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• DeepMind AI cracks 50-year-old problem of protein folding

  30-11-2020 16:58 via theguardian.com
  
  Program solves scientific problem in ‘stunning advance’ for understanding machinery of lifeHaving risen to fame on its superhuman performance at playing games, the artificial intelligence group DeepMind has cracked a serious scientific problem that has stumped researchers for half a century.With its latest AI program, AlphaFold, the company and research laboratory showed it can predict how proteins fold into 3D shapes, a fiendishly complex process that is fundamental to understanding
  
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• US-Russia space crew lands back on Earth after eight-month ISS stint

  27-07-2026 08:55 via independent.co.uk
  
  Both nations have agreed to work with each other despite Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022
  
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• Cruel attack on defenseless sea lion sparks outrage as feds launch probe

  27-07-2026 08:50 via independent.co.uk
  
  Federal wildlife authorities are investigating after a video appeared to show a person kicking a protected sea lion at a beach in California
  
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• Seattle Center shooting latest: Suspect in custody after three killed in mass shooting at popular food festival

  27-07-2026 08:13 via independent.co.uk
  
  Those wounded include a 2-year-old boy who was among four people rushed to the hospital
  
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• Two-year-old boy overdoses on cocaine on the Jersey Shore

  27-07-2026 07:12 via independent.co.uk
  
  Alexander Moles was charged after the youngster fell ill in North Wildwood at Jersey Shore
  
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• Europe wildfires latest: Bordeaux Airport evacuates hotel zone with fires ‘moving erratically’ towards city

  27-07-2026 07:06 via independent.co.uk
  
  Wildfires in Europe have displaced around 300,000 people this week
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: Trump and Zelensky to discuss air ceasefire after Russian attack triggers Kyiv fires

  27-07-2026 06:47 via independent.co.uk
  
  Zelensky will meet new UK PM Andy Burnham in London today before flying to Washington DC to see Trump
  
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• Iran-US war latest: Trump pauses nightly attacks to make room for talks, says ambassador

  27-07-2026 06:13 via independent.co.uk
  
  Oil prices fall as US and Iran pause their attacks for a second straight day
  
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• Seattle Center shooting latest: At least two dead and others wounded in gunfire at popular food festival

  27-07-2026 05:36 via independent.co.uk
  
  Those wounded include a 2-year-old boy who was among four people rushed to the hospital
  
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• Quiet change to Pentagon website adds 142 wounded US service members to Iran war casualty count

  27-07-2026 04:59 via independent.co.uk
  
  A new category called ‘Overseas Operations’ also restores four fatalities that were removed from the Defense Casualty Analysis System
  
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• Multiple people injured in Seattle shooting, police say

  27-07-2026 04:45 via independent.co.uk
  
  Multiple people were shot at the Seattle Center on Sunday evening, police say.
  
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• Prince Harry interrupts Meghan Markle’s Masterchef debut: ‘Very sorry to disturb you’

  27-07-2026 04:36 via independent.co.uk
  
  Royal surprised his wife with a phone call to the show studio
  
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• Multiple people injured after LA accident involving Waymo

  27-07-2026 02:08 via independent.co.uk
  
  The two-vehicle accident took place at around 5.44am on Sunday in the Pico-Union area of the city
  
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• Democratic rep says Barron Trump shouldn’t escape scrutiny over Andrew and Tristan Tate: ‘He’s a full-blown adult’

  27-07-2026 01:39 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘There have long been ties between the Tates and the Trump family,’ Arizona Democrat Yassamin Ansari says
  
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• 2-year-old boy overdoses on cocaine on the Jersey Shore

  27-07-2026 01:14 via independent.co.uk
  
  Alexander Moles was charged after the youngster fell ill in North Wildwood at Jersey Shore
  
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• Man accused of filming himself ‘wrestling’ sharks is arrested

  27-07-2026 00:38 via independent.co.uk
  
  Connor Seifert has been charged with nine counts of unlawful fishing
  
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• Influencer killed by husband after she accused him of being pedophile on TikTok, police say

  26-07-2026 23:44 via independent.co.uk
  
  Jeremiah ‘Shawn’ Duffey was accused of inappropriately touching a 15-year-old girl who played on the basketball team he coached, according to police
  
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• ‘Like the apocalypse’: Narrow escapes of those left homeless by Spain’s wildfires

  26-07-2026 23:15 via independent.co.uk
  
  Two major fires near Madrid merged into a single, rapidly spreading blaze
  
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• Four Good Samaritans shot while trying to break up a fight between a man and woman in San Francisco

  26-07-2026 23:07 via independent.co.uk
  
  A group of men stepped in to try and stop the fight between two people who were strangers to them when they were shot
  
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• Majority of Americans think Trump’s Iran war will last months or even years, new poll shows

  26-07-2026 23:04 via independent.co.uk
  
  U.S. and Iran pause attacks but chaos in Strait of Hormuz continues to drive up prices for war-weary Americans
  
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• ICE deports former NFL player

  26-07-2026 23:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  Daniel Ogama Adongo, 37, was removed from the U.S. on June 20 after ICE said he overstayed his visa in 2016
  
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• Netanyahu blasts Mamdani over arrest threat, accuses NYC mayor of ‘fomenting hate’ behind Jewish victim’s stabbing

  26-07-2026 22:40 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘I speak to Jewish Americans in New York, and they're afraid right now,’ the embattled Israeli leader says
  
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• Husband pleads for help after wife, 44, goes missing during vacation on Caribbean island

  26-07-2026 22:26 via independent.co.uk
  
  Elizabeth Waddell reportedly went for a swim before she disappeared and did not return to retrieve her towel
  
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• Parents found dead alongside six kids in burning house ID’d, as police hint at motive

  26-07-2026 22:05 via independent.co.uk
  
  Mandy Karolkiewicz, 39, and her husband, Kris Karolkiewicz, 47, were found dead in their home Friday along with their six children, ages 5 to 15
  
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• Who is Abdul B? The Berlin Pride terror attack suspect with a criminal past

  26-07-2026 21:53 via independent.co.uk
  
  Police believe the attack at the LGBTQ+ event was an act of Islamist terrorism
  
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• Five climbers dead as violent storm hits Europe’s highest mountain

  26-07-2026 21:53 via independent.co.uk
  
  Rescuers continue to search for the bodies
  
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• Republican senator breaks ranks with Trump over controversial nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia

  26-07-2026 21:30 via independent.co.uk
  
  Another GOP senator breaks with president on the Middle East as war with Iran divides his party
  
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• Berlin attack is a ‘very real reminder’ of why Pride is still needed, say heartbroken community

  26-07-2026 21:15 via independent.co.uk
  
  Pride is not just a celebration - it’s about visibility, safety and solidarity. Events in Berlin has reinforced what it means for the LGBTQ+ community, as Jacqui Merrington reports
  
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• Pentagon's official Iran war death toll no longer lists 4 troops killed during renewed fighting

  26-07-2026 21:13 via independent.co.uk
  
  The four American troops killed during renewed fighting between the U.S. and Iran in recent weeks are no longer listed as part of the Iran war death toll in the Pentagon’s official casualty count
  
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• Trump celebrates having a highway named after him – more than 3,000 miles from home

  26-07-2026 20:51 via independent.co.uk
  
  President said he looks ‘forward to traveling the entire length’ of the 655 mile highway ‘someday’
  
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