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• What Bill Cosby’s overturned conviction could signal about Harvey Weinstein’s case

  25-04-2024 23:54 via nbcnews.com
  
  Harvey Weinstein’s legal team saw some hope on the horizon when Bill Cosby’s indecent assault conviction was overturned three years ago by Pennsylvania’s top court.
  
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• NYPD officer cleared of alleged assault on customer causing mayhem outside Apple Store

  25-04-2024 23:54 via foxnews.com
  
  The NYPD officer who was accused of punching an erratic man, who was reportedly harassing customers outside an Apple Store nearly three years ago, has been cleared of all charges, the Police Benevolent Association (PBA) of the City of New York announced on Thursday. The PBA said a Manhattan judge found New York City Police Officer Salvatore Provenzano not guilty of assault for a single punch he threw to protect himself from a repeat offender causing mayhem in an Upper West Side Apple Store
  
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• Blue state in battle over AG's illegal immigration dictate that 'handcuffs' police

  25-04-2024 23:54 via foxnews.com
  
  A group of New Jersey Republicans is trying to reverse a directive from the state's liberal district attorney general that "handcuffs" local law enforcement cooperation with federal immigration officials. Assemblymen Greg Myhre and Brian Rumpf and state Sen. Carmen Amato Jr., are gaining support from nearly a dozen Republicans in the state legislature for their companion bill. Introduced in both the state Assembly and Senate, the bills would repeal the so-called "sanctuary state" directive
  
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• Watch reaction when minister asks if Congo is a different country to Rwanda

  25-04-2024 23:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Question Time audience were surprised when Chris Philp answered an audience member's question about DR Congo.
  
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• U.S. boys at Jamaica school say they were beaten, starved and forced to exercise until they vomited

  25-04-2024 23:51 via nbcnews.com
  
  Former students of Atlantis Leadership Academy in Jamaica, along with parents and lawyers, describe rampant abuse. Five employees have been charged with child cruelty.
  
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• Man Utd fan Littler wins in Liverpool despite boos

  25-04-2024 23:51 via bbc.com
  
  Manchester United fan Luke Littler is booed by the crowd in Liverpool but beats Rob Cross to win Premier League Darts night 13.
  
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• American boys say they were beaten and starved at Jamaican school for troubled teens

  25-04-2024 23:51 via nbcnews.com
  
  Former students of Atlantis Leadership Academy in Jamaica, along with parents and lawyers, describe rampant abuse. Five employees have been charged with child cruelty.
  
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• Paramount and Skydance inch closer to a merger as key hurdle looms

  25-04-2024 23:44 via nbcnews.com
  
  Paramount Global and Skydance Media are making progress on a deal that would merge the media companies and buy out controlling shareholder Shari Redstone.
  
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• Surging GOP Senate candidate unleashes on 'both parties' during border visit: 'Failing the American people'

  25-04-2024 23:43 via foxnews.com
  
  Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan on Thursday visited the southern border in McAllen, Texas, as he campaigns for the open Maryland Senate seat — and as the ongoing crisis at the southern border remains a top political issue.Hogan met with law enforcement and public safety officials and told Fox News in an exclusive statement that he visited the border to "get a firsthand understanding of this crisis, and what I’ve seen should appall every American.""This is a humanitarian catastrophe
  
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• Bernie Williams is back in center - only this time Lincoln Center for New York Philharmonic debut

  25-04-2024 23:43 via foxnews.com
  
  Bernie Williams was in the center, just like the old days at Yankee Stadium. Only this time he was at Lincoln Center alongside conductor Gustavo Dudamel and making his New York Philharmonic debut.After spending 16 years gaining fame while roaming the grass where Joe DiMaggio and Mickey Mantle once trod, Williams was on the stage made famous by Leonard Bernstein and where guitar great Andrés Segovia once played.NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC HEADING TO CHINA FOR 5 CONCERTS THIS SUMMERWilliams perfo
  
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• Alphabet issues first ever dividend, $70 billion buyback

  25-04-2024 23:25 via nbcnews.com
  
  Alphabet said Thursday that it’s issuing a 20-cent per share dividend, the company’s first ever, and that its board authorized the repurchase of up to $70 billion in stock.
  
