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• Veteran Tajik president on course for fifth term

  10-10-2020 22:05
  
  Tajikistan's Russian-allied President Imomali Rakhmon looks sure to secure a fifth term in office in Sunday's election as his four competitors' campaigns admit they do not expect many votes.Many in the predominantly Sunni Muslim nation expect Rakhmon, who has nine children, to push for his son Rustam Emomali to succeed him.All four competitors are members of the docile lower house of parliament and have avoided criticising Rakhmon, whose official title is "Founder of Peace and National Unity - L
  
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• Mike Rogers has a chance to flip Michigan. Trump keeps getting in the way

  28-08-2026 22:37 via independent.co.uk
  
  Mike Rogers wants to create permission for Democrats to pick him over Abdul El-Sayed, Eric Garcia writes. Trump’s tariffs and lake renaming hurts those opportunities
  
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• Woman who left message in spray paint on DC memorial is indicted on two federal counts, DOJ says

  28-08-2026 22:16 via independent.co.uk
  
  President Donald Trump raged about the monument's damage in a social media post
  
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• A late Trump honors Artemis II astronauts — but only after revealing what he wants to build next

  28-08-2026 22:11 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump, who was nearly half an hour late to the Texas ceremony, also wound up in the awkward position of presenting the first medal to a Canadian astronaut, Jeremy Hansen, amid a raging tariff war with the US’s northern neighbors
  
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• Exclusive: Black employees launch lawsuit against Florida IHOP claiming constant racism from a manager

  28-08-2026 22:10 via independent.co.uk
  
  Exclusive: An IHOP manager in Florida allegedly subjected Black employees to ceaseless racism, referring to herself as their ‘master,’ making light of Juneteenth, and reportedly telling them, ‘If it's not white, then it's not right’
  
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• California rapper among three charged in $8.1 million stolen checks scheme

  28-08-2026 21:44 via independent.co.uk
  
  More than 100 stolen or altered checks were found in the aspiring rapper’s car, including tax refund and federal benefits checks, according to the DOJ
  
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• Beverly Hills sues estate of woman found living in human waste

  28-08-2026 21:36 via independent.co.uk
  
  The city is seeking a court order to remediate the hazardous conditions, which threaten neighboring residents and others
  
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• Trump honors Artemis II astronauts — but only after revealing what he wants to build next

  28-08-2026 21:19 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump, who was nearly half an hour late to the Texas ceremony, also wound up in the awkward position of presenting the first medal to a Canadian astronaut, Jeremy Hansen, amid a raging tariff war with the US’s northern neighbors
  
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• California man loses lawsuit over $750,000 lottery prize after ticket was allegedly pieced together

  28-08-2026 21:17 via independent.co.uk
  
  James Densley claimed he was denied the money by the state commission without any explanation
  
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• Abandoned New Orleans landmark is getting a new life 21 years after Hurricane Katrina

  28-08-2026 20:59 via independent.co.uk
  
  The massive hospital that long cared for the city's most vulnerable residents was shuttered after the last patients and staff were rescued in 2005
  
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• Wanted suspect arrested after cops spot him wandering into Panda Express during their lunch break

  28-08-2026 20:42 via independent.co.uk
  
  The California officers returned to their Panda Express meals after making the arrest
  
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• Trump called on Fox’s Bret Baier to address a report he didn’t like. The anchor fired back instead

  28-08-2026 20:39 via independent.co.uk
  
  President had complained that Fox News was not reporting on the Iran war to his liking
  
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• Controversial far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos is detained by ICE in Louisiana

  28-08-2026 20:39 via independent.co.uk
  
  Online records indicated Yiannopoulos, 41, was being held in ICE custody as of Friday afternoon
  
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• Trump slips in a new construction project before handing medals to hero Artemis II astronauts

  28-08-2026 20:25 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump, who was nearly half an hour late to the Texas ceremony, also wound up in the awkward position of presenting the first medal to a Canadian astronaut, Jeremy Hansen, amid a raging tariff war with the US’s northern neighbors
  
