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● Nigeria confirms an Ebola case in Abuja as a woman arriving from Uganda tests positive ● Alberta voters reject a move toward independence in referendum backing Canadian unity ● Trump makes Russia-friendly moves as he looks for a way to end the war with Ukraine ● Elon Musk says SpaceX and Tesla exploring largest merger in history ● Amelia Earhart researchers leave remote atoll empty-handed after ‘plane debris’ found to be a clump of trees ● The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time preview – Link faces his scariest challenge yet: the 4K era ● Ex-OpenAI worker accused of bugging offices planned to 'flee' to Saudi Arabia, prosecutors say ● Exclusive: Ramaswamy doubles down on explosive ad featuring rival's mother, despite backlash ● Cornell responds to Jane Doe's letter saying she felt 'unsupported' by university president ● ‘Too big to not fail’: Google outage exposes UK reliance on a handful of cloud providers ● Houthi attack kills 53 in biggest single loss of life since Yemen civil war reignited ● Trump once questioned Obama's citizenship. Now Obama is speaking out for Ilhan Omar. ● Flavio Bolsonaro’s ‘corrupto’ stunt sparks viral meme before Brazil election runoff ● Kenya cult leader's children still being starved weeks before trial, son says ● Mariah Carey wins dismissal of brother’s defamation lawsuit over her memoir ● Inside the race between Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos for control of outer space ● Ukraine's Starlink restrictions raise suspicions of Musk, Trump retaliation ● Severe drought declared and hosepipe bans in force - is your area affected? ● Witkoff in Russia for Putin meeting after ‘positive’ talks with Zelenskyy ● China’s economy grows faster than forecast after AI boom boosts exports ● Nigeria confirms an Ebola case in Abuja as a woman arriving from Uganda tests positive ● Alberta voters reject a move toward independence in referendum backing Canadian unity ● Trump makes Russia-friendly moves as he looks for a way to end the war with Ukraine ● Elon Musk says SpaceX and Tesla exploring largest merger in history ● Amelia Earhart researchers leave remote atoll empty-handed after ‘plane debris’ found to be a clump of trees ● The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time preview – Link faces his scariest challenge yet: the 4K era ● Ex-OpenAI worker accused of bugging offices planned to 'flee' to Saudi Arabia, prosecutors say ● Exclusive: Ramaswamy doubles down on explosive ad featuring rival's mother, despite backlash ● Cornell responds to Jane Doe's letter saying she felt 'unsupported' by university president ● ‘Too big to not fail’: Google outage exposes UK reliance on a handful of cloud providers ● Houthi attack kills 53 in biggest single loss of life since Yemen civil war reignited ● Trump once questioned Obama's citizenship. Now Obama is speaking out for Ilhan Omar. ● Flavio Bolsonaro’s ‘corrupto’ stunt sparks viral meme before Brazil election runoff ● Kenya cult leader's children still being starved weeks before trial, son says ● Mariah Carey wins dismissal of brother’s defamation lawsuit over her memoir ● Inside the race between Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos for control of outer space ● Ukraine's Starlink restrictions raise suspicions of Musk, Trump retaliation ● Severe drought declared and hosepipe bans in force - is your area affected? ● Witkoff in Russia for Putin meeting after ‘positive’ talks with Zelenskyy ● China’s economy grows faster than forecast after AI boom boosts exports
Nigeria confirms an Ebola case in Abuja as a woman arriving from Uganda tests positive✓
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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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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time preview – Link faces his scariest challenge yet: the 4K era✓

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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Exclusive: Ramaswamy doubles down on explosive ad featuring rival's mother, despite backlash

Vivek Ramaswamy's campaign for Ohio governor is pouring $4 million into a bombshell ad in which his opponent's estranged mother attacks her daughter — doubling down on the message…
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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…
73% agreement · 2 independent sources
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‘Too big to not fail’: Google outage exposes UK reliance on a handful of cloud providers✓

‘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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Houthi attack kills 53 in biggest single loss of life since Yemen civil war reignited✓

Houthi attack kills 53 in biggest single loss of life since Yemen civil war reignited

More than 200 mostly young people said to be injured after ballistic missile attack on training camp for government forces. At least 53 people have been killed in a Houthi…
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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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Flavio Bolsonaro’s ‘corrupto’ stunt sparks viral meme before Brazil election runoff✓

