✓MapQuest app reaches No 1 on US Apple list after defying Trump’s Lake Ontario order
Navigating app surpasses Google and Apple Maps on top-downloaded US chart after posting ‘we’re not changing it’. A pioneering online mapping app that defied Donald Trump by…
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Jury in Lindsay Clancy trial can't get a unanimous decision, judge says to keep deliberating
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Days after Trump announces Venezuela oil deal, White House fills in some of the details
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SCOTUS allows Trump's ballroom project to continue. And, the Army secretary resigns
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One still missing after Grand Canyon floods kill two and prompt rescue efforts
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✓Summer of 2026 was UK’s hottest on record, Met Office says
Meteorologists say mean average temperature of 16.5C was made 130 times more likely by climate crisis. This year’s summer was the UK’s hottest on record, according to provisional…
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✓What could Meta’s US settlement mean around the world – and what now for other claims against firm?
Other governments could seek similar concessions, while separate legal action is pending in places ranging from Kenya to the Netherlands. In October 2021, Abrham Meareg’s father,…
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✓Nepal death toll crosses 1,000 as rescuers race to find workers trapped in mud-filled tunnels
Thousands are still missing as Chinese state media report the official number of fatalities in Tibet at 16
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✓Nepal-Tibet flood deaths pass 1,000 as police ask relatives for DNA to identify victims
Relatives of missing tourists asked for blood samples and photos, as efforts continue to rescue trapped hydropower workers. Nepal-Tibet floods – latest updates. Visual guide: How…
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✓Kalshi bans former congressman George Santos for life after State of the Union trades
Kalshi says Santos did not cooperate with its investigation into bets he placed on his own attendance at the State of the Union. The company also fined the disgraced congressman…
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✓Nepal's hesitance to accept foreign help for flood relief comes under scrutiny
A group of the country's private sector power producers says Nepali authorities lost crucial time in rescuing hundreds of people trapped in hydropower tunnels
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✓'Not far enough' - US parents and teens on Meta's new limits for young users
As part of an $18bn settlement in a child-safety lawsuit, Meta announced new restrictions on its apps. We asked families what they thought
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✓AI could cause global economic downturn, Bank of England governor tells G20
Andrew Bailey, in role as financial stability watchdog chief, warns advanced models risk destabilising system. The Bank of England’s governor, Andrew Bailey, has joined the throng…
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✓Trump hails 'historic' deal to control 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan oil
Venezuelan interim president says the unusual agreement will help revive her country's economy
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Whistleblower warns of potential Postal Service system failure for midterms
A whistleblower on Monday warned that the U.S. Postal Service's computer system is riddled with errors and could jeopardize mail-in voting in the November midterm elections,…
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✓'A glorious dawn launch': NASA's newest space telescope has left the Earth
The tour-bus-sized telescope aims to unravel cosmic mysteries and identify more than 100,000 planets beyond our solar system
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✓Lionel Messi says he's retiring from playing internationally for Argentina
The soccer star is ending 21 years of Argentine national-team duty but will continue to play at club level with Inter Miami in U.S. Major League Soccer
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✓Norway's new king takes oath as mourners pay respects to his late father
Norway's new King takes the first major step of his reign as his father, the late King Harald V, lies in state at the Royal Palace
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✓UK long-term borrowing costs highest since 1998 ahead of October Budget
Higher borrowing costs have piled fresh pressure on Andy Burnham ahead of his first Budget
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✓Meta to pay up to $18bn to settle claims its platforms harm children
The deal has been reached during a California federal court trial over claims brought by US states
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Jared Kushner's brother breaks silence on World Cup sell-off plans
The brother of Donald Trump's son-in-law has expressed regret at becoming involved in Gianni Infantino's World Cup sell-off plans, saying his investment group failed to…
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✓Pentagon’s blacklisting of Anthropic was unlawful, US judge rules
Anthropic argued designation as ‘supply-chain risk’ could cost billions in lost business and reputational harm. A US judge ruled on Thursday that the Trump administration broke…
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✓Shein shares slide on fast-fashion retailer’s stock market debut
Hong Kong flotation at $26bn by firm once valued at $100bn follows failure to list in US and UK. Shares in the fast-fashion brand Shein slumped by as much as 10% as the…
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Tech giants warn time is running out to prepare for AI threats
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Suspect arrested after deadly shooting at rave in Switzerland
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New storm names revealed - but how are they chosen, and why?
Storm names for the year ahead are released by the Met Office every September after input from the public
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Attempted drone attack at Leipzig airport blamed on Russia
Germany has blamed Russia for an attempted attack with an explosive-laden drone at Leipzig airport last month
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The datacentre power spat highlights a hidden truth: we’re not building renewables fast enough to meet our needs | Alison Reeve
A battle over datacentre power sources is only part of the picture. Australia needs a much bigger electricity system to meet all future demand. Anthony Albanese has been clear…
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Cities sweltering and the smell of the middle ages: has the climate crisis killed Instagram’s Euro summer? | Brigid Delaney
Who dreams of having a Euro summer now when staying in an ancient, uncooled building in the Old Town is like trying to sleep in a wood-fired pizza oven?. This week the Euro summer…
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‘Small changes can make a big difference’: how getting farmers, fishers and beavers together could save a Cornish river
A local initiative is testing simple ways to stop algal blooms in the River Fal threatening some of England’s most biodiverse marine habitats. On a rocky beach in Cornwall, a…
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The Nepal and Tibet flood is a warning: melting snow and ice will bring more disasters around the world | Bill McGuire
In Alaska, the Himalayas, the Andes, Greenland, and perhaps also the Alps, deadly chain reactions are just waiting to be triggered. You may not have felt it, but the earth beneath…
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Burnham promises to bring ‘substantial change’ as he gives first Commons address as prime minister – UK politics live
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‘If you build something vastly smarter than you, it better be on your side’: can we stop AI from deceiving us?
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Inside knowledge or ‘making stuff up’? Charles Perrottet’s advice to Jean Nassif put under microscope by Icac
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‘Huge wave’ of carbon storage projects causes alarm in small-town USA as oil firms eye billions in subsidies
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Revealed: Mexico’s industrial boomtown is making goods for the US. Residents say they’re ‘breathing poison’
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The datacenter backlash is bringing the entire political spectrum together – against big tech billionaires
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Todd Haynes and Wallace Shawn among signatories of letter backing Mark Ruffalo amid antisemitism charge
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