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What are rare earth elements, and why does Trump want them from Ukraine?
Trump hopes to secure rare earth resources from Ukraine as part of a deal for US aid.
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11 people reported dead in Örebro campus attack, according to Swedish police
Victims still being identified after what Sweden’s PM says was the worst mass shooting in the country’s history.
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Trump orders to ’obliterate’ Iran if the regime assassinates him, following a foiled plot on the October 7 anniversary
President Donald Trump has given his team strict instructions to completely obliterate Iran if they ever assassinate him.
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Donald Trump suggests Palestinians would prefer to leave Gaza and considers permanent resettlement
President Donald Trump said that Palestinians would ‘love’ to leave Gaza and suggested resettling them ‘permanently’.
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Two individuals arrested in Romania for involvement in employment fraud scheme
Prosecutors allege the duo requested funding for 34 fake jobs and pocketed the cash.
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Israel probes Sara Netanyahu for alleged witness intimidation in her husband’s corruption case
Attorney General confirms a criminal probe into Sara Netanyahu over allegations of witness intimidation and obstruction of justice. The investigation follows a Channel 12 exposé revealing efforts to discredit a key witness in Prime Minister Netanyahu’s corruption case.
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Donald Trump warns that he would ’obliterate’ Iran even from beyond the grave
The US President signed an order in the Oval Office on Tuesday for a ’maximum pressure’ campaign against Iran - and sent a chilling warning to the Middle Eastern country.
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An invisible threat has taken hundreds of lives of those returning to war-torn homes
Bashar Al-Assad’s regime collapse in December 2024 was meant to mark a turning point for Syria. Instead, an insidious threat is unfolding beneath the feet of its people.
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Beavers construct a dam overnight, accomplishing a task that would have cost £900,000
Mother nature has proven itself faster and more efficient than a European government in the race to construct a £900,000 dam.
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Vladimir Putin revives Soviet-era singing competition to rival Eurovision
Eurovision move out of the way, because Vladimir Putin is set to stage his very own anti-Western international song contest.
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Man’s free cruise turns costly as he incurs $47,000 medical bill after contracting the flu onboard
The passenger says he does not know how he will be able to pay the cruise line back.
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Cartels adopt terrifying tactics in response to Trump’s border crackdown
Mexican drug cartels are readying terrifying plans to strike back at US Border Patrol agents as President Donald Trump ramps up his crackdown on immigration.
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British investigative journalist banned from entering Cambodia
Treatment of Gerald Flynn, who writes for the outlet Mongabay, condemned as attack on independent media.
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Donald Trump Jr. faces accusations of killing a protected bird in Venice lagoon
Video posted online is said to show Trump Jr with a ruddy shelduck while on hunting trip.
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Shipowners profit £4.8bn by selling tankers to Russia’s ’shadow fleet’
Vessels used to evade sanctions on oil exports and help fund war against Ukraine, investigation reveals.
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Russian workhouses enslave the needy for profit while they face harsh -20°C conditions
Activists from WalkFree, an international human rights group that aims to end modern slavery, estimate that roughly 1.9 million people in Russia are being kept in some form of bondage.
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Trump plans to incarcerate American criminals in El Salvador’s notorious super prisons after securing an ’unprecedented and extraordinary’ deal
President Donald Trump is to send American criminals to El Salvador’s notorious mega-prisons in a breakthrough migrant deal.
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US concludes that Iran is developing plans for a faster, more rudimentary atomic weapon
The intelligence assessment warned that Iranian weapons engineers and scientists were essentially looking for a shortcut that would enable them to turn their growing stockpile of nuclear fuel...
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Kanye West loses $20 million Tokyo gigs after shocking Grammys stunt with Bianca Censori, misjudging Japanese tolerance
Kanye West has lost a $20 million deal to play in Japan as a result of his controversial stunt at the Grammys, according to sources in Tokyo.
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Two airport workers arrested over ’leaked horror footage’ in DC crash update
The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) staffers are accused of making unauthorised copies of records of the Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines passenger jet killed all 67 people.
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Former Tory MP joins Ukraine’s foreign legion to support the fight against Putin
Former deputy chair of the Conservative Party Jack Lopresti has given his first interview to The Independent after volunteering to serve in the Ukrainian military.
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Tesla sales decline in two European countries after Elon Musk involves himself in politics
The billionaire businessman has repeatedly attacked Sir Keir Starmer.
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Residents evacuate Santorini amid rising earthquake fears
Residents and tourists scramble to leave Greek island on ferries and planes after ‘barrage’ of tremors.
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French director convicted of sexual assault in MeToo trial, avoids jail sentence
Christophe Ruggia given two years’ house arrest over abuse of Adèle Haenel when she was aged between 12 and 15.
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Russia utilized US banks to transfer billions to Turkey, evading sanctions, according to WSJ
A U.S. Justice Department investigation found that Russia funneled billions of dollars through American banks to Turkey in 2022, using the Akkuyu nuclear power plant project as cover to evade sanctions, according to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ).
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