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● US judge orders Trump to sit for deposition in $10bn lawsuit against BBC ● Tesla beats earnings projections after Musk floats SpaceX merger plan ● Putin tells Witkoff he is ready to resume direct peace talks, Russia releases U.S. detainee ● North Korea says it will resume propaganda broadcasts across border into South Korea ● First human case of Shamonda virus detected in France, officials say ● Amelia Earhart researchers leave remote atoll empty-handed after ‘plane debris’ found to be a clump of trees ● Zuckerberg wins Meta deal to help him foot bill for possible California billionaire tax ● Airbnb guests freed from chores involving ‘significant effort’ under new global rules ● 'Millions' of exploitation attempts since security flaw affecting websites emerged ● Meta ordered to pay $25bn to New Mexico in Cambridge Analytica data-privacy case ● 'Demeaning' and 'absurd': The backlash against a hugging grandparents consent ad ● Two killed in Houthi attack on airport in eastern Saudi Arabia, authorities say ● Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor on Trump's embrace of Russia ● Race to rearm: Telford gun hall brings tank barrel production back to the UK ● Massive student-led rally marches in Belgrade ahead of Serbian election ● "Stop whining": What Vance's take on Ohio ad controversy means for 2028 ● Nigeria confirms Ebola case as outbreak spreads into western Africa ● Japan launches mission to Mars to bring back samples from its moon ● 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 ● In allowing coal expansion in the Hunter, Chris Minns is pouring fuel on the climate fire. His decision will come back to hurt us all | Jack Egan ● US judge orders Trump to sit for deposition in $10bn lawsuit against BBC ● Tesla beats earnings projections after Musk floats SpaceX merger plan ● Putin tells Witkoff he is ready to resume direct peace talks, Russia releases U.S. detainee ● North Korea says it will resume propaganda broadcasts across border into South Korea ● First human case of Shamonda virus detected in France, officials say ● Amelia Earhart researchers leave remote atoll empty-handed after ‘plane debris’ found to be a clump of trees ● Zuckerberg wins Meta deal to help him foot bill for possible California billionaire tax ● Airbnb guests freed from chores involving ‘significant effort’ under new global rules ● 'Millions' of exploitation attempts since security flaw affecting websites emerged ● Meta ordered to pay $25bn to New Mexico in Cambridge Analytica data-privacy case ● 'Demeaning' and 'absurd': The backlash against a hugging grandparents consent ad ● Two killed in Houthi attack on airport in eastern Saudi Arabia, authorities say ● Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor on Trump's embrace of Russia ● Race to rearm: Telford gun hall brings tank barrel production back to the UK ● Massive student-led rally marches in Belgrade ahead of Serbian election ● "Stop whining": What Vance's take on Ohio ad controversy means for 2028 ● Nigeria confirms Ebola case as outbreak spreads into western Africa ● Japan launches mission to Mars to bring back samples from its moon ● 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 ● In allowing coal expansion in the Hunter, Chris Minns is pouring fuel on the climate fire. His decision will come back to hurt us all | Jack Egan
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US judge orders Trump to sit for deposition in $10bn lawsuit against BBC

Judge threatens to dismiss Trump’s BBC lawsuit unless he cooperates with discovery process and sits for deposition. Donald Trump has been ordered by a US judge to cooperate with…
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Amelia Earhart researchers leave remote atoll empty-handed after ‘plane debris’ found to be a clump of trees✓

Amelia Earhart researchers leave remote atoll empty-handed after ‘plane debris’ found to be a clump of trees

Expedition was drawn to Nikumaroro after spotting what was described as a metallic glint in waters off uninhabited island. A US expedition that voyaged to a remote Pacific island…
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Zuckerberg wins Meta deal to help him foot bill for possible California billionaire tax✓

Zuckerberg wins Meta deal to help him foot bill for possible California billionaire tax

The Meta boss had said he would exit the state over a wealth tax that has not yet come into force
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Airbnb guests freed from chores involving ‘significant effort’ under new global rules✓

Airbnb guests freed from chores involving ‘significant effort’ under new global rules

Accommodation platform acts after long-standing guest complaints over doing dishes, taking out rubbish and stripping beds. Airbnb hosts will no longer be able to ask guests to…
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'Millions' of exploitation attempts since security flaw affecting websites emerged

There have been "millions" of exploitation attempts since a "critical" security flaw affecting websites around the world emerged, according to a major tech company
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Meta ordered to pay $25bn to New Mexico in Cambridge Analytica data-privacy case✓

Meta ordered to pay $25bn to New Mexico in Cambridge Analytica data-privacy case

Jury had found Meta misled consumers after Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign obtained user data without consent. A judge in New Mexico ordered Meta Platforms to pay $25bn on…
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'Demeaning' and 'absurd': The backlash against a hugging grandparents consent ad✓

'Demeaning' and 'absurd': The backlash against a hugging grandparents consent ad

Jim O'Callaghan described the video as "inappropriate and demeaning to grandparents"
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Two killed in Houthi attack on airport in eastern Saudi Arabia, authorities say✓

