73 m. ago Ukraine war briefing: US and Kyiv ‘ready to sign’ minerals deal amid uncertainty over last

Ukraine’s first deputy PM travels to Washington to sign deal as later reports claim US pushing Ukraine to sign extra documents Kyiv felt were not ready Ukraine and the US said they were ready to sign a minerals deal, amid reports that a last-minute obstacle injected uncertainty into the timing. “Our side is ready to sign. The Ukrainians decided last night to make some last-minute changes,” US treasury secretary Scott Bessent told reporters. “We’re sure that they will reconsider that and we are ready, if they are.”Ukraine’s first deputy prime minister, Yulia Svyrydenko, is on her way to the US to sign the minerals deal, according to a senior source in the Ukrainian presidency. Ukraine’s prime minister, Denis Shmyhal, said on Wednesday that the reworked deal would be signed within the next 24 hours and would have to be ratified by the Ukrainian parliament.But later reports claimed the US was pushing Ukraine to sign additional documents, but that Kyiv felt they were not ready yet. The ...

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81 m. ago Two people fighting for their life and 10 others injured after electric car ploughed into crowds in Copenhagen

An elderly man rammed his vehicle into over a dozen pedestrians, benches, and tables near the city's iconic Queen Louise's Bridge, according to Denmark's emergency services.

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2 h. ago Manchester City striker Erling Haaland back in training after injury

Images from an open training session on Wednesday showed the Norway striker back in training with the team.

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2 h. ago ‘Radical joy’: Cambodians in California celebrate Khmer culture 50 years after Killing Fields

In Long Beach, city with the largest diaspora of Cambodians in the US, people dance, eat and reflect on the 1975 killings“Sousdey chnam thmey!” a rider shouted in Khmer into a megaphone while sitting atop a float swaddled in US and Cambodian flags. “Happy new year!” parade-goers yelled back from the street.Thousands of Cambodian Americans gathered to celebrate the Khmer New Year in Long Beach’s Cambodia Town district – the heart of the largest diaspora of Cambodians in the United States. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago ‘Reform all the way’: on the road in Doncaster – Politics Weekly UK

Before this week’s local elections, John Harris is on the road in Doncaster – which could prove to be a canary in the coalmine for the government. Labour has been in power here for decades but this time Nigel Farage’s Reform UK fancies its chances. So why are people turning away from Labour? Why are they so disillusioned with politics in general? And what would a Reform-run city actually be like?Please support The Guardian at http://theguardian.com/politicspod The full list of candidates for Doncaster mayor are:David Bettney, Social Democratic party Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Leicester's stance on sacking Ruud van Nistelrooy emerges after setting unwanted record

Leicester City are facing up to another campaign in the Championship after failing to beat the drop - but it remains to be seen if Ruud van Nistelrooy will continue with them or not

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3 h. ago Meta to report quarterly earnings amid tariff uncertainty and AI investment

Wall Street is projecting the company will post $41.36bn in revenue on $5.21 in earnings per shareMeta is set to report its first quarter earnings on Wednesday after the bell, and investors will be looking for news on whether the company met its quarterly revenue goals of somewhere between $39.5bn and $41.8bn.Wall Street is projecting the company will post $41.36bn in revenue on $5.21 in earnings per share. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago US says it is ‘ready to sign’ minerals deal if Ukraine scraps ‘last

US treasury secretary says he expects Ukraine to ‘reconsider’ changes it made to agreement as deputy PM Yulia Svyrydenko will reportedly be in Washington to sign agreement todayIn Spain, harrowing stories have continued to emerge after much of the Iberian Peninsula was plunged into an hours-long blackout earlier this week.Jonathan Bernal, a window washer in Madrid, has detailed how he and a co-worker were cleaning the outside windows of a skyscraper when the power went out. For four hours they ended up stranded on hanging scaffolding, some 240 metres above the city. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Man City handed huge Club World Cup injury boost after Rodri and Erling Haaland update

Latest Manchester City injury news with an update on Rodri and Erling Haaland

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3 h. ago ‘Still an open wound’: damning docuseries revisits Vietnam war 50 years on

Netflix series Turning Point: The Vietnam War goes back to retrace a devastating history from multiple perspectivesThis Wednesday, 30 April, marks a full half century since the fall of Saigon. The takeover of the South Vietnamese capital, renamed Ho Chi Minh City, by North Vietnamese forces reunited a country riven by a decades-long civil war that killed more than 3 million civilians – a triumph of one vision of Vietnam’s future at the violent expense of another, with many caught perilously in between.For the US, the fall of Saigon was an indisputable humiliation and the end to what was then its longest war, one that killed over 58,000 servicemen, divided a nation and has only grown more ignominious with time. Fifty years on, the picture is clear: the Americanization of the Vietnam War was an unfathomably costly, poorly run, incomprehensibly horrific folly based on political lies and dubious intelligence. It is taught as a brief but upsetting chapter in American schools – if it’s ta...

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3 h. ago Boys track and field: New London's Cael Wilka enjoys his special night | The Hawk Eye

Boys track and field: New London's Cael Wilka enjoys his special night | The Hawk Eye - Burlington, Iowa  Daily Gate City

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3 h. ago The home of Elon Musk's SpaceX could become an official Texas city called Starbase