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• Australia news live: family to farewell security guard killed in Bondi Junction attack; man and baby missing in Sydney national park

  25-04-2024 23:24 via theguardian.com
  
  The Imams Council is expected to speak to the media this morning after the counter-terrorism raids. Follow the day’s news liveGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastCrown Melbourne undertaken ‘significant work to transform itself’: state gaming ministerContinuing from our last post: A Victorian royal commission in 2021 found Crown Resorts unfit to run its Southbank premises after concluding its conduct was “illegal, dishonest, unethical a
  
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• At Supreme Court, Trump lawyer backs away from absolute immunity argument

  25-04-2024 23:15 via nbcnews.com
  
  D. John Sauer conceded there are allegations in the indictment that do not involve official acts, meaning they would not be subject to any presidential immunity.
  
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• David Pecker testifies Michael Cohen said Trump ‘furious’ over refusal to pay Stormy Daniels – live

  25-04-2024 23:07 via theguardian.com
  
  Ex-National Enquirer publisher emphasizing in testimony that he refused to pay off any more people for Trump when Stormy Daniels looked to sell her affairA guide to Trump’s hush-money trialWho is David Pecker, key witness in Trump’s criminal trial?“He said she was a 12 out of 10,” David Pecker says the former editor in chief of the National Enquirer, Dylan Howard, told him about Karen McDougal after meeting with her.Pecker says McDougal told Howard she didn’t want h
  
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• Embarrassing stories, and who pays? Trump trial key takeaways, day seven

  25-04-2024 23:03 via theguardian.com
  
  David Pecker testified about his role in buying a story from the model Karen McDougal about an alleged affair with TrumpPecker says he bought story so it did not harm campaignDavid Pecker spent all day on the witness stand on Thursday in the Manhattan criminal trial against Donald Trump.Pecker, the longtime head of America Media, which owns the National Enquirer tabloid, is a key witness because he was intimately involved in the practice of buying the rights to potentially damaging stories about
  
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• Supreme Court divided on whether Trump has immunity

  25-04-2024 23:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The justices discussed immunity, coups, pardons, Operation Mongoose - and the future of democracy.
  
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• USC cancels main commencement ceremony amid Gaza protests

  25-04-2024 22:56 via theguardian.com
  
  Move made after more than 90 demonstrators arrested on campus and university cancels pro-Palestinian valedictorian’s speechThe University of Southern California (USC) has canceled its main stage graduation ceremony under new safety measures being taken as the campus is roiled by protests stemming from the Israel-Gaza war.The university announced the move Thursday, the day after more than 90 protesters were arrested on campus. The ceremony was scheduled for 10 May. Continue reading...
  
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• Police use rubber bullets and teargas to break up university protest in Georgia

  25-04-2024 22:49 via theguardian.com
  
  Multiple arrests at crackdown on Emory University campus encampment focused on Palestine and Cop CityPolice have carried out multiple violent arrests at Emory University in Decatur, Georgia, in what appears to be the first campus crackdown in recent days to involve rubber bullets and teargas after students set up an encampment in solidarity with Palestine and against Cop City.On Thursday, Emory students set up multiple tents on the campus’s lawns in protest against the university’s t
  
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• Stock markets fall after sharp US growth slowdown

  25-04-2024 22:47 via theguardian.com
  
  Commerce department says gross domestic product growth decelerated to 1.6% at start of year as consumers slowed spendingAmerica’s leading stock indices came under pressure on Thursday after official data revealed that US economic growth slowed sharply to its weakest rate in almost two years.But as high interest rates take their toll on the world’s largest economy, inflation continues to loom large. Continue reading...
  
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• Two men arrested after torso found in Greater Manchester nature reserve

  25-04-2024 22:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Suspects, aged 42 and 68, held on suspicion of murder after discovery of plastic-wrapped lower back, buttocks and thighTwo men have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a torso was found wrapped in plastic at a nature reserve in Greater Manchester.Part of a dismembered body, consisting of the bottom of the back, buttocks and thigh, were found in clear plastic by a passerby at Kersal Dale Wetlands in Salford on 4 April. Continue reading...
  
