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• England in West Indies: Joshua da Silva nudges hosts into ascendency on day two

  25-03-2022 23:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  West Indies edge into the ascendency in the third Test against England by opening a slim first-innings lead in Grenada.
  
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• Netflix's subversive 'Bridgerton' is still delightful — but a lot safer

  25-03-2022 23:24 via nbcnews.com
  
  Hopefully season three will bring back just a bit more of that daring side viewers initially fell in love with.
  
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• Giroud closes in on Henry's France record as world champions beat Ivory Coast with late goal

  25-03-2022 23:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Olivier Giroud is just five goals away from surpassing Thierry Henry's all-time record for France after scoring in a friendly against the Ivory Coast.
  
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• Russia claims 'first stage' of its war is over and focus will shift to eastern Ukraine

  25-03-2022 23:06 via cnn.com
  
  A top Russian general gave some of the most detailed public remarks to date on Russia's military strategy in Ukraine, claiming on Friday that the "first stage" of Russia's military plan is now complete, with their primary focus now centered on eastern Ukraine.
  
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• Egypt beat African champions Senegal in first leg as Salah moves step closer to World Cup

  25-03-2022 22:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A fourth-minute own goal is enough to give Egypt a 1-0 win over Senegal in Cairo in their World Cup play-off.
  
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• Donald Trump and his children agree to be deposed in fraudulent marketing lawsuit

  25-03-2022 22:39 via cnn.com
  
  Former President Donald Trump and his two adult sons have agreed to sit for depositions in May and June as part of a class-action lawsuit alleging they collaborated with a fraudulent marketing company.
  
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• Ukrainian family: 11-year-old girl shot in face by Russian soldier

  25-03-2022 22:23 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Ivan Watson reports from inside a children's ward in Ukraine and talks to an 11-year-old girl who was shot in the face by a Russian soldier.
  
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• Ukraine daily round-up: Russia says first phase over as Biden visits Poland

  25-03-2022 22:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Russia says it will focus on the east, Biden meets US troops and Putin cites JK Rowling in a speech.
  
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• Biden in Poland for meetings on Ukraine refugee crisis – US politics as it happened

  25-03-2022 22:18 via theguardian.com
  
  President travels to Rzeszow, 60 miles from Ukraine borderJoe Manchin says he will vote to confirm Ketanji Brown JacksonSign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by emailJoe Manchin is back in the headlines with an apparent offer to revive Democrats’ climate and social spending plans – aims he had a lot to do with thwarting in December.The Washington Post cites two sources in saying the West Virginia senator, who holds outsized power as a centrist swing vote in the 50
  
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• Woman, 40, found stabbed to death in east London

  25-03-2022 22:16 via theguardian.com
  
  Metropolitan police say no arrests have been made and a crime scene remains in place at the addressA woman has been stabbed to death in east London while her children were at school.The alarm was raised at 4.06pm on Thursday after the 40-year-old failed to pick her children up from school, the Metropolitan police said in a statement. Continue reading...
  
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• Gretchen Whitmer: Court hears of violent plot to abduct US governor

  25-03-2022 22:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A former co-conspirator said the accused plotters were seeking the "ignition" for a second civil war.
  
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• Northern Ireland secure late friendly win in Luxembourg

  25-03-2022 22:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Captain Steven Davis and striker Gavin Whyte come off the bench to score two late goals that give Northern Ireland a satisfying 3-1 friendly win in Luxembourg.
  
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• Royal tour: Cherish your friends, Kate tells schoolchildren in Bahamas as trip ends

  25-03-2022 21:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  William and Catherine saw a traditional parade and visited a school on the last day of their tour.
  
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• War in Ukraine: Change of emphasis or admission of failure by Moscow?

  25-03-2022 21:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Moscow now says the main aim is to "liberate" eastern Ukraine - a change of emphasis or more?
  
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• Minneapolis teachers reach agreement with public schools to end strike

  25-03-2022 21:02
  
  An agreement came early Friday morning after 21 days of negotiations.
  
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• Gareth Bale: Wales and Real Madrid forward hits back at Spanish media

  25-03-2022 20:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Wales forward Gareth Bale has hit out at Spanish newspaper Marca for a column which described him as a "parasite".
  
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• Browns' Watson denies sexual assault claims

  25-03-2022 20:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Deshaun Watson denies allegations of sexual assault as he speaks to the media for the first time since his controversial trade to the Cleveland Browns.
  
