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• Men's soccer: All goals in first round of group stage play

  24-07-2024 23:58 via nbcnews.com
  Take a look at every goal scored during the first round of group stage matches for the men's soccer tournament at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Watch the 2024 Paris Olympics on NBC and streaming on Peacock, starting with the Opening Ceremony July 26 at 12 p.m. ET.
  
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• Death toll reaches 6 in Mexican tequila distillery blast

  24-07-2024 23:53 via foxnews.com
  
  Rescue teams on Wednesday found another body at a tequila distillery in Mexico a day after an explosion and fire, bringing the death toll to six. Two workers were injured.The factory belongs to the Jose Cuervo company, one of Mexico's most famous tequila brands.POSEIDON VS. CHAAC: MEXICO 'CANCELS' STATUE OF GREEK GOD AFTER COMPLAINT FROM MAYA INDIGENOUS GROUPSThe local civil defense posted on X that the latest body was found in a waste area where large containers had collapsed.The company on Tue
  
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• Ukraine thrown into war's bleak future as drones open new battlefront

  24-07-2024 23:00 via bbc.com
  
  On the front line, drones are killing hundreds every day - showing the world a new kind of high-tech war.
  
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• At least 26 killed in Papua New Guinea village attacks, including 16 children

  24-07-2024 22:42 via theguardian.com
  
  Police say gang of more than 30 youths also raped women and girls before massacres in remote villagesAt least 26 people were killed, including 16 children, during attacks by a gang of young men on three Papua New Guinea villages last week, police have said, adding that their houses were torched and other villagers were still missing.Angoram police station commander Inspector Peter Mandi told reporters on Thursday an unconfirmed number of women and girls were also raped before being killed in the
  
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• Swimmers embrace the awkward silence of the ready room

  24-07-2024 21:49 via nbcnews.com
  Regan Smith, Bobby Finke and more U.S. swimming stars dish on the uncomfortable, and unavoidable, tension of the ready room, where swimmers patiently await their events. Watch the 2024 Paris Olympics on NBC and streaming on Peacock, starting with the Opening Ceremony July 26 at 12 p.m. ET.
  
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• WATCH: Golden retriever who loves popcorn-themed toys gets the best birthday surprise

  24-07-2024 21:37
  
  Finn had the cutest popcorn-themed birthday party.
  
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• Special report: Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu addresses Congress

  24-07-2024 21:34 via nbcnews.com
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said "America and Israel must stand together" in his country's fight against Hamas and thanked both President Biden and former President Trump for their support.
  
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• Sir Keir Starmer's PMQs Debut

  24-07-2024 21:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  And is Kamala Harris having a ‘brat summer’?
  
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• Britain’s new Prime Minister Keir Starmer faces his first House of Commons grilling from lawmakers

  24-07-2024 21:15 via foxnews.com
  
  Newly elected British leader Keir Starmer faced a House of Commons milestone on Wednesday, fielding lawmakers’ queries at the boisterous weekly Prime Minister’s Questions session.It was the first such session since Starmer’s Labour Party won a landslide election victory on July 4, returning to power after 14 years. The center-left party won 412 of the 650 seats in the House of Commons.KEIR STARMER ELECTED NEW UK PRIME MINISTER AFTER BIG LABOUR PARTY WINStarmer is more accustome
  
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• Man charged over attempted murder of Salman Rushdie accused of ties to Hezbollah

  24-07-2024 21:14 via foxnews.com
  
  A court filing made last week in New York alleged that the man charged with trying to murder Salman Rushdie may have had ties to Hezbollah and provided them with "material support." "Between in and about September 2020… the defendant, HADI MATAR, a citizen of the United States, knowingly did attempt to provide material support and resources … to a designated foreign terrorist organization, namely, Hizballah," the indictment, filed on July 17, claimed. Matar, 26, was charg
  
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• At least 150 people missing after boat capsizes off coast of Mauritania

  24-07-2024 21:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Boat full of people hoping to get to Europe overturns and at least 15 known to have died, UN migration agency saysAt least 15 people have died and more than 150 are missing after a boat full of people hoping to make it to Europe capsized off the coast of Mauritania, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM).About 300 people had boarded the long, wooden, fishing vessel in The Gambia, roughly 850 miles (1,350km) to the south, spending seven days at sea before the boat overtur
  
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• WATCH: Father of Sonya Massey reflects on loss of ‘daddy’s girl’

  24-07-2024 19:34
  
  James Wilburn speaks to ABC News about the moment he learned about his daughter’s death in a police shooting.
  