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• Microsoft’s heavy bet on AI pays off as it beats expectations in second quarter

  25-04-2024 22:19 via theguardian.com
  
  World’s largest public company reports $61.86bn revenue after investing billions into artificial intelligenceProfits at Microsoft beat Wall Street’s expectations as its heavy bets on artificial intelligence and gaming continued to bear fruit in the second quarter.The technology giant has invested billions of dollars into AI in a bid to turbocharge its growth. Continue reading...
  
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• Rail Britannia?

  25-04-2024 22:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Labour announce plans to renationalise nearly all passenger rail services
  
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• Sophia Bush comes out as queer, confirms relationship with Ashlyn Harris

  25-04-2024 21:42 via nbcnews.com
  
  Actor Sophia Bush came out as queer in an emotional essay in Glamour and confirmed she’s in a relationship with retired soccer player Ashlyn Harris.
  
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• Americast on campus: Students protest over Gaza

  25-04-2024 21:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police have been called into several universities across the US.
  
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• Bears take QB Caleb Williams No. 1 in NFL draft; Falcons shock with pick of QB Michael Penix Jr.

  25-04-2024 20:46 via nbcnews.com
  
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• Sunak under pressure to grant amnesty to unpaid carers fined for rule breaches

  25-04-2024 20:32 via theguardian.com
  
  Concern grows over legality of government’s approach as new figures show more than 150,000 carers facing huge penalties A hero – then sacked. The carer’s allowance whistleblowerNew figures show more than 150,000 unpaid carers are now facing huge fines for minor rule breaches, as MPs, charities and campaigners demanded an immediate amnesty.Ed Davey, the Lib Dem leader, joined calls to write off the vast debts incurred by tens of thousands of people who care for sick, disabled an
  
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• Humza Yousaf in peril as Greens say they will back no confidence motion

  25-04-2024 20:14 via theguardian.com
  
  Former coalition partners’ decision brings Scottish first minister to brink of losing vote, which could make his position untenableExplainer: what was the SNP and Greens’ deal?Humza Yousaf could be forced to quit as Scotland’s first minister after the Scottish Greens announced they would back a motion of no confidence against him at Holyrood.The Scottish National party’s former coalition partners declared they would vote next week against the man who had “betrayed&r
  
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• Girl, 13, charged with attempted murder after south Wales school stabbings

  25-04-2024 19:48 via theguardian.com
  
  Teenager charged with trying to kill two teachers and fellow pupil after incident at Ysgol Dyffryn AmanA 13-year-old girl has been charged with attempting to murder two teachers and a fellow pupil in a school playground stabbing in Wales.The two adults and child all received knife wounds in the incident at Ysgol Dyffryn Aman in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire. Dyfed-Powys police said they were also investigating threats allegedly made by a 15-year-old boy that alluded to the incident. Continue readin
  
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• Nurses in England took an average of one week off sick for stress last year, data shows

  25-04-2024 19:47 via theguardian.com
  
  Chronic workforce shortages have put nursing staff under unbearable pressure, says union chiefNurses in England took an average of a week off sick last year because of stress, anxiety or depression, NHS figures reveal.The disclosure has prompted concern that the intense strains nurses face in their jobs, including low pay and understaffing, are damaging their mental health and causing many to quit. Continue reading...
  
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• Leaders of 18 countries urge Hamas to release hostages held in Gaza

  25-04-2024 19:38 via theguardian.com
  
  UK and US leaders among those calling for release, as families renew pressure on Netanyahu to restart negotiationsThe leaders of 18 countries including the US and the UK have called on Hamas to free Israeli and dual-national hostages held in Gaza.“The fate of the hostages and the civilian population in Gaza, who are protected under international law, is of international concern,” they said. “We strongly support the ongoing mediation efforts in order to bring our people home.&rd
  
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• BHP move to buy Anglo American threatens to hasten City exodus

  25-04-2024 19:38 via theguardian.com
  
  Offer of £31bn could create world’s biggest copper miner but attracts criticism from South African ministerThe Australian mining company BHP has set out plans for a £31bn takeover of rival Anglo-American in a deal that threatens to hasten the exodus of Britain’s largest firms from the City of London.The proposed takeover of London-listed Anglo would rank as one of the biggest deals in the global mining industry in the last decade and comes as miners race to corner the mar
  
