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• China says it will discuss climate, other issues with US

  20-03-2021 12:44 via independent.co.uk
  
  China says it has agreed with the U.S. to take up climate change and a handful of other issues, signaling a possible modicum of progress at recently concluded talks that were otherwise marked by acrimonious public exchanges
  
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• Irish government jet flying to Dubai for Daniel Kinahan extradition

  08-08-2026 15:12 via independent.co.uk
  
  The jet is expected to return to Ireland on Sunday
  
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• $2.4M beach house featured in cult classic ‘The Goonies’ is being swallowed by sand — and legal bills

  08-08-2026 14:30 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘We've done nothing wrong, and our house is getting buried,’ homeowner Stacy Niedermeyer says
  
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• Seeing double? Don’t worry, you’re just in Twinsburg, Ohio at the right time of year

  08-08-2026 14:24 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘It's my Disneyland,’ says Jaquada Royal, from Ohio, who attends the festival with her identical twin, Laquala Royal, almost every year
  
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• Iran-US war latest: Trump military chief seeks ‘off-ramp’ from conflict as Strait of Hormuz ‘hit by missile strike’

  08-08-2026 14:23 via independent.co.uk
  
  UAE condemns attack on carrier as it accuses Tehran of ‘acts of piracy’
  
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• Trump’s former personal lawyer Todd Blanche is confirmed as US attorney general by one vote in Senate

  08-08-2026 14:06 via independent.co.uk
  
  Vote followed a tumultuous confirmation fight that exposed deep concerns from Republicans as well as Democrats about installing the president’s close to run the Justice Department
  
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• Trump’s former personal lawyer Todd Blanche is confirmed as attorney general of the US by one vote in Senate

  08-08-2026 13:59 via independent.co.uk
  
  Vote followed a tumultuous confirmation fight that exposed deep concerns from Republicans as well as Democrats about installing the president’s close to run the Justice Department
  
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• At least six injured as Typhoon Dolphin hits Japan’s Okinawa

  08-08-2026 13:34 via independent.co.uk
  
  Nearly 39,000 buildings were without power in Kagoshima while just over 12,000 were affected in Okinawa
  
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• Drought and scorching heatwaves threaten Europe’s vision of a nuclear-powered future

  08-08-2026 13:32 via independent.co.uk
  
  Nuclear power offers Europe a reliable way of powering itself without laying waste to the planet. But hotter summers and a changing climate are interfering with how it works, writes James C. Reynolds
  
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• Hunter Biden admits his presidential pardon was ‘not good’ for America or his father’s reputation

  08-08-2026 13:04 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘I was the only one in the world that could have gotten what I got from the only person in the world who could give it,’ son of former US president says
  
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• Memphis Grizzlies star Brandon Clarke’s cause of death revealed

  08-08-2026 11:51 via independent.co.uk
  
  The 29-year-old’s death was accidental, coroner rules
  
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• Iran-US war latest: Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan sign Nato-style defence pact – but Tehran issues warning

  08-08-2026 11:09 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘Clinging to America’s lakeys will not bring them security,’ Iran says in message to Saudi rulers
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: Putin could attack Nato within weeks, US intelligence warns

  08-08-2026 10:27 via independent.co.uk
  
  Mayor Vitali Klitschko says fires and powerful explosions reported in two districts
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: Powerful explosions rock Kyiv as child among three killed in Russian strikes

  08-08-2026 08:18 via independent.co.uk
  
  Mayor Vitali Klitschko says fires and powerful explosions reported in two districts
  
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• Trump’s Chairman of the Joint Chiefs seeking ‘off-ramp’ from Iran war, report says

  08-08-2026 03:12 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Iran war, which is both costly and unpopular to Americans, has dragged on for more than five months
  
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• Hillary Clinton warns this Republican attack on Democrats will be ‘very effective’

  08-08-2026 01:33 via independent.co.uk
  
  The prominent Democrat suggested the GOP will baselessly accuse members of her party of being communists, and it will work to dissuade voters
  
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• Lake Mead water has hit a new historical low - with no signs of improvement

  08-08-2026 01:19 via independent.co.uk
  
  Lake Mead is part of the Colorado River Basin system, which supplies water to around 40 million people across seven states, tribal communities and parts of Mexico
  
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• Trump wants author of Project 2025 playbook to be one of his government watchdogs

  08-08-2026 00:28 via independent.co.uk
  
  Dennis Kirk previously served in a watchdog capacity for the intelligence community
  
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• Some fish swimming in the Great Lakes could be upward of 400 years old, new study finds

  08-08-2026 00:16 via independent.co.uk
  
  Previous research had put the ‘living dinosaur’ fish’s life expectancy at 150 years
  
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• US sanctions Dubai crypto exchange for allegedly aiding Iran’s IRGC money laundering

  07-08-2026 23:59 via independent.co.uk
  
  The United States has imposed sanctions on an unlicensed multi-state cryptocurrency exchange, alleging it facilitated millions of dollars in crypto transactions for Iran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and other state-linked groups.
  
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• Toddler at center of Texas brain-death dispute is taken off life support and dies

  07-08-2026 23:19 via independent.co.uk
  
  The family has not publicly stated the reasons behind the decision to remove her from life support
  
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• Some migrants hoping to come to the US will have to post a refundable $250,000 bond

  07-08-2026 23:17 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘Immigrating to the United States is a privilege, not a right,’ Department of State spokesperson Tommy Pigott says
  
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• Lindsay Clancy’s doctor details her five-day psychiatric hospital stay before children’s killings

  07-08-2026 23:03 via independent.co.uk
  
  Her hospital visit is a key chapter in both the prosecution and defense narratives about her mental state when she strangled the children
  
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• Over 50 decomposing bodies found inside Chicago funeral home

  07-08-2026 22:56 via independent.co.uk
  
  Officials said the conditions at the funeral home were so deplorable that there were maggots on the bodies
  
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• 170,000 borrowers get student loan debt wiped out completely in historic settlement

  07-08-2026 22:53 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘This is a huge accomplishment’
  
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• Woman sues Kaiser Permanente after labeling mixup led to unnecessary hysterectomy

  07-08-2026 22:52 via independent.co.uk
  
  The frequency of pathology sample mislabeling or mix-ups during medical testing is not definitively known
  
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• Virginia county must replace Confederate school names it restored in 2024, judge rules

  07-08-2026 22:44 via independent.co.uk
  
  The NAACP Virginia State Conference called the ruling ‘a decisive victory’ for students.
  
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• Guinness admits that Trump’s July 4 fireworks show did break world record

  07-08-2026 22:36 via independent.co.uk
  
  More than 840,000 fireworks were set off in 40 minutes on the Fourth of July in Washington, DC
  
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• US Marine being held in Russian prison is gravely ill and near death, according to family

  07-08-2026 22:31 via independent.co.uk
  
  He is one of at least eight Americans currently detained in Russia despite a series of high-profile prisoner exchanges in recent years
  
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• Judge sets strict rules for Nick Reiner’s hearing on access to $1.5 million trust fund

  07-08-2026 22:26 via independent.co.uk
  
  Nick Reiner argues in his petition that he has been denied access despite ‘unambiguous instructions’ left by his parents on how to disburse the funds in the trust that was established in 1993
  
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