Two killed in Houthi attack on airport in eastern Saudi Arabia, authorities say

It is the latest in a series of attacks by the Houthi movement targeting airports and other sites in the kingdom
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Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor on Trump's embrace of Russia✓

Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor on Trump's embrace of Russia

NPR's Steve Inskeep asks former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor about President Trump's embrace of Russia as envoy Steve Witkoff visits Moscow after meeting Ukraine's…
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Race to rearm: Telford gun hall brings tank barrel production back to the UK✓

Race to rearm: Telford gun hall brings tank barrel production back to the UK

Defence secretary says Britain must manufacture at scale as Germany’s Rheinmetall opens Midlands factory. For the last 20 years, Britain was unable to put a barrel on its tanks…
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Massive student-led rally marches in Belgrade ahead of Serbian election✓

Massive student-led rally marches in Belgrade ahead of Serbian election

Student List movement hopes to oust the party of veteran leader Aleksandar Vucic in a pivotal vote on Sunday. Explained: what’s at stake in Serbia’s election? The key players,…
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"Stop whining": What Vance's take on Ohio ad controversy means for 2028

Vice President Vance 's call for fellow Republicans to "stop whining" about Vivek Ramaswamy's controversial attack ad in Ohio's race for governor showed a key part of his…
74% agreement · 2 independent sources
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Nigeria confirms Ebola case as outbreak spreads into western Africa✓

Nigeria confirms Ebola case as outbreak spreads into western Africa

Case in Africa’s most populous country was detected in a woman who had travelled from Uganda. Nigeria has confirmed an Ebola case in its capital, Abuja, after a woman who arrived…
77% agreement · 2 independent sources
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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
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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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In allowing coal expansion in the Hunter, Chris Minns is pouring fuel on the climate fire. His decision will come back to hurt us all | Jack Egan

In allowing coal expansion in the Hunter, Chris Minns is pouring fuel on the climate fire. His decision will come back to hurt us all | Jack Egan

The high court found NSW is responsible for emissions from burning exported coal. What message does it send when the government can step in and bypass the law?. Sign up for…
Single source · not yet corroborated
ClimateTone Neutral2 min
The Guardian view on drilling in Jackdaw: a truly pragmatic approach would focus on Britain’s green transition | Editorial

The Guardian view on drilling in Jackdaw: a truly pragmatic approach would focus on Britain’s green transition | Editorial

Opening the North Sea gasfield will deliver minimal benefits for households, while sending a dismal signal before next month’s Cop summit. This week a report from the UN…
Single source · not yet corroborated
EconomyTone Neutral2 min
We will make the net-zero transition work for Britain – approving the Jackdaw gasfield is part of the plan | Andy Burnham

We will make the net-zero transition work for Britain – approving the Jackdaw gasfield is part of the plan | Andy Burnham

Protecting jobs and strengthening energy security in the short term does not mean wavering on Labour’s deep commitment to a cleaner, greener future. Andy Burnham vows UK will hit…
Single source · not yet corroborated
ClimateTone Neutral2 min
The internet has broken – again. Shouldn’t the tech firms that make billions from it pay to fix it? | Chris Stokel-Walker

The internet has broken – again. Shouldn’t the tech firms that make billions from it pay to fix it? | Chris Stokel-Walker

I’ve been banging the drum about these vulnerabilities for years. It will take more than a handful of exhausted developers to keep us safe. Parts of the internet are going dark.…
Single source · not yet corroborated
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Strongmen like Trump would destroy the planet out of pure spite – and Brazil shows we’re all in peril | George Monbiot

Strongmen like Trump would destroy the planet out of pure spite – and Brazil shows we’re all in peril | George Monbiot

If Flávio Bolsonaro is elected, Brazil’s ecosystems will face collapse. The ruling class would rather burn the world than share it with the poor. However grim the trajectory might…
Single source · not yet corroborated
ClimateTone Serious2 min
‘I’ve killed someone’: Beau Lamarre-Condon allegedly confessed to friend and asked for help moving bodies, court told

‘I’ve killed someone’: Beau Lamarre-Condon allegedly confessed to friend and asked for help moving bodies, court told

Friend tells jury Lamarre-Condon told him in early 2024 ‘I shot the first one through the head and the second one through the door’. Get our breaking news email , free app or…
Single source · not yet corroborated
WorldTone Serious2 min
Burnham approves Jackdaw – and Labour’s unity on climate action is imperilled with the stroke of a pen | Zoe Williams

Burnham approves Jackdaw – and Labour’s unity on climate action is imperilled with the stroke of a pen | Zoe Williams

This foolish decision undermines hopes that this government will take the necessary steps the climate crisis demands. When the news broke that the UK government had approved the…
Single source · not yet corroborated
ClimateTone Serious2 min
Coogan, Burnham and the fight to revive Middleton: could it be grist to the mill for struggling British towns?

Coogan, Burnham and the fight to revive Middleton: could it be grist to the mill for struggling British towns?

