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✓ Verified Senate panel holds Fauci in contempt over refusal to answer COVID-19 questions
A Senate panel voted Thursday to hold Anthony Fauci in contempt for repeatedly declining to answer questions last week from lawmakers investigating the origins of the COVID-19…
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Bangladesh's ousted ex-prime minister says she will return despite facing death sentence
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Drone carrying explosives at German airport marks ‘new level of danger’, says interior minister
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Gianni Infantino gets internal support at crisis meeting to remain as FIFA president
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Starbucks Korea raided by police after ‘Tank Day’ campaign sparks public outrage
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✓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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Iran and Oman agree on coordinates of route through strait of Hormuz, says Iranian foreign ministry – as it happened
This live blog is now closed. The geographic coordinates for a shipping route through the strait of Hormuz have been agreed by Iran and Oman , and a joint announcement…
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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…
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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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✓Tucker Carlson unveils vision for ‘what America should be’ amid third party talk
Former Fox News pundit Tucker Carlson is fanning chatter he might consider a run for the White House with a new video laying out what he sees as wrong with the United States and…
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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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✓SpaceX shares sink after first earnings report reveals huge AI spending plans
Elon Musk told investors that people were "underestimating" his company
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✓Ohio voters reconsider Republican Max Miller amid domestic abuse allegations
Voters in the red district are concerned with congressman’s alleged behavior and political future ahead of the midterms. David Griffith was a registered Republican for years. But…
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✓The Sims and EA FC maker Electronic Arts sells for $55bn to Saudi-led group
The deal takes the maker of titles including The Sims and EA FC into private ownership - and loads it with debt
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✓Two Iranian female footballers granted Australian citizenship after protest
Iran 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…
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✓Nigerian security forces free more than 300 hostages abducted by militants
President hails ‘successful’ rescue as country battles endemic kidnapping for ransom and insecurity worsens. Nigerian security forces have rescued more than 300 abducted people in…
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✓Raleigh bike brand faces chop after owner begins insolvency proceedings
Fate of historic bicycle name in hands of administrators after Netherlands-based Accell Group fails to find buyer. The bicycle company that owns the historic Raleigh brand has…
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✓What can scientists learn from a stray SpaceX rocket hitting the Moon?
While the collision was an accident, it is a unique scientific gift for planetary geologists that could provide important data for future space missions
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✓Who was Cesar Gastelum, Mexican TikToker shot dead mid-livestream?
Gastelum's death comes after the killing of TikToker Valeria Marquez last year
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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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Wednesday briefing: How misinformation and a hardened immigration policy turned Ceuta into Europe’s latest flashpoint
In today’s newsletter: The past week shows how quickly images, rumours and right-wing political opportunism can eclipse the facts on the ground. Good morning. Last week, an…
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Reform will jail directors of companies employing illegal workers for up to five years, says Yusuf – UK politics live
Party says employers would be held responsible even if they were unaware of the worker’s immigration status. A Reform government will introduce national licensing for vape shops,…
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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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‘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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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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‘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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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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Labor faces fierce backlash from gambling giants as Coalition and Greens push for new controls on inducements
Despite reports the PM wants Labor’s bill to be passed in full or withdrawn, Anika Wells insists she is prepared to negotiate. Follow our Australia news live blog for latest…
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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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‘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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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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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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‘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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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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‘The silence was the worst part’: after culling his entire flock, US poultry farmer now fears bird flu
As bird flu reshapes agriculture, small farms operate under strict rules. Just a single case could tank their business. Joshua Beebe often starts his day by cleaning the tires of…
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Technology
'Total devastation': Suffolk wildfire still burning after two days as National Trust launches appeal
Firefighters are still tackling a blaze that has caused "total devastation" to a heathland in Suffolk – with the National Trust launching a public appeal to restore the reserve
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