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• Thousands expected to protest in Washington DC as Netanyahu addresses Congress – live

  24-07-2024 19:04 via theguardian.com
  
  Capitol Hill on high alert for protests from a broad coalition of groups voicing opposition to Benjamin Netanyahu, who will address Congress later todayCapitol Hill on alert over protests as Netanyahu due to address CongressKevin McCarthy, the former Republican House speaker, has described attacks by his former colleagues on Kamala Harris claiming that she was hired as part of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives are “stupid and dumb”.McCarthy, speaking to NBC News&rsquo
  
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• Corker of a find: Shipwreck in Baltic brims with crates of champagne

  24-07-2024 18:58 via theguardian.com
  
  Cargo of vessel capsized near Sweden in 19th century also includes mineral water, say Polish diversDivers have discovered a 19th-century shipwreck off the Swedish coast “loaded to the brim” with champagne.The group, from Poland, were diving in the Baltic 20 nautical miles (37km) south of the island of Öland when they found the boat, believed to be a merchant vessel, by chance last week. Continue reading...
  
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• Armed police officer filmed kicking man in face at Manchester airport

  24-07-2024 18:53 via theguardian.com
  
  Footage shows Greater Manchester police officer pointing Taser at two men, kicking one of them and hitting the otherAn armed police officer has been filmed kicking a man in the face as he lay on the ground after an altercation at Manchester airport.Footage shared widely online showed the officer pointing his Taser at the man and then kicking him with force in the face and stamping on his head. Continue reading...
  
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• Ten people drown in Darién Gap while trying to cross swollen river

  24-07-2024 18:52 via theguardian.com
  
  People were probably on their way to US, Panama’s border force says, highlighting perils of jungle Ten people have drowned in a swollen river while trying to cross a lawless stretch of jungle connecting Colombia with Panama, highlighting the continuing perils of the Darién Gap despite efforts to stop irregular migration through the region.The 10 people, whose nationality has not yet been identified, were probably on their way to the US when they were swept away by strong currents, P
  
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• Soldier stabbed near Kent barracks in serious but stable condition, say police

  24-07-2024 18:52 via theguardian.com
  
  Man, 24, arrested on suspicion of attempted murder shortly after attack as officers investigate if it was ‘mental-health related’Police have seized “a number of knives” after a British army officer in uniform was stabbed near barracks in Kent.Witnesses described hearing screams as the man in his 40s was repeatedly stabbed near his home in Gillingham just before 6pm on Tuesday by a masked attacker who fled the scene on a moped. Continue reading...
  
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• Alabama church employee pleads guilty to stealing $300,000 to buy TikTok gifts

  24-07-2024 18:50 via theguardian.com
  Kristen Marie Battocletti, 35, used funds from her Tuscaloosa church to send digital gifts to content creatorsA former employee at an Alabama church has pleaded guilty to stealing $300,000 from the church to purchase gifts for content creators on TikTok.Between April and October 2023, Kristen Marie Battocletti stole approximately $300,000 from St Francis of Assisi University Parish church in Tuscaloosa, according to a release from the US attorney’s office in the northern district of Alabam
  
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• Aston Martin predicts sales recovery from new product launches

  24-07-2024 18:46 via theguardian.com
  
  Carmaker’s sales declined in first half of 2024 but product updates might lead to turnaroundAston Martin sales went into reverse in the first six months of 2024 but the luxury carmaker says it expects a recovery in the second half as it completes an update of its model lineup.The FTSE 250 company said the number of cars sold to dealers fell by a third to 2,000, while first-half losses rose by 52% to £216.7m. Continue reading...
  
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• Shooter who tried to kill Trump Googled JFK assassination, FBI chief says

  24-07-2024 18:42 via theguardian.com
  
  Christopher Wray testified on Wednesday before House judiciary committee on Capitol HillThe FBI director told the House judiciary committee that the shooter who attempted to assassinate Donald Trump just 11 days ago searched online for information about the 1963 assassination of John F Kennedy.Christopher Wray is currently testifying before the committee on Capitol Hill, at the House of Representatives, where the Republicans are in the majority. Continue reading...
  
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• Keir Starmer’s show of force sends message to his backbenchers

  24-07-2024 18:34 via theguardian.com
  
  By removing whip from seven MPs, PM makes clear that he is not about to abandon his ruthless mode of operating A new Labour prime minister with a landslide majority faced the first real test of his authority with a party rebellion from MPs concerned about a tough stance on welfare.That prime minister was Tony Blair, in December 1997, when 47 Labour MPs voted against the government including a frontbench resignation over a bill to cut benefits for single-parent families. But no one lost the whip.
  
