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Europe stresses need to protect Ukrainian interests ahead of Trump-Putin talks
10 Aug 2025Trump plans to meet Putin in Alaska next week, saying the parties, including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, were close to a deal.
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Thousands rally in Tel Aviv against Netanyahu's new Gaza plan
10 Aug 2025Protesters demand an end to war in Gaza war and the release of hostages as Netanyahu faces criticism from allies over a new Gaza plan.
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Zelensky rejects surrendering territory ahead of Trump-Putin talks
Details of the potential deal have yet to be announced, but Trump said it would involve "some swapping of territories".
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UK arrests hundreds backing banned pro-Palestine group
10 Aug 2025At least 365 protesters have been arrested in London for calling for a government ban on the Palestine Action group to be lifted.
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Thai soldiers injured by landmine near Cambodia
It comes just days after the countries agreed to a ceasefire following a violent five day clash.
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New Instagram location sharing feature sparks privacy fears
10 Aug 2025Instagram users are warning about a new location sharing feature, fearing that the hugely popular app could be putting people in danger by revealing their whereabouts without their knowledge.
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Nagasaki mayor warns of nuclear war, 80 years after A-bomb
9 Aug 2025Thousands have bowed their heads in prayer in Nagasaki to mark the 80th anniversary of the city's atomic bombing, as the mayor warned that current global conflicts could push the world again into…
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Threatened microbat living in urban Australia stuns scientists
9 Aug 2025The bat is about the same size as a 20-cent coin.
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New York declares 'total war' on rats
9 Aug 2025New York is waging a war on multiple fronts to combat the near ubiquitous rats that plague city streets and the subways.
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Trump says he'll meet with Putin in Alaska next week
9 Aug 2025US officials have briefed European leaders on a plan offered by Putin to halt the war in Ukraine in exchange for significant territorial concessions by Kyiv.
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UK arrests 280 in crackdown on illegal delivery riders
9 Aug 2025British authorities arrested almost one in five people they checked in a week-long crackdown on migrants working illegally as delivery riders last month.
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The toll of living with someone who is frequently moody
10 Aug 2025Being around someone who's often in a bad mood isn't fun, but what about when you live with that person?
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California escalates Texas redistricting fight with November ballot measure
9 Aug 2025Texas Republicans have drawn a new congressional map aimed at flipping five Democratic seats in the November 2026 midterm election.
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Apollo 13 astronaut Jim Lovell dead at 97
9 Aug 2025Hollywood superstar Tom Hanks played Lovell in director Ron Howard's acclaimed 1995 film about the near-disaster.
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Suspect in mass bar shooting caught after week-long manhunt
9 Aug 2025The suspect, Michael Brown, 45, is a US Army veteran.
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Waterslide cracks open on world's largest cruise ship
9 Aug 2025One passenger was injured, and it left a sizable hole in the bottom of the tubular slide.
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The man who survived both atomic bombs
There are not many people who have survived a nuclear attack. There is only one person who officially survived two.
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Backlash over Israel's Gaza war escalation plan
9 Aug 2025Israel has come under fresh criticism from abroad, while closer to home the families of hostages and political opposition have condemned Netanyahu's Gaza City plan.
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Trump fires IRS commissioner, Bessent named acting head
9 Aug 2025US President Donald Trump is removing Billy Long as the commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service.
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Trump's deadline for Russia comes due
9 Aug 2025Trump promised earlier this week to apply new sanctions on Russia, even as he questioned how effective they would be.
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Mushroom murderer Patterson denied poisoning husband using toxic pasta, chicken curry
Evidence of Simon Patterson's alleged plight was withheld from the jury during her murder trial.
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Australian politician convicted of rape finally resigns
Last month, Gareth Ward was found guilty of sexually abusing two young men between 2013-15.
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Israel has approved a takeover of Gaza City. Here's what that could mean
8 Aug 2025While Israel's security cabinet has - for now - only approved a takeover of Gaza City, it is still a major escalation in the war that targets the symbolic heart of Gaza.
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What the jury didn't hear in the mushroom murder trial
8 Aug 2025A jury found Erin Patterson guilty of murdering her relatives. But there was plenty they weren't told.
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