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Delhi ‘unbearable’ as temperatures near 50C
Read MoreThe Indian capital’s power demand also soars to an all-time high as residents try to cope with the heat.The Indian capital’s power demand also soars to an all-time high as residents try to cope with the heat.
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Trump spreads more lies in all caps screed at bitter end of hush money trial
Read More Trump’s attorneys specifically said they did not present a ‘formal’ advice-of-counsel defense Trump’s attorneys specifically said they did not present a ‘formal’ advice-of-counsel defense
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US girls got their first periods increasingly earlier over the last 50 years, new study finds
Read More Trend is especially pronounced among Black, Hispanic and Asian participants, and those who report lower socioeconomic status Girls in the United States had their first periods earlier over the last five decades and it took longer to experience regular cycles, a new study has found. The study, published in JAMA Network Open, found…
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Data breach exposes details of 25,000 current and former BBC employees
Read More Security incident at pension scheme being taken ‘extremely seriously’, but broadcaster says there is no evidence of a ransomware attack The BBC has launched an investigation after the details of more than 25,000 current and former employees were exposed in a data breach. The corporation’s pension scheme wrote to members on Wednesday to…
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South Africans vote in watershed election as ANC could lose majority
Read More Cyril Ramaphosa has promised to ‘do better’ but lingering poverty and unemployment threaten his party’s three-decade grip on power Cyril Ramaphosa has promised to ‘do better’ but lingering poverty and unemployment threaten his party’s three-decade grip on power
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Another mayoral candidate murdered days before Mexico elections
Read MoreThirty candidates have been killed in Mexico this campaign season, according to the nongovernmental organization Data Civica.Thirty candidates have been killed in Mexico this campaign season, according to the nongovernmental organization Data Civica.
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Another mayoral candidate murdered days before Mexico elections
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Australia rely on experience to win ICC T20 World Cup 2024
Read MoreCan the Australian squad’s familiarity and experience of soaking up pressure help Marsh’s men win the T20 World Cup?Can the Australian squad’s familiarity and experience of soaking up pressure help Marsh’s men win the T20 World Cup?
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Biden and Harris head to Philadelphia to rally Black voters as dismal approval ratings persist – live
Read More US president and vice-president to hold joint rally aimed at reengaging with group that was crucial to 2020 election victory – and expected to be so again There is no reason to think that Donald Trump will perform particularly well in November in the South Bronx, a diverse and impoverished neighborhood in New…
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Texas curriculum overhaul would increase biblical content in elementary schools
Read More Two million Texas kids could see new curriculum emphasizing Bible stories to instruct them in the ‘American cultural experience’ Texas elementary school students would get a significant dose of Bible knowledge with their reading instruction under a sweeping curriculum redesign unveiled on Wednesday. From the story of Queen Esther – who convinced her…
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Money to buy ammo for Kiev flowing too slowly – Prague
Read More Just four out of 18 nations have contributed funds to an artillery initiative, the Czech defense minister says Just four out of 18 countries that vowed to buy more artillery munitions for Kiev have delivered on their commitments, according to the Czech Republic, which is in charge of the initiative. Prague announced in…
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Nikki Haley writes ‘Finish Them’ on Israeli bomb bound for Gaza
Read More‘Finish Them!’ was the message former US presidential hopeful Nikki Haley wrote on Israeli missiles intended for Gaza.’Finish Them!’ was the message former US presidential hopeful Nikki Haley wrote on Israeli missiles intended for Gaza.
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To Tackle Climate Crisis, the World Bank Must Stop Financing Industrial Livestock
Read More WASHINGTON DC, May 29 (IPS) – Last week, the World Bank Group released a new report that highlights the urgent need to drastically reduce GHG emissions to address the climate crisis and calls on countries to act. However, while the World Bank’s acknowledgment of the damaging climate impacts of industrial agriculture is a…
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Final words in Trump’s hush money trial; South Africans vote in a crucial election
Read More The jury in Trump’s New York trial begins deliberations. South Africans head to the polls in an election that could bring the biggest shift since the end of apartheid. (Image credit: Charly Triballeau) The jury in Trump’s New York trial begins deliberations. South Africans head to the polls in an election that could…
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Trump hush-money jury to hear instructions before deliberations begin – live
Read More Judge Juan Merchan is expected to instruct jurors on the law today before they start weighing the case Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial in New York inches towards its concluding stages on Wednesday as the judge in the case is expected to start jury deliberations. Once Juan Merchan has instructed jurors on…
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Home Office made mistakes in rush to set up asylum housing, MPs say
Read More Committee says department pressed ahead with plans without adequate understanding of what would be required UK politics live – latest updates The Home Office has made “unacceptable and avoidable mistakes” in its haste to use disused barracks and a giant barge to house asylum seekers, parliament’s spending watchdog has concluded. The public accounts…
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‘He couldn’t wait to join’: thousands of Russian youth die in Ukraine war
Read More Moscow is spending millions to try to mould a new generation willing to give their lives in military service Shortly after turning 18 in February, Daniil Yermolenko fulfilled a long-held wish and signed a contract with Russia’s armed forces. A month later, he voted for the first time, casting a ballot in the…
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North Korea sends fleet of ‘garbage balloons’ to South (WATCH)
Read More The move followed Seoul’s distribution of anti-Pyongyang leaflets, Yonhap news agency said North Korea has sent more than 150 balloons carrying trash and manure across its shared border with South Korea in an apparent retaliation for a leaflet campaign, Yonhap news agency reported on Wednesday citing the military. The balloons began crossing the…
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Junior doctors to go on strike in England in week before general election
