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✓ Verified Judge orders White House to immediately restore access to CNN, MS NOW, Politico
A federal judge ordered the White House early Thursday to immediately restore press credentials for reporters at CNN, MS NOW and Politico, ruling that President Trump’s ban likely…
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Diesel prices across Australia could surge beyond $3 a litre as Trump eyes cut to US fuel exports
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Mass sardine die-off pits survival of South Africa’s penguins against fishers’ livelihoods
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Iran’s president hits out at ‘bully’ Trump in UN speech but signals willingness to talk
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Under Trump, NIH funding disruptions have evolved. Here's what the numbers show
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✓Trump's Board of Peace unveils $2.45bn plan to begin Gaza's reconstruction
The figure was announced during a meeting of the group's board at the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York
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Senator confirms ‘eight suicide attempts’ by US navy personnel assigned to USS Abraham Lincoln carrier group – as it happened
Kirsten Gillibrand says acting US navy secretary told her of attempted suicides after carrier strike group’s lengthy deployment as part of US war in Iran. This blog is now closed.…
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✓Sri Lanka Easter bombings: 15 sentenced to hundreds of years in prison each over deadly terror attacks
Islamic State-inspired bombings of churches and hotels in 2019 was one of the country’s worst ever attacks. A court in Sri Lanka has convicted 15 men on terrorist charges for…
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High levels of 'forever chemical' causing cancer found in blood of residents living near factory
Dozens of residents living near a major chemical factory have discovered high levels of a cancer-causing "forever chemical" in their blood, according to lawyers
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✓Hurricane Polo, rapidly intensifying from strong El Niño patterns, rages off coast of Mexico
Polo, with sustained winds of 165mph, is churning 215 miles south of Zihuatanejo but is unlikely to directly hit Mexico. A tropical storm off the south-west coast of Mexico has…
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✓At least four people killed in Japan as typhoon Dujuan triggers heavy rain, landslides
Rescuers search for missing in collapsed homes after storm causes landslides, travel chaos and power outages. Typhoon Dujuan has killed at least four people and injured 22 in…
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✓Ethiopia and Tigray accuse each of launching offensives, fuelling fears of new war
The local authorities reportedly seize Tigray's airports following reports of recent drone strikes
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✓Trump greets Xi Jinping on arrival in rare move as US-China trade truce extended
President lays out red carpet as treasury secretary announces extension of ‘Busan agreement’ pausing trade war hostilities. AI, trade, Taiwan and climate: what will and won’t be…
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Son of Israeli ambassador to US 'seriously injured' in West Bank ramming attack
The son of Israel's ambassador to the US has reportedly been seriously injured in a ramming attack in the occupied West Bank
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British businessman jailed over illegal arms deals to war zones worth millions
A British businessman and an adviser to a quango funded by the UK government have each been jailed for 16 years after brokering illegal arms deals to send fighter jets and weapons…
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✓Rogue OpenAI agent 'infiltrated' Australian government website in world first
Australia criticised OpenAI for taking "too long" to tell them about the breach which happened in June
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✓CNN, MS Now and Politico sue Trump after being blocked from White House
Three news outlets filed lawsuit in attempt to regain access to the White House after having badges disabled. In what will be one of the largest battles yet between the press and…
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Chamber of Commerce, oil groups urge Trump to reject diesel export ban
American business, energy and manufacturing groups on Wednesday urged President Trump to reject calls to impose a diesel export ban after the president said he was weighing this…
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Scaramucci: Leavitt would have told Trump not to ban media outlets
Former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci said Wednesday that former Trump White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt would have advised President Trump to…
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✓Watch: The arms race in space and how the UK is defending itself
The UK has jammed satellites to defend itself from hostile threats, the BBC has been told
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Judge tosses Trump's lawsuit against Des Moines Register
A district judge tossed an election interference lawsuit by President Trump against the Des Moines Register, parent company USA Today Co. (formerly Gannett) and pollster Ann…
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WorldTone Neutral2 min
Twenty years after An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore still believes in the climate fight: ‘We are going to win this’
Former US vice-president still has optimism for climate advocacy two decades after groundbreaking documentary. Two decades after the release of his groundbreaking documentary An…
