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Reform suspends members after undercover investigation exposes racist views
One Reform councillor called for King Charles to be beheaded, saying he was a Muslim
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Victoria to become first state to make abortions free as Coalition matches Labor election promise
Exclusive: Out-of-pocket costs for abortion care to be covered regardless of who wins November election as Jess Wilson says Liberals and Nationals ‘will not allow Labor to play politics on this issue’
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Verse from the waste land: Rotterdam’s poetic bin lorries granted cultural status
Lyrical lines printed on side of city’s fleet of rubbish trucks now recognised as one of Netherlands’ proud traditions
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Retired US generals call on Pentagon to cancel livestream execution
Livestreaming the execution of Nidal Hasan "will taint the honor of the military that employs it, and a nation that allows it," 72 former officers said in a letter.
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Prince Harry and Meghan to make first joint appearances since returning to UK
Prince Harry and Meghan are making their first joint public appearances in England since stepping back from royal duties six years ago
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White House defends new press secretary Katie Zacharia amid questions about her legal credentials
Katie Zacharia does not appear to be registered to the legal bar in any state where she has lived.
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I'm 12 and want to try protein powder - should I?
We asked experts how safe it is for children and teenagers to take protein supplements.
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Scaramucci deadpans over Trump fixation with Husted’s butt
Trump gushed about the ‘great athlete’ at a rally the president hosted in Ohio earlier this week to boost the Republican senator’s chances in the midterm elections
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Yorkshire tiger latest: Victim’s family hits out at ‘deeply offensive’ online content
Chapman’s family say he ‘suffered from significant mental illness’ and had been prescribed ‘strong medication’
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Scottish car dealer placed into compulsory liquidation after HMRC court action
A Scottish city car sales company has been placed into liquidation.
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Unions urge Andy Burnham to reject controversial Rosebank oil development
A group of 10 national unions have signed an open letter to Andy Burnham urging him not to approve the Rosebank oil field
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Texas Democrat James Talarico faces grilling from voters at town hall in tight Senate race
Talarico casts himself as a moderate who would put Texans’ needs over party allegiances amid close contest against Republican Ken Paxton
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Pope Leo XIV's cancer diagnosis raises questions about the future and the very recent past
Pope Leo XIV's lung cancer diagnosis raises questions about the future of his pontificate
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Newspaper headlines: 'Zelenskyy blames Trump' and Brand a 'sex predator'
Volodymyr Zelensky's visit to London and the first day of Russell Brand's rape trial dominate Thursday's front pages.
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Wales has a school standards crisis. Will plans to fix it actually work?
Wales scores poorly on international test results but it is not clear a new curriculum will help.
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New China-North Korea bridge opens after more than a decade of delay
A new bridge linking China and North Korea has opened after more than a decade of delay, signaling deeper ties between the two countries
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Senior Victorian public servants hid loss of up to $285m from Covid grants given to ineligible businesses
Whistleblowers applauded as Ibac finds ‘decisions were made to withhold information about the magnitude of the loss’
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Brazil cuts work week to 40 hours in win for Lula ahead of runoff
Congress approves constitutional amendment that bans six-day workweeks, which could effect up to 30 million
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Technology takeover secures East Kilbride office and workforce
FourNet confirms East Kilbride office and 41 jobs secure as it reveals acquisition of SVL
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North Korea says it tested cruise missiles designed to be fired from submarines
North Korea says it has test-fired cruise missiles designed for submarines, continuing to expand its military capabilities amid a diplomatic freeze with Washington and Seoul
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China opens a joint airfield in Laos with construction ongoing and eyes on its military role
China’s newly opened joint military airfield in Laos is Beijing’s first overseas facility focused on air power
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ICS Learn announces Glasgow move and rebrand after 130 years of distance learning
Glasgow-based ICS Learn is refreshing its brand and moving to a new Nelson Mandela Place office as it targets further growth in online education.
