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● Alberta voters reject a move toward independence in referendum backing Canadian unity ● Amelia Earhart researchers leave remote atoll empty-handed after ‘plane debris’ found to be a clump of trees ● Ukraine and Russia exchange strikes, as relations between Trump and Zelenskyy sour ● Kenya cult leader's children still being starved weeks before trial, son says ● Trump’s approval ratings plummet: what that means for the US midterms ● Google Cloud problems: regulators push for details about outage which caused widespread disruption – latest updates ● Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi seen in rare photos after receiving gift from King Charles ● Live updates: Trump envoys to meet with Zelensky; White House to announce whistleblower initiative ● The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time preview – Link faces his scariest challenge yet: the 4K era ● Ex-OpenAI worker accused of bugging offices planned to 'flee' to Saudi Arabia, prosecutors say ● Australian MP hit by vehicle has leg amputated - as suspect's father says she is family friend ● Helen Haines loses leg as surgeons fight to save the other after alleged attack in Wangaratta ● Wright calls Trump's diesel deal a peace incentive. Rubio says Russia would sell anyway. ● Cuts force World Food Programme to end support for half a million Palestinians in Gaza ● Houthi attack kills 53 in biggest single loss of life since Yemen civil war reignited ● Trump once questioned Obama's citizenship. Now Obama is speaking out for Ilhan Omar. ● Trump makes Russia-friendly moves as he looks for a way to end the war with Ukraine ● Four people killed in ‘violent, fast-moving’ fire at Canadian military base ● Inside the race between Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos for control of outer space ● Ukraine's Starlink restrictions raise suspicions of Musk, Trump retaliation ● Alberta voters reject a move toward independence in referendum backing Canadian unity ● Amelia Earhart researchers leave remote atoll empty-handed after ‘plane debris’ found to be a clump of trees ● Ukraine and Russia exchange strikes, as relations between Trump and Zelenskyy sour ● Kenya cult leader's children still being starved weeks before trial, son says ● Trump’s approval ratings plummet: what that means for the US midterms ● Google Cloud problems: regulators push for details about outage which caused widespread disruption – latest updates ● Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi seen in rare photos after receiving gift from King Charles ● Live updates: Trump envoys to meet with Zelensky; White House to announce whistleblower initiative ● The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time preview – Link faces his scariest challenge yet: the 4K era ● Ex-OpenAI worker accused of bugging offices planned to 'flee' to Saudi Arabia, prosecutors say ● Australian MP hit by vehicle has leg amputated - as suspect's father says she is family friend ● Helen Haines loses leg as surgeons fight to save the other after alleged attack in Wangaratta ● Wright calls Trump's diesel deal a peace incentive. Rubio says Russia would sell anyway. ● Cuts force World Food Programme to end support for half a million Palestinians in Gaza ● Houthi attack kills 53 in biggest single loss of life since Yemen civil war reignited ● Trump once questioned Obama's citizenship. Now Obama is speaking out for Ilhan Omar. ● Trump makes Russia-friendly moves as he looks for a way to end the war with Ukraine ● Four people killed in ‘violent, fast-moving’ fire at Canadian military base ● Inside the race between Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos for control of outer space ● Ukraine's Starlink restrictions raise suspicions of Musk, Trump retaliation
Alberta voters reject a move toward independence in referendum backing Canadian unity✓
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Alberta voters reject a move toward independence in referendum backing Canadian unity

Voters in Canada's oil-rich Alberta province overwhelmingly backed remaining in Canada, with early referendum results Tuesday delivering a boost to Prime Minister Carney's push…
89% agreement · 4 independent sources

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Google Cloud problems: regulators push for details about outage which caused widespread disruption – latest updates

Google apologises after suffering a major Cloud outage in its London region that caused problems at banks, Revolut, and court video cameras. Google cloud failure hits millions as…
74% agreement · 2 independent sources
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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…
76% agreement · 2 independent sources
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✓World

Live updates: Trump envoys to meet with Zelensky; White House to announce whistleblower initiative

President Trump's envoys will hold meetings Tuesday in Norway with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, along with the leaders of Norway and Finland, the Norwegian government…
73% agreement · 2 independent sources
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The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time preview – Link faces his scariest challenge yet: the 4K era✓