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• CrowdStrike global outage to cost US Fortune 500 companies $5.4bn

  24-07-2024 18:19 via theguardian.com
  
  Banking and healthcare firms, major airlines expected to suffer most losses, according to insurer ParametrixThe global technology outage sparked by CrowdStrike’s faulty update will cost US Fortune 500 companies $5.4bn, insurers estimated, as the cybersecurity firm vowed to make changes to prevent it from happening again.The projected financial losses exclude Microsoft, the tech giant whose systems suffered widespread failures in the crash. Continue reading...
  
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• ‘Picture postcard of Paris’: France ramps up global image ahead of Olympics

  24-07-2024 17:55 via theguardian.com
  
  Emmanuel Macron prepares to welcome world leaders to opening ceremonyArms outstretched, Emmanuel Macron looked out over the white sand of the Olympic beach volleyball arena under the Eiffel tower, marvelling at what promised to be the most Parisian backdrop of the games.“This is magnificent,” he said as volunteers prepared for the hundreds of thousands of spectators who will watch events at the venue after it opens this weekend. “This is the picture postcard of Paris 2024,&rdqu
  
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• Keir Starmer dodges questions on two-child benefit cap in first PMQs as prime minister – as it happened

  24-07-2024 17:52 via theguardian.com
  
  This blog is now closed, you can read more on this story hereCabinet secretary, Simon Case, is reportedly being advised to step down permanently from his role for health reasons at the end of this year, writes Politico.The outlet reports:According to people familiar with the matter, Case is likely to need to step down in the new year on the advice of doctors, who are continuing to treat him for a neurological condition diagnosed more than a year ago.Case is currently working at full capacity, bu
  
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• Prince Harry: decision to take on tabloids contributed to family ‘rift’

  24-07-2024 17:46 via theguardian.com
  
  Duke of Sussex tellsITV documentary that legal battles against newspapers ‘central’ to deterioration in relationsThe Duke of Sussex believes his determination to take on tabloid newspapers in the courts was a “central piece” in the deterioration of relations between him and his family in the UK.Speaking about his legal battles against newspapers over privacy, Prince Harry told an ITV documentary Tabloids on Trial that his decision to fight contributed to the “rift&r
  
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• ‘A life too immense for only one book’: Cher announces two-part memoir

  24-07-2024 17:46 via theguardian.com
  
  Cher: The Memoir, Part One will be released in November, with a second installment due in spring 2025Cher’s two-part memoir finally has a release date. Cher: The Memoir, Part One will be released on 19 November by Dey Street Books, an imprint of the William Morrow Group at HarperCollins Publishers.Part Two will follow in spring of 2025, the publisher announced on Wednesday. Continue reading...
  
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• Trump told nephew to let his disabled son die, then move to Florida, book says

  24-07-2024 17:07 via theguardian.com
  
  Fred C Trump III calls comment ‘appalling’ in new book All in the Family, to be published next weekDonald Trump told his nephew he should let his disabled son die, then “move down to Florida”, the nephew writes in a new book, calling the comment “appalling”.“Wait!” Fred C Trump III writes. “What did he just say? That my son doesn’t recognise me? That I should just let him die? Continue reading...
  
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• Close to 40,000 Palestinians killed by military offensive in Gaza, health ministry says – as it happened

  24-07-2024 17:03 via theguardian.com
  
  At least 39,145 Palestinians killed and 90,257 wounded since 7 October, Palestinian health ministry saysNetanyahu in Washington – latest newsIn case you missed it, leaders from Hamas, Fatah and other Palestinian factions have agreed after three days of talks in Beijing to form a national unity government at an unspecified point in the future, in a move that has bolstered China’s status as a global mediator, particularly in the Middle East.The “Beijing declaration”, signed
  
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• Discovery of poliovirus in Gaza ‘incredibly alarming’, Unicef executive director says

  24-07-2024 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: Territory is ‘one of the most, if not the most dangerous place to be a child right now’, Catherine Russell says, and ‘we desperately need this conflict to end’Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe “incredibly alarming” discovery of the poliovirus in Gaza only adds to the besieged territory’s status as one of “the most dangerous places to be a child right now”, the head of the UN children&rsquo
  
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• Australia’s health star rating system exploited by companies making ultra-processed foods, experts say

  24-07-2024 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Labelling focused on nutrients such as protein or fat distracts from ‘poor quality’ or ‘chemically transformed’ products, according to expertsGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe food industry in Australia is allowed to use labelling and marketing tactics to distract from the harmful ingredients in ultra-processed foods due its outsize political power, health experts say.As state, territory and federal health and food ministers meet
  
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• Freedom safeguards for Italy’s public service media ‘urgently needed’

