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● Zelenskyy urges support for new US sanctions on Russia after Trump puts them on hold ● Palestinians and US journalist injured by Israeli settlers in West Bank harvest attack ● Pope Leo leaves hospital after lung cancer surgery, the Vatican says ● ‘We can’t leave people behind’: frustration and hope mingle in the wake of Lismore’s post-flood renewal ● The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time preview – Link faces his scariest challenge yet: the 4K era ● Immigrant ICE searched for in Texas when agent hit man with car has been dead for years: Report ● Violent clashes, looting and buildings ablaze in France as over 1,000 arrested after protests ● No further action against government adviser's wife over Palestine Action post, police say ● Scuffles and fires break out as protesters rally across France, joining students ● Six homes burned and two firefighters injured in fast-moving California wildfire ● Bank of America hit with $1.2 billion penalty over money laundering allegations ● Brazilian Amazon deforestation falls to lowest on record as pivotal vote looms ● Man and woman charged with assault and criminal damage after fatal house fire ● ICJ judge Navi Pillay wins Nobel peace prize for promoting international law ● Severe drought declared and hosepipe bans in force - is your area affected? ● Ukraine's Starlink restrictions raise suspicions of Musk, Trump retaliation ● Inside the race between Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos for control of outer space ● UAE agrees with Saudi Arabia to re-enter Yemen conflict amid Houthi gains ● Child sex abuse charges against actor Timothy Busfield dismissed by judge ● Crush at religious festival kills at least 17 and injures dozens in India ● Zelenskyy urges support for new US sanctions on Russia after Trump puts them on hold ● Palestinians and US journalist injured by Israeli settlers in West Bank harvest attack ● Pope Leo leaves hospital after lung cancer surgery, the Vatican says ● ‘We can’t leave people behind’: frustration and hope mingle in the wake of Lismore’s post-flood renewal ● The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time preview – Link faces his scariest challenge yet: the 4K era ● Immigrant ICE searched for in Texas when agent hit man with car has been dead for years: Report ● Violent clashes, looting and buildings ablaze in France as over 1,000 arrested after protests ● No further action against government adviser's wife over Palestine Action post, police say ● Scuffles and fires break out as protesters rally across France, joining students ● Six homes burned and two firefighters injured in fast-moving California wildfire ● Bank of America hit with $1.2 billion penalty over money laundering allegations ● Brazilian Amazon deforestation falls to lowest on record as pivotal vote looms ● Man and woman charged with assault and criminal damage after fatal house fire ● ICJ judge Navi Pillay wins Nobel peace prize for promoting international law ● Severe drought declared and hosepipe bans in force - is your area affected? ● Ukraine's Starlink restrictions raise suspicions of Musk, Trump retaliation ● Inside the race between Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos for control of outer space ● UAE agrees with Saudi Arabia to re-enter Yemen conflict amid Houthi gains ● Child sex abuse charges against actor Timothy Busfield dismissed by judge ● Crush at religious festival kills at least 17 and injures dozens in India
Zelenskyy urges support for new US sanctions on Russia after Trump puts them on hold✓
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Zelenskyy urges support for new US sanctions on Russia after Trump puts them on hold

Zelenskyy described the move as unfortunate, adding it would encourage Russia to continue its assault. Trump told Congress that the pause was in the national interest but gave no…
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Immigrant ICE searched for in Texas when agent hit man with car has been dead for years: Report

The immigrant that federal agents were pursuing when an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer hit and injured a man with a vehicle in Houston has apparently been dead…
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Violent clashes, looting and buildings ablaze in France as over 1,000 arrested after protests✓

Violent clashes, looting and buildings ablaze in France as over 1,000 arrested after protests

Disorder broke out in cities across the country on a day in which more than half a million joined cost of living protests
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No further action against government adviser's wife over Palestine Action post, police say✓

No further action against government adviser's wife over Palestine Action post, police say

Sarah Helm, who is married to Jonathan Powell, was responding to a discussion about the author Sally Rooney
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Scuffles and fires break out as protesters rally across France, joining students✓

Scuffles and fires break out as protesters rally across France, joining students

Demonstrators across France converged with students Saturday to protest rising living costs, as the country's fiscal crisis deepens
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Six homes burned and two firefighters injured in fast-moving California wildfire✓

Six homes burned and two firefighters injured in fast-moving California wildfire

About 6,000 homes under evacuation, affecting 16,000 residents in San Clemente and San Juan Capistrano. At least six homes burned and two firefighters were injured after a…
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Bank of America hit with $1.2 billion penalty over money laundering allegations

The Treasury Department on Tuesday announced more than $1.2 billion in penalties against Bank of America for years of failures to report suspicious transactions and address…
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Brazilian Amazon deforestation falls to lowest on record as pivotal vote looms✓

Brazilian Amazon deforestation falls to lowest on record as pivotal vote looms

Forest clearance at smallest total since records began in 1988 in success for Lula ahead of presidential run-off. Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has fallen to its lowest…
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Man and woman charged with assault and criminal damage after fatal house fire

A man and a woman have been charged with assault and criminal damage after a fatal house fire in Waterford that killed four members of the same family
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ICJ judge Navi Pillay wins Nobel peace prize for promoting international law✓

ICJ judge Navi Pillay wins Nobel peace prize for promoting international law

Committee recognises work of South African who chaired UN commission that concluded Israel was guilty of genocide in Gaza. The Nobel peace prize has been awarded to Navi Pillay,…
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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
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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…
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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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UAE agrees with Saudi Arabia to re-enter Yemen conflict amid Houthi gains✓