Read More British Medical Association announces industrial action from 27 June to 2 July in long-running pay dispute UK politics live – latest updates Junior doctors in England are to strike for five days in their long-running pay dispute, bringing a fresh wave of disruption to the NHS in the week leading up to the…
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US state named global shark attack capital
Read More Volusia County has been named by researchers at a Florida musuem as the number one hot spot for unprovoked shark attacks Volusia County has been named by researchers at a Florida musuem as the number one hot spot for unprovoked shark attacks
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Diddy accusers set to testify before grand jury as feds push criminal case against music mogul
Read More Combs has been named in multiple civil lawsuits since November accusing him of sex trafficking, sexual abuse and rape Combs has been named in multiple civil lawsuits since November accusing him of sex trafficking, sexual abuse and rape
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Palestinian armed group releases video of Russian hostage
Read More The man in the clip published by Islamic Jihad lives in Israel and has dual citizenship The Palestinian armed group Islamic Jihad has uploaded a short video online showing one of the hostages its fighters captured during the October 7 attack on Israel last year. The man featured in the 30-second-long clip is…
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Thames Water urged to ‘get a grip’ on testing water supply after illness outbreak
Read More Exclusive: Labour calls on firm to urgently test treatment works after dozens in south-east London experience vomiting and diarrhoea UK politics live – latest updates Steve Reed, Labour’s shadow environment secretary, has urged Thames Water to “get a grip” and test treatment works “urgently” after it emerged over the weekend that the company…
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London Evening Standard to close daily newspaper and launch new weekly
Read More Chair Paul Kanareck says newspaper’s losses – £84.5m in the past six years – not sustainable London’s Evening Standard has announced plans to shut its daily newspaper and replace it with a new weekly publication. The newspaper has been hit hard by the introduction of phone signal on the London underground, a shortage…
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Delhi temperature hits 50.5C as India’s capital records hottest day
Read More Authorities warn of water shortages as temperatures reach nine degrees higher than expected Record breaking heat hits Delhi – in pictures Temperatures in Delhi have hit a record-high of 50.5C (122.9F), as authorities warned of water shortages in India’s capital. The India Meteorological Department (IMD), which reported “severe heat-wave conditions”, recorded the temperature…
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Western backers warn Zelensky not to expect ‘the impossible’ – Telegraph
Read More The US and Germany are “very skeptical” about Ukraine moving closer to NATO membership, the report says The West has made it clear to Ukraine that it should not expect to join NATO in the coming months, the Daily Telegraph reported on Tuesday, citing sources. One of the main concerns among Western nations…
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Woman who says she was twice forced outside naked during search of her home sues Florida sheriff
Read More The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is already under scrutiny in an unrelated controversy, the fatal shooting of an airman The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is already under scrutiny in an unrelated controversy, the fatal shooting of an airman
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Ofwat could cut sewage fines for financially struggling water firms, say reports
Read More Regulator reportedly intending to draw up ‘recovery regime’ for Thames Water and others in similar positions UK politics live – latest updates Ofwat, the water regulator for England and Wales, is understood to be considering cutting fines for sewage-dumping water companies if they are facing financial pressures. According to the Financial Times, which…
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First Thing: Israel’s nine-year ‘war’ of spying, hacking and intimidating the ICC exposed
Read More Investigation reveals how intelligence agencies tried to derail war crimes prosecution. Plus, closing arguments in Trump ‘hush money’ trial Good morning. Israel has run an almost decade-long secret “war” against the international criminal court (ICC), deploying its intelligence agencies to surveil, hack, pressure, smear and allegedly threaten senior ICC staff in an effort…
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Dua Lipa denounces ‘Israeli genocide’ in Instagram post
Read More Singer calls for 88 million followers to ‘show your solidarity with Gaza’ following Israeli attack on Rafah Pop singer Dua Lipa has condemned the military operations in Gaza, describing them as “Israeli genocide” in an Instagram post to her 88 million followers. Reposting a graphic from the group Artists4Ceasefire, along with the hashtag…
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Singapore Airlines plane dropped 178ft in five seconds – report
Read MoreRapid changes in gravitational force caused the altitude drop which injured passengers, investigators say.Rapid changes in gravitational force caused the altitude drop which injured passengers, investigators say.
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BHP seeks extension to talks on move to take over mining rival Anglo American
Read More Australian company puts forward ‘socioeconomic measures’ in attempt to ease concerns over bid The mining company BHP has urged its takeover target, Anglo American, to extend its deadline as talks continue between the two rivals. The companies have been in discussions over a deal worth almost £39bn since Anglo rejected it a week…
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Russia-Ukraine war live: Blinken on whistlestop European tour to shore up Ukraine support
Read More US’s top diplomat visits Moldova as Macron says Ukraine should be able to use allies’ weapons to ‘neutralise’ bases inside Russia Russia’s human rights commissioner said on Wednesday that prisoner of war exchanges between Russia and Ukraine had been suspended for several months, the state TASS news agency said on Wednesday. TASS cited…
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Labour facing questions as Abbott says she has been blocked from running in general election – UK politics live
Read More Veteran MP has had whip restored following a long suspension Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting has done the media round for Labour this morning, and was repeatedly questioned about Diane Abbott. On Times Radio, he was asked “Do you feel comfortable about what’s happened here with Diane Abbott?” and he replied “No, not…
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More than four million chickens to be killed after bird flu hits egg farm
Read More Bird flu has become somewhat common among poultry, but its spread to cattle has added to worries about the disease Bird flu has become somewhat common among poultry, but its spread to cattle has added to worries about the disease
