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Married At First Sight: Channel 4 boss 'deeply sorry' over rape allegations
Priya Dogra says a Panorama which included allegations from former cast members was "very troubling" to watch.
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Michelle Sadio: Two jailed for life for drive-by shooting murder
Michelle Sadio was caught in the crossfire as shots were fired at mourners outside a wake.
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Women who died in sea off Brighton beach were sisters
Paying tribute, their father says "no words can truly describe the pain of losing three daughters".
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James Murdoch buys New York magazine and Vox Media’s podcasts
James Murdoch just made a big investment in the American news media.
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Lady Donaldson found unfit to stand trial over aiding sex abuse charges
Lady Donaldson is declared unfit to stand trial on mental health grounds and will instead face what is known as a trial of facts.
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Chile's Big Economic Bill Clears Another Hurdle as Kast Seeks to Drive Growth
Chile’s lower house of Congress approved the base text of President José Antonio Kast’s flagship economic bill that his administration is counting on to drive growth in coming years.
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Hasbro Shares Tumble After Sales Guidance Disappoints
Hasbro Inc. shares were down more than 7% on Wednesday morning after the company maintained a sales forecast for the year that was on the low end of what analysts expected.
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James Murdoch Agrees to Buy New York Magazine, Vox Podcasts
James Murdoch has agreed to buy a significant chunk of Vox Media, marking a major expansion into US media for the youngest son of Australian media mogul Rupert Murdoch.
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TAP CEO Warns Against Staying ‘Alone and Small’ as Sale Proceeds
Portuguese state-owned airline TAP SA needs a strategic partner if it’s going to survive against growing market uncertainty and a slew of industry shocks, Chief Executive Officer Luís Rodrigues said.
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‘Heated Rivalry’ actor Harrison Browne on his life as a trans athlete
Harrison Browne, the first openly transgender professional hockey player and “Heated Rivalry” actor, wants people to know why inclusion is important in sports.
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Security Firm Thwarting Nation-State Hackers Valued at $1 Billion
Socket, a cybersecurity startup that sells technology to help safeguard open-source code against hackers, has raised a new round of funding that values the company at $1 billion.
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Solar Eclipse, Cod Catch and Aluminum Factor in Icelandic Rates
Setting interest rates for a land of fewer than 400,000 people can have a central bank considering the monetary-policy impact of unexpected factors from the movements of celestial bodies to catches of fish.
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Austria Urges Faster EU-UAE Trade Talks After Plastics Mega-Deal
Austria’s economy minister urged the European Union to accelerate free-trade talks with the United Arab Emirates, after state-owned chemical companies in both nations recently completed a merger worth more than $60 billion.
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‘Multipolar world’: What Xi and Putin announced after Beijing summit
The Russian and Chinese leaders agreed on bilateral cooperation during Putin’s visit to China.
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Israel Moves Closer to September Election After Parliament Vote
Israeli lawmakers voted Wednesday in favor of advancing a bill to dissolve parliament, raising the prospect of an election in September.
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EU Carbon Market Reform Push Gets Traction With Polish Lawmakers
Polish lawmakers in the European Parliament’s biggest political group are calling for a deep carbon-market reform as a war-driven surge in energy prices highlights the bloc’s industrial competitiveness issues.
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Can Venezuela Rebuild Investor Trust With a Debt Overhaul?
Venezuela is seeking to kick off one of the biggest debt restructurings in modern financial history, as the government attempts to revive the economy after years of turmoil. If successful, the renegotiation of the terms of $170 billion of bonds, loans and oth…
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Adenomyosis: Painful periods 'It's just being a woman, isn't it?'
One in 10 women live with adenomyosis yet sufferers say their pain is often dismissed.
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Watch live: Trial continues for ex-assistant principal facing charges after 6-year-old student shot teacher | CNN
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Harry Styles tour to review staging after fan complaints
BBC Newsbeat understands changes will be made in time for the star's London shows in June and July.
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Scheme to trial scrapping fit notes to get people back to work
The government says the system is "broken", with too many people signed off work with no help to return.
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'I made Venezuela Fury's 40ft wedding train - it was too big for my workshop'
Lancashire seamstress Emily Green had to use a church hall to lay out and hand sew the 40ft (12m) train.
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WHO says 600 suspected cases, 139 deaths in growing Ebola outbreak
Numbers are expected to rise, the WHO warns, as European officials emphasise the risk of a European outbreak is low.
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Israeli lawmakers advance bill to dissolve parliament
Netanyahu is under mounting pressure as his fractious right-wing coalition submitted the bill to dissolve parliament.
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US imposes sanctions on Gaza flotilla organisers: Why it matters
Nearly all flotillas over 20 years have been intercepted by Israel. Hundreds remain missing after latest interdiction.
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Why Ebola keeps returning to DRC: A heartbreaking human toll
Families in Mongbwalu grieve as Ebola returns, exposing serious gaps in healthcare and outbreak preparedness.
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Watch live: Day two of National Transportation Safety Board investigative hearing into 2025 UPS plane crash | CNN
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Trump critic Massie defeated: Takeaways from US primary election results
Here are the key takeaways from Tuesday’s US primaries in Alabama, Georgia, Idaho, Kentucky, Oregon and Pennsylvania.
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Memorial Day sticker shock: Gas prices near all-time highs
Tens of millions of Americans hitting the road this Memorial Day weekend will face historically high gas prices.
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Kylie Minogue reveals she had second cancer diagnosis in 2021
In a new documentary, the star says she "got through it, again" following successful treatment in 2005.
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Supermarkets hit back over pressure to cap price of milk, bread and eggs
A minister confirms talks have taken place but says there will be no mandatory cap on essential food prices.
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How to recession-proof your life
The United States is not in a recession, but the normal economic cycle means it will be at some point.
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Is Russia ‘simulating diplomacy’ because of war losses in Ukraine?
Putin has talked about a truce, but some analysts say it’s a ploy to buy time while Moscow’s soldiers are on back foot.
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At least 87 Gaza aid flotilla activists abducted by Israel on hunger strike
The protest comes after Israeli forces intercepted the last remaining vessel sailing towards the besieged Gaza Strip.
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Mark Cuban faces backlash after partnering with TrumpRx | CNN Politics
Mark Cuban’s drug company Cost Plus Drugs will partner with TrumpRx after he endorsed former Vice President Kamala Harris in 2024 and publicly criticized President Donald Trump.
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China’s Xi gives Putin a red-carpet welcome – and makes a veiled jab at the US
Chinese leader Xi Jinping hailed ties with Russia as a force of “calm amid chaos” during a meeting with Vladimir Putin in Beijing on Wednesday, which comes days after Xi hosted US President Donald Trump.
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China confirms Boeing purchase and other trade terms from Trump’s visit
China said Wednesday it will buy 200 Boeing aircraft and work with the US to reduce tariffs, confirming some details from the outcome of President Donald Trump’s visit to Beijing last week.
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Russia is losing in Ukraine. Xi has noticed — Trump should too
Putin had hoped that 2026 would be the year his forces — enabled by his advantage in mass and manpower — would break through the frontlines and seize the contested regions in eastern Ukraine. That has not happened.
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China’s Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet in Beijing
Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin hold talks just days after US President Donald Trump made an official visit to China.
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Iran war live: Tehran warns of ‘many more surprises’ if conflict resumes
Warning comes after Trump threatened military action against Iran and gave it ‘two to three days’ to strike a deal.
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