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World
Plan to renationalise UK railways gets green light
Thursday, 21 November 2024, 2:47pmLegislation put forward by the UK’s new Labour government to renationalise the country’s rail services, most of which are...
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World
Jail after family-owned hedge fund blamed for causing $17b in losses
Thursday, 21 November 2024, 1:17pmThe founder of US investment firm Archegos, Bill Hwang, has been jailed for 18 years for a multibillion-dollar fraud that...
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World
Trump appoints Dr Oz to key US health role
Wednesday, 20 November 2024, 1:15pmDonald Trump announced he was appointing Mehmet Oz, a former surgeon and TV celebrity known as “Dr Oz,” to lead the United...
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World
Israel strikes Beirut, kills 5
Tuesday, 19 November 2024, 1:17pmAn Israeli strike in central Beirut on Monday killed at least five people and injured 31. The strike targeted a residential...
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World
Germany, Finland warn of 'hybrid warfare' after sea cable cut
Tuesday, 19 November 2024, 11:59amGermany and Finland launched a probe Monday after an undersea cable linking the countries was severed, warning of the threat...
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Sport
Golf deal deadlock: Trump meets PGA and Saudi leaders
Monday, 18 November 2024, 2:06pmUS President-elect Donald Trump has met with PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan and Saudi Public Investment Fund boss Yasir...
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World
Zelenskyy aims for diplomatic end to war with Russia by next year
Sunday, 17 November 2024, 11:52amUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Kyiv would like to end the war with Russia next year through “diplomatic means”,...
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Technology
French court orders Google to halt news search scheme
Thursday, 14 November 2024, 2:01pmA Paris court has ordered Google to halt a project that would allegedly see the search giant suppress some media articles...
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World
‘Welcome back’: Triumphant Trump returns to White House to meet Biden
Thursday, 14 November 2024, 7:17amJoe Biden welcomed Donald Trump back to the White House, in a show of civility to a bitter rival who failed to extend him...
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World
Trump names Elon Musk to head US 'government efficiency' department
Wednesday, 13 November 2024, 2:34pmUS President-elect Donald Trump says Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk will lead a so-called Department of Government Efficiency...
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Business
Global stocks slip as markets take post-US election breather
Wednesday, 13 November 2024, 2:28pmA stocks rally following Donald Trump’s US election win lost steam on Tuesday as traders looked to consolidate recent gains,...
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Sport
Canadian football coach will not return after drone incident
Wednesday, 13 November 2024, 1:38pmBev Priestman will not return as head coach of the Canadian women’s football team following an independent report into the...
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Entertainment
Three arrested in connection with the death of One Direction star Liam Payne
Friday, 8 November 2024, 10:30amThree people have been arrested after One Direction star Liam Payne fell to his death from a Buenos Aires hotel balcony last...
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World
Nearly 100 killed in Israeli airstrike on residential block in Gaza
Wednesday, 30 October 2024, 9:35amAn Israeli airstrike on a single residential block killed nearly 100 people on Tuesday, Gaza’s civil defence agency said,...
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World
Netanyahu declares Iran strike a success as Israel pounds Lebanon, Gaza
Monday, 28 October 2024, 1:38pmPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared on Sunday what he called Israel’s “precise and powerful” strikes on Iran had been...
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World
Israeli forces storm last hospital in northern Gaza, two children reported dead
Saturday, 26 October 2024, 4:49pmThe health ministry in Gaza reported two children died during an Israeli raid on a hospital. UN human rights chief Volker...
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World
'Strong explosions' heard in Tehran as Israel claims to be striking military targets
Saturday, 26 October 2024, 1:59pmThe Israeli military said on Saturday it was carrying out “precise strikes” on military targets in Iran. “In response to...
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World
One dead, 75 ill as McDonald's pulls Quarter Pounders from menus
Saturday, 26 October 2024, 10:58amA severe outbreak of E. coli linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounder burgers has expanded to 75 reported cases, mainly in the...
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World
'I swear to God': Dad's chilling note found next to slain 10yo's body
Tuesday, 15 October 2024, 11:47amThe body of a 10-year-old British-Pakistani girl whose death sparked an international manhunt was found with burn marks believed...
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Entertainment
Diddy accused of abusing 9yo boy as more than 100 victims come forward - lawyer
Wednesday, 2 October 2024, 11:43amMore than 100 alleged victims are to sue rapper Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs and others for rape, sexual assault and sexual exploitation,...
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World
Keir Starmer's call for release of Gaza 'sausages' goes viral
Wednesday, 25 September 2024, 12:25pm- Keir Starmer mistakenly called for the return of “the sausages” instead of “the hostages” at a conference. - Starmer's...
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World
Estranged husband of Russia’s richest woman arrested over office shoot-out
Friday, 20 September 2024, 2:58pmThe estranged husband of Russia’s richest woman was arrested on Thursday and charged with several crimes, including murder,...
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World
Walkie-talkies explode in Lebanon day after deadly pager attack; fears of all-out-war
Thursday, 19 September 2024, 7:02amA second wave of device explosions killed nine people and wounded more than 300 in Hezbollah strongholds in Lebanon on Wednesday...
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World
Exploding pagers kill nine, injure thousands in Lebanon in suspected Israeli attack
Wednesday, 18 September 2024, 7:17amHundreds of pagers used by Hezbollah members exploded across Lebanon Tuesday, killing at least nine people and wounding some...
