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Supreme court sides with Mississippi man in racial bias case
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Should I get air conditioning in the UK – and can it be green?
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Tony Abbott to step down from Advance role when elected Liberal party federal president
Liberal insiders concerned former PM could pull party even further to the right by appointing Advance allies to prominent positionsGet our breaking ne...
UK minister visits Australia for ‘lessons’ ahead of expected British social media crackdown
Kanishka Narayan says Australia’s pioneering law has contributed to national conversation under way in BritainThe UK’s online safety minister says he ...
Hanson and Joyce bill taxpayers for flights to private events on luxury cruise ship hosted by Rinehart
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Donald Trump shares draft Iran peace agreement with Israel and other allies
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British Museum postpones Jewish culture month lecture over protest fears
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Newsom signs law to shield California elections from federal interference
Governor says law is a response to ‘legitimate anxiety’ about Trump’s tactics targeting Democratic-led cities and statesGavin Newsom, California’s gov...
No Kings event set for 14 June, as Trump celebrates birthday with White House UFC bout
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Burnham steps back from past calls to end immigration benefits restriction
Labour’s Makerfield byelection candidate understood to have changed stance on no recourse to public funds policyUK politics live – latest updatesAndy ...
‘Deep unease’ at BBC Radio Scotland as majority of axed presenters are women
The changes are part of a sweeping shake-up by Victoria Easton Riley, BBC Scotland’s new head of audio and eventsThere is a “deep sense of unease” amo...
‘True patriot’: White House pays bizarre tribute to Harambe 10 years after gorilla’s death
White House made lengthy post about gorilla shot dead at Cincinnati zoo after a toddler entered his enclosure in 2016The White House has posted on soc...
The Campaign Diary of Robert Kenyon Aged 41 and Three-Quarters (as imagined by John Crace)
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Irish datacentres have increased household bills by hundreds of euros, report finds
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Fewer men should get prostate cancer screening, committee recommends
Government will consider the expert guidance, which concludes screening ‘likely to cause more harm than good’Most men in the UK will not be offered pr...
Burberry boss could earn up to £12.2m under new bonus scheme
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Blair’s fossil fuel ideas ‘bizarre’ in face of energy and climate crises, experts say
Energy specialists say abandoning net zero and increasing oil and gas drilling would cause more instability for BritonsAbandoning net zero and drillin...
Ministers in talks over shelving carbon tax on fertilisers to curb food inflation
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Married at First Sight UK had ‘unhealthy’ focus on sex, say show’s insiders
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EU fines Temu for failing to stop sale of illegal and dangerous products
European Commission finds shoppers on Chinese website very likely to find unsafe items and imposes €200m penaltyEU regulators have fined the Chinese s...
Family accuse FCDO of lack of support over death of UK man in Grenada
Pathologist found Andrew Frederick’s death was a homicide but UK authorities refused specialist helpThe grieving family of a British man found dead in...
Argentina’s ‘European’ self-image under renewed scrutiny after racist incidents in Brazil
Case involving seven-year-old boy is latest flashpoint in debate over race relations in Latin America‘Argentina needs to end its fantasy of being a Eu...
Man who said knife was carried as part of Sikh faith guilty of murdering Southampton student
Prosecutors said Vickrum Digwa lied about the fatal attack on Henry Nowak after claiming self-defenceA man has been found guilty of murdering a univer...
US abortion restrictions are hindering access to miscarriage care, study finds
States with abortion bans are turning away from medications to a wait-and-see approach, with care falling below standardsAbortion restrictions in the ...
The race for oil: will Jamaica be the next country to drill and what does that mean for its green pledges?
With early tests suggesting the presence of crude oil, the Caribbean island has begun to debate whether it could justify becoming a producerJamaica is...
‘I felt my humanity was bastardised’: Cynthia Erivo says reaction to Ariana Grande red carpet incident rooted in racism
Wicked co-star said reactions to the incident, which included suggestions she was Grande’s ‘bodyguard’, reflect an insidious view of Black womenWicked...
Trump threatens to ‘blow up’ US ally Oman if it does not ‘behave’ over strait of Hormuz | First Thing
President makes comments after reports Iran and Oman have discussed jointly charging a toll for ships. Plus, how ‘balcony solar’ could help fight risi...
Blond Bangladeshi buffalo nicknamed ‘Donald Trump’ saved from Eid sacrifice
Minister spares 700kg beast after security concerns around the unusual level of public interest in the animalA rare albino buffalo in Bangladesh nickn...
Feeding the future of France: Rollout of €1 meals an attempt to help struggling students
It’s a thumbs up from the country’s 3 million students, who can now buy cheap meals up to twice a dayWhere in France can you get a nutritious and bala...
