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● Flávio Bolsonaro calls himself the ‘leader of Brazil’ after fleeing to Miami ● Death toll rises to 68 with dozens injured after high-speed train collision in Spain – as it happened ● Israel election results live: count of absentee ballots under way as coalition talks set to begin ● A U.S. cruise ship suspends a global voyage due to fuel costs, stranding 200 passengers ● Elon Musk is a 'real genius', Putin says after satellite talks with SpaceX boss ● Obama mocks Trump’s response to Cheesecake Factory jibe. ‘They mobilized a whole of government response to that joke!’ – as it happened ● Canada hit back at Trump tariffs. Now the U.S. alleges possible election interference. ● Utah files criminal charges against prediction market Kalshi and company co-founders ● Dolores Huerta, influential labor leader, feminist and civil rights icon, dies at 96 ● Serbian shot dead after attacking officer outside Israeli embassy, minister says ● Speed restrictions on Musk's Starlink lifted in Ukraine, defense ministry says ● Judge rebuffs Trump DoJ’s bid to force California to set aside 20,000 ballots ● US makes interest rate decision - as Bank of England verdict looms ● Japan launches mission to Mars to bring back samples from its moon ● Girl seriously injured in wolf attack at German wildlife park ● AI giant Anthropic files for an IPO that could break records ● Why is Elon Musk plotting a mega-merger of SpaceX and Tesla? ● Users reporting problems with Apple's first foldable iPhone ● Dutch zookeeper dies after being mauled by leopard ● 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 ● Flávio Bolsonaro calls himself the ‘leader of Brazil’ after fleeing to Miami ● Death toll rises to 68 with dozens injured after high-speed train collision in Spain – as it happened ● Israel election results live: count of absentee ballots under way as coalition talks set to begin ● A U.S. cruise ship suspends a global voyage due to fuel costs, stranding 200 passengers ● Elon Musk is a 'real genius', Putin says after satellite talks with SpaceX boss ● Obama mocks Trump’s response to Cheesecake Factory jibe. ‘They mobilized a whole of government response to that joke!’ – as it happened ● Canada hit back at Trump tariffs. Now the U.S. alleges possible election interference. ● Utah files criminal charges against prediction market Kalshi and company co-founders ● Dolores Huerta, influential labor leader, feminist and civil rights icon, dies at 96 ● Serbian shot dead after attacking officer outside Israeli embassy, minister says ● Speed restrictions on Musk's Starlink lifted in Ukraine, defense ministry says ● Judge rebuffs Trump DoJ’s bid to force California to set aside 20,000 ballots ● US makes interest rate decision - as Bank of England verdict looms ● Japan launches mission to Mars to bring back samples from its moon ● Girl seriously injured in wolf attack at German wildlife park ● AI giant Anthropic files for an IPO that could break records ● Why is Elon Musk plotting a mega-merger of SpaceX and Tesla? ● Users reporting problems with Apple's first foldable iPhone ● Dutch zookeeper dies after being mauled by leopard ● 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
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Flávio Bolsonaro calls himself the ‘leader of Brazil’ after fleeing to Miami

Far-right senator and family land in US after crossing from Brazil into Argentina and then flying via Ecuador. Flávio Bolsonaro declared himself the “true president” of Brazil…
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Obama mocks Trump’s response to Cheesecake Factory jibe. ‘They mobilized a whole of government response to that joke!’ – as it happened

This live blog is now closed. Sign up for the Breaking News US email. For months, Mary Peltola’s campaign for Alaska’s Senate seat has denied any connection to a separate campaign…
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Canada hit back at Trump tariffs. Now the U.S. alleges possible election interference.

The U.S. Embassy in Canada accused Canadian leaders of "openly" describing plans to "influence American politics," doubling down on Ambassador Pete Hoekstra's claims of potential…
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Utah files criminal charges against prediction market Kalshi and company co-founders✓

Utah files criminal charges against prediction market Kalshi and company co-founders

Firm calls charges, which include violating state gambling ban and profiting from illegal activity, ‘crazy overreach’. Utah on Wednesday filed criminal charges against prediction…
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Dolores Huerta, influential labor leader, feminist and civil rights icon, dies at 96✓

Dolores Huerta, influential labor leader, feminist and civil rights icon, dies at 96

Huerta co-founded the United Farm Workers union to improve working conditions in the nation's fruit and vegetable fields and coined the phrase "Sí, se puede!" that became a…
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Serbian shot dead after attacking officer outside Israeli embassy, minister says✓

Serbian shot dead after attacking officer outside Israeli embassy, minister says

Authorities say the attacker in Belgrade was an underage male who was being monitored by security services
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Speed restrictions on Musk's Starlink lifted in Ukraine, defense ministry says

The speed of the Elon Musk-owned satellite system used by the Ukrainian military has been fully restored after two weeks of restrictions, the country's ministry of defense said in…
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Judge rebuffs Trump DoJ’s bid to force California to set aside 20,000 ballots✓

Judge rebuffs Trump DoJ’s bid to force California to set aside 20,000 ballots

Justice department had demanded state segregate and not count ballots from people it claimed were non-citizens. A federal judge declined to order California election officials to…
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US makes interest rate decision - as Bank of England verdict looms

The Federal Reserve has left interest rates unchanged - despite persistently high inflation and repeated calls from Donald Trump to lower borrowing costs
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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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Girl seriously injured in wolf attack at German wildlife park✓

Girl seriously injured in wolf attack at German wildlife park

The eight-year-old was in an enclosure with other children and a staff member when she was attacked
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AI giant Anthropic files for an IPO that could break records✓

AI giant Anthropic files for an IPO that could break records

The AI company, which makes the popular Claude chatbot, has filed for an initial public offering that could be one of the biggest ever
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Why is Elon Musk plotting a mega-merger of SpaceX and Tesla?✓

Why is Elon Musk plotting a mega-merger of SpaceX and Tesla?