UAE agrees with Saudi Arabia to re-enter Yemen conflict amid Houthi gains

United Arab Emirates will reportedly resume payments to Yemeni forces as gains by Iran-backed Houthi fighters alarm Gulf state rulers. Yemen civil war: what sparked latest…
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Child sex abuse charges against actor Timothy Busfield dismissed by judge✓

Child sex abuse charges against actor Timothy Busfield dismissed by judge

Prosecution did not act in fair and impartial way in grand jury proceedings, judge rules, after West Wing actor charged with groping young boy on TV set. A state court ⁠judge in…
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Crush at religious festival kills at least 17 and injures dozens in India

At least 17 people have died and dozens more are injured after a crush at a religious festival in India, local media reports
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Protesters allege police brutality as violent clashes rage on in Albania

Protesters in Albania accuse riot police of brutality as clashes turn violent outside the Education Ministry
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Katie Zacharia leaving White House role less than five days into job✓

Katie Zacharia leaving White House role less than five days into job

Her public debut as press secretary ended with a flurry of media criticism about her credentials and preparedness
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What ice cream has to do with this year's Nobel Prize in economics✓

What ice cream has to do with this year's Nobel Prize in economics

Prices can get sticky. That helps explain why recessions hurt so much — and what policymakers can do about them
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A welcome recovery milestone for Pope Leo after cancer surgery

Pope Leo XIV was discharged from the hospital on Saturday after having surgery to remove a cancerous nodule in his lungs. Why it matters: His discharge clears the way for his…
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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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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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‘Austerity is inevitably painful’: How Michael Gove justifies his politics | Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty – podcast

‘Austerity is inevitably painful’: How Michael Gove justifies his politics | Radical Thinking with Aditya Chakrabortty – podcast

For more than three decades, Michael Gove has been a leading figure in British Conservatism. As a journalist, government minister and now editor of the Tory bible, the Spectator,…
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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…
Single source · not yet corroborated
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OpenAI’s Jason Kwon gave even-toned, reassuring answers to the Australian government. Did … ChatGPT write this?

OpenAI’s Jason Kwon gave even-toned, reassuring answers to the Australian government. Did … ChatGPT write this?

Kwon’s answers were provided in a helpful, quiet and calm manner, but his mea culpa left the audience not much the wiser. Open AI’s Jason Kwon flew 15 hours from San Francisco to…
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The hill I will die on: Cinemas have been getting away with lies. Films should begin on time | Jeffrey Ingold

The hill I will die on: Cinemas have been getting away with lies. Films should begin on time | Jeffrey Ingold

If cinemas must run 20 minutes of adverts before a feature, they could at least be honest about it. Or, I have a better solution …. Do you remember the last time you were lied to?…
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The right’s scrounger rhetoric dominates the benefits debate. Labour must fight back – and win | Frances Ryan

The right’s scrounger rhetoric dominates the benefits debate. Labour must fight back – and win | Frances Ryan

The prime minister has a once-in-a-generation chance to reintroduce fairness to the system. He has to seize the moment. Back in 2009, months before the coalition government…
Single source · not yet corroborated
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‘Opening the lid of a horrible secret’: Jamaicans confront enslavement with taboo-busting stories on screen

‘Opening the lid of a horrible secret’: Jamaicans confront enslavement with taboo-busting stories on screen

As violent spirits are unleashed in Sky’s Possession, observers see confident creatives reclaiming the island’s narratives in a form of ‘cultural reparation’. A woman opens a…
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Plover, not a fighter: masked lapwing nesting on Tasmanian cricket ground indifferent as play continues

Plover, not a fighter: masked lapwing nesting on Tasmanian cricket ground indifferent as play continues

While masked lapwings have a reputation for swooping during nesting season, Windsor Park oval’s resident plover just wants a good innings. At Windsor Park in Riverside, just…
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Almost all NSW homes destroyed in black summer bushfires were within 100 metres of flammable vegetation

Almost all NSW homes destroyed in black summer bushfires were within 100 metres of flammable vegetation

Exclusive : Research confirms official advice about high-risk properties and warns worsening conditions will make more homes unsafe. Sign up for climate and environment editor…
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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…
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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
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The biggest threat from AI is the sense that we have no say in it. To that I say game on | Peter Lewis

The biggest threat from AI is the sense that we have no say in it. To that I say game on | Peter Lewis

The tech bros and their highly paid sock puppets are banking on us giving in to their ‘inevitability doctrine’. But in Australia, and around the world, resistance is rising. Of…
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How to dress a tech oligarch: The Social Reckoning’s costume designer on Zuckerberg’s style evolution

How to dress a tech oligarch: The Social Reckoning’s costume designer on Zuckerberg’s style evolution

Susan Lyall worked with actor Jeremy Strong to research the Meta CEO’s favorite Nikes and luxury sweaters. The first Aaron Sorkin Facebook movie, 2010’s The Social Network, helped…
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The ultra-rich are spending one million dollars a day fighting California’s proposed billionaire tax

The ultra-rich are spending one million dollars a day fighting California’s proposed billionaire tax

Tech billionaires have raised more than $340m to defeat Prop 40, a one-time 5% wealth tax that will fund healthcare and education. Tech billionaires have been dumping hundreds of…
Single source · not yet corroborated
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‘A completely unique opportunity’: the secretive process that will decide the BBC’s future – podcast

Every decade, the BBC’s continued existence must be secured through an elaborate multi-year negotiation with the government. But what does charter renewal actually involve – and…
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Zelenskyy urges support for new US sanctions on Russia after Trump puts them on hold

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Pope Leo leaves hospital after lung cancer surgery, the Vatican says

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Palestinians and US journalist injured by Israeli settlers in West Bank harvest attack

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No further action against government adviser's wife over Palestine Action post, police say

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