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• Trump announces yet another construction project before handing medals to hero Artemis II astronauts

  28-08-2026 20:15 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump also presents medal to Canadian astronaut after insulting his home country a day earlier
  
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• Suspect created an elaborate fake NFL career to scam women out of $1 million through dating apps

  28-08-2026 20:11 via independent.co.uk
  
  Daejon Labrayae Love allegedly posted videos in luxury sports cars and used search engine results to convince victims he was high-earning wide receiver for San Francisco 49ers
  
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• Judge again blocks Trump’s attempt to get his felony hush money conviction tossed

  28-08-2026 19:22 via independent.co.uk
  
  President Trump had sought to move his state court conviction to a federal jurisdiction, though a judge has blocked that effort
  
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• Trump shows up nearly half-hour late and announces yet another construction project before he honors Artemis astronauts

  28-08-2026 19:21 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump also presents medal to Canadian astronaut after insulting his home country a day earlier
  
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• Former Cowboys QB Tony Romo facing three more citations in connection with OWI arrest

  28-08-2026 19:20 via independent.co.uk
  
  Tony Romo was arrested last month on suspicion of operating a vehicle while intoxicated (OWI)
  
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• Putin thinks Trump is ‘weakened’ by Iran war, says report

  28-08-2026 19:16 via independent.co.uk
  
  Capitalising on the Hormuz crisis to ramp up action in Ukraine will have consequences, Ratcliffe warns Putin in secret meeting
  
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• The Old Farmer’s Almanac winter forecast is out. Here’s what to know about the coming season

  28-08-2026 19:13 via independent.co.uk
  
  The season is looking mild for much of the country - with a few key exceptions
  
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• Trump pledges to let ranchers process their own beef after Glenn Beck warns him about ‘cartel’

  28-08-2026 19:09 via independent.co.uk
  
  Earlier this week, conservative media figure Glenn Beck pleaded with the president to ‘break the back’ of meat-processing plants
  
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• ‘Red Alert’ issued over Trump-shaped ecstasy pills found in tourist hotspot

  28-08-2026 18:54 via independent.co.uk
  
  It isn’t the first time Trump-shaped ecstasy pills have surfaced
  
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• White House is not a ‘happy environment’ as Trump’s frustration with Iran war grows, reporter claims

  28-08-2026 18:44 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘The president has been in a pretty frustrated mood for a while about Iran,’ the reporter claimed
  
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• The Ebola outbreak in DR Congo is not just a medical crisis – it is also a crisis of trust

  28-08-2026 18:25 via independent.co.uk
  
  Sarah Clayton-Fisher discusses the misinformation that her Red Cross and Red Crescent colleagues must confront as they battle Ebola
  
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• Canada’s Carney responds to Trump’s Lake America name change with a history lesson

  28-08-2026 18:13 via independent.co.uk
  
  Canadian head of government explains 400-year-old origins of ‘Lake Ontario’ name after Trump purports to rename the body of water in a fit of pique over trade war he started
  
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• Palestine Action protestors accused of damaging Trump’s Turnberry golf course had ‘terrorist connection’

  28-08-2026 18:12 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘Gaza is not for sale’ was painted on one of the greens, and holes on the course were dug up
  
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• Canadian officials consider naming street ‘Obama Ave’ to troll Trump after Lake Ontario ‘shenanigans’

  28-08-2026 18:10 via independent.co.uk
  
  The street was named after President Donald Trump 25 years ago
  
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• Group of hikers from Virginia among those still missing in Nepal after deadly floods

  28-08-2026 18:07 via independent.co.uk
  
  Dozens of Americans, including community leaders from Northern Virginia, were traveling to Tibet’s sacred Mount Kailash when catastrophic flash floods struck the border region
  
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• The Latest: Iran war reaches its six-month mark as Trump shifts focus

  28-08-2026 17:54 via independent.co.uk
  
  President Donald Trump has reached an awkward moment in his second term as the U.S.-Israel war against Iran began six months ago Friday
  
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