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• Laurent Cantet, film-maker who tackled diversity and class in France, dies aged 63

  25-04-2024 19:25 via theguardian.com
  
  Director of Palme d’Or-winning film Entre les Murs (The Class) was much praised for humanism in projectsLaurent Cantet, the award-winning film-maker whose creations tackled some of the most complex issues of modern French society, including meritocracy, the education system, diversity and class struggle, has died aged 63 after an illness.Cantet was best known outside France for his film Entre les Murs (The Class), which won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes film festival in 2008. It depic
  
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• MEPs urged to fight far right as they head home to campaign for European elections

  25-04-2024 18:45 via theguardian.com
  
  European parliament term ends with warnings about dangers of disinformation and authoritarian forcesThe starting gun has been fired on the next European parliamentary elections with more than 600 MEPs departing Strasbourg urged to use their “strength and patience” to fight the far right and disinformation and return a vote across the bloc for democracy.There were flowers, tears and cheers on Thursday as Roberta Metsola, president of the European parliament, made her last address and
  
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• Madrid prosecutors ask judge to shelve investigation into Spanish PM’s wife

  25-04-2024 18:40 via theguardian.com
  
  Pressure group accusing Begoña Gómez of corruption admits media reports allegations were based on may not be trueProsecutors in Madrid have asked a judge to throw out a preliminary corruption investigation against the wife of Spain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, as the pressure group behind the complaint admitted its allegations may be based on incorrect media reports.Sánchez, whose socialist party has governed Spain since 2018, shocked the country on Wednesda
  
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• Poland and Lithuania pledge to help Kyiv repatriate Ukrainians subject to military draft

  25-04-2024 18:28 via theguardian.com
  
  Strong rhetoric is boost for Ukraine reinforcement drive but it is not clear by which mechanism émigrés could be sent backPoland and Lithuania have said they are prepared to help Ukrainian authorities return men subject to military conscription to the country, after Kyiv announced this week that it was suspending consular services for such men who were now abroad.“We have suggested for a long time that we can help the Ukrainian side ensure that people subject to [compulsory]
  
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• New Haiti government sworn in during secret ceremony

  25-04-2024 18:18 via theguardian.com
  
  ‘Transitional council’ takes oath of office after prime minister formally resigns as gang violence continues to rock capitalHaiti’s prime minister, Ariel Henry, has formally resigned and a new provisional government has been sworn in during a secret ceremony at the presidential palace, nearly two months after a criminal insurrection plunged the capital into chaos.The nine-person “transitional council” was officially established on Thursday during an event at the nat
  
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• German MPs break taboo by backing first post-unification Veterans’ Day

  25-04-2024 17:43 via theguardian.com
  
  Annual event in June is designed to make service in volunteer army more attractive amid looming threatsThe German parliament has passed a bill creating the first post-unification Veterans’ Day, breaking with a long-held taboo around veneration of soldiers as the country faces up to new looming threats.MPs in the Bundestag lower house approved the proposal to create a memorial day on 15 June each year, after an agreement between the government and the conservative opposition earlier this mo
  
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• Weekly quiz: What did the Spice Girls sing at Posh's party?

  25-04-2024 17:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Test how closely you have been paying attention to what has been going on over the past seven days.
  
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• Russia-Ukraine war: ‘mortal’ Europe needs stronger defence, says French president – as it happened

  25-04-2024 17:25 via theguardian.com
  
  Emmanuel Macron says Europe faces existential threat from Russian aggression and calls on continent to adopt ‘credible’ defence strategy. This live blog is closedRussia has vetoed a UN security council resolution calling on all nations to prevent a dangerous nuclear arms race in outer space, describing it as “a dirty spectacle”.The resolution, sponsored by the United States and Japan, would have called on all countries not to develop or deploy nuclear arms or other weapon
  
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• Biden delivers remarks on the CHIPS Act and job growth

  25-04-2024 17:21 via nbcnews.com
  Watch live coverage as President Biden delivers remarks on how the CHIPS and Science Act are growing the economy and creating jobs.
  
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• Global heating and urbanisation to blame for severity of UAE floods, study finds

  25-04-2024 17:02 via theguardian.com
  
  World Weather Attribution group says intensified El Niño effects caused torrential rain, but rules out cloud seeding as causeFossil fuels and concrete combined to worsen the “death trap” conditions during recent record flooding in the United Arab Emirates and Oman, a study has found.Scientists from the World Weather Attribution team said downpours in El Niño years such as this one had become 10-40% heavier in the region as a result of human-cased climate disruption, whi
  
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• Westfield security guards in Victoria say they requested additional protection months before mass Bondi stabbing

  25-04-2024 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  A Scentre Group spokesperson says the company has started providing Westfield staff with protective vests and will increase protection if review deems it necessaryFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastWestfield security guards in Victoria have claimed that their requests for more protection were not acted on in the months before the mass stabbing at Bondi Junction, while a union official has accused the reta
  
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• Tanya Plibersek rejects claims renewable projects are being held up by approval delays

  25-04-2024 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The environment minister says she is approving windfarms at the fastest rate in history amid industry concerns about an ‘alarming’ slowdownFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastTanya Plibersek has said she is approving windfarms faster than any previous environment minister, rejecting industry claims the sector faces deteriorating investment conditions and lengthening delays.Renewable energy firm
  
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• Relatives ‘surprised and shocked’ after 68-year-old Gaza woman’s Australian visa cancelled on security grounds

  25-04-2024 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Palestinian Australian advocates call for transparency after home affairs department cancels visa of Fatma Almassri, a diabetic living in displaced persons’ camp, without warningFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA 68-year-old Palestinian woman with ill health has had her temporary visa cancelled on the grounds that she poses a risk to Australia’s national security.Fatma Almassri, whose 27 chi
  
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• Environment groups accuse MasterChef of greenwashing after gas sponsorship deals unveiled

  25-04-2024 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Channel Ten show’s planned use of biomethane and hydrogen in cooking challenges ‘completely out of sync’ with changing attitudes, critics sayFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastEnvironmentalists have accused the hit reality TV show MasterChef Australia of greenwashing after the Network Ten program announced sponsorship deals with gas companies.The official sponsors for MasterChef’s
  
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• Australia’s skilled mechanics shortage forcing insurers to write off electric vehicles after minor accidents

  25-04-2024 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Lack of parts and outdated laws also contributing to long repair wait times and ballooning premiumsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastElectric vehicles are routinely being written off after minor accidents, as a shortage of skilled mechanics and parts, as well as outdated laws, leads Australian insurers to scrap EVs prematurely instead of repairing them.Despite the scarcity of supply that has plagued the
  
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• Middle East crisis: US and other countries link ‘immediate ceasefire’ to hostages’ release – as it happened

  25-04-2024 15:59 via theguardian.com
  
  White House releases joint letter signed with 17 other countries saying such a deal would lead to the ‘credible end of hostilities’Here are some of the scenes in Jerusalem, where people, including Israeli interior security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, have been worshipping during the Passover holiday.Hani Mahmoud, reporting from Rafah for Al Jazeera, states that two people have been killed there by drone strikes. He writes for the news network:A surge in attack drones flying over Rafah
  
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• Oil price could exceed $100 a barrel if Middle East conflict worsens, World Bank warns

  25-04-2024 14:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Increase in cost of crude could drive inflation up and force central banks to keep interest rates high• Business live – latest updatesA serious escalation of tensions in the Middle East would push the price of oil above $100 (£80) a barrel and reverse the recent downward trend in global inflation, the World Bank has said.The Washington-based institution said the recent fall in commodity prices had been levelling off even before the recent missile strikes by Iran and Israel &ndas
  
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• Would you pay a tourist fee to enter Venice?

  25-04-2024 14:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  From Thursday visitors making a trip to the famous city at peak times will be charged a trial entrance fee.
  
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• Ex-Post Office boss back at inquiry after denying remote access cover-up

  25-04-2024 09:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Angela van de Bogerd told the public inquiry on Thursday she was “truly sorry” over sub-postmasters’ wrongful convictions.
  
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