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• China, Russia split honors at Rhythmic Gymnastics World Challenge Cup

  21-06-2026 17:07 via article.wn.com
  BEIJING, June 21 (Xinhua) -- China addded two group event titles while Russia collected four individual competitions gold medals as the two teams split eight golds on offer at the 2026 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Challenge Cup on...
  
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• Trump keeps promising Americans cash. They have yet to see a penny

  10-09-2026 16:41 via independent.co.uk
  
  This week, Trump vowed to send $5,000 to every adult American citizen if Republicans retain their majorities in the midterm elections
  
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• Accounting guru blew $13M of investors’ cash on a dream Caribbean wedding and Super Bowl tickets, feds say

  10-09-2026 16:16 via independent.co.uk
  
  Shiloh Luckey, a resident of Inglewood, was apprehended on Sunday in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
  
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• State Trooper accused of shooting fellow cop as love triangle turns deadly

  10-09-2026 15:40 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trooper Nekime Oxendine is accused of shooting Sheriff’s Office Captain Adam Bean outside the home of a woman they had both reportedly had romantic relationships with
  
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• Trump begs — and even bribes — Republicans for votes at his desperate, made-up ‘convention’

  10-09-2026 15:22 via independent.co.uk
  
  He invented the unprecedented event, worried aloud about empty seats twice, asked the country to pretend he was on the ballot, and finally offered every adult citizen $5,000 if his party wins both chambers, writes Andrew Feinberg
  
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• Exclusive: Texas deputy and wife beaten by Waffle House employees in parking space dispute, suit says

  10-09-2026 14:52 via independent.co.uk
  
  Exclusive: The merciless stomping resulted in a shattered eye socket, a broken collarbone, and a lawsuit now pending in state court
  
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• Iran-US war latest: Tehran mocks Trump over capture of US submarine drone ‘picked up like a plastic bottle’

  10-09-2026 14:46 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump says US could strike Pickaxe Mountain after construction activity seen at deeply buried complex
  
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• Empty seats and technical glitch mar ‘Trump-a-palooza’ and the president’s wild speech

  10-09-2026 14:28 via independent.co.uk
  
  President Donald Trump tries to claim arena ‘packed’ for Republican midterms convention – but urges crowd not to go to the bathroom in case media report otherwise
  
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• The shot seen around the world: How an amateur photographer captured the ultimate sacrifice of FDNY heroes on 9/11

  10-09-2026 14:08 via independent.co.uk
  
  The lone fire truck racing across the Brooklyn Bridge toward the burning towers has become a defining image of the courage of so many first responders on September 11. The man who took the picture tells Bruce Golding what remains seared in his memory
  
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• Putin sends bones of medieval warrior to Ukraine frontline in desperate bid to boost morale

  10-09-2026 13:35 via independent.co.uk
  
  Donskoy, whose name was given to a Soviet tank column funded by the church in World War Two, was declared a saint in 1988
  
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• Jimmy Kimmel says interview with rising Democratic star won’t air on ABC amid FCC threats

  10-09-2026 13:31 via independent.co.uk
  
  Kimmel’s interview with James Talarico will be shown on YouTube, the late night host announced
  
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• Jimmy Kimmel reveals interview with rising Democratic star won’t air on ABC amid FCC threats

  10-09-2026 13:31 via independent.co.uk
  
  Kimmel’s interview with James Talarico will be shown on YouTube, the late night host announced
  
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• Ted Cruz ridiculed for defending Trump 9/11 claims

  10-09-2026 13:21 via independent.co.uk
  
  Texas senator called a ‘bootlicker’ for leaping to President Donald Trump’s defense over contested anecdote
  
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• Buffalo Bills to honor Canada with national anthem at new stadium amid Trump border feud

  10-09-2026 13:08 via independent.co.uk
  
  Amid the increasingly heated U.S.-Canadian trade war, the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League have weighed ​in
  
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• American Eagle shares plunge a year after controversial Sydney Sweeney campaign

  10-09-2026 12:47 via independent.co.uk
  
  American Eagle Outfitters' shares slumped over 11% in premarket trading on Thursday
  
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• How will Trump’s $5,000 ‘dividend’ work – and is it legal?

