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• Urgent: Explosions heard in Damascus -- media

  07-07-2026 10:46 via article.wn.com
  DAMASCUS, July 7 (Xinhua) -- Explosions were heard...
  
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• Pentagon’s plan for testosterone tests for military members vanishes after being posted online

  03-09-2026 18:49 via independent.co.uk
  
  Multiple reports noted the new clinical guidance for testosterone testing among military members, though the document was taken off the Defense Department’s website less than a day later
  
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• Feds accuse ICE agent of lying about non-fatal Minneapolis shooting after Trump’s DOJ rejects more serious charges

  03-09-2026 18:34 via independent.co.uk
  
  Christian Castro is accused of trying to cover up the shooting of a Venezuelan man during Operation Metro Surge
  
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• What happened in suspected US strike which hit Iran wedding killing four people?

  03-09-2026 18:33 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Iranian Red Crescent has called for an investigation into the incident
  
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• Trump’s Rose Garden beef burger menu sparks outrage as high prices mean they are too expensive for many Americans

  03-09-2026 18:28 via independent.co.uk
  
  President Donald Trump serves up gourment hamburgers to invited guests as voters priced out of favorite meal
  
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• Horrific mugshot shows injuries of Florida man who is accused of attacking cop in the hospital

  03-09-2026 18:07 via independent.co.uk
  
  In the mugshot, a gloved hand appears to be propping the heavily bruised man up
  
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• ICE hired hundreds of agents with little vetting, exposing US to ‘grave national security risks,’ whistleblower claims

  03-09-2026 17:54 via independent.co.uk
  
  Former officials say a rushed process to recruit and train thousands of new agents endangered the public
  
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• Victims of Boy Scouts abuse are seeing small payouts in settlement claims: ‘It’s just like we’re getting abused all over again’

  03-09-2026 17:52 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Boy Scouts of America filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2024
  
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• Mike Johnson abruptly cancels final weeks of House votes amid panic over midterm elections

  03-09-2026 17:33 via independent.co.uk
  
  The House will only work four days before the midterm elections after it took a monthlong recess
  
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• Universal Studios to close attraction that has been in place since theme park opened

  03-09-2026 17:26 via independent.co.uk
  
  The live show has featured animal stars from films and TV, including Frank the Pug from ‘Men in Black’ and Marley from ‘Marley & Me’
  
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• Giorgia Meloni sets record for running longest-serving Italian government since World War Two

  03-09-2026 16:50 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni was once an avid member of far-right parties but has softened her positions since in government
  
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• Hikers recount scrambling through cactus as trail turned into a river during deadly Grand Canyon flood

  03-09-2026 16:42 via independent.co.uk
  
  Within minutes, torrential rains, gusting winds and even hail enveloped hikers along the creek
  
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• Trump forced to clean up Howard Lutnick’s latest mess after secretary makes outlandish claim

  03-09-2026 16:18 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Commerce Secretary’s latest gaffe follows his admission that he visited Jeffrey Epstein’s private island despite denying having ever done so
  
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• Gloria Steinem, a potent voice of US feminism and co-founder of Ms. Magazine, dies at 92

  03-09-2026 16:17 via independent.co.uk
  
  Gloria Steinem, the most visible symbol and potent voice of the U.S. women’s movement in the ’60s and ’70s and a fierce advocate for feminist causes for the rest of her life, has died at 92
  
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• Germany once cosied up to Putin. Now they are Russia’s public enemy number one in Europe

  03-09-2026 16:07 via independent.co.uk
  
  Berlin accused Moscow of being behind a recent drone attack at an airport in Leipzig. Experts tell Suha Kidwai that the Kremlin’s hybrid attacks are a deliberate ploy to destabilise the biggest economy in Europe ahead of key elections
  
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• Trump administration ratchets up its fight to get more oil flowing from California

  03-09-2026 16:02 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Trump administration has been fighting with California officials over offshore oil projects and the state's coastal commission, which works to protect the state's shores
  
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• Billionaire Leon Black defies Epstein probe subpoena and sues House Oversight Committee

  03-09-2026 15:55 via independent.co.uk
  
  Lawmakers originally served Black with two subpoenas during a private voluntary interview in June after he reportedly declined to answer questions about nondisclosure agreements
  
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• Two beluga whales die at Chicago aquarium including one rescued from shuttered Canadian theme park

  03-09-2026 15:49 via independent.co.uk
  
  Rain, a 20-year-old beluga rescued from Canada, and Beethoven, a 34-year-old who had been at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium for decades, both died on Wednesday
  
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• Social Security recipients could see a $2,400 yearly boost under new proposed plan

  03-09-2026 15:46 via independent.co.uk
  
  Dubbed the ‘Bernie Bump,’ the increase would be paid on top of beneficiaries’ regular Social Security benefits and annual cost-of-living adjustment
  
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• Rooney and Kate Mara had to speak in unison in ‘Bucking Fastard’

  03-09-2026 15:28 via independent.co.uk
  
  Werner Herzog's new film “Bucking Fastard” features sisters Rooney and Kate Mara playing siblings who speak in unison
  
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• Trump closes yet another part of DC to renovate piece of National Mall following his disastrous fair

  03-09-2026 15:25 via independent.co.uk
  
  Much of the grass and surrounding tree areas of the lawn ‘require significant restoration,’ the National Park Service said
  
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• Nobel Peace Prize winner claims Trump’s mental health is deteriorating and making him ‘more dangerous’

  03-09-2026 15:25 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘I mean, if an airline pilot had half of the symptoms that the president of the United States has, we would not let him on an airplane,’ Dr. Henry David Abraham said
  
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• Suspect in cop killing was arrested by the same officer just days earlier, authorities say

  03-09-2026 15:15 via independent.co.uk
  
  Warm Springs, a town of about 450 people, rallied around Chris Fisher’s family after he was killed Tuesday night
  
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• Tucker Carlson joins in MAGA lovefest with Michigan’s Abdul El-Sayed and describes him as ‘literally Trumpian’

  03-09-2026 14:53 via independent.co.uk
  
  Conservative broadcaster praises progressive Democrat and says ‘there’s no one who should be farther from a position of power’ than his Republican rival Mike Rogers
  
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• Horror as two people killed in potential 'mistaken identity' mob hits

  03-09-2026 14:37 via express.co.uk
  Detectives believe both brutal killings could have been mistaken identity.
  
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• Canada hasn’t pulled the gas trigger in Trump’s trade war. What happens if it does?

  03-09-2026 14:32 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Great White North has the upper hand when it comes to oil and gas, but experts tell Alex Woodward they hope cooler heads will prevail before the risk of mutually assured economic destruction
  
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• NATO told 'be prepared for attack' as US issues horror Russia warning

  03-09-2026 14:27 via express.co.uk
  The warning comes as tensions between Russia and NATO remain high.
  
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• Army Secretary who quit believes Hegseth doing ‘generational damage’ to the military

  03-09-2026 13:57 via independent.co.uk
  
  ​Hegseth, a former Fox News host, has publicly declared that he wants to drastically change the Department of Defense
  
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• Ukraine’s two spy agencies exchange fire in extraordinary daytime shootout in Kyiv

  03-09-2026 13:35 via independent.co.uk
  
  Ukraine’s leadership has described the internal conflict as ‘absolutely disgraceful’
  
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• Eric Trump shows off his new passport featuring dad’s glowering image

  03-09-2026 13:17 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘ I absolutely love it,’ Trump’s son said of the passport depicting his father
  
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