Turnaround initiated by the now prime minister and led by the actor could provide blueprint for other neglected areas. Save high street by taxing online sales at higher rate,…
Single source · not yet corroborated
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‘I’m always being real’: what on earth persuades disgraced people like Elizabeth Holmes to let the cameras in?

‘I’m always being real’: what on earth persuades disgraced people like Elizabeth Holmes to let the cameras in?

With You Can See Everything, Holmes joins other such high-profile subjects as Lance Armstrong, Imelda Marcos and Anthony Weiner to allow film-makers to document their lives. But…
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TechnologyTone Neutral2 min
Nintendo Switch Sports Resort review – Wii Sports lives on in this effortlessly appealing collection of games

Nintendo Switch Sports Resort review – Wii Sports lives on in this effortlessly appealing collection of games

Nintendo Switch 2; Nintendo/Nintendo Bringing a holiday vibe and a generous selection of sport-themed games, this is exactly what you want from a family video game. When the first…
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Trump tells Iowa rally crowd he encouraged Ramaswamy to keep running widely criticized campaign ad – live

Trump again defends Amy Acton’s estranged mother, who stayed with her husband charged with raping her daughter; Iowa Republican Senate candidate Ashley Hinson denounced ad earlier…
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‘Like selling wolves from Yellowstone’: how protected US sharks are being sold off to foreign aquariums

‘Like selling wolves from Yellowstone’: how protected US sharks are being sold off to foreign aquariums

While anglers cannot take endangered sand tiger sharks, a loophole lets private firms catch the fish to sell abroad, profiting from Delaware Bay’s conservation success. Shortly…
Single source · not yet corroborated
ClimateTone Neutral2 min
This is one of Norway’s most pristine fjords. So why is it being used as a dumping site for mine waste?

This is one of Norway’s most pristine fjords. So why is it being used as a dumping site for mine waste?

The Norwegian government has given a permit to a mining company to release waste into Førde fjord despite a 17-year battle by campaigners and a supreme court ruling against it.…
Single source · not yet corroborated
ClimateTone Neutral2 min
Embattled Queensland minister Amanda Camm quits Crisafulli frontbench citing health and safety reasons

Embattled Queensland minister Amanda Camm quits Crisafulli frontbench citing health and safety reasons

Camm, who resigned following months of pressure over her handling of state’s child safety system, cited Helen Haines attack as reason for departure. Get our new political email ,…
Single source · not yet corroborated
WorldTone Serious2 min
‘The tech bro fight club is real!’ The titans of AI get the Succession treatment in a wild new TV show

‘The tech bro fight club is real!’ The titans of AI get the Succession treatment in a wild new TV show

The Audacity is a fearless satire taking on Silicon Valley’s ‘egomaniac weirdos’. Its creator and stars talk ayahuasca ceremonies, mining kids for data – and punching CEOs.…
Single source · not yet corroborated
TechnologyTone Neutral2 min
‘This isn’t greenwashing’: thousands of butterflies surprise experts on restored West Sussex farmland

‘This isn’t greenwashing’: thousands of butterflies surprise experts on restored West Sussex farmland

Rare small blues and dingy skippers among species found on former wheatfields two years after start of transformation under commercial nature project. An “amazing” abundance of…
Single source · not yet corroborated
ClimateTone Neutral2 min
Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi seen in rare photos after receiving gift from King Charles

Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi seen in rare photos after receiving gift from King Charles

Critics said images of detained former leader were a stunt by the military to end country’s diplomatic isolation. Myanmar has delivered presents from Britain’s ​King Charles to…
Single source · not yet corroborated
WorldTone Neutral2 min
Tap water no longer drinkable in Norwegian village as climate-related thawing releases heavy metals

Tap water no longer drinkable in Norwegian village as climate-related thawing releases heavy metals

Warning for other Arctic communities as residents told not to use water in Longyearbyen in Svalbard, one of the world’s fastest-warming places. Residents of a remote village in…
Single source · not yet corroborated
ClimateTone Neutral2 min
Wikipedia often gets taken for granted – but its history is fascinating, and its future is fragile

Wikipedia often gets taken for granted – but its history is fascinating, and its future is fragile

Wikipedia’s 68m articles have been consulted trillions of times. Not bad for a website that has barely changed since it was founded 20 years ago. A few years ago, I was struck by…
Single source · not yet corroborated
TechnologyTone Neutral2 min
Excessive wealth, extreme emissions – and ecocide: what I learned at Europe’s big superyacht show

Excessive wealth, extreme emissions – and ecocide: what I learned at Europe’s big superyacht show

These yachts are highly popular with the ‘super-bourgeoisie’ – and getting bigger. Can anything be done to stop them destroying our seas?. Who knew? Apparently everyone did, apart…
Single source · not yet corroborated
EconomyTone Neutral2 min
This Norwegian village is one of the fastest-warming places on Earth. How can its people save it?

This Norwegian village is one of the fastest-warming places on Earth. How can its people save it?

As glaciers melt and permafrost thaws, Longyearbyen, on the remote Arctic islands of Svalbard, faces climate-induced problems from tap water to housebuilding to landslides. •…
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