  24-07-2024 16:53 via theguardian.com
  
  EU officials ask Giorgia Meloni to guarantee independence and funding of public broadcaster amid growing worries The European Commission has raised the alarm about the independence of Italy’s public service media and Rome’s failure to reform the country’s strict defamation law, which is widely seen as silencing government critics.In a report issued on Wednesday EU officials identified “persisting challenges related to the effectiveness of [the] governance and funding&rdqu
  
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• New Zealand inquiry reveals 'unimaginable' abuse in care institutions over 5 decades

  24-07-2024 15:18 via foxnews.com
  
  New Zealand’s wide-ranging independent inquiry into the abuse of children and vulnerable adults in care over the span of five decades released a blistering final report Wednesday that found the country’s state agencies and churches failed to prevent, stop or admit to the abuse of those they were supposed to look after — even when they knew about it.The scale of the abuse was "unimaginable" with an estimated 200,000 people abused in seven decades, the report said. Scrutiny of st
  
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• 1 dead, 3 injured after storm blows down tree at Cambodian Angkor temple complex, damaging statues

  24-07-2024 15:12 via foxnews.com
  
  One person was killed and three others injured at Cambodia’s famed centuries-old Angkor temple complex after a large tree was blown down onto their vehicle during a fierce rainstorm, a government statement said Wednesday.The accident occurred late Tuesday afternoon at the southern gate to Angkor Thom, which is near the more famous Angkor Wat temple and part of the same archaeological complex in the northwestern province of Siem Reap, about 200 miles northwest of the capital, Phnom Penh.The
  
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• North Korean trash balloon drops garbage on South Korea’s presidential compound

  24-07-2024 15:10 via foxnews.com
  
  Trash carried by at least one North Korean balloon fell on the South Korean presidential compound on Wednesday, raising worries about the security of key South Korean facilities during North Korean provocations.The rubbish that landed on the presidential compound in central Seoul contained no dangerous material and no one was hurt, South Korea’s presidential security service said. While North Korea likely lacks sophisticated technology to drop balloons on specific targets, some experts say
  
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• ‘High quality, low price and dizzying variety’: how the Chinese switched to electric cars

  24-07-2024 15:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The country has long been the world’s biggest market – but the government’s interest is more geopolitical than environmentalWhen Kenzi, an advertising worker in Shanghai, bought an electric vehicle in November she wasn’t even thinking about the environmental benefits. She had read Elon Musk’s biography and thought the Tesla 3 looked good. She also knew that if she bought an EV she could bypass the long wait and cost of getting licence plates, which are rationed by t
  
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• Africa to overtake Asia with highest number of hungry people by 2030, says UN

  24-07-2024 14:17 via theguardian.com
  
  Annual report says climate crisis, conflict and economic shocks leave the global food system ‘disastrously vulnerable’Africa will overtake Asia as the continent with the highest number of people experiencing hunger in the world by 2030, the UN has predicted.In its annual state of food security and nutrition report, five UN agencies said there was a “clear trend” of rising prevalence of undernourishment in Africa. Continue reading...
  
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• Italian town joins mayor on walks to lose weight blamed on his ‘convivial obligations’

  24-07-2024 14:13 via theguardian.com
  
  Luciano Fregonese is taking brisk walks with local people after winning an election in JuneAn Italian mayor who says that years in the job have made him overweight is taking weekly brisk walks with the town’s people in an effort to shed the kilos.Luciano Fregonese, 47, won a third mandate as mayor of Valdobbiadene, a town in the northern Veneto region, in June, on a promise to take better care of his physical health and try to get back to the 90kg (14st 2lb) he weighed when elected for the
  
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• EasyJet forecasts record-breaking summer as profits jump

  24-07-2024 13:54 via theguardian.com
  
  Strong results follow drop in European airline stocks this week after Ryanair reported profit plungeBusiness live – latest updatesThe budget airline easyJet is predicting a record-breaking summer of travel after profits jumped 16% in its most recent quarter of trading.The bumper figures come only two days after the rival no-frills carrier Ryanair reported a plunge in earnings and a poor outlook for the holiday getaway season, pushing down many European airline stocks. Continue reading...
  
