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George W Bush poked fun at both Biden and Trump’s ages in speech
Read More ‘I’m younger than both of the candidates, and I’m too old,’ the Texas Republican has quipped ‘I’m younger than both of the candidates, and I’m too old,’ the Texas Republican has quipped
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Dubai Princess Sheikha Mahra Appears to Divorce Husband in Instagram Post
Read More Sheikha Mahra, daughter of the current ruler of Dubai and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates, posted on Instagram on Wednesday seemingly announcing her divorce from her husband. The post from Princess Sheikha Mahra bint Mihammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum’s verified Instagram account says she is ending her marriage: “Dear Husband, As…
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Nasdaq losses deepen amid market jitters over US policy on chipmakers
Read More Analysts play down concerns and maintain confidence in AI boom after index’s worst day since December 2022 The tech-heavy Nasdaq stock index has deepened its losses after this week’s interventions by US presidential candidates, but analysts played down market jitters over chipmakers, saying the artificial intelligence boom would continue to support demand. New…
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Ex-U.S. paratrooper and rock musician gets 13 years in Russian prison
Read MoreMichael Travis Leake, who fronted Moscow-based rock band Lovi Noch, was detained in June 2023.Michael Travis Leake, who fronted Moscow-based rock band Lovi Noch, was detained in June 2023.
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Ed Davey says Post Office lied to him and apologises to Alan Bates
Read More Ex-minister and current Lib Dem leader tells inquiry he rejected campaigner when he first asked for meeting Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey has accused the Post Office of lying to him, as he apologised to Sir Alan Bates for turning down a meeting as the former post office operator tried to expose the…
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Obama wants Biden to ‘seriously’ reconsider campaign as Dem leaders say he could drop out by ‘this weekend’
Read More The former president reportedly joins a growing chorus of Democratic officials warning that Biden’s time is up The former president reportedly joins a growing chorus of Democratic officials warning that Biden’s time is up
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Royal Academy removes Gaza-inspired works after Jewish group flags concerns
Read More Gallery apologises for ‘any hurt and distress’ as two artworks withdrawn from Young Artists’ Summer Show The Royal Academy of Arts (RA) has removed two works inspired by Gaza from its Young Artists’ Summer Show after an open letter from the Board of Deputies of British Jews raised “significant concerns” about their content.…
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Extremist Israeli minister makes provocative visit to holy Muslim site
Read More Itamar Ben-Gvir, who seeks to disrupt ceasefire talks, makes video at al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem Israel’s extremist national security minister has visited the holiest Muslim site in Jerusalem, recording a video saying he went to pray, in a provocative move as he seeks to disrupt ceasefire talks. Itamar Ben-Gvir, an ultranationalist and…
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Martha Kearney steps down from presenting Radio 4’s Today programme
Read More Tributes paid to BBC presenter who says she will enjoy lie-ins after six years of 3am starts Martha Kearney has stepped down as a presenter of Radio 4’s Today programme, saying she will be “enjoying the lie-ins” after six years of 3am starts on the job. Colleagues and friends on Thursday paid tribute…
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Trump gloried in political violence for years. Will surviving an assassination attempt change his rhetoric?
Read More Trump promises ‘unity’ when he accepts the Republican nomination for president. But after the threat to his life, Trump’s allies have shut down criticism of the ex-president as an act of violence itself, Alex Woodward reports Trump promises ‘unity’ when he accepts the Republican nomination for president. But after the threat to his…
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A ‘different version’ of Donald Trump expected at RNC speech
Read MoreThe ex-president is set to take the stage on Thursday night for his first speech after an attempted assassination.The ex-president is set to take the stage on Thursday night for his first speech after an attempted assassination.
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Donald Trump offers supporters $299 assassination attempt-themed sneakers
Read More High-tops emblazoned with candidate’s bloodied face and ‘Fight fight fight’ offered for sale before webpage disappears Republican national convention — live updates As surely as Donald Trump sought to cash in on his various criminal indictments, so the former president turned Republican presidential nominee began to sell merchandise commemorating his attempted assassination in…
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Joe Biden reportedly more open to calls for him to step aside as candidate
Read More President publicly insists he will be party’s nominee as leaders in Congress tell him they doubt he can beat Trump Joe Biden has reportedly become more open in recent days to hearing arguments that he should step aside as the Democratic presidential candidate after the party’s two main congressional leaders told him they…
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JD Vance’s Silicon Valley connections run deep. So do Trump’s
Read More Elon Musk and Peter Thiel are key figures in a rising network of pro-Trump techies who are channelling tens of millions of dollars towards Republican campaigns. And Thiel is the one who reportedly introduced Vance to Trump in the first place. Io Dodds reports on the GOP’s increasingly cosy relationship with Big Tech…
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Labour has left farmers facing agriculture budget ‘cliff edge’, says NFU
Read More Union says members being ‘kept up at night’ over failure to commit to continue payments at current rate Farmers are facing a “cliff edge” as the Labour government refuses to commit to maintaining the agriculture budget, the president of the National Farmers’ Union has said. The issue is one of the first pressures…
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Christian right see God’s hand in Trump rally shooting: ‘The world saw a miracle’
Read More Attempted assassination bolsters Trump’s support in a key part of the Republican base – conservative evangelicals Rocío Cleveland was at a wedding on Saturday when she heard the news that something had happened to Donald Trump. He had fallen, clutching his ear, while giving remarks at a rally and it wasn’t yet clear…
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Five Just Stop Oil activists receive record sentences for planning to block M25
Read More Campaigners receive longest ever sentences for non-violent protest after being convicted of conspiracy to cause public nuisance Five supporters of the Just Stop Oil climate campaign who conspired to cause gridlock on London’s orbital motorway have been sentenced to lengthy jail terms. . Roger Hallam, Daniel Shaw, Louise Lancaster, Lucia Whittaker De Abreu…
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Nigerian archbishop did not ask government to deduct tithes from workers’ salaries
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Pelosi and Schumer separately tell Biden he can’t win and should step aside: reports
Read More More Democratic lawmakers are expressing concern about the president remaining in the 2024 race More Democratic lawmakers are expressing concern about the president remaining in the 2024 race
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Hungarian prime minister’s blunt response when asked what more Europe can do to tackle migration
Read More Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban gave a blunt four-word response when he was asked what more Europe can do to tackle migration. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban gave a blunt four-word response when he was asked what more Europe can do to tackle migration.
