Wed 09 July 2025: The severe heat wave sweeping across Europe since last week is estimated to have caused around 2,300 deaths, according to a study released on Wednesday. Approximately 1,500 (65%) of the estimated 2,300 heat-related deaths are linked to climate change, which brought about a more severe heat wave across the continent, according to the study done […]
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Tue 08 July 2025: Some children in the UK are growing up in “Dickensian” levels of poverty, living in conditions described as unsanitary and degrading, according to a new report released Tuesday by the British children’s commissioner. Dame Rachel de Souza urged the government to scrap the two-child benefit cap, warning that it is contributing to rising […]
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Mon 07 July 2025: At least 41 people still missing as officials face questions about why warnings did not reach hard-hit Kerr County. The death toll from the catastrophic floods that hit the state of Texas in the United States has risen to 82, as the search for the missing continues and officials face questions […]
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Mon 07 July 2025: Russia’s former Transport Minister Roman Starovoit shot himself dead in Odintsovo following his dismissal by President Vladimir Putin on July 7, the pro-government newspaper Izvestia reported, citing unnamed sources. Starovoit’s ouster came after nearly 500 flights were grounded at major Russian airports on July 5–6 due to security threats from Ukrainian drone attacks. The following […]
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Mon 07 July 2025: The US Department of Justice (DOJ) and the FBI have determined there is no evidence that convicted sex offender and disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein blackmailed influential individuals, maintained a “client list” or was murdered, a media report said Sunday. This came in a memo detailing the findings which was obtained by […]
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Mon 07 July 2025: Donald Trump has targeted the BRICS group of developing nations in the latest salvo of his ongoing trade war, as the deadline to agree deals before the president’s 90-day tariff pause looms. Trump has warned overnight that he will impose a new 10% tariff on any country that aligns itself with […]
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Sun 06 July 2025: The jury’s decision highlights the complexities of intimate partner violence and the legacy of the #MeToo movement. The trial of music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs has culminated in a verdict, after more than seven weeks of intense media scrutiny and testimony about drug-fuelled celebrity sex parties. But beneath the salacious details, […]
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Sun 06 July 2025: Tesla CEO says he has formed a new political party after falling out with US President Donald Trump over the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’. Billionaire Elon Musk has followed through on his pledge to create a new political party in the United States after President Donald Trump signed his controversial budget legislation, the […]
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Sun 06 July 2025: Leaders expected to decry US President Donald Trump’s trade tariffs while presenting the bloc as a defender of multilateralism. Leaders of the growing BRICS group are gathering in Brazil for a summit overshadowed by United States President Donald Trump’s new tariff policies while presenting the bloc as a defender of multilateralism. The leaders, […]
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Sun 06 July 2025: President Donald Trump said late Friday that the US will announce new tariff amounts Monday on up to 12 countries. “I did, I signed some letters and they’ll go out on Monday,” Trump told reporters. “Probably 12 different amounts of money, different amounts of tariffs and somewhat different statements,” he […]
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