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✓ Verified Progressives and establishment Democrats celebrate Angie Nixon’s surprise Senate primary win in Florida – live
Conservatives, meanwhile, have already declared the general election a walk for Republican nominee Ashley Moody. Democratic socialist Angie Nixon clinches surprise win in Florida.…
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Israel confirms soldiers fired at car in which Hind Rajab was killed and opens criminal investigation
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US states call for big changes to Instagram and Facebook as Meta child privacy trial begins
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Trump says U.S. and Canada reached deal to delay 50% U.S. tariffs on Canadian imports
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Shares in humanoid robot firm Unitree surge 600% on Chinese stock market debut
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✓Second Ukrainian national arrested over 2022 Nord Stream pipeline blast
The suspect was arrested in Croatia a year after another, an ex-army officer, was held and transferred to Germany
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Trump threatens to bomb Oman if it ‘gets in the way’ of Iran deal as Kushner meets Netanyahu – as it happened
US president makes threat in comments to Fox News, as his son-in-law meets the Israeli leader in Jerusalem in effort to push Gaza peace plan. Trump threatens to bomb Oman if it…
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✓In cutting joint drills, Trump has given South Korea’s president what he wants. So why is Seoul so uneasy?
Lee Jae Myung has long pushed for stronger homegrown defences, yet Donald Trump’s move has sparked alarm in some quarters. At their first summit , in August last year, the South…
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DOJ defends Comey prosecution, says 'no serious dispute' Trump post could be seen as a threat
The Justice Department discouraged a judge from tossing a case against former FBI Director James Comey, saying it should be up to the jury to determine whether posting a photo of…
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✓Governments’ borrowing costs hit further multi-decade highs as US-Iran peace hopes fade
Bond yields in US, UK, Germany France and Japan rise after ceasefire ends and Trump threatens to bomb Oman. Business live – latest updates. Government borrowing costs in several…
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✓Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo now deadliest in country’s history
At least 2,325 people have died from the virus, according to official data, with outbreak on track to be biggest in history. The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the…
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✓Angélique Kidjo becomes first African musician with Hollywood Walk of Fame star
Without Africans, no music is possible on this planet, says the 66-year-old musical icon from Benin
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✓Lala weakens to tropical storm as it lashes Hawaii with heavy wind and rain
Hurricane Lala downgraded after skirting Big Island as one person dies and 183,000 still without power. Hurricane Lala weakened to a tropical storm on Sunday after skirting Hawaii…
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✓Pakistan challenges top court order to move Imran Khan to private hospital
Government files a review of Supreme Court order, arguing that the jailed ex-PM should be examined at a public hospital
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✓‘Can’t enjoy your pint’: Wetherspoons customers welcome ban on loud phones
Patrons at two of the chain’s London pubs were all for Tim Martin’s ban on playing music or taking calls on speaker. The terrace of the Moon Under Water Wetherspoons pub in…
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✓‘Tit for tat’: Why is Trump cosying up to North Korea’s Kim Jong Un again?
Analysts say Trump's attempted rapprochement with Kim Jong Un is driven by political signals to Pyongyang and Seoul
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✓Lewes derailment: images show track defect before incident on hottest day
Network Rail and Southern owner GTR apologise after investigators reveal picture of possible heat-buckled track. Rail operators have apologised after a report into last Thursday’s…
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Several tourists feared dead after northern Kenya helicopter crash
Several tourists are feared dead after a helicopter crashed at a mountain in northern Kenya, according to local reports
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✓Liberia agrees to take 1,200 third-country deportees from the U.S.
The 1,200 deportees will include Africans as well as nationals from North America, South America and the Caribbean, with the first batch of 20 expected on Thursday
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✓OpenAI makes ChatGPT less 'human' for teens in new safety update
OpenAI insisted this was not in response to a particular issue with children believing ChatGPT to be alive
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Sharks have always stoked panic in Australia. While scientific understanding grows, conservation efforts can be unseated by fear | Anna Clark
From Aboriginal rock art to colonial encounters, sharks have been a figure of fear and fascination throughout the long human history of this continent. Is there a more primal fear…
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In Big Walk, players just walk and talk – and find joy along the way: ‘Some stories we’ve heard are punch-in-the-gut beautiful’
After their hit Untitled Goose Game, Australian studio House House is back with a new game where your only goal is to go exploring with friends – so we took them on a big walk…
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This man was secretly snapped by someone with smartglasses. He’s not alone in calling that a violation of privacy
The backlash to what some dub ‘pervert glasses’ is growing – but people living with disabilities point out the new tech can also be life-changing. Get our breaking news email ,…
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Introducing Ulez was my hardest decision as mayor of London – but now we know its astonishing impact | Sadiq Khan
Critics said I was attacking motorists. It’s more important for me that the city’s children are no longer breathing dangerous levels of pollution. Ulez led to better lung size and…
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A fake website and a deluge of CVs: the Australian firm embroiled in an FBI probe into alleged Chinese espionage
Exclusive: Fake consultancy impersonating Brisbane firm online is one of 13 websites seized by the US Department of Justice. Follow our Australia news live blog for latest…
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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
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…
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A ‘shiny, dangling carrot’ lured Jesse into gambling. He says Labor’s reform won’t stop others being sucked in
The government says it’s stopping ‘the most toxic’ gambling company strategies. Former addicts say it will do ‘absolutely nothing’. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily…
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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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Humpbacks return to Rio: the whales are back from the brink of extinction – but will tourism help or hinder?
The gigantic aquatic acrobats are exciting Brazil’s tourists as numbers recover from whaling. But some marine biologists question how booming tourism and conservation can coexist.…
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One of science fiction’s greatest writers warned us about a AI. Does he also hold the remedy? | Alan Finkel
What might a modern day equivalent of Isaac Asimov’s laws of robotics look like? Guided by the author, I propose the three laws of AI. Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk predicted…
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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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Catholic schools chief denies wiping critical evidence after performing factory reset on phone, Icac hears
Dallas McInerney tells inquiry he wiped data from his devices over the weekend after receiving a security warning from his bank. Follow our Australia news live blog for latest…
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‘The ultimate gamers’ mascot’: Sonic the Hedgehog at 35 – from 2D to 3D to a billion-dollar film franchise
Sonic’s creators explain how the speedy scamp has kept on running through generations as an enduring avatar of ‘attitude in the face of adversity’. One day in the early 1990s, I…
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A fifth of older Australians who contested AI-determined home support funding got more after human review
Exclusive: Greens say department of health’s integrated assessment tool is ‘under-assessing’ far more people who may not know how to contest. Get our breaking news email , free…
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Watchdog contacting TikTok over 'joyriding content' after five teens die speeding wrong way on motorway
The Irish media regulator is to contact social media giant TikTok over its efforts to tackle videos of reckless and illegal driving
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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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Government rough sleeping funding may not ‘be enough’ to tackle problem, says Burnham – as it happened
PM pledges to get rough sleepers off streets for Christmas but issues ‘rallying call’ for community and voluntary organisations to help with plan. Andy Burnham has admitted…
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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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A democratic socialist win and losses for Trump allies: takeaways from primaries in three key states
Elections in Florida, Alaska and Wyoming provide a sense of how voters are feeling ahead of November’s midterms. Primaries in Florida, Alaska and Wyoming held on Tuesday provided…
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‘I see the incredible promise’: on set of an AI film shoot as new studios embrace controversial tech
Amid fears for jobs, some film-makers say AI could enable them to bypass studio giants and take more creative risks. Near the collonaded entrance to Sony Pictures’ historic Culver…
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