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Why You Get Your Best Ideas in the Shower
Read More I have long since gotten out of the habit of writing down my best ideas in felt-tip pen. Felt-tip ink runs, after all, and half of the time I have a brainstorm to record I am dripping wet. That’s because more often than not I have dashed straight from the shower. I am…
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Kenyan court suspends police ban on protests
Read MoreThe police said it was difficult to ensure safety as the protests have no designated leader.The police said it was difficult to ensure safety as the protests have no designated leader.
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Boeing faces fresh safety questions after engine fire on flight from Scotland
Read More Passengers saw flames soon after flight left Edinburgh for New York in 2023, leading to emergency landing in Glasgow Boeing faces fresh questions about the safety of its aircraft after an engine fire on a transatlantic flight from Edinburgh caused an emergency landing soon after takeoff. Flames were seen by passengers briefly shooting…
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Seven members of same family killed in suspected arson attack in Nice
Read MoreAuthorities in Nice, southern France, say images show hooded people dousing a stairwell with liquid before a suspected arson fire that killed 7 people.Authorities in Nice, southern France, say images show hooded people dousing a stairwell with liquid before a suspected arson fire that killed 7 people.
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‘Catalogue of failures’: watchdog missed chances to help Andrew Malkinson, report finds
Read More Criminal Cases Review Commission could have exonerated Malkinson of rape almost a decade earlier, says inquiry A report on the Criminal Cases Review Commission’s handling of the Andrew Malkinson case has laid bare “a catalogue of failures”, finding that he could have been exonerated almost a decade earlier. The review by Chris Henley…
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French police hunt for arson suspects after seven killed in fire in Nice
Read More Victims include three children and a teenager at apartment building in Les Moulins neighbourhood Police are hunting three arson suspects after a fire in an apartment building killed seven people in the southern French city of Nice, the country’s prime minister said. The dead included three children aged five, seven and 10 years…
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Ursula von der Leyen secures five more years in top EU job
Read MoreUrsula von der Leyen is re-elected as European Commission president after a secret ballot among MEPs.Ursula von der Leyen is re-elected as European Commission president after a secret ballot among MEPs.
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Sharp increase in pupils suspended or excluded from schools in England
Read More Teachers struggling with disruptive and violent behaviour as record 787,000 pupils suspended in 2022-23 Teachers in England continue to struggle with disruptive and violent behaviour in classrooms and playgrounds, as figures show a sharp increase in the number of pupils suspended or excluded from school. Ministers described the Department for Education figures for…
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World War II veteran, 98, sends RNC crowd into frenzy as he says he’d re-enlist today if Trump was president
Read More ’I would storm whatever beach my country needs me to,’ the 98-year-old veteran declared during his RNC speech ’I would storm whatever beach my country needs me to,’ the 98-year-old veteran declared during his RNC speech
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Ursula von der Leyen pledges ‘EU air shield’ against threats like Russia as she faces make-or-break vote
Read More Ms von der Leyen said a European Defence Union would include flagship projects on air and cyber defence Ms von der Leyen said a European Defence Union would include flagship projects on air and cyber defence
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US military ends Gaza floating aid pier mission
Read MoreAid will now be shipped to the Israeli port of Ashdod and then transported by lorry to north Gaza.Aid will now be shipped to the Israeli port of Ashdod and then transported by lorry to north Gaza.
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Ex-CIA chief decries security failings around Trump assassination attempt
Read More Leon Panetta says lapses ‘particularly disturbing’ given reports of threats from Iran towards former president The former CIA director Leon Panetta decried security failings around the attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Pennsylvania last Saturday, particularly given reports of Iranian threats to the former president. Speaking on the One Decision podcast, which he…
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Spain and Germany arrest 4 people for supplying Hezbollah with parts for drones used against Israel
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UK Covid-19 inquiry live: report finds country ‘ill prepared’ to deal with pandemic
Read More Former health secretaries Jeremy Hunt and Matt Hancock criticised for their failure to better prepare the UK for the pandemic The UK was “dangerously mistaken” to believe that it was one of the best prepared countries in the world to respond to a pandemic, Baroness Heather Hallett said. In 2019, it was widely…
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In Kyrgyzstan, an ‘unprecedented crackdown’ on free press raises alarm
Read MoreAs several laws threaten to criminalise their work, investigative reporters are fleeing the Central Asian nation.As several laws threaten to criminalise their work, investigative reporters are fleeing the Central Asian nation.