees 'new quality' of threat David Ellison claims opposition to his mega-merger stems from potential CNN control All bodies of water in England polluted with toxic chemicals, official data shows Starbucks Korea raided by police after ‘Tank Day’ campaign sparks public outrage Trump administration pays back $100bn in 'Liberation Day' tariffs to businesses SpaceX shares sink after first earnings report reveals huge AI spending plans Thousands of migrants still in Ceuta after border crisis, local leader says Two Iranian female footballers granted Australian citizenship after protest High-profile Indian journalist jailed for 10 years for raping colleague Trump signs executive orders to deny US citizenship to children of so-called ‘birth tourists’– live Bangladesh's ousted ex-prime minister says she will return despite facing death sentence Live updates: Trump signs orders aimed at curbing birthright citizenship; Senate panel votes to hold Fauci in contempt Iran says a deal with Oman to reopen the strait of Hormuz is close to being finalised – as it happened Israel charges settler over killing of Palestinian involved in Oscar-winning West Bank film Judge signals Trump’s defamation lawsuit against Wall Street Journal may be dismissed again Explosive drone 'serious attack' on Germany - as reports claim jet was carrying ammunition Boxer charged with killing aid worker in Athens after his wife gave police 'key' details Rights groups say Israeli attack that killed Lebanese journalist an apparent war crime Nigerian security forces free more than 300 hostages in ‘largest single-day recovery’ Gianni Infantino gets internal support at crisis meeting to remain as FIFA president Drone with explosives found at German airport, official sees 'new quality' of threat David Ellison claims opposition to his mega-merger stems from potential CNN control All bodies of water in England polluted with toxic chemicals, official data shows Starbucks Korea raided by police after ‘Tank Day’ campaign sparks public outrage Trump administration pays back $100bn in 'Liberation Day' tariffs to businesses SpaceX shares sink after first earnings report reveals huge AI spending plans Thousands of migrants still in Ceuta after border crisis, local leader says Two Iranian female footballers granted Australian citizenship after protest High-profile Indian journalist jailed for 10 years for raping colleague
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Trump signs executive orders to deny US citizenship to children of so-called ‘birth tourists’– live

Pair of orders come month after supreme court struck down administration’s earlier attempt to place restrictions on birthright citizenship enshrined in US constitution. Sign up…
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Judge signals Trump’s defamation lawsuit against Wall Street Journal may be dismissed again

Judge signals Trump’s defamation lawsuit against Wall Street Journal may be dismissed again

Obama-appointed judge seemed unmoved by Trump attorneys’ arguments in case also naming Murdoch. A federal judge in Florida seemed skeptical of arguments from Donald Trump ’s legal…
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Explosive drone 'serious attack' on Germany - as reports claim jet was carrying ammunition

Authorities say an explosive drone found near a jet in Leipzig was a "serious attack" on Germany - amid reports the Ukrainian aircraft was loaded with ammunition
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Boxer charged with killing aid worker in Athens after his wife gave police 'key' details

Boxer charged with killing aid worker in Athens after his wife gave police 'key' details

Sharif Ahmadzai, who is 26 and from Afghanistan, faces charges of homicide with intent, robbery and weapons offences
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Rights groups say Israeli attack that killed Lebanese journalist an apparent war crime

Rights groups say Israeli attack that killed Lebanese journalist an apparent war crime

Amal Khalil was killed and her colleague Zeinab Faraj wounded in an Israeli attack in April; Israel denied targeting the journalists
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Nigerian security forces free more than 300 hostages in ‘largest single-day recovery’

Nigerian security forces free more than 300 hostages in ‘largest single-day recovery’

President hails operation to rescue captives held in dense forests of Kainji Lake national park in north-central region. Nigerian security forces have rescued more than 300…
76% agreement · 2 independent sources
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Gianni Infantino gets internal support at crisis meeting to remain as FIFA president

Gianni Infantino gets internal support at crisis meeting to remain as FIFA president

FIFA said Wednesday it had apologized for errors made over Gianni Infantino's failed plan to sell stakes in the World Cup and that senior staff in attendance at a crisis meeting…
75% agreement · 2 independent sources
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Drone with explosives found at German airport, official sees 'new quality' of threat

Drone with explosives found at German airport, official sees 'new quality' of threat

Regional police and prosecutors said an airport employee discovered a drone near the airport's south runway with "an unknown explosive device," and the object was examined by…
78% agreement · 2 independent sources
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David Ellison claims opposition to his mega-merger stems from potential CNN control

David Ellison claims opposition to his mega-merger stems from potential CNN control

With $111bn deal to acquire cable network’s parent company stalled in courts, Ellison courts public. Speaking out on the lawsuit against the big merger between Paramount Skydance…
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EconomyTone Neutral2 min
All bodies of water in England polluted with toxic chemicals, official data shows

All bodies of water in England polluted with toxic chemicals, official data shows