Musk says there's "a lot to be gained" by combining the firms in what would be the biggest merger in history
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Users reporting problems with Apple's first foldable iPhone

Owners of Apple's first foldable iPhone have reported problems with the device's screen - just days after the product went on sale
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Dutch zookeeper dies after being mauled by leopard✓

Dutch zookeeper dies after being mauled by leopard

The woman began her career at the park when she was 17 and had worked there on-and-off for four decades
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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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Australian politics live: PM grilled over golf club grant again as five ejected from question time; woman dies after drive-by shooting

Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast. Gas reservation policy set for lower house vote today. Australia’s domestic gas reservation is set to be debated and…
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We shouldn’t ‘blindly’ believe allegations of violence against women, Queensland’s new DV minister said in resurfaced comments

We shouldn’t ‘blindly’ believe allegations of violence against women, Queensland’s new DV minister said in resurfaced comments

Concerns raised about appointment of former federal senator, Amanda Stoker, who has previously supported the rights of people accused of sexual assault. Get our daily political…
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Elon Musk’s AI Odyssey review – the dullest, most pointless riposte possible to Christopher Nolan’s brilliant epic

Elon Musk’s AI Odyssey review – the dullest, most pointless riposte possible to Christopher Nolan’s brilliant epic

It is hardly a shock that Grok AI’s interpretation of Homer is as meaningless as a laptop screensaver. The only surprise would be if Musk accepted defeat graciously. Which he…
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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. I know there is always a reason to stall, but ministers at Cop17 must honour that pledge. When…
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Will it be AI or the climate crisis that ends humanity? We can make it neither | Adam McKay and Philip Eubanks

Will it be AI or the climate crisis that ends humanity? We can make it neither | Adam McKay and Philip Eubanks

Both of these threats have the same roots: private entities seeking to cash in. We have the power to stand against them. A summer of extreme heat, entire villages obliterated in…
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The climate crisis will destroy our economies – we learned this 20 years ago. When will we act? | Fiona Harvey

The climate crisis will destroy our economies – we learned this 20 years ago. When will we act? | Fiona Harvey

The radical Stern report showed that a low-carbon future is also good economics. But it seems that capitalism needs a reminder. Saving the only planet we have makes good economic…
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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
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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…
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I struggled to come to terms with my mum’s death. Then I swam in the sea and suddenly felt connected to her

I struggled to come to terms with my mum’s death. Then I swam in the sea and suddenly felt connected to her

My mother was a keen swimmer, and she lived with depression. I wonder if she found the same respite in the water that has helped heal me since she passed away. It was early…
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US forces accused of ‘weaponising’ Somalia’s floods by trapping women and children in the path of El Niño

US forces accused of ‘weaponising’ Somalia’s floods by trapping women and children in the path of El Niño

Exclusive: Coordinated airstrikes on territory held by al-Shabaab are driving the civilian population to find refuge alongside a river where rising water levels are a threat to…
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‘Hey hun’: police colleague messaged Beau Lamarre-Condon on Instagram after alleged murders, court hears

‘Hey hun’: police colleague messaged Beau Lamarre-Condon on Instagram after alleged murders, court hears

Trial hears accused told police he wasn’t ‘avoiding them’ in three-minute call before he turned himself in after allegedly murdering Jesse Baird and Luke Davies. Get our breaking…
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Are seed oils unhealthy? Why are so many influencers speaking out against them? | Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz

Are seed oils unhealthy? Why are so many influencers speaking out against them? | Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz

Randomised trials of omega-6s do not show an increase in inflammation caused by the fatty acid. Read more in the Antiviral series. If you’ve been online lately, you’ve probably…
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When her ‘soul cat’ died, she was bereft. Now she designs memorial jewelry to help others with pet loss

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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Heatstroke ruined his health. Years before, it took the life of another farm worker at the same company

Heatstroke ruined his health. Years before, it took the life of another farm worker at the same company

A farm labor contractor exposed laborers on H-2A agricultural visas to heat-related health hazards, but is still bringing hundreds of migrant farm workers to North Carolina. It…
Single source · not yet corroborated
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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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‘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.…
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‘Elonville’: US residents say Musk’s xAI offered to buy homes if they don’t sue over datacenter noise

‘Elonville’: US residents say Musk’s xAI offered to buy homes if they don’t sue over datacenter noise

Several Mississippi homes have been purchased near datacenters and one resident said realtor outlined target to buy more than 400. People in a Mississippi neighborhood, many of…
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Castle Walls review – Prime’s first fully AI-generated show is here, and it’s a Vaseline-smeared mess

Castle Walls review – Prime’s first fully AI-generated show is here, and it’s a Vaseline-smeared mess

Billed as the first end-to-end AI-created series on a major streaming service, this Turkish show looks like the result of the prompt ‘make it cinematic’. Just as the world reels…
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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
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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…
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Flávio Bolsonaro calls himself the ‘leader of Brazil’ after fleeing to Miami

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Girl seriously injured in wolf attack at German wildlife park

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A U.S. cruise ship suspends a global voyage due to fuel costs, stranding 200 passengers

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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

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