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Two dead after truck strikes group on Fourth of July in New York City park
Read More Ford F-150 came down a street ‘at a high rate of speed’, went past a stop sign, onto the sidewalk and into a park Two people were killed and nine others injured, four critically, when a pickup truck drove into a group celebrating the Fourth of July holiday in New York City, authorities…
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Rishi Sunak resigns as Tory leader as well as PM after election defeat
Read More Sunak apologises to country and fires starting pistol on leadership race before going to Buckingham Palace for final audience with king General election 2024: live newsUK general election results live tracker Rishi Sunak apologised to the country after his catastrophic election loss and said he had heard voters’ “anger and disappointment” and desire…
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Noel Gallagher says Glastonbury is ‘a bit woke now’ and criticises political musicians
Read More Former Oasis guitarist describes festival, which has long championed political causes, as ‘kind of preachy and a bit virtue-signalling’ Noel Gallagher has decried Glastonbury festival, long a champion of leftwing political causes such as the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, as “getting a bit woke now”. Speaking to the Sun, the former Oasis guitarist…
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Americans are managing to pass US airport security with ammo in their hand luggage. The TSA doesn’t know how
Read More Exclusive: Louisiana Rep Garret Graves, chairman of the House aviation subcommittee, admits it’s concerning that the TSA has no idea how American tourists are managing to accidentally take ammo onto flights unnoticed. James Liddell reports Exclusive: Louisiana Rep Garret Graves, chairman of the House aviation subcommittee, admits it’s concerning that the TSA has…
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Tory heavyweights lose seats in election wipeout
Read More Former UK prime minister Liz Truss along with 11 cabinet ministers have been ousted in a historic defeat A slew of UK Conservative big names, including 11 cabinet ministers, have lost their seats in the party’s worst-ever electoral defeat. Britons went to the polls on Thursday to elect 650 members of the House…
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Mexico’s coast battered by Hurricane Beryl
Read MoreThousands in the region, home to tourist hotspots Tulum and Cancún, are being evacuated.Thousands in the region, home to tourist hotspots Tulum and Cancún, are being evacuated.
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France’s North African doctors consider emigration amid rise of far right
Read More The far right performs well in regions with poor healthcare access The far right performs well in regions with poor healthcare access
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Orban visits Russia
Read More The Hungarian prime minister has landed in Moscow where he plans to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the Ukraine conflict Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has arrived in Moscow as part of an official visit, where he is expected to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss ways to…
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Scottish Labour ‘confident of majority’ as SNP faces Westminster wipeout
Read More Anas Sarwar says next step is Scottish parliament, while Sturgeon says numbers are at ‘grimmer end of expectations’ General election 2024: live newsUK general election results live tracker The leader of Scottish Labour has said he is confident of a full revival with early indications it will inflict heavy losses on the Scottish…
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Man who stabbed South Korea opposition leader gets 15 years in jail
Read MoreLee Jae-myung suffered a wound to his jugular vein and underwent emergency surgery after the attack in January.Lee Jae-myung suffered a wound to his jugular vein and underwent emergency surgery after the attack in January.
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UK election: What’s happened and what comes next?
Read MoreSir Keir Starmer’s Labour have won a big victory – here’s a guide to understanding what it all means.Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour have won a big victory – here’s a guide to understanding what it all means.
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UK house prices ‘remain subdued’ for third successive month
Read More Average house price at £288,455 in June, down 0.2% on May, says Halifax, as property shortage keeps prices high House prices remained “subdued” for a third month in a row in June, as a shortage of properties kept prices high, according to the mortgage lender Halifax. The average house price hit £288,455 last…
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Marine Le Pen says National Rally have ‘serious chance’ for absolute majority despite polls – Europe live
Read More Polling has shown that the most likely scenario on Sunday is that National Rally will not win an absolute majority of seats At another Paris metro stop, I sit next to a middle-aged woman who asked that her name not be published. Asked about Sunday’s election, she said: “honestly, I have no trust…
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Morning news brief
Read More U.K.’s Labour Party sweeps to power in historic election win. American taxpayers are throwing money at the Colorado River. Florida voters consider climate change and candidates’ proposed solutions. U.K.’s Labour Party sweeps to power in historic election win. American taxpayers are throwing money at the Colorado River. Florida voters consider climate change and…
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Hardliner faces reformist in Iran presidential run-off
Read MoreThe two candidates hold sharply different views about whether to engage more with the West.The two candidates hold sharply different views about whether to engage more with the West.
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Israel-Gaza war: hopes grow over ceasefire as US hails proposal as ‘breakthrough’
Read More A senior US official said a new proposal by Hamas could lead to a pact that would be a step to a permanent ceasefire The Israeli president Isaac Herzog sent his congratulations to the newly elected UK prime minister, Keir Starmer, and said he looked forward to working together to bringing home hostages…
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Voters in France return to the polls for a second round of voting on Sunday
Read More French voters could usher in the country’s first far-right Parliament since one was installed in WWII, but candidates are dropping out of the race in an effort to try to stop it. French voters could usher in the country’s first far-right Parliament since one was installed in WWII, but candidates are dropping out…
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Should a Palestinian state be recognized in response to the war in Gaza?
