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✓ Verified Bangladesh's ousted ex-prime minister says she will return despite facing death sentence
Bangladesh's ousted former prime minister Sheikh Hasina has announced plans to return to her country from exile despite facing a death sentence over a bloody crackdown on…
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Senate panel holds Fauci in contempt over refusal to answer COVID-19 questions
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Iran says a deal with Oman to reopen the strait of Hormuz is close to being finalised – Middle East crisis live
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Rights groups say Israeli attack that killed Lebanese journalist an apparent war crime
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Drone with explosives found at German airport, official sees 'new quality' of threat
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✓Gianni Infantino gets internal support at crisis meeting to remain as FIFA president
FIFA said Wednesday it had apologized for errors made over Gianni Infantino's failed plan to sell stakes in the World Cup and that senior staff in attendance at a crisis meeting…
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WorldTone Serious2 min
✓High-profile Indian journalist jailed for 10 years for raping colleague
Tarun Tejpal, ex-editor of Tehelka magazine, was initially acquitted in 2021 in case that drew nationwide attention. An Indian court has sentenced a high-profile former editor of…
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✓Meta says its AI model hacked into another company during testing
Company is the third to report such an incident after Anthropic and OpenAI reported breaches during training. Meta said on Wednesday that one of its AI models hacked another…
81% agreement · 3 independent sources
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Trump says he is ‘extremely happy’ with Hegseth’s performance, despite reports of clashes over munition shortages – live
‘Everything has been extraordinary,’ the president says in a new post on Truth Social. Sign up for the Breaking News US email. One quick note on the contempt resolution: Senator…
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✓Judge signals Trump’s defamation lawsuit against Wall Street Journal may be dismissed again
Obama-appointed judge seemed unmoved by Trump attorneys’ arguments in case also naming Murdoch. A federal judge in Florida seemed skeptical of arguments from Donald Trump ’s legal…
73% agreement · 2 independent sources
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✓Boxer charged with killing aid worker in Athens after his wife gave police 'key' details
Sharif Ahmadzai, who is 26 and from Afghanistan, faces charges of homicide with intent, robbery and weapons offences
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✓Nigerian security forces free more than 300 hostages in ‘largest single-day recovery’
President hails operation to rescue captives held in dense forests of Kainji Lake national park in north-central region. Nigerian security forces have rescued more than 300…
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✓David Ellison claims opposition to his mega-merger stems from potential CNN control
With $111bn deal to acquire cable network’s parent company stalled in courts, Ellison courts public. Speaking out on the lawsuit against the big merger between Paramount Skydance…
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✓All bodies of water in England polluted with toxic chemicals, official data shows
Environment Agency assessments find just 14.3% of country’s surface waters in good ecological status. Every single English water body is polluted with toxic chemicals, new…
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ClimateTone Neutral2 min
✓Starbucks Korea raided by police after ‘Tank Day’ campaign sparks public outrage
Coffee chain has faced backlash over marketing promotion tied to anniversary of Gwangju massacre. South Korean police have raided the headquarters of Starbucks Korea as part of an…
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✓Trump blames management for Canada wildfires, but study points to climate change
A new study says climate change played a key role in Canadian wildfires that burned more than 7 million acres this summer, despite President Trump's claims that the devastation…
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✓Trump administration pays back $100bn in 'Liberation Day' tariffs to businesses
It represents roughly 60% of all tariff revenue collected under the policy, with billions still to be repaid
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✓Israel charges West Bank settler over death of renowned Palestinian activist
Yinon Levi faces trial for reckless manslaughter related to the 2025 killing of Awdah Hathaleen. Israeli prosecutors have charged a Jewish settler over the killing of a…
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✓Two Iranian female footballers granted Australian citizenship after protest
Players stayed in country after Asian Cup in March. Duo condemned as traitors in Iran for not singing anthem. Two former Iranian footballers said on Thursday they were proud to…
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✓UEFA says FIFA boycott remains despite Infantino World Cup selloff U-turn
European football's governing body says FIFA has not met conditions to end the boycott of their return to global game
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✓Trump vows to find ‘leakers’ after reports of depleted Iran war munitions
US President defends Pentagon chief Hegseth following report of confrontation over dwindling weapons supply