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• Scores killed in Israeli attacks, medics say, after IDF orders evacuation of Gaza humanitarian zone

  24-07-2024 13:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Hundreds also wounded in assault on parts of Khan Younis, including area designated a humanitarian zone by IDFThe Israeli military has launched a fresh attack on the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, killing at least 70 people according to medics, after ordering Palestinians to leave several neighbourhoods including areas that had been designated by the military as part of a humanitarian zone.Palestinian civil defence in the territory estimated that 400,000 people sheltering in the city were af
  
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• Transfemicide becomes a crime in a ‘watershed’ moment for Mexico City

  24-07-2024 13:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Galvanized by the 2016 murder of trans sex worker Paola Buenrostro, activists applaud law as critical for feeling safeWhen the trans sex worker Paola Buenrostro was killed by a client in Mexico City, her friend Kenya Cuevas grabbed the man to stop him fleeing and recorded the scene as police arrived amid sirens, screams and red and blue lights.Despite the footage and witness testimonies, a judge considered there was insufficient evidence to hold the man and released him after 48 hours, since whi
  
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• Doctors in Khan Younis overwhelmed as casualties of new Israeli invasion mount

  24-07-2024 13:28 via theguardian.com
  
  Nasser hospital director pleas for medical supplies and says staff cannot save influx of patients as IDF continues assaultDoctors in the largest hospital in Gaza’s southern city of Khan Younis pleaded for supplies from a facility overwhelmed by wounded people, as Israeli airstrikes, artillery fire and fighting on the streets continued for a second day.“There’s no space for more patients. There’s no space in the operating theatres. There is a lack of medical supplies, so w
  
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• Families of US citizens held by Hamas pin hopes on Netanyahu’s address to Congress

  24-07-2024 13:06 via foxnews.com
  
  JERUSALEM – With Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu set to address both houses of Congress on Wednesday, families of U.S. citizens held hostage by the Hamas terror group in Gaza for some 292 days expressed hope that he will use the high-profile platform to finally announce a cease-fire deal that will release them. Ahead of his flight to Washington, D.C., Netanyahu’s office released a statement saying that Israel would return to the negotiating table this week in the hopes
  
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• Plane crashes at Nepal airport, killing all onboard but pilot, officials say

  24-07-2024 13:02
  
  More than a dozen people were killed when a plane crashed during takeoff in Nepal on Wednesday, aviation officials said.
  
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• Putin ‘peddling lies’ about ailing Russian economy, say EU ministers

  24-07-2024 13:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Group of finance ministers call for sanctions to be ratcheted up amid signs Moscow’s war machine is weakeningOpinion: Russia sanctions are working – and we need moreVladimir Putin is “peddling lies” about the strength of the Russian economy that must be refuted, finance ministers from eight EU member states have said, with growing signs of deterioration in the face of biting sanctions.They say there are signs that the economy is being “sovietised” with many ha
  
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• ‘Inexcusable’: should climate hypocrites get the petrostates label?

  24-07-2024 12:36 via theguardian.com
  
  Suggestions definition of petrostate is too narrow as many rich countries that could phase out fossil fuels double downWealthy countries lead in new oil and gas expansion, threatening 12bn tonnes of emissions“Drill, baby, drill!” Donald Trump’s ominous avowal to pump up the oil and gas production of the US has horrified many people around the world about the intentions of the Republican candidate, who has also declared he wants to be “dictator for a day”. Rather tha
  
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• 25,000 ordered to evacuate as wildfires burn in Canada's Jasper National Park

  24-07-2024 12:19
  
  At least 25,000 people have been forced to evacuate due to wildfires in Jasper National Park in Canada, officials said.
  
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• Revealed: wealthy western countries lead in global oil and gas expansion

  24-07-2024 12:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The US and the UK among countries with low dependence on fossil fuels criticized for ‘hypocrisy’ on climate pledges‘Inexcusable’: should climate hypocrites get the petrostates label?The US’s quiet rise to the world’s biggest fossil fuel stateA surge in new oil and gas exploration in 2024 threatens to unleash nearly 12bn tonnes of planet-heating emissions, with the world’s wealthiest countries – such as the US and the UK – leading a stampede o
  
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• The prosecutor vs. the felon. Democrats see winning contrast between Harris and Trump

  24-07-2024 11:45
  
  Vice President Kamala Harris is leaning on her prosecutorial background as she gears up to take on Donald Trump, and Democrats see it as a winning message.
  
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• Biden to give prime-time address on decision to exit 2024 race and what comes next

  24-07-2024 11:39
  
  Biden will speak extensively for the first time on his decision to withdraw from the 2024 race and his plans for what will now be the final few months of his career.
  
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• Australian scientists genetically engineer common fly species to eat more of humanity’s waste

  24-07-2024 11:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Black soldier flies could help cut planet-warming methane produced when organic waste breaks down, Macquarie University team saysGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA team of Australian scientists is genetically engineering a common fly species so that it can eat more of humanity’s organic waste while producing ingredients for making everything from lubricants and biofuels to high-grade animal feeds.Black soldier flies are already being used commerciall
  
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