4 h. ago How Edinburgh Marked May Day: 20 amazing pictures from half a century ago

The day used to be a far bigger deal in Scotland’s Capital than it is today.

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9 h. ago Commerce Secretary says US is close to first tariff deal, days after Trump bragged he already had 200 deals

Commerce Secretarty Howard Lutnick says he has a deal done but won’t name the country

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21 h. ago Trump official claims auto tariff relief will restore supply chain to US: ‘finish your cars in America and you win’ – live

Commerce secretary says president’s order easing tariffs for US automakers will give them time to reshore parts as Trump aims to mark 100 days in office100 days of Trump: interactive look at second term so farTrump has posted on Truth Social about the first 100 days of his second term, calling them “100 very special days”.100 VERY SPECIAL DAYS. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!Danielle Alvarez of the RNC, and Paul Perez of Border Patrol, were GREAT on Fox & Friends (First). Thank you both! DJT Continue reading...

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27 h. ago Karoline Leavitt brags Trump’s post helped get controversial QB drafted – 112 picks after the president spoke out

White House press secretary suggests president’s social media intervention finally persuaded Cleveland Browns to pick up college prospect Shedeur Sanders

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33 h. ago Trump brags that he hurt MAGA ally Pierre Poilievre in Canada election — as Liberals grab win

Canada’s incumbent Liberal Party is staying in power thanks to a wave of anti-American feeling catalyzed by Donald Trump’s policies

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4 d. ago Rangers takeover gets 'forensic' as expert reveals spending spree isn't hard nosed regime's style

Kieran Maguire explains why time is being taken over Ibrox deal and what fans shouldn't expect in the early days

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4 d. ago Trump claims to have received call from Xi and to have cut ‘200 deals’ on trade

Beijing says there are no active talks and Washington should ‘stop creating confusion’

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6 d. ago Kenyan president vows closer ties to China during visit amid Trump's trade war

Kenyan President William Ruto pledged to build closer ties with China on Thursday, a day after saying a global trade war triggered by Washington could deal a “death blow” to the current world order

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7 d. ago RFK Jr’s autism study collecting Americans’ private medical records

The National Institutes of Health claims it is fulfilling RFK’s promise to find and root out cause of autism by SeptemberThe National Institutes of Health (NIH) is collecting the private medical records of many Americans from several different federal and commercial databases to give to researchers for US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr’s new autism study.With this information being included in the database, they’re also reportedly crafting a new registry to track those with autism, per CBS News. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Fifteen years after Deepwater Horizon, Trump is setting the stage for disaster | Terry Garcia

Cuts to science, environmental and safety agencies are a rejection of hard-won knowledge gained from studying the disaster that occurred 15 years agoLast month, I joined nearly 500 former and current employees of National Geographic, where I was executive vice-president and chief science and exploration officer for 17 years, urging the institution to take a public stance against the Trump administration’s reckless attacks on science. Our letter pointed out that the programs being dismantled are “imperative for the success of our country’s economy and are the foundation of our progress and wellbeing. They make us safer, stronger and more prosperous.” We warned that gutting them is a recipe for disaster.In the face of this danger, none of us can remain silent.Terry Garcia was National Geographic’s executive vice-president and chief science and exploration officer for 17 years. He also served as the assistant secretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere and deputy administrator of N...

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1 week ago Martin Lewis says 'ridiculous' car insurance rule could see you pay double

Martin Lewis has how drivers could pay double on their car insurance if they leave it late to secure a new deal. He also shared the exact number of days before renewal motorists should act

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1 week ago Trump brags gas is down to $1.98 a gallon in a ‘couple of states.’ It isn’t — anywhere

President attacks ‘fake news’ when reporter questions him on rising prices

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1 week ago Donald Trump threatens to withdraw US from Ukraine peace talks if deal proves difficult

President Trump warned the US could 'pass' on Ukraine peace talks if the talks prove to be 'very difficult', as the previous 30-day deal to protect energy infrastructure from Russian attack ends

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1 week ago Amazon knocks £45 off best Fire HD tablet, almost matching all

The price is almost as low as it went during the Spring Deal Days event in March

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1 week ago US ready to abandon Ukraine peace deal if there is no progress, says Marco Rubio

Secretary of state threatens to pull plug ‘within days’, as Kyiv says it has signed mineral deal memorandumRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesThe US will abandon its efforts “within days” to broker a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine unless there are clear signs a settlement can be reached, the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, has said, as Kyiv says it has signed a memorandum with the US over a controversial minerals deal.Speaking in Paris on Friday after meeting European and Ukrainian leaders, Rubio said Donald Trump was still interested in a deal. But he added that the US president had many other priorities around the world and was willing to move on unless there were signs of progress. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Rubio hints US may drop Ukraine peace talks as Lammy hails ‘shared commitment’

The US secretary of state said Washington may be ready to ‘move on’ if there is not progress on a peace deal in the coming days.

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1 week ago Marco Rubio says US may be ready to 'move on' from Ukraine peace efforts

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said that the US may be ready to 'move on' from efforts for a Russia-Ukraine peace deal if there is not progress in the coming days

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1 week ago TGI Fridays blowout: two courses and a cocktail from just £34.99

Score two delicious courses and a cocktail at TGI Fridays for as little as £34.99 with this new nationwide dining deal – available seven days a week.

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1 week ago Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy hails ‘good progress’ on minerals deal talks

Ukrainian president says legalities almost finalised and officials signal US concessions in talks that are progressing ‘quite fast’; deadly Shahed strike on Dnipro. What we know on day 1,149Minerals deal negotiators have made “good progress”, the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said on Wednesday. A senior official with knowledge of the negotiations told Agence France-Presse that newer drafts of the US-Ukraine accord appeared not to recognise previous US military aid as a debt owed by Ukraine, adding that talks were moving forward “quite fast”. That assessment echoed a report by Bloomberg News that said Washington had eased a demand that Kyiv pay for aid already delivered since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022.“The basic legal stuff is almost finalised, and then, if everything moves as quickly and constructively, the agreement will bring economic results to both our countries,” Zelenskyy said in his daily address on Wednesday. The Trump administration has demanded some sort o...

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1 week ago I live next to a 'little' Sainsbury's and have to deal with the 'constant racket' of huge lorries every day... our house shakes and we're always stressed

Sam Dodd has lorries coming and going through all hours of the day, shaking and damaging his house on Torr Top Street in New Milton, Derbyshire.

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