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time preview – Link faces his scariest challenge yet: the 4K era

The kingdom of Hyrule has been prettified, the soundtrack is newly orchestrated and our hero feels strikingly different under the thumbs … we play a hands-on demo of Nintendo’s…
74% agreement · 2 independent sources
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Ex-OpenAI worker accused of bugging offices planned to 'flee' to Saudi Arabia, prosecutors say

A former OpenAI engineer charged with secretly installing a recording device at its offices was "mere days" away from fleeing to Saudi Arabia before his arrest, prosecutors allege
76% agreement · 2 independent sources
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Australian MP hit by vehicle has leg amputated - as suspect's father says she is family friend

Police have charged a man after an Australian MP was hit by a vehicle, causing her to undergo a leg amputation
79% agreement · 2 independent sources
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Helen Haines loses leg as surgeons fight to save the other after alleged attack in Wangaratta✓

Helen Haines loses leg as surgeons fight to save the other after alleged attack in Wangaratta

Independent MP is in critical yet stable condition after man allegedly did U-turn to strike her twice with his car. Brendan Nugent’s family say Helen Haines has been their friend…
73% agreement · 2 independent sources
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Wright calls Trump's diesel deal a peace incentive. Rubio says Russia would sell anyway.

President Trump's top aides offered sharply different explanations this weekend of his Russian diesel deal amid a barrage of bipartisan criticism calling the move a gift to…
72% agreement · 2 independent sources
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Cuts force World Food Programme to end support for half a million Palestinians in Gaza✓

Cuts force World Food Programme to end support for half a million Palestinians in Gaza

Two-thirds of population face crisis levels of food insecurity and 200,000 people are in danger of famine. This winter is likely to deepen hunger for Palestinians in Gaza, after…
77% agreement · 2 independent sources
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Houthi attack kills 53 in biggest single loss of life since Yemen civil war reignited✓

Houthi attack kills 53 in biggest single loss of life since Yemen civil war reignited

More than 200 mostly young people said to be injured after ballistic missile attack on training camp for government forces. At least 53 people have been killed in a Houthi…
76% agreement · 2 independent sources
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Trump once questioned Obama's citizenship. Now Obama is speaking out for Ilhan Omar.

Former President Barack Obama issued a forceful denunciation of the Trump administration's legal pursuit of Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar over suspicions she fraudulently obtained…
73% agreement · 2 independent sources
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Trump makes Russia-friendly moves as he looks for a way to end the war with Ukraine✓

Trump makes Russia-friendly moves as he looks for a way to end the war with Ukraine

President Trump's up and down relationship with Russia is back on as he presses to find an end to the war in Ukraine amid high energy costs ahead of the U.S. midterms
78% agreement · 2 independent sources
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Four people killed in ‘violent, fast-moving’ fire at Canadian military base✓

Four people killed in ‘violent, fast-moving’ fire at Canadian military base

Prime minister Mark Carney describes blaze as ‘one of the worst tragedies for the forces on Canadian soil in peacetime’. Four people have been killed and dozens more seriously…
76% agreement · 2 independent sources
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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…
73% agreement · 2 independent sources
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✓World

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…
72% agreement · 2 independent sources
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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
76% agreement · 2 independent sources
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UK to deploy Typhoon jets to help defend Saudi Arabia from Houthi attacks✓

UK to deploy Typhoon jets to help defend Saudi Arabia from Houthi attacks

Ministry of Defence says warplanes will operate in 'defensive role' and not be used to attack Yemeni group
76% agreement · 2 independent sources
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China’s economy grows faster than forecast after AI boom boosts exports✓

China’s economy grows faster than forecast after AI boom boosts exports

Third-quarter GDP up by 4.5% compared with last year as industrial output is buoyed by electronics demand. Roaring exports lifted China’s economic growth in the third quarter of…
74% agreement · 2 independent sources
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Suspect arrested after historic town hall set alight - French media✓

Suspect arrested after historic town hall set alight - French media

The spire of the clock tower at Limoges city hall dramatically collapsed as it was engulfed in flames on Saturday
83% agreement · 2 independent sources
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Pope Leo XIV thanks wellwishers in first event after cancer surgery✓

