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Fan tips: Experts advise how best to use yours during a heatwave
Point it at your face? Use a bowl of ice? Open a window? Our experts separate fact from fiction.
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Trump targets Spain, NATO backs Ukraine: Is the alliance still united?
While NATO members have agreed to boost defence spending, Trump’s attacks on Spain and Greenland have threatened unity.
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Madonna: Queen Of Controversy | CNN
Madonna pushed boundaries from the moment she burst onto the scene in the 1980s. She sparked cultural debates and redefined what it meant to be a female pop artist. Now, over four decades later, she’s proven that she is as radical as ever.
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5 Things with Kate Bolduan | CNN
Catch up with CNN’s Kate Bolduan every weekday morning with 5 stories that will get you up to speed and on with your day.
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Los Angeles Grade School for Gifted Kids to Borrow $32 Million
A Los Angeles grade school that requires applicants to have an IQ of 138 or higher is planning to sell $32 million of municipal bonds on Thursday.
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Qatar Pauses Push to Ramp Up LNG After Hormuz Tanker Attack
Qatar is pausing efforts to rapidly revive production at the world’s largest liquefied natural gas facility after an attack on one of its tankers in the Strait of Hormuz raised fears that transit through the crucial waterway is still too risky.
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Mexico Inflation Slows Much More Than Expected to Five-Year Low
Mexico’s inflation slowed much more than expected in June to the slowest pace since 2020, giving the central bank more flexibility as policymakers assess whether the decline in price pressures can be sustained.
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US to Explore Allowing Driverless Cars Without Steering Wheels
The head of the top US auto safety regulator said the agency “absolutely” will consider ending requirements that driverless cars include steering wheels, a potential boon for Tesla Inc. and other robotaxi companies rethinking traditional vehicle design.
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Jersey City Shadowed by 15% Tax Hike as Boomtown Faces Reckoning
After decades of drawing in tens of thousands of new residents as gleaming apartment towers rose near the Hudson River waterfront across from Manhattan, Jersey City has suddenly found itself teetering on the financial brink.
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Magnificent Seven’s Weakness Is Starting to Become a Problem for Wall Street
One notable group has been absent from the 2026 stock rally: the American tech giants that have charged a nearly four-year bull run.
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Casualties reported after shoe factory fire in China’s Fujian, state media says
A fire at a shoe factory in southeastern China left casualties on Thursday, state broadcaster CCTV reported, as firefighters worked to extinguish the blaze and rescue people trapped inside.
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VIDEO: World Cup Preview: Morocco plays France in quarterfinal opener
Latest match highlights, reaction and previews from the FIFA World Cup 2026 in North America.
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How can you get air conditioning in your home and how much does it cost?
As summers in the UK get hotter, is it time for air conditioning to become a permanent feature in most homes?
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FIFA World Cup 2026: What happened to the beautiful game?
How the World Cup has changed over the past 50 years and why there are only flashes of the beautiful game in 2026.
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The Crypto Startup Trying to Put a Barrel of Oil on Blockchain
The oil industry has spent more than a century pushing into new frontiers. Its engineers pulled crude from beneath deserts, oceans and frozen tundra. Its traders built markets that turned oil into the world’s most actively traded commodity.
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World Bank Sees Kenyan Growth at Weakest Since Covid on Iran War
Kenya’s economy is likely to grow at the slowest pace since the coronavirus pandemic because of the effects of the US-Israeli war on Iran, according to the World Bank.
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China Climate Plan Pushes Renewables in Factories, Data Centers
China, the world’s largest source of climate-warming greenhouse gases, plans to more deeply integrate its massive renewable power fleet into factories, data centers and transport in a new plan that lays out more detail of its emissions-cutting strategy throug…
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Farage's by-election in Clacton officially confirmed
Reform's Lee Anderson has moved the writ in the Commons, with the by-election likely to happen on 13 August.
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Oman Tells UN It’s Against Imposing Transit Fees in Hormuz
Oman told the United Nations’ shipping agency that it doesn’t support imposing transit fees in the Strait of Hormuz, an approach which might set the sultanate at odds with Iran, which is pushing to charge passing freighters for navigation.
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Mediator Pakistan says renewed US-Iran conflict is ‘in no one’s interest’
Islamabad urges both sides to honour their MoU as renewed attacks raise fears of a wider regional conflict.
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UK Labour leadership nominations begin: Who’s running and how it works
Former Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham is the frontrunner. If no rival emerges, he could become PM this month.
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Huntingdon train attack suspect denies attempted murders
Anthony Williams pleads not guilty to various charges after passengers were stabbed onboard.
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Iran prepares to bury slain leader Khamenei after mass funeral processions
The late supreme leader will be buried in his hometown, the eastern holy city of Mashhad.
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Family's 'unimaginable loss' after mum and daughters found dead
Bedfordshire Police is seeking Ndodana Mkhanyisi Tshuma, 45, also known as Mark.
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US strikes Iran for second night – is the peace process all over now?
Neither side has officially called off the interim peace agreement, despite the escalation.
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Andy Burnham on course for No 10 as Labour nominations open
The former mayor of Greater Manchester is unopposed in the race to replace Sir Keir Starmer.
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The UAE is putting a homegrown satellite constellation into orbit
The company is working to mass manufacture commercial satellites and help the United Arab Emirates build sovereign space capabilities.
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Most popular baby names for boys and girls in 2025 revealed
The Office for National Statistics releases its annual data on baby names, with Olivia remaining most popular for girls and Muhammad for boys.
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Bonnie Tyler, known for hit song ‘Total Eclipse of the Heart,’ dies age 75
Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler, known for hits such as “Total Eclipse of the Heart,” has died at the age of 75, according to a statement on her website and social media accounts on Thursday.
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Inside King’s College London’s crackdown on pro-Palestine students
The UK university, which has ties to the defence industry, has disciplined at least 26 students in two years.
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These Singapore parents adopted a baby from Indonesia - now they may lose him
When they adopted Marcus, David and Ally's dream of having a child was complete - but now they could lose him.
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‘Double cross, first class’: Why India’s Modi wins so many foreign awards
The prime minister was presented with an award during a visit to the Seychelles, adding to his large trophy collection.
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Crews work to keep NYC high-rise stabilized — but that’s just the beginning. Here’s what comes next
A high-rise building in New York City’s Midtown Manhattan was stabilized after partial collapse fears. Here’s what could happen next.
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Three more people charged with damaging Reflecting Pool after Trump’s multimillion-dollar restoration
Three more people have been criminally charged with destruction of property at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
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State AGs finalizing antitrust lawsuit over Paramount–Warner Bros. Discovery merger
Lawyers for several states are finalizing an antitrust lawsuit challenging Paramount’s pending acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, including CNN, according to people involved in the legal process.
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UK weather: Why heatwaves hit women harder
Experts are calling for better awareness of the heat-related risks to women and more targeted efforts to protect them.
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Crude cuts to disability benefits not expected, minister says
Sir Stephen Timms says personal independence payments (Pip) are not "fit for purpose" and need changing.
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Iran war live: One killed as US bombs Bushehr, Chabahar, Bandar Abbas, Jask
US attacks kill at least one person in the city of Iranshahr and cause widespread power outages in Chabahar.
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Judge orders the release of Trump’s $5 million payment to E. Jean Carroll
A federal judge Wednesday ordered the release of more than $5 million to E. Jean Carroll rejecting President Donald Trump’s attempt to delay paying her.
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