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ClimateTone Neutral2 min
‘This gap opens up of doubt and scepticism about everything’: Jess and Morgs confront the politics of deepfakes
In the choreographers’ new work, virtuosic movement and some green-screen magic unfurl the theatricality of high-stakes television interviews. It appears the interviewer has got…
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TechnologyTone Neutral2 min
‘Hanging on by a thread’: 11th hour decision to protect endangered birds from SA space project plans welcomed
The Eyre peninsula site is ‘precious and important’ habitats for southern emu-wren and home to 80% of the mallee whipbird population. Get our breaking news email , free app or…
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ClimateTone Neutral2 min
‘We’re not going to back down’: tiny Dorset B&B stands up to Airbnb’s legal bid to ‘monopolise’ letters ‘bnb’
Three little letters - bnb-side’s name is a play on the local b-side arts festival, but Silicon Valley colossus sees threat to global brand. In one corner is bnb-side, a six-room…
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TechnologyTone Neutral2 min
Lenore review – incel’s obsession with online influencer turns into anatomy of dislocated digital-age mindset
Digital-age Australian psychodrama tracks the shut-in mania of dangerously disaffected male fan, but doesn’t get inside his mind. If the parasocial phenomenon is a kind of hell,…
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‘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…
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ClimateTone Neutral2 min
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
British people understand the climate crisis threat. Today I’m empowering them to tackle it | Andy Burnham
With nearly £30m of funding, I’m giving communities power over local energy. They know the gravity of global heating, and they want to be part of the solution. Andy Burnham: UK…
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ClimateTone Serious2 min
Jamaica hails King’s decision to refer slavery reparations petition to privy council as ‘really big deal’
The move comes after Jamaica’s culture minister Olivia Grange travelled to the UK earlier this month to lodge the historic petition. King Charles has referred a landmark slavery…
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WorldTone Neutral2 min
Dance Monkey v the NRL: did Tones and I really turn down $90,000 a minute because she hates her own song?
For the first time in recent history there’ll be no pre-game entertainment at the NRL grand final. But everyone has a different story about what actually went down. Emma, the NRL…
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Home Office orders review after two small boats reach Kent without being intercepted – UK politics live
Shabana Mahmood says the failure to intercept the two boats was ‘not acceptable’. The Survation MRP polling also explores the views of the various different voter types Labour…
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WorldTone Neutral2 min
Hats, pencils and baby pacifiers: Yellowstone staffers retrieve record amount of trash from hot springs
The park is the most highly visited and strong winds make trash problem worse, with gusts blowing away items. Hold on to your hats – Yellowstone national park staffers have…
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ClimateTone Neutral2 min
When her ‘soul cat’ died, she was bereft. Now she designs memorial jewelry to help others with pet loss
A layoff and a leap of faith convinced Katie Teixeira she had what it takes to run her own business. In 2010, Katie Teixeira adopted a kitten found all alone in an abandoned…
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‘The silence was the worst part’: after culling his entire flock, US poultry farmer now fears bird flu
As bird flu reshapes agriculture, small farms operate under strict rules. Just a single case could tank their business. Joshua Beebe often starts his day by cleaning the tires of…
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ClimateTone Neutral2 min
Using AI to ‘talk to animals’ might make us feel clever – but what, if anything, does it do for them?
As animal behaviorists increasingly use AI in their research, they grapple with how to wield the technology responsibly. I’m sitting in a small boat in Shark Bay, Australia,…
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Greek PM: deal to return Parthenon marbles could still be reached with ‘political will and courage’
But Kyriakos Mitsotakis says he cannot accept any arrangement that recognises British Museum’s ownership of the sculptures. Kyriakos Mitsotakis: Britain would not cut up the…
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WorldTone Neutral2 min
‘We have really cool sharks’: three-year project to lift lid on Britain’s little-understood species
Anglers will help scientists investigate the porbeagle, tope and blue shark to boost knowledge and conservation. ‘We have really cool sharks,” says Dr Lucy Hawkes. She is not…
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ClimateTone Neutral2 min
These journalists share vital reporting with thousands of US immigrants – all by text and WhatsApp
Independent outlets are leaning on social media, chat and other nontraditional methods to fight disinformation. When Allan Marrero, an asylum seeker from the Cayman Islands , was…
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Democracy v the machine: the birth of the digital age and the warnings that were ignored – podcast
Many hoped that the march of technology would usher in an egalitarian utopia – but some foresaw the threat it would pose to liberal society. Why did nobody listen?. By Jill…
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