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• Australia usually hosts the world's biggest cuttlefish mating event - not this year

  29-08-2026 20:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  According to official figures only 1,811 cuttlefish turned up to mate this year, down 97% on last year.
  
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• Trump returns from golf club to gripe on Truth Social about Kennedy Center judge and ‘VANDALS’

  31-08-2026 03:05 via independent.co.uk
  
  Two of the president’s signature renovation projects are in a state of limbo
  
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• 15 people may be missing after ‘significant’ Grand Canyon flash flooding

  31-08-2026 01:05 via independent.co.uk
  
  Helicopter teams have searched the area for missing people after dozens rescued
  
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• Trump demands all Canadian companies doing business with the US move to America ‘immediately’

  31-08-2026 00:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump’s rebranding of Lake Ontario was just the beginning of multi-day effort to provoke Canada
  
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• Lake Ontario now called Lake America on Google Maps for US users after Trump ordered name change

  31-08-2026 00:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  Google says it has updated its maps application to rename Lake Ontario as “Lake America” for users in the United States
  
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• Nicolás Maduro’s jail cell photos have everyone asking the same question

  30-08-2026 23:47 via independent.co.uk
  
  Maduro and his wife were charged with conspiracy to commit narco-terrorism and import cocaine into the US
  
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• Eight killed after ferry capsizes off northern Cyprus, as captain and crew members ‘taken into custody’

  30-08-2026 23:08 via independent.co.uk
  
  Ferry left the port of Kyrenia, a popular tourist destination, on Sunday morning - but capsized within minutes
  
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• Parkgoers flee in terror as mass shooting leaves one dead and 13 wounded

  30-08-2026 22:39 via independent.co.uk
  
  Police were trying to break up a large gathering when the shooting began
  
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• Trump border czar Tom Homan says ‘I don’t know the conditions in Haiti’ as hundreds deported after TPS revoked

  30-08-2026 22:25 via independent.co.uk
  
  The State Department currently warns Americans not to travel to Haiti ‘for any reason’
  
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• NASA launches powerful new telescope into space to help solve mysteries of the Universe

  30-08-2026 22:17 via independent.co.uk
  
  The $4 billion Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope was launched aboard a SpaceX rocket in Cape Canaveral, Florida
  
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• US hits Iranian rocket launchers off the Strait of Hormuz in first new attack in weeks

  30-08-2026 22:15 via independent.co.uk
  
  The renewed attack comes as the war, which had largely been locked in a stalemate, has continued with no end in sight for six months
  
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• Trump needs to stump up $200M for Republicans to win Texas, senator pleads: ‘We need help’

  30-08-2026 22:10 via independent.co.uk
  
  John Kennedy says Trump needs to give Ken Paxton a fundraising boost after polls show Democratic candidate James Talarico closing in
  
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• Trump deports Afghan man whose brothers helped US military to Central African Republic

  30-08-2026 21:58 via independent.co.uk
  
  US has deported dozens of people to the Central African Republic, including an Afghan whose brothers helped military
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: Moscow vows ‘massive strikes’ in retaliation to huge fires at ‘Amazon-style’ warehouses

  30-08-2026 21:57 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Kremlin accused Ukraine of pursuing a ‘path of escalation’ and vowed retaliation
  
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• Captain and crew members ‘taken into custody’ after ferry capsizes off northern Cyprus, killing eight — latest

  30-08-2026 21:32 via independent.co.uk
  
  Full investigation promised by PM of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus as rescue teams search for 23 missing
  
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• Trump’s latest plans could make it even harder for H-1B visa holders and their spouses to stay in America

  30-08-2026 21:05 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump administration has repeatedly restricted access to the specialist visa program, a key source of new talent for the tech industry
  
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• Captain detained after ferry sinks off North Cyprus, killing at least eight

  30-08-2026 21:05 via independent.co.uk
  
  Rescue operation launched as vessel carrying almost 270 passengers and crew sinks off Kyrenia
  
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• New York housing block explosion leaves teenager dead as authorities link blaze to lithium-ion battery

  30-08-2026 19:50 via independent.co.uk
  
  The explosion set the building on fire
  
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• Doug Ford hits out at Trump’s ‘backward’ move to rename Lake Ontario: ‘Like something out of Saturday Night Live’

  30-08-2026 19:43 via independent.co.uk
  
  Premier of Ontario walk back personal insults but doubles down on refusal to recognize Great Lakes name change
  
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• Trump is in ‘legacy mode’ as he fixates on making his mark, aides say

  30-08-2026 19:10 via independent.co.uk
  
  Much of the 80-year-old president’s time is consumed by a lengthy list of construction projects, including his White House ballroom and a planned 250-foot victory arch
  
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• Cyprus ferry capsizes latest: Ship and crew members ‘taken into custody’ after at least eight killed in disaster

  30-08-2026 19:07 via independent.co.uk
  
  Full investigation promised by PM of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus as rescue teams search for 23 missing
  
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• A man found $30 on the floor of a Walmart. Police launched a manhunt to bring him to justice

  30-08-2026 18:38 via independent.co.uk
  
  Social media users questioned ‘what happened to finder’s keepers’ after police posted about the theft online
  
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• Google Maps accused of bending knee to Trump by changing name of Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’

  30-08-2026 18:20 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘So basically they’ll allow any POTUS exec order to rename stuff,’ one user wrote. ‘No reason he doesn’t just start renaming things after his friends’
  
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• Cyprus ferry capsizes latest: At least seven killed as rescuers search for more than 20 missing passengers

  30-08-2026 18:15 via independent.co.uk
  
  The catamaran-style boat was traveling from the port of Kyrenia, also known as Girne, to the Turkish port of Tasucu
  
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• Trump orders FCC intervention to stop ‘fake polls’ and says NBC’s Kristen Welker should face ‘punishment’

  30-08-2026 18:03 via independent.co.uk
  
  President previously directed the regulator to go after ABC, which the company claims forced it to make programming changes
  
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• Iceland rejects EU vote in referendum focused on Trump and fishing

  30-08-2026 18:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  The capital of Reykjavik was the only area where a majority supported the referendum
  
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• Dozens of people evacuated from parts of the Grand Canyon after flash floods

  30-08-2026 17:39 via independent.co.uk
  
  No one was injured in the flash floods, park officials said
  
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• Military leaders are warning Hegseth that escalating Iran war could harm their ability to protect the US: report

  30-08-2026 17:05 via independent.co.uk
  
  Some of the military’s top brass were prompted to speak out after it was revealed that troops could remain in the Middle East into 2027
  
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• Cyprus ferry incident latest: Desperate search for more than 20 missing passengers after boat capsizes, killing 7

  30-08-2026 16:41 via independent.co.uk
  
  The catamaran-style boat was traveling from the port of Kyrenia, also known as Girne, to the Turkish port of Tasucu
  
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• Pabst Blue Ribbon wants bandits to return 50,000 cans of stolen beer, no questions asked

  30-08-2026 15:55 via independent.co.uk
  
  A truck carrying 40,000 pounds of beer disappeared from an Anheuser-Busch distribution center in California
  
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