Flavio Bolsonaro’s ‘corrupto’ stunt sparks viral meme before Brazil election runoff

Far-right presidential candidate’s TV debate swipe at rival backfires as people take to social media to parody it. To Flávio Bolsonaro and his publicists, it must have seemed an…
74% agreement · 2 independent sources
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Kenya cult leader's children still being starved weeks before trial, son says✓

Kenya cult leader's children still being starved weeks before trial, son says

Dan Mackenzie initially defended his father but now says he felt he had to report his own grandmother
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Mariah Carey wins dismissal of brother’s defamation lawsuit over her memoir✓

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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Inside the race between Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos for control of outer space✓

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…
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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?✓

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
76% agreement · 2 independent sources
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Witkoff in Russia for Putin meeting after ‘positive’ talks with Zelenskyy✓

Witkoff in Russia for Putin meeting after ‘positive’ talks with Zelenskyy

Secretary of State Marco Rubio described Witkoff's talks with Zelenskyy as 'positive', as efforts to end war intensify
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China’s economy grows faster than forecast after AI boom boosts exports✓

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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Drone strike on Abyei market near Sudan-South Sudan border kills 150

Drone strike on Abyei market near Sudan-South Sudan border kills 150
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Pope Leo XIV thanks wellwishers in first event after cancer surgery✓

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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Suspect arrested after historic town hall set alight - French media✓

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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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
78% agreement · 2 independent sources
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US bans China's DeepSeek from government in race for AI dominance✓

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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Swimmer, 65, killed in shark attack off South Africa's east coast✓

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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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✓

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

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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Is it really ‘madness’ to account for emissions from fossil fuels burned overseas? The Coalition sure thinks so | Temperature Check

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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I work for a major insurer. Much of my industry is fudging the numbers in the face of the climate crisis | Anonymous

I work for a major insurer. Much of my industry is fudging the numbers in the face of the climate crisis | Anonymous

Insurers are taking on more risk than they should. If – or when – a major disaster hits, the catastrophe will have far-reaching consequences. I work for a major insurer, assessing…
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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

‘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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Labour accused of ‘climate vandalism’ by Green leader Polanski after Jackdaw gasfield approved – UK politics live

The Jackdaw field will start supplying gas to homes and businesses from the end of the month, the government said. Good morning. After months of delay, the government has taken a…
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Do not be distracted by global crises. Nature cannot wait for a better year – we must act now | Steven Guilbeault

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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Kylie Minogue songs already used to train AI as tech firms ‘strong-arm’ Australian government, music body warns

Kylie Minogue songs already used to train AI as tech firms ‘strong-arm’ Australian government, music body warns

Of the dozens of countries approached to water down their laws, Australia appears to be the only one considering it, publishers’ group says. Get our new political email , free app…
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No bail for alleged Helen Haines attacker as police chief warns of Australia’s ‘febrile’ political environment

No bail for alleged Helen Haines attacker as police chief warns of Australia’s ‘febrile’ political environment

AFP commissioner says MPs are generally concerned about growing volume of abuse and intimidation. Follow our live blog for latest updates. Get our breaking news email , free app…
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Helen Haines has lost both legs after alleged attack but ‘her heart and mind are in good shape’, husband says

Helen Haines has lost both legs after alleged attack but ‘her heart and mind are in good shape’, husband says

Haines is in stable condition. Surgeons tried to save her right leg but both have now been amputated due to injuries. Get our new political email , free app or daily news podcast.…
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‘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…
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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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US envoy arrives in Russia ahead of meeting with Putin as Zelensky says intelligence sharing 'works now'

US envoy arrives in Russia ahead of meeting with Putin as Zelensky says intelligence sharing 'works now'

Steve Witkoff is in St Petersburg to discuss proposals on ending Russia's years-long conflict with Ukraine
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Nigeria confirms an Ebola case in Abuja as a woman arriving from Uganda tests positive

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Elon Musk says SpaceX and Tesla exploring largest merger in history

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Suspect arrested after historic town hall set alight - French media

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Alberta voters reject a move toward independence in referendum backing Canadian unity

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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

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