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Houthis launch deadly attacks on Saudi-led coalition forces in Yemen
Yemen's Houthis say they launched drones and ballistic missiles in Marib and Hadramout
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✓Defunct part of SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will slam into the moon
A defunct part of a Falcon 9 rocket could slam into the moon at more than 5,000 miles per hour, according to scientists
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ClimateTone Neutral2 min
The great British switch-off: how floating retreats, mobile-free pubs and sauna book groups are freeing people from their smartphones
Sick of doomscrolling? From venues with smartphone swear jars to cabins with absolutely no signal, here are the fun and freeing ways to ditch your device. There’s a ritual at the…
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Chasing new skills, going back to basics and pushing for collective action: how software engineers are adapting to AI
Software engineering was one of the best-paying professions in the US in 2022, but the advent of AI has disrupted it, leading to several layoffs and underemployment. Every…
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Ceuta residents ‘sad, helpless, anxious’ as up to 5,000 migrants remain in the city, president says – Europe live
Juan Jesús Vivas has been briefing EU lawmakers on the ‘humanitarian emergency’ and says updated death toll now lies at least 100 people. The commission also got repeatedly asked…
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WorldTone Serious2 min
‘Do we really need huge cruise ships here?’: fears £150m Falmouth Docks plan threatens habitats – and town itself
Plans involve dredging and expanding docks to allow larger cruise ships to visit with up to 200,000 passengers annually. Janavi Kramer had just enjoyed a swim with friends and was…
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ClimateTone Neutral2 min
Murderous heat, an endangered food supply, decimated landscapes: embrace the Mediterranean life | George Monbiot
As climate disaster stares us in the face, the radical right says ‘Embrace the Mediterranean life’. Embrace death, more like it. Can’t you leftists understand? Mass death is good…
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ClimateTone Serious2 min
‘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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Minns said he wouldn’t ‘gloat’ about Icac hearings into the Liberals. Instead, he’s quietly taken out the trash
Amid revelations that could damage the Liberals’ state election hopes, the NSW government dropped key documents on three contentious issues. Get our breaking news email , free app…
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WorldTone Neutral2 min
Protesters occupy 200-year-old tree at US-Mexico border to stop its destruction: ‘She’s our Statue of Liberty’
Demonstrators stage ‘tree sit’ in Arizona town to stop felling of ancient cottonwood grove to make way for border wall. Protesters are staging a “tree sit” in a tiny Arizona town…
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ClimateTone Neutral2 min
‘We expected it, but now it’s here’: on the frontline of Australia’s bird flu outbreak, people are distressed
As Australia prepares for the H5 bird flu to potentially rip through hundreds of species, residents of the Limestone Coast are already seeing the impacts. Get our breaking news…
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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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‘A reminder of why we have unions’: Matewan writer and director on the film’s lessons for the labor movement
John Sayles’s 1987 film, which dramatizes a 1920 labor conflict, shows how class solidarity can overcome prejudice. When John Sayles, a student at Williams College taking time off…
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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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When the AI bubble bursts, what will Australia do with the tools it built? One man thinks he has the answer
Journalist and author Cory Doctorow is coming to Australia to spread his message – humans will take their jobs back. Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates. Get…
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Nato to ‘urgently’ get air defences for Ukraine, as Zelenskyy warns of surge in Russian missile production
After Ukraine failed to shoot down a single ballistic missile fired by Russia on Wednesday, the president urged allies to increase supplies of Patriot interceptors. Nato is…
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WorldTone Neutral2 min
Legal logging and soaring saplings: the ‘green islands’ bucking the deforestation trend in central America
In Guatemala’s Maya biosphere reserve local people are making a living from trees at the same time as increasing forest cover, showing nature is best protected by those who depend…
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New Zealand capital delights in rare snowfall as southern city residents ski down world’s steepest street
Snow falls in Wellington for the first time in 15 years while snow blanketed Dunedin and Christchurch on the country’s south island. Temperatures have plummeted across New Zealand…
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WorldTone Neutral2 min
‘Performative reductions’: Labor MPs and business groups urge Burke against sweeping immigration changes
MPs say they are anxious for the government to avoid cuts to family and humanitarian visa categories. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast. Major business…
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