Pope Leo XIV thanks wellwishers in first event after cancer surgery

The Pope's first event since his lung cancer diagnosis and surgery saw him recite the traditional Angelus prayer from the balcony of the Apostolic Palace
73% agreement · 2 independent sources
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Storm Austen to bring severe gales to UK as weather warning issued✓

Storm Austen to bring severe gales to UK as weather warning issued

The first named storm of the season - Austen - will bring damaging winds and heavy rain to parts of the UK on Friday
78% agreement · 2 independent sources
ClimateTone Neutral2 min
✓Technology

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
78% agreement · 2 independent sources
TechnologyTone Neutral2 min
US bans China's DeepSeek from government in race for AI dominance✓

US bans China's DeepSeek from government in race for AI dominance

The Chinese technology is removed from most US government agencies as race for AI dominance steps up
76% agreement · 2 independent sources
TechnologyTone Neutral2 min
Former U.S. ambassador on Trump's recent moves to embrace Russia✓

Former U.S. ambassador on Trump's recent moves to embrace Russia

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul about President Trump's latest embrace of Russia and what it means for Ukraine and any hopes of…
73% agreement · 2 independent sources
WorldTone Neutral2 min
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
82% agreement · 2 independent sources
ClimateTone Neutral2 min
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…
Single source · not yet corroborated
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World

Hancock’s claim about protecting care homes shown by Covid inquiry to be ‘cruel lie’, victims’ families say – UK politics live

Heather Hallett, chair of the Covid inquiry, has just published the report from the inquiry’s module 6, looking at what happened in care homes. Badenoch says Britain needs tax…
Single source · not yet corroborated
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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
ClimateTone Serious2 min
Do not be distracted by global crises. Nature cannot wait for a better year – we must act now | Steven Guilbeault

Do not be distracted by global crises. Nature cannot wait for a better year – we must act now | Steven Guilbeault

In 2022, I helped push through the international agreement to protect biodiversity. Wars and economic pressures can make nature seem like a ‘nice-to-have’. But it is a critical…
Single source · not yet corroborated
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‘This is not poker’: Alberta goes to polls in referendum that has exposed divisions, not least among separatists

‘This is not poker’: Alberta goes to polls in referendum that has exposed divisions, not least among separatists

Voters to be asked whether province should remain part of Canada or hold a second, binding independence vote. Albertans are going to the polls to decide their place in Canada, in…
Single source · not yet corroborated
WorldTone Neutral2 min
Kylie Minogue songs already used to train AI as tech firms ‘strong-arm’ Australian government, music body warns

Kylie Minogue songs already used to train AI as tech firms ‘strong-arm’ Australian government, music body warns

Of the dozens of countries approached to water down their laws, Australia appears to be the only one considering it, publishers’ group says. Get our new political email , free app…
Single source · not yet corroborated
TechnologyTone Neutral2 min
‘We’re not going to back down’: tiny Dorset B&B stands up to Airbnb’s legal bid to ‘monopolise’ letters ‘bnb’

‘We’re not going to back down’: tiny Dorset B&B stands up to Airbnb’s legal bid to ‘monopolise’ letters ‘bnb’

Three little letters - bnb-side’s name is a play on the local b-side arts festival, but Silicon Valley colossus sees threat to global brand. In one corner is bnb-side, a six-room…
Single source · not yet corroborated
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‘Huge wave’ of carbon storage projects causes alarm in small-town USA as oil firms eye billions in subsidies

‘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…
Single source · not yet corroborated
ClimateTone Neutral2 min
Revealed: Mexico’s industrial boomtown is making goods for the US. Residents say they’re ‘breathing poison’

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…
Single source · not yet corroborated
ClimateTone Neutral2 min
A young life ‘dominated by gambling’: Victorian coroner delivers stinging findings on death of 22-year-old

A young life ‘dominated by gambling’: Victorian coroner delivers stinging findings on death of 22-year-old

Online betting was the ‘direct and paramount’ cause behind Kyle Hudson’s decision to take his own life, inquest finds. Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news…
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Alberta voters reject a move toward independence in referendum backing Canadian unity

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

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Suspect arrested after historic town hall set alight - French media

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World's oldest shipwreck found off coast of Turkey

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Ex-OpenAI worker accused of bugging offices planned to 'flee' to Saudi Arabia, prosecutors say

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Inside the race between Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos for control of outer space

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