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• Canada: key Conservative says party risks takeover by far-right ‘lunatics’

  25-03-2022 20:45 via theguardian.com
  
  Jason Kenney warns a far-right element could seize control in the coming weeks as United Conservatives hold leadership reviewAlberta’s premier has called fellow Conservatives “lunatics” who are “trying to take over the asylum” as a populist mutiny in his party foreshadows a bitter fight for the future of Canada’s Conservative movement.In a leaked recording of a meeting with caucus staff on Tuesday, Premier Jason Kenney warned a far-right element – skepti
  
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• Ethiopia: Tigray rebels agree ‘cessation of hostilities’ after government truce

  25-03-2022 20:24 via theguardian.com
  
  Announcement marks turning point in the nearly 17-month war in the northern regionTigrayan rebels have agreed to a “cessation of hostilities”, marking a turning point in the nearly 17-month war in northern Ethiopia after the government’s announcement of an indefinite humanitarian truce a day earlier.The rebels said in a statement sent to AFP they were “committed to implementing a cessation of hostilities effective immediately” and urged Ethiopian authorities to hast
  
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• Who is the 'butcher of Mariupol' who allegedly ordered hospital bombing

  25-03-2022 20:16 via foxnews.com
  
  Col. Gen. Mikhail Mizintsev serves as the head of the National Centre for Defense Management, established in 2014 to direct military operations.
  
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• 14-year-old boy fatally falls from amusement park ride

  25-03-2022 20:09 via cnn.com
  
  14-year-old Tyre Sampson died after falling from an amusement park ride in Orlando. CNN's Leyla Santiago has more details.
  
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• What made North Korea test giant new ICBM?

  25-03-2022 19:51 via foxnews.com
  
  In firing an almost cartoonishly massive intercontinental ballistic missile into space, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has turned back the clock to the “fire and fury” days of 2017 as he revives nuclear brinkmanship aimed at pressuring the United States to accept his country as a nuclear power and remove crippling sanctions.
  
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• Maryland judge rules Democratic-drawn electoral map is unconstitutional

  25-03-2022 19:42 via theguardian.com
  
  Legislature was accused of gerrymandering after substituting its own new district maps for ones drafted by outside commissionA Maryland judge ruled on Friday that the state’s new congressional map is unconstitutional, the first map by a Democratic-controlled state legislature to be struck down by a court this redistricting cycle.So far courts have intervened to block maps they found to be GOP gerrymanders in North Carolina, Ohio and Pennsylvania, infuriating Republicans and leading conserv
  
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• Next stop Kyiv - the battle on the capital's outskirts

  25-03-2022 19:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  In Irpin, only a few civilians remain as volunteers bolster defences a few miles from Kyiv.
  
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• Russia silences independent media’s Ukraine war talk

  25-03-2022 19:30 via foxnews.com
  
  They can't mention the war but there is not much else to talk about. Journalists at Novaya Gazeta, whose editor-in-chief Dmitry Muratov was the co-winner of last year's Nobel Peace Prize, naturally want to tell the story of what is happening in Ukraine.
  
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• North Korea Hwasong-17 launch gets Hollywood-style effects

  25-03-2022 19:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Hwasong-17 is a new, powerful intercontinental ballistic missile - and the country's largest weapon.
  
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• Texts reveal wife of Supreme Court judge urged 2020 election overturn

  25-03-2022 19:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Text messages reveal Virginia Thomas pushed ex-President Trump's staff not to concede the election.
  
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• Massive Antarctic ice shelf collapses as temperatures soar to 40F above normal

  25-03-2022 19:19 via cnn.com
  
  An ice shelf in Antarctica nearly the size of Los Angeles disintegrated in mid-March within days of extraordinary warmth on the continent, scientists say.
  
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• Biden's warning: Stakes of war go well beyond Ukraine's borders

  25-03-2022 19:09 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden on Friday announced a new initiative meant to deprive Russian President Vladimir Putin of European energy profits that Biden says are used to fuel Russia's war in Ukraine.
  
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• Biden warns stakes of war in Ukraine go well beyond its borders

  25-03-2022 19:09 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden will travel to Poland on Friday, his second stop on a last-minute trip through Europe aimed at coordinating the West's response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
  
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• On the road to Mariupol, a southern Ukrainian town fears for the worst

  25-03-2022 19:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Residents of a town neighbouring Mariupol ready themselves for Russian missile and rocket attacks.
  
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• EU officials agree on sweeping new rules targeting Big Tech

  25-03-2022 18:50 via cnn.com
  
  European officials have reached agreement on a sweeping set of competition rules for Big Tech that could mark a global turning point for technology regulation.
  
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• J.K. Rowling hits back at Putin after he likened Russia to her in rant against cancel culture

  25-03-2022 18:47 via cnn.com
  
  J.K. Rowling has hit back at Vladimir Putin after the Russian President compared the West's treatment of his country to a public backlash faced by the Harry Potter author.
  
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• Smoke plume seen after Houthi attack on Saudi oil facility ahead of Formula 1 race weekend

  25-03-2022 18:42 via cnn.com
  
  Smoke was seen rising after a Houthi-claimed attack on an Aramco oil storage facility in Jeddah, a senior official in Saudi Arabia said Friday, as Formula 1 fans headed to the country's second-largest city ahead of this weekend's Grand Prix.
  
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• Fire breaks out at Jeddah oil depot ahead of Saudi Arabia grand prix

  25-03-2022 18:37 via theguardian.com
  
  Yemen’s Houthi rebels claim responsibility for huge blaze days before F1 race is due to take placeA fire has erupted at an oil depot in Jeddah days ahead of a Formula One race in the Saudi city after what Yemen’s Houthi rebels claimed was an attack by the group.The blaze – not immediately acknowledged by Saudi Arabia or its state-run oil company Saudi Aramco – was centred on the same fuel depot that the Houthis had attacked in recent days. Continue reading...
  
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• World freedoms at stake, President Biden tells US troops

  25-03-2022 18:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  President Joe Biden tells US troops in Poland that global democracy is at risk amid Ukraine war.
  
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• ‘Perfect storm’: William and Kate’s awkward Caribbean tour

  25-03-2022 18:14 via theguardian.com
  
  Calls for slavery reparations and Jamaica’s PM insisting country was ‘moving on’ signal sea change in relations with royalsIt was supposed to be a visit to mark the Queen’s platinum jubilee – a chance to present the modern face of the British monarchy to a region where republican sentiment is on the rise.But it really didn’t turn out that way. Continue reading...
  
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• When royal tours fail

  25-03-2022 18:06 via cnn.com
  
  There's a running joke among royal reporters that royal tours always end up being headlined "triumphant." That's because they are usually full of amazing energy and photo moments that lift spirits amid all the bad news in the world.
  
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• What do Ginni Thomas' texts mean for Justice Thomas? At the US Supreme Court, it's up to him

  25-03-2022 18:02 via cnn.com
  
  New revelations of efforts by conservative activist Ginni Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, to reverse the 2020 election results cast harsh light on the justices' opaque process for dealing with conflicts of interest and their lack of a formal code of conduct.
  
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• Drinking coffee could benefit your heart and help you live longer, research finds

  25-03-2022 17:22 via cnn.com
  
  Contrary to worries among some doctors and the public, drinking coffee may actually protect your heart instead of causing or worsening heart problems.
  
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• Ukraine war: JK Rowling hits back at Putin's 'cancel culture' comment

  25-03-2022 17:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Mr Putin referenced the Harry Potter author during a speech condemning "cancel culture" in the West.
  
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• Dangerous chemicals found in food wrappers at major fast-food restaurants and grocery chains, report says

  25-03-2022 17:05 via cnn.com
  
  Alarming levels of dangerous chemicals known as PFAS were discovered in food packaging at a number of well-known fast-food and fast-casual restaurants and grocery store chains, a new report found.
  
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• Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, has big plans for her new podcast

  25-03-2022 17:02 via cnn.com
  
  Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, will host an upcoming Spotify podcast, called "Archetypes." Her conversations will "investigate the labels that try to hold women back," according to a press release for the show.
  
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• North Korea: Kim Jong Un stars in wild Top Gun-inspired video to showcase newest missile launch

  25-03-2022 16:55 via foxnews.com
  
  North Korea has long sought the influence of cinema, with Kim Jong Il attempting to kidnap a South Korean director and actor to help develop his country's industry.
  
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• One month into war, Zelensky is done with niceties

  25-03-2022 16:42 via cnn.com
  
  In a grinding war such as the one in Ukraine, one learns how to read subtle changes in the public mood. So it was on Thursday -- one month since Russian forces invaded and just as NATO leaders pledged continued support to Ukraine -- that I spotted outside my apartment windows, on the edges of Lviv's old city, construction workers in high-visibility jackets and tall yellow ladders busily boarding up the neighboring church's magnificent stained glass windows.
  
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• Deepfakes are now trying to change the course of war

  25-03-2022 16:39 via cnn.com
  
  In the third week of Russia's war in Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky appeared in a video, dressed in a dark green shirt, speaking slowly and deliberately while standing behind a white presidential podium featuring his country's coat of arms. Except for his head, the Ukrainian president's body barely moved as he spoke. His voice sounded distorted and almost gravelly as he appeared to tell Ukrainians to surrender to Russia.
  
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• White House and EU reach agreement on trans-Atlantic data sharing

  25-03-2022 16:31 via cnn.com
  
  The White House has hammered out a new agreement with the EU that could again allow businesses to transfer data and personal information across the Atlantic, a highly-anticipated move that could provide assurance to hundreds of companies after Europe's top court struck down the deal's predecessor in 2020.
  
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• EU signs US gas deal to curb reliance on Russia

  25-03-2022 16:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The liquefied natural gas deal with US is part of EU attempts to reduce reliance on Russian energy.
  
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• Michigan governor kidnap plotters wanted to disrupt a Biden presidency, one member testifies

  25-03-2022 16:28 via cnn.com
  
  The alleged plotters who wanted to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020 also had a goal to disrupt a possible Joe Biden presidency, one of the men told a federal court this week.
  
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• Taliban cancels girls’ higher education despite pledges

  25-03-2022 16:23 via foxnews.com
  
  The Taliban has unexpectedly decided against opening schools to girls above grade 6, according to a Taliban official
  
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