Read More Some European countries have moved to recognize Palestinian statehood in response to the war in Gaza, stirring a debate haunted by Europe’s own history of bloodshed. Some European countries have moved to recognize Palestinian statehood in response to the war in Gaza, stirring a debate haunted by Europe’s own history of bloodshed.
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Bodies of 89 migrants retrieved from Atlantic
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I don’t need a mandate to promote peace – Orban
Read More The Hungarian prime minister has been chastised by the EU’s Charles Michel over rumored plans for a Moscow trip Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has defended his peacemaking efforts after a senior EU official criticized his purported plans to travel to Russia. Orban, who visited Kiev earlier this week and urged Ukrainian leader…
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Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 861
Read MoreAs the war enters its 861st day, these are the main developments.As the war enters its 861st day, these are the main developments.
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Sangomas with ring lights: Zimbabwe’s traditional healers take to TikTok
Read MoreAs a new generation of healers shares African spiritual practices on social media, critics say the two cannot mix.As a new generation of healers shares African spiritual practices on social media, critics say the two cannot mix.
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At least 89 Europe-bound migrants die after boat capsizes off Mauritania
Read More Boat had sailed from near Senegalese-Gambia border with 170 people on board Boat had sailed from near Senegalese-Gambia border with 170 people on board
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The 2024 election’s ‘Portillo moments’: which ‘Big Beasts’ have lost their seats?
Read More Defeats of Penny Mordaunt, Gillian Keegan, Grant Shapps and Liz Truss among the jaw-dropping moments of election night General election 2024: live newsUK general election results live tracker Michael Portillo’s election defeat in 1997, unseated on a swing of 17.4 percentage points shortly after 3am on 2 May that year, has become synonymous…
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Wipeout for Tories in Wales as Labour takes 27 of 32 seats
Read More Results with echoes of 1997 leave Plaid Cymru on four MPs and Lib Dems on one, but Conservatives with none General election 2024: live newsUK general election results live tracker The Conservatives have suffered a humiliating wipeout in Wales with both Labour and Plaid Cymru claiming historic sets of results. Labour won 27…
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Palestinian soccer team plans to play World Cup qualifiers in the West Bank
Read MoreThe Palestinian soccer team is determined to host a game for a change after advancing further than ever in World Cup qualifyingThe Palestinian soccer team is determined to host a game for a change after advancing further than ever in World Cup qualifying
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Labour loses three seats to pro-Palestinian candidates
Read More Shadow Cabinet Office minister Jonathan Ashworth among those losing out as party suffers in urban areas with high Muslim populations General election 2024: live newsUK general election results live tracker Labour has lost three seats to pro-Gaza independent candidates and been run close by several others, as the impact of the Middle East…
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UK general election 2024: five key points
Read More Keir Starmer’s Labour is heading for power with a large majority as voters punish Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives General election 2024: live newsUK general election results live tracker Keir Starmer, the leader of the opposition Labour party, will take over from Rishi Sunak as UK prime minister with the most emphatic election victory by…
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Iran holds runoff presidential vote pitting hard-liner against reformist
Read More An initial round of voting June 28 saw no candidate get over 50% of the vote, forcing the runoff. The candidates are running to replace the late president, who was killed in a helicopter crash. (Image credit: Morteza Fakhri Nezhad/AP) An initial round of voting June 28 saw no candidate get over 50%…
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UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak concedes defeat in election
Read MoreUK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak conceded defeat to the opposition Labour party in the general election.UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak conceded defeat to the opposition Labour party in the general election.
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Labour Delivered a Decisive Victory in Britain. Now Comes the Hard Part
Read More Oppositions don’t win elections, received Westminster wisdom tells us. Governments lose them. And in Britain’s July 4 election, the ruling Conservatives lost big. After a 14-year governing streak defined by Brexit, a pandemic, and an astonishing period of political and financial turbulence that ushered in three Prime Ministers in just one year, the…
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British PM concedes ‘sobering’ defeat
Read More Rishi Sunak has survived the vote, but Tories suffered a historic loss British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has apologized to his Conservative colleagues who lost their seats, taking full responsibility for the crushing defeat his party had suffered in a snap election on Thursday. “The Labour Party has won this general election… the British…
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Afghanistan has been through everything. Now it wants to dust off its postal service and modernize
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Sinn Féin on course to have more MPs than any other Northern Ireland party
Read More DUP loses Lagan Valley seat vacated by former leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, and is under pressure in North Antrim General election 2024: live newsUK general election results live tracker The Democratic Unionist party (DUP) is on track to lose at least two of its eight seats, boosting Sinn Féin’s chances of becoming the…
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Cricketer Usman Khawaja accuses Peter Dutton of ‘fuelling Islamophobia’ over Muslim candidates comments
Read More Australian cricket star labels opposition leader’s remarks an ‘absolute disgrace’ as newly formed Muslim Vote group sparks debate Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Australian cricket star Usman Khawaja has accused Peter Dutton of “fuelling Islamophobia”, after the…