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Hong Kong records hottest day ever as Typhoon Dolphin fuels heatwave
Observatory says 36.9C posted on Sunday is city’s highest official temperature since its records began 142 years ago, with storm driving int
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Trump appoints staff secretary Will Scharf as new White House counsel
Scharf, who helped president win approval for $400m ballroom, to replace David Warrington on 1 SeptemberDonald Trump announced on Sunday tha
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Is your ill fate bad luck or a curse? You could ask Ted Lasso, but why not consider the psychology | Helen Pilcher
The hit TV show confirms that sports lore is rife with powerful hexes. But there’s really nothing mystical about the dread and self-doubt th
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Iran issues tough demands to reopen strait of Hormuz as deal remains out of reach
Tehran urges US to ‘correct its behaviour’ as UAE says one of its ships targeted by Iranian missileIran has issued tough new demands for reo
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Navy says it is spending 25% more time monitoring Russian vessels around UK waters
Warning of increased activity as patrols spent 21 days in July shadowing Moscow’s ships in Dover Strait and North SeaThe Royal Navy has warn
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Centrelink pursuing debts that are more than 40 years old despite agreeing to waive old arrears
Advocates and legal bodies want the debt to be made ‘out of bounds’ given how hard it is to determine its accuracy .93bn in unpaid debts
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Hospitality recruitment app Supp calls gig-workers contractors. Some users say it leads to casual work without entitlements
Exclusive: Workers’ rights experts raise ‘alarm bells’ over app requiring ABNs for jobs they say lack worker autonomy at workers using
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‘Super El Niño’ could bring wet winter and flooding to western US, climate scientists warn
Weather system tied to warming sea surface expected to intensify in fall and winter, persisting until early spring 2027El Niño, a recurring
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Hunter Biden talks about how his father’s cancer has spread and is causing him pain
Joe Biden’s prostate cancer is reportedly ‘debilitating’, even as ex-president continues to speak out on public issuesFormer US president Jo
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OpenAI to pause some work on AI model Astra due to security concerns
Agent found to be able to find and exploit vulnerabilities without human intervention, and to carry out cyber-attacksOpenAI will pause some
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One of UK’s best fossil collections sold overseas in ‘loss to the nation’
Exclusive: Lack of funds left British museums unable pay eight-figure sum for collection, which went to Abu Dhabi institutionOne of the most
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Lion saved as cub from Ukraine war and brought to US battles rare fungal disease
Four-year-old Taras, who now resides at a Minnesota sanctuary, was diagnosed with an often fatal infectionA lion that escaped the war in Ukr
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Blanche confirmation allows Trump to continue ‘pervasive, breathtaking corruption’, says Schumer – US politics live
Senate minority leader condemns Republicans after Donald Trump’s former defense lawyer was confirmed by 50 votes to 49 early on Saturday mor
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Trump loyalist Todd Blanche confirmed by Senate as US attorney general
Major win for president as former personal lawyer wins approval despite outcry over $1.8bn slush fundThe US Senate voted to narrowly confirm
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Senate passes funding bill to prevent shutdown through US midterms
Bill must still be approved by House but would keep government running at current funding levelsThe US Senate on Friday passed a government
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Super-rich complain but experts welcome Mamdani’s pied-à-terre tax
New York mayor’s policy set to generate revenue and address housing crisis despite outcry in some quarters New York City’s introduction of a
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Google DeepMind enters a new era as co-founder Demis Hassabis shifts AI role
Observers express concern that the division has lost its independence and commercial reality has taken overWhen Sir Demis Hassabis said AI h
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Arron Banks ‘hired private detective’ to look into journalist who investigated Reform UK
Asked whether he targeted reporter who investigated party finances, Brexit campaigner says: ‘When you live by the sword, you die by the swor
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The Bond effect? How MI6 fascinates spy watchers around the world
Britain’s spooks take quiet satisfaction from survey ranking Secret Intelligence Service Europe’s top espionage agency MI6 has the swagger o
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Nazi shipwrecks emerge from the depths as Europe’s Danube dries up
Unexploded ordnance and a military motorcycle also recovered following record heat and drought conditionsRecord-low water levels in the Danu
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High divers take the plunge in Paris for a new test of reclaimed Seine’s water
European Aquatics Championships taking place in cityThreat to water quality tested two years after GamesParis is staging its first high-divi
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Scratch of the day: local football season postponed due to ‘rock hard’ pitches
Drought and record heat have forced the Norfolk and Suffolk league to move kick-off to the end of August as the ground is deemed too dangero
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Trump renews bid to fire Fed governor Lisa Cook despite supreme court ruling
White House continues to target Cook despite decision from justices that upheld Federal Reserve’s independenceDonald Trump is attempting onc
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California woman who admitted to stabbing wife had also killed husband
Yolanda Olejniczak Marodi, who served a decade for killing her husband, pleaded guilty to murder of Rebecca Marodi, a fire captain who fough
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