Wed 30 July 2025: The BBC is rolling out paid subscriptions in the United States, as the publicly-funded broadcaster explores new revenue streams amid negotiations with the British government over its funding. The BBC has in recent years seen a fall in the number of people paying the licence fee, a charge of 174.50 pounds ($239.76) a year levied on […]
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Wed 30 July 2025: Tsunami waves have hit parts of Russia, Japan and the United States after a magnitude 8.8 earthquake off Russia’s eastern Kamchatka Peninsula. The quake struck 136km (84 miles) east of the coastal city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in Russia’s far east, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). Japan’s meteorological agency issued […]
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Wed 30 July 2025: Trump says he cut off his relationship with Epstein because the sex offender poached workers from his Florida resort. United States President Donald Trump has said that he ended his relationship with disgraced financier and convicted sex abuser Jeffrey Epstein because he “stole” young female workers from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort. Speaking to reporters […]
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Mon 28 July 2025: There is increasing pressure in the US Congress to release sealed documents related to child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, revealing divisions among Republicans as some lawmakers break ranks with US President Donald Trump, a report by Axios on Sunday indicated. The pressure follows renewed attention on the case of Epstein, the […]
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Sun 27 July 2025: The German Defense Ministry wants 40,000 new recruits a year by 2031, Der Tagesspiegel daily reported, citing informed sources. Teenagers may be called up to serve if volunteers cannot fill the gap, according to the newspaper. Sources in the ministry told the outlet that the initial aim would be to boost […]
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Sat 26 July 2025: A 61-year-old Austrian man is suspected of fraudulently obtaining €300,000 ($351,000) in social benefits over several years, police said on Friday. The man allegedly exploited a disability assistance scheme since 2018 that is intended to allow people with severe physical impairments to live at home instead of in a care facility. […]
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Sat 26 July 2025: New research has shown that brain ageing grew faster during the COVID-19 pandemic even for people who did not catch the virus. The research by British scientists showed that lockdowns, fear, and isolation endured during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic could have lasting impacts on people’s cognitive function. Researchers examined brain scans from nearly 1,000 healthy […]
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Sat 26 July 2025: More than 3,800 NASA employees — over 20% of the agency’s civil servant workforce — have applied to resign under a federal buyout program, as the space agency faces major budget cuts and leadership uncertainty, according to US media reports on Friday. The deferred resignation program, part of a Trump administration […]
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Sat 26 July 2025: The Trump administration is planning to tighten rules for legal immigration, including making the US citizenship test harder and changing the H-1B visa system to favor high-wage employers, according to the director of US Citizenship and Immigration Services. “The test, as it’s laid out right now, is not very difficult,” USCIS […]
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Fri 25 July 2025: A lawyer for France’s first couple said they’ll be seeking “substantial” damages from US conservative influencer Candace Owens if she persists with claims that President Emmanuel Macron’s wife, Brigitte, is a man. The lawyer, Tom Clare, said in an interview with CNN that a defamation suit filed Wednesday for the Macrons in a […]
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