  10-09-2026 12:35 via independent.co.uk
  
  President Donald Trump promises to reward voters if they back Republican candidates at November’s midterms but provides few specifics, inviting questions and controversy
  
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• Pregnant Amazon workers forced to stand and denied hospital breaks, lawsuit claims

  10-09-2026 12:28 via independent.co.uk
  
  A group of former Amazon warehouse employees is suing the company for systemically discriminating against pregnant workers
  
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• Grandfather escapes trial after 16 ‘feral’ children rescued from Ohio house of horrors

  10-09-2026 12:12 via independent.co.uk
  
  An Ohio man has been found incompetent to stand trial after his 16 grandchildren were found living in filthy conditions
  
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• Trump DOJ targets UC Berkeley Law over enrollment of Black applicants

  10-09-2026 11:55 via independent.co.uk
  
  A joint probe by the two federal ​departments whose findings were announced on Wednesday marked the latest crackdown on diversity initiatives in ​universities
  
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• Man pictured fleeing Twin Towers on 9/11 with briefcase says ‘missing the elevator saved my life’

  10-09-2026 11:52 via independent.co.uk
  
  Ed Fine still uses the black briefcase that was part of the iconic image from 11September, 2001
  
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• California couple sues mortuary after nightmare series of blunders during their infant’s funeral

  10-09-2026 11:24 via independent.co.uk
  
  Opening statements are expected Thursday in the trial of the lawsuit alleging a Santa Ana couple's funeral for their 2-month-old son was botched
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: Nato foils Moscow’s plot to unleash secret weapon to destroy undersea cables in Arctic

  10-09-2026 11:21 via independent.co.uk
  
  The discovery comes months after Britain and Norway disclosed that they had uncovered a covert Russian operation in Arctic waters
  
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• China snaps up 1 million tons of American soybeans in massive trade surge ahead of Xi Jinping visit to Washington

  10-09-2026 11:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  China has bought around 1 million metric tons of U.S. soybeans this week
  
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• Wife learned of husband’s death online after texts went unread following Amazon jet crash

  10-09-2026 10:32 via independent.co.uk
  
  Five members of a cleaning crew were wrapping up their shift when they were killed as an Amazon cargo jet plowed into their van at the Miami airport
  
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• Internal White House warnings caution Trump that Iran war could last years: report

  10-09-2026 10:20 via independent.co.uk
  
  Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio have privately warnedTrump that the Iran conflict could extend through the remainder ⁠of his presidency
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky’s plane threatened by Russian drone forcing European country to shut airspace

  10-09-2026 09:24 via independent.co.uk
  
  Drone exploded 160km from main airport as Moldova forced to shut airspace due to incoming Russian drones
  
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• The recurring nightmare that haunts British 9/11 survivor who escaped south tower

  10-09-2026 09:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  Janice Brooks escaped the 84th floor of Two World Trade Center on 11 September 2001 after the first plane struck next door. Sixty-one of her colleagues did not make it out alive. She tells Caspar Barnes her story
  
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• Iran-US war latest: A-10 Thunderbolt and F-15 fighter jets ‘damaged in Iranian strikes on US bases’

  10-09-2026 08:55 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump says US could strike Pickaxe Mountain after construction activity seen at deeply buried complex
  
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• Trump faces accusations of bribery after promising to pay Americans $5,000 each if Republicans win midterms

  10-09-2026 08:52 via independent.co.uk
  
  The president offered few details of the plan but said the money would have to be spent in America
  
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• TV news anchor unexpectedly named next king of a Ugandan monarchy

  10-09-2026 08:16 via independent.co.uk
  
  Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV will be buried on Saturday in a funeral expected to be attended by tens of thousands of mourners
  
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