Environment Agency assessments find just 14.3% of country’s surface waters in good ecological status. Every single English water body is polluted with toxic chemicals, new…
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Starbucks Korea raided by police after ‘Tank Day’ campaign sparks public outrage

Starbucks Korea raided by police after ‘Tank Day’ campaign sparks public outrage

Coffee chain has faced backlash over marketing promotion tied to anniversary of Gwangju massacre. South Korean police have raided the headquarters of Starbucks Korea as part of an…
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Trump administration pays back $100bn in 'Liberation Day' tariffs to businesses

Trump administration pays back $100bn in 'Liberation Day' tariffs to businesses

It represents roughly 60% of all tariff revenue collected under the policy, with billions still to be repaid
74% agreement · 2 independent sources
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SpaceX shares sink after first earnings report reveals huge AI spending plans

SpaceX shares sink after first earnings report reveals huge AI spending plans

Elon Musk told investors that people were "underestimating" his company
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Thousands of migrants still in Ceuta after border crisis, local leader says

Thousands of migrants still in Ceuta after border crisis, local leader says

The Spanish territory's mayor-president also says 100 deaths occurred as a result of 78,000 migrants crossing from neighbouring Morocco
75% agreement · 2 independent sources
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Two Iranian female footballers granted Australian citizenship after protest

Two Iranian female footballers granted Australian citizenship after protest

Players stayed in country after Asian Cup in March. Duo condemned as traitors in Iran for not singing anthem. Two former Iranian footballers said on Thursday they were proud to…
74% agreement · 2 independent sources
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High-profile Indian journalist jailed for 10 years for raping colleague

High-profile Indian journalist jailed for 10 years for raping colleague

Tarun Tejpal, ex-editor of Tehelka magazine, was initially acquitted in 2021 in case that drew nationwide attention. An Indian court has sentenced a high-profile former editor of…
76% agreement · 2 independent sources
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Houthis launch deadly attacks on Saudi-led coalition forces in Yemen

Yemen's Houthis say they launched drones and ballistic missiles in Marib and Hadramout
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Meta says its AI model hacked into another company during testing

Meta says its AI model hacked into another company during testing

Company is the third to report such an incident after Anthropic and OpenAI reported breaches during training. Meta said on Wednesday that one of its AI models hacked ⁠another…
74% agreement · 2 independent sources
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Mitch McConnell announces discharge from rehabilitation center

Mitch McConnell announces discharge from rehabilitation center

Republican, 84, absent from Senate after fall that led to hospital stay, says he will continue recovery at home. US politics live – latest updates. The Republican US senator Mitch…
77% agreement · 2 independent sources
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Defunct part of SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will slam into the moon

Defunct part of SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will slam into the moon

A defunct part of a Falcon 9 rocket could slam into the moon at more than 5,000 miles per hour, according to scientists
75% agreement · 2 independent sources
ClimateTone Neutral2 min
The great British switch-off: how floating retreats, mobile-free pubs and sauna book groups are freeing people from their smartphones

The great British switch-off: how floating retreats, mobile-free pubs and sauna book groups are freeing people from their smartphones

Sick of doomscrolling? From venues with smartphone swear jars to cabins with absolutely no signal, here are the fun and freeing ways to ditch your device. There’s a ritual at the…
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Chasing new skills, going back to basics and pushing for collective action: how software engineers are adapting to AI

Chasing new skills, going back to basics and pushing for collective action: how software engineers are adapting to AI

Software engineering was one of the best-paying professions in the US in 2022, but the advent of AI has disrupted it, leading to several layoffs and underemployment. Every…
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Ceuta residents ‘sad, helpless, anxious’ as up to 5,000 migrants remain in the city, president says – Europe live

Juan Jesús Vivas has been briefing EU lawmakers on the ‘humanitarian emergency’ and says updated death toll now lies at least 100 people. The commission also got repeatedly asked…
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‘If we don’t fight back, we don’t have a future’: the journalist taking on the ‘tech fascists’ of Silicon Valley

‘If we don’t fight back, we don’t have a future’: the journalist taking on the ‘tech fascists’ of Silicon Valley

As Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and their peers have grown richer and more influential, Gil Durán argues they have all but abandoned democracy – and found the perfect government to…
Single source · not yet corroborated
TechnologyTone Neutral2 min
‘Do we really need huge cruise ships here?’ Fears £150m Falmouth Docks plan threatens habitats – and town itself

‘Do we really need huge cruise ships here?’ Fears £150m Falmouth Docks plan threatens habitats – and town itself

Plans involve dredging and expanding docks to allow larger cruise ships to visit with up to 200,000 passengers annually. Janavi Kramer had just enjoyed a swim with friends and was…
Single source · not yet corroborated
ClimateTone Neutral2 min
Murderous heat, an endangered food supply, decimated landscapes: embrace the Mediterranean life | George Monbiot

Murderous heat, an endangered food supply, decimated landscapes: embrace the Mediterranean life | George Monbiot

