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Why hunger strikes still shape Indian politics, from Gandhi to Sonam Wangchuk.
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As overnight temperatures climb across Canada, fires that once spread more slowly after dark are burning around the clock, straining fire crews.
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Athipat Wichan tells BBC Thai he regrets bringing his girlfriend Nahathai into his indie band Thotsakan.
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Previously little-known in Europe, the Midea PortaSplit has become a household name this summer.
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Expectations grow that US president – who promised ‘really big news’ – to focus on election security and war with IranDonald Trump will address the nation on Thursday in a live primetime televised address that has become the subject of fevered guesswork amid speculation he will make headline-grabbing announcements on election security and the war with Iran.Expectations surrounding the address have been raised by Trump himself, who promised “really big news” without being specific. Continue readi
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A crew in the San Francisco Bay Area city of Oakland spotted a pigeon ‘in distress’ after a vehicle fireHeartwarming footage of California firefighters treating perhaps their smallest patient on record has captivated the internet.A crew in the San Francisco Bay Area city of Oakland spotted a pigeon “in distress” earlier this week after a vehicle fire, and jumped into action to assist. Continue reading...
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The US says its attacks aim to "further degrade Iranian military capabilities", as fighting continued for the sixth day in a row.
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103 Democrats vote to deny arms to a U.S. ally in wartime.
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In both Muslim-majority countries, official hostility to gay people has increased in recent years. But the same cruise had visited before without problems.
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Pensions now eat up 14.1% of GDP, and the burden is growing.
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The US vice president says he thinks some Israeli politicians are trying to detail efforts to end the conflict.
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Move comes as prediction platforms rapidly gain popularity and offer opportunities to bet on virtually anythingKalshi is expanding its wagers to include bets on drug trial results, an expansion into new predictions territory as platforms continue to rapidly gain popularity and offer opportunities to bet on virtually anything.The betting platform said the expansion into clinical trials and FDA regulatory decisions would help surface information on drug trials that otherwise go unreported. A publi
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Karoline Leavitt calls apparent bets on Kalshi prediction platform ‘deeply unfortunate and frankly a disgrace’Donald Trump’s longtime teleprompter operator has been placed on administrative leave, the White House said on Thursday, after reports that he used his position to win $100,000 by placing bets on the president’s speeches using the online prediction market Kalshi.White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the president had been informed about the situation, which she described as “
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After Thelma Gaston disappeared, her companion was convicted of second-degree murderAuthorities in southern California announced this week that, after more than 40 years, they had identified the remains of a Los Angeles millionaire missing since 1981.The Riverside county sheriff confirmed in a statement that investigators, using genetic genealogy and dental records, had determined the remains found in a rugged area near Sugarloaf Mountain were those of Thelma Gaston. Continue reading...
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Not all the best moments from the tournament were on the pitch. We revisit some of our favorites ahead of Sunday’s final.
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A former ambassador on how the kingdom can protect its multibillion-dollar societal investment.
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Vicki Brady due to appear at inquiry over mobile outage last week. Follow today’s news live.Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTelstra’s bosses are set to be grilled over a nationwide outage that affected triple zero calls and businesses, disrupted payment systems and stopped trains in two states.Telstra’s chief executive, Vicki Brady, will be among a group of executives who will front a parliamentary inquiry into the incident in Canberra on Friday. Continue reading...
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From an underground parking garage, Ukraine’s newly dismissed defense minister aired the most dramatic, public critique of the military command to emerge during the war.
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The estimate of 4.3% GDP growth is below Beijing’s lowest projection—and it’s probably far too high.
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Marco Rubio and Stephen Miller took aim at only leftwing activism at meeting of 66 nations against political violenceTop Trump officials on Thursday hosted a gathering of 66 nations to discuss the supposed threat of leftwing violence, and launched a series of diatribes, harsh even by the standards of the Trump administration, against leftism.The conference, convened by Marco Rubio, the secretary of state, and attended by Stephen Miller, a top Trump adviser, and Scott Bessent, the treasury secret