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A French government delegation will travel to its southern neighbor to learn how it copes with long spells of hot weather.
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The divorce, involving the chairman of one of South Korea's biggest companies, has gripped the nation.
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University courses covering Israel-Palestine should be audited, Julian Leeser tells royal commission
Inquiry’s focus is this week on security for the Jewish community, with the MP telling the commissioner his son is afraid to attend synagogues and eventsThe shadow education minister, Julian Leeser, has called for universities to undertake an audit of any classes that teach about the Jewish community, Israel or Palestine.Appearing before the royal commission into antisemitism and social cohesion on Friday, Leeser said he had been “very concerned” about antisemitism on university campuses and was
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India is seeing one of its biggest protests in recent years. But why did it start? And why is the mascot a cockroach? Here's what you need to know.
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Measures effectively replace blanket 10% tariffs Trump imposed in February that were struck down by US supreme courtDonald Trump has once again inspired anger and confusion in US allies and trading partners as he imposed a wave of tariffs on more than 80 countries, replacing an expiring global duty introduced earlier this year.The new measures effectively replace blanket 10% tariffs that Trump imposed in February. The US supreme court ruled many of those were illegal. The new levies come in at b
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PM will chair the inaugural meeting of the national economic council that will aim to shift economic decision-making away from LondonOn Monday, while the cameras were fixed on that famous black door in Downing Street, something important was happening 165 miles away. A small team of officials and advisers were walking into an office building in Manchester to set about the remaking of the British state.This was the beginning of No 10 North: the first major act of this government and what I hope
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Fires remain out of control in Northwest Territories and Ontario, while Argentina endures record night-time heatRecent hot, dry weather in Canada has triggered hundreds of wildfires across the country. As of Wednesday, more than 900 were burning, scorching about 3m hectares of land. While fires have broken out in several provinces, the greatest concern is in the Northwest Territories and Ontario, where several remain out of control.Poor air quality has been reported across affected regions, with
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Hot weather and World Cup fever help defy analyst expectations of decline, with sales volumes up 1% in JuneOnline sales accounted for the highest level of retail sales in five years last month as record hot weather spurred a rush for air conditioning, outdoor products and clothing.The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the volume of retail sales in Great Britain grew 1% month on month in June, as the hot weather and a World Cup retail rush defied analyst expectations of a 0.3% decline. Co
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The fire has raged in the region for several days with officials now ordering the evacuation of the entire Cap Ferret peninsula.
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Evacuees have been told to leave the area before 10am, using hundreds of mobilised boats or the only road linking the area with the mainlandThousands of people have been forced to flee parts of south-west France amid worsening wildfires that prompted the authorities to order people to evacuate from the Cap Ferret peninsula along the Atlantic coast.Evacuees have been told to leave the area before 10am, using hundreds of mobilised boats or the only road linking the area with the mainland. Continue
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TGA says product information for some diabetes and weight loss drugs updated with warning of NAION disorderFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s medicines regulator has issued warnings for several type 2 diabetes and obesity-related treatments – including Ozempic and Mounjaro – over the potential to cause a “rare but severe” eye disorder that could lead to blindness.The Therapeutic Goods Administration’s (TGA)
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Confidence weakened a little after oil prices rose, and with the conflict in the Middle East continuing to escalate, households’ wariness about spending could harden in the months ahead.
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Landlords say high costs of running hospitality business outweigh potential savings of business rates discountOne of Andy Burnham’s first policy measures as prime minister is a 20% reduction in business rates for pubs, clubs and live music venues.The policy, announced on Thursday, is part of a broader agenda to support the high street and will cost £100m. Continue reading...
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Officials say the death toll has surpassed 5,300, though estimates of the number still missing could be as high as 50,000.
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The two U.S.-based mathematicians have become the first Chinese nationals to earn the honor considered math’s equivalent of the Nobel Prize.
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Exclusive: Westminster survey finds one in two staffers experiencing clinical levels of psychological distressStaff employed by MPs are calling for urgently tightened security after reports of some being physically attacked and hundreds receiving threatening calls and messages.A survey of more than 500 MPs’ staff members found that 78% had received threatening communication and nearly one in three fear for their own safety or that of colleagues. Continue reading...
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Team in Ohio finds swapping to electric has ‘very large’ impact, despite study being scaled back by Trump cutsA US study has found a 70% drop in hospital admissions and days off from work or school when people with poorly controlled asthma had their gas stove and hob replaced with electric.Ohio’s publicly owned MetroHealth began the study in December 2024 but funding was terminated early by the incoming Trump administration. It had been designed to investigate if replacing gas cooking improved a
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Digital billboards from environmental groups, targeting Labor MPs attending national conference, cancelled with airport stating they are ‘too political’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastConservation groups have questioned why their advertisements targeting Labor politicians were pulled by Adelaide airport for breaking rules on political advertising while others promoting gas and mining kept running.Labor politicians i
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Edmund Rice Education Australia can be sued over abuse committed by Catholic order, after receiving much of its property holdingsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe entity gifted vast property holdings by the Christian Brothers has agreed to help compensate abuse survivors in full, in a stunning reversal after weeks of public pressure.The Christian Brothers, a Catholic order with a long history of clergy abuse, last
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Writing from year after gross indecency arrest challenges ‘isolated mathematician’ image, says Cambridge academicWhen people think of Alan Turing, they might imagine he was arrogant, isolated, humourless, tortured. A better way of remembering the father of modern computing would be, an academic argues, as “playful, funny, cheeky, literary, and someone who really liked sex”.The Cambridge University English literature professor Sarah Dillon has transcribed and studied a little-known short story th