As climate disaster stares us in the face, the radical right says ‘Embrace the Mediterranean life’. Embrace death, more like it. Can’t you leftists understand? Mass death is good…
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Minns said he wouldn’t ‘gloat’ about Icac hearings into the Liberals. Instead, he’s quietly taken out the trash

Minns said he wouldn’t ‘gloat’ about Icac hearings into the Liberals. Instead, he’s quietly taken out the trash

Amid revelations that could damage the Liberals’ state election hopes, the NSW government dropped key documents on three contentious issues. Follow our Australia news live blog…
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Protesters occupy 200-year-old tree at US-Mexico border to stop its destruction: ‘She’s our Statue of Liberty’

Protesters occupy 200-year-old tree at US-Mexico border to stop its destruction: ‘She’s our Statue of Liberty’

Demonstrators stage ‘tree sit’ in Arizona town to stop felling of ancient cottonwood grove to make way for border wall. Protesters are staging a “tree sit” in a tiny Arizona town…
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‘We expected it, but now it’s here’: on the frontline of Australia’s bird flu outbreak, people are distressed

‘We expected it, but now it’s here’: on the frontline of Australia’s bird flu outbreak, people are distressed

As Australia prepares for the H5 bird flu to potentially rip through hundreds of species, residents of the Limestone Coast are already seeing the impacts. Get our breaking news…
Single source · not yet corroborated
ClimateTone Neutral2 min
‘Huge wave’ of carbon storage projects causes alarm in small-town USA as oil firms eye billions in subsidies

‘Huge wave’ of carbon storage projects causes alarm in small-town USA as oil firms eye billions in subsidies

Dozens of projects are in development across US despite concerns over environmental and health risks. The plan to bury carbon under remote Indiana farmland is supposed to be a…
Single source · not yet corroborated
ClimateTone Neutral2 min
‘A reminder of why we have unions’: Matewan writer and director on the film’s lessons for the labor movement

‘A reminder of why we have unions’: Matewan writer and director on the film’s lessons for the labor movement

John Sayles’s 1987 film, which dramatizes a 1920 labor conflict, shows how class solidarity can overcome prejudice. When John Sayles, a student at Williams College taking time off…
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EconomyTone Neutral2 min
When the AI bubble bursts, what will Australia do with the tools it built? One man thinks he has the answer

When the AI bubble bursts, what will Australia do with the tools it built? One man thinks he has the answer

Journalist and author Cory Doctorow is coming to Australia to spread his message – humans will take their jobs back. Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates. Get…
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TechnologyTone Neutral2 min
Revealed: Mexico’s industrial boomtown is making goods for the US. Residents say they’re ‘breathing poison’

Revealed: Mexico’s industrial boomtown is making goods for the US. Residents say they’re ‘breathing poison’

Polluting facilities in Monterrey, which has close ties to the US, are pumping toxic heavy metals into the city’s air and threatening residents’ health. Leer en español en Quinto…
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ClimateTone Neutral2 min
Nato to ‘urgently’ get air defences for Ukraine, as Zelenskyy warns of surge in Russian missile production

Nato to ‘urgently’ get air defences for Ukraine, as Zelenskyy warns of surge in Russian missile production

After Ukraine failed to shoot down a single ballistic missile fired by Russia on Wednesday, the president urged allies to increase supplies of Patriot interceptors. Nato is…
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Legal logging and soaring saplings: the ‘green islands’ bucking the deforestation trend in central America

Legal logging and soaring saplings: the ‘green islands’ bucking the deforestation trend in central America

In Guatemala’s Maya biosphere reserve local people are making a living from trees at the same time as increasing forest cover, showing nature is best protected by those who depend…
Single source · not yet corroborated
ClimateTone Neutral2 min
New Zealand capital delights in rare snowfall as southern city residents ski down world’s steepest street

New Zealand capital delights in rare snowfall as southern city residents ski down world’s steepest street

Snow falls in Wellington for the first time in 15 years while snow blanketed Dunedin and Christchurch on the country’s south island. Temperatures have plummeted across New Zealand…
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Most verified today

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Bangladesh's ousted ex-prime minister says she will return despite facing death sentence

✓ 88% agree · 4 sources
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Trump signs executive orders to deny US citizenship to children of so-called ‘birth tourists’– live

✓ 86% agree · 4 sources
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Israel charges settler over killing of Palestinian involved in Oscar-winning West Bank film

✓ 83% agree · 3 sources
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Live updates: Trump signs orders aimed at curbing birthright citizenship; Senate panel votes to hold Fauci in contempt

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SpaceX shares sink after first earnings report reveals huge AI spending plans

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Meta says its AI model hacked into another company during testing

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The great British switch-off: how floating retreats, mobile-free pubs and sauna book groups are freeing people from their smartphones

Mental load Light · Technology
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Chasing new skills, going back to basics and pushing for collective action: how software engineers are adapting to AI

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