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Hot weather and gusty winds raise California wildfire threat as power shutoffs are planned
California is bracing for fire weather, with thousands potentially losing power as utilities aim to prevent wildfires during hot and windy conditions
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PETA backs petition to reinstate bus driver fired over kitten rescue
An online petition calling for the longtime bus driver’s reinstatement has garnered more than 10,200 signatures
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Despite cyclosporiasis outbreak FDA looks to ease food requirements
The policy move comes months after an outbreak tied to imported lettuce hospitalized hundreds and sickened more than 27,000 people across 47 states
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Three in four Scottish firms expect price rises as costs pile on pressure
Scottish business confidence has returned to positive territory, but most firms still expect to raise prices amid continuing pressure on revenues and profits
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Edinburgh firm turns to Singapore to help tackle housing emergency
An Edinburgh-based investment and development company has formed a new alliance in South-east Asia to help tackle Scotland’s housing emergency.
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Costa Rica opens a Bukele-style mega-prison. Here's how it got here
Costa Rica has made fighting drug trafficking a main goal, inspired by El Salvador's hardline approach
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Ex-Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is returning to federal court to face torture allegations
Ex-Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro returns Thursday to a New York courtroom to answer a rewritten drug trafficking indictment
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Black Panther Party stalwarts to celebrate 1966 founding in Oakland, programs that aided the poor
The legacy of the Black Panther Party lives on six decades after its founding, in the work of a Seattle medical center started to address systemic health disparities in the African American community
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Ukraine war live: Zelensky feels ‘betrayed’ by Trump over Starlink access
Zelensky spoke of his frustration over Trump in an interview on Piers Morgan Uncensored on Wednesday night
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Greens senator Jordan Steele-John takes leave amid investigation into complaints
Steele-John said he rejected the claims and had referred them to the Western Australian Greens for a ‘fair, independent process’
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Labor and Coalition block bill that would ban incarcerated women being shackled in childbirth
Liberal Paul Scarr breaks ranks to condemn major parties, saying he will write to Queensland attorney general
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South Korea’s benchmark Kospi index sinks more than 7% as tech sell-off deepens
South Korea’s benchmark Kospi index has dropped by more than 7% as a sell-off of technology shares deepened after U.S. stocks fell on hotter-than-expected inflation data
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Zelensky says Trump is on the wrong side of history with Russia diesel deal
‘It is a pity that we are losing a strong partner,’ Mr Zelensky said about Trump
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Fall in West Midlands gun crime down to policing and community efforts
Firearms discharges drop by more than half in the past six years in the force area.
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Isle of Wight fossil identified as new dinosaur species
Invictibellatrix would have been up to four metres long with feathers and had 20cm claws.
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HRT: Warning to women amid shortages of some products
Two brands of HRT patches, including Estradot transdermal and FemSeven Conti patches, have been affected.
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Reform faces criticism after councillors filmed making racist comments
Reform says all of those people filmed by ITV are under investigation having resigned or been suspended.
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Mexican judge closes the case against immigration chief Francisco Garduño over 2023 Juarez fire
A Mexican judge has closed the case against Francisco Garduño, former head of the country’s immigration agency, related to the 2023 fire at a Ciudad Juárez detention center
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Lawyers for man shot by ICE in New York City say agent did not identify himself
Account by Oscar Belgal differs sharply from that of DHS agents, who fired into vehicle with young boy in back seat
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King and Queen to attend ceremonial opening of Welsh Parliament
It will be the first time Charles attends a ceremonial opening of the Welsh Parliament as King
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4 arrested in the shooting of San Francisco 49ers player Keion White at a Super Bowl party
Four men have been arrested in connection with the shooting of San Francisco 49ers defensive lineman Keion White at a nightclub in February
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Lawyers for NY man shot by ICE say officer fired into car without warning
Lawyers for a New York man shot and wounded by federal immigration officers while in a car with his young son say the officers never identified themselves or showed a warrant
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US coach who recorded young gymnasts undressing is sentenced to 90 years in prison
A former youth gymnastics coach has been sentenced to 90 years in prison for secretly videotaping young female students undressing and using the bathroom at a Mississippi gym
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Britain pledges £17m to repair Chernobyl power plant hit by Russian drone strike
Andy Burnham has reinforced his support for Ukraine following talks with Volodymyr Zelensky
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University staff to strike in dispute over job cuts and compulsory redundancies
The staff will walk out at Glasgow Caledonian University on Thursday.
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Five AI chatbots were tested on accuracy. The results weren’t good
Responses from leading AI models were prone to being ‘incomplete, lacking context, or poorly sourced’, report finds after testing of Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, DeepSeek, and Grok
