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• Google probed by Swiss regulator over Android default search feature

  14-07-2026 11:02
  Switzerland’s Competition Commission is investigating Google for removing the “Choice Screen”. ......
  
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• ‘America’s oldest John Doe’ is finally identified via DNA from bones on a Revolutionary War battlefield

  17-07-2026 17:58 via independent.co.uk
  
  Archaeologists surveying the area in 2020 came across human bones protruding from the ground
  
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• ICE has arrested over 1,400 people a day in July — hitting a record high

  17-07-2026 17:49 via independent.co.uk
  
  Record figure emerged amid new ICE controversy after two fatal shootings of motorists by agents in Texas and Maine
  
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• Trump’s move to gut the Endangered Species Act could fail for several reasons

  17-07-2026 17:45 via independent.co.uk
  
  Environmental groups and tribes have already filed multiple lawsuits challenging the repeal of the harm rule
  
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• Mexico earthquake latest: Tsunami warning issued after 7.4 magnitude quake off Mexican coast

  17-07-2026 17:36 via independent.co.uk
  
  The tremor was felt in Guatamala and El Salvador
  
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• Trump’s declassified docs reveal that Russia tried to help him in 2020 – a claim the president has long denied

  17-07-2026 17:34 via independent.co.uk
  
  Among documents released by the White House, one confirms Russian government-linked actors tried to boost Trump’s 2020 campaign
  
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• DHS claims to have found thousands of noncitizens on voting rolls in Democrat-run and battleground states

  17-07-2026 17:25 via independent.co.uk
  
  Mullin insisted the Department of Homeland Security found 250,000 noncitizens registered to vote
  
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• It’s not just your lungs that can be impacted by the Canadian wildfire smoke

  17-07-2026 17:12 via independent.co.uk
  
  Wildfire smoke exposure is linked to tens of thousands of deaths in the U.S.
  
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• Taco Bell faces first lawsuit over ‘explosive diarrhea’ outbreak

  17-07-2026 17:08 via independent.co.uk
  
  Exclusive details: ‘We are better at this,’ food safety attorney Bill Marler told The Independent. ‘We have been better at this’
  
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• Florida woman stunned to receive new license plate with ‘racy’ message

  17-07-2026 17:07 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘How could that pass inspection?’ the Florida woman said upon seeing the license plate for the first time
  
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• Coca-Cola pauses production of Fairlife milk and other drinks after cyber attack

  17-07-2026 16:54 via independent.co.uk
  
  The scope of the attack is still unknown
  
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• Coca-Cola pauses production of certain drinks after cyber attack

  17-07-2026 16:47 via independent.co.uk
  
  The company’s Canada production operations will continue as normal
  
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• Threat of dangerous flooding continues in Texas while hard-hit areas launch cleanup efforts

  17-07-2026 16:36 via independent.co.uk
  
  Parts of Texas remain under threat for dangerous flash flooding as cleanup efforts begin in hard-hit areas
  
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• Two dead as Texas braces for more ‘record-shattering’ rain after days of ‘catastrophic’ flooding

  17-07-2026 16:31 via independent.co.uk
  
  Officials are trying to prevent a repeat of the devastating floods in the same Texas region that killed at least 135 people last year
  
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• Brazil is the largest consumer of shark meat. Now the county wants to help save them

  17-07-2026 16:26 via independent.co.uk
  
  Scientists have discovered that a cove in Brazil's Ilha Grande bay is a nursery for pregnant blacktip sharks
  
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• Trump accusing China of conspiracy is not mad – it’s worse than that

  17-07-2026 16:21 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump’s latest attack on the US ‘deep state’ and China is a sign that he’s planning to prepare for the worst in America’s November elections, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley
  
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• Trump-China latest: President touts ‘great reviews’ on speech spreading baseless election fraud claims

  17-07-2026 16:18 via independent.co.uk
  
  President Donald Trump claims ‘shocking vulnerabilities’ in U.S. electoral system being exploited by foreign enemies and ‘deep state’ conspirators in broadcast derided as ‘ramblings of a mad king’
  
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• Iran-US war latest: Trump strikes key port control tower after escalating attacks on bridge and train station

  17-07-2026 16:03 via independent.co.uk
  
  Iranian state media acknowledge strikes on the facility without immediately acknowledging the tower’s collapse
  
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• Obama calls out Vance for his speeches on migrants that ignore the second lady’s background

  17-07-2026 16:01 via independent.co.uk
  
  The 44th President of the United States told Malcolm Gladwell that “hypocrisy is progress.”
  
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• China urges US to withdraw ‘discriminatory’ new visa rules for foreigners living in the states

  17-07-2026 15:37 via independent.co.uk
  
  The new policy is set to take effect 60 days after its publication in the federal register, pending congressional review
  
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• Fridge the cat finds her way home after 40 days in Colorado national park

  17-07-2026 15:04 via independent.co.uk
  
  Park rangers told the cat's owner it was highly unlikely she would ever see her beloved pet again
  
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• Taco Bell removing lettuce from many restaurants after it was linked to ‘explosive diarrhea’ parasite outbreak

  17-07-2026 14:34 via independent.co.uk
  
  Taco Bell says it has taken ‘immediate action’ to ‘indefinitely’ remove potentially impacted lettuce from its menu
  
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• Trump and Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez set for awkward World Cup final meeting

  17-07-2026 14:05 via independent.co.uk
  
  The relationship between Trump and Sanchez has been strained in recent months
  
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• Trump calls for NBC and ABC to have their licenses revoked for not airing his ‘election interference’ speech

  17-07-2026 13:58 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump accused the networks of being ‘part of a plot’
  
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• Wildfires, giant hailstones and deadly storms: Tinder-dry Europe hit by extreme weather

  17-07-2026 13:44 via independent.co.uk
  
  The World Health Organization ⁠warned that Europe could face ‘more deadly weeks ahead’
  
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• New York jogger in coma after being hit by e-bike ‘going wrong way’ in Central Park

  17-07-2026 13:44 via independent.co.uk
  
  The runner was left with a traumatic brain injury and has been placed in a medically induced coma
  
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• Why Argentines see Malvinas banner as patriotism - not politics

  17-07-2026 13:27 via independent.co.uk
  
  Amid wild celebrations following a stunning 2-1 comeback against England in the World Cup, Argentina’s players unfurled a banner claiming the Falklands. But for Argentinians this about more than politics - it was a celebration of their national identity, writes Alex Croft
  
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• I have visited Russia every year since the Ukraine war began. The mood has changed

  17-07-2026 13:14 via independent.co.uk
  
  Fuel shortages are starting to bite across Russia – but is Putin heading for a Soviet-esque regime collapse?
  
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• How Trump’s promise of peace and prosperity in Gaza fell apart in six months

  17-07-2026 12:35 via independent.co.uk
  
  From luxury apartments and coastal tourism to portable cabins overseen by security forces, the US president pledged grand plans only to lose focus, writes Maira Butt
  
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• ‘The ramblings of a mad king:’ Gavin Newsom leads scornful Democratic reaction to Trump speech

  17-07-2026 12:19 via independent.co.uk
  
  California Gov. Gavin Newsom warns President Donald Trump’s primetime address alleging past vote meddling was really about ‘laying the groundwork to rig this election’
  
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