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Officials believe the suspect may not have acted alone and spent days casing out scene of the attack
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Nine Thai monks killed as 11-year-old boy crashes pickup truck into pilgrimage walk
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Supreme Court rules Trump can fire independent agency heads, with key exception
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UK politics: Downing Street defends decision to let pubs stay open until 5am for England match – as it happened
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France records 2,025 excess deaths at peak of heatwave as Europe braces for more extreme weather
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✓Flowers, food and a fairytale castle: New York preparations point to giant Taylor Swift wedding
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✓Anthropic says US has lifted export controls on Fable and Mythos AI models after security fears
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✓Russia hits Ukraine's capital with a massive drone and missile attack, killing at least 18
Russia launched a large-scale attack on Ukraine's capital overnight into Thursday, with ballistic and cruise missiles and drones, killing several people
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✓Silicon Valley donations make Colorado Democratic primary one of state’s most expensive
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✓Trump administration partially lifts export ban on Anthropic's most advanced AI model
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✓Sony will kill PlayStation games on discs in 2028 and offer digital downloads only
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✓China says man who flew plane into Beijing skyscraper had mental health problems
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✓Former Olympian indicted for allegedly vandalising Washington Reflecting Pool
US authorities charged him with property destruction after renovations championed by President Donald Trump appeared to go awry
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✓Trump claims Iran has agreed to hold peace talks in Doha after recent clashes
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Louisiana high court issues stay in case against Attorney General Liz Murrill
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✓UK parents warned over posting images of children amid AI sexual abuse fears
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Spacecraft launches to rescue NASA telescope before it crashes back to Earth
A spacecraft has blasted into orbit on a mission to rescue a NASA telescope that is at risk of crashing back to Earth
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✓Wonka Netflix show faces backlash for AI-generated Gene Wilder voice
The actor, who died in 2016, appears in the Netflix show with the consent of his estate
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✓Trump made more than $1bn from crypto in first year back in office
The president's crypto income far outpaces his earnings from real estate and Trump-themed items such as watches
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✓Canadian boy, 11, dies of rabies after waking to bat on his face
Rabies infections are rare in Canada. There have been 28 human deaths due to rabies in the country since 1924
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✓Google must pay €4.1bn fine for using Android to 'block' rivals
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✓World Cup boom falters as US hospitality jobs fall in June
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Alleged member of hacking group Scattered Spider arrested
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When the right denies the true danger of heatwaves, ask yourself this: whose children’s lives is it willing to risk? | George Monbiot
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‘We’re up against forces that have all the money in the world’: Erin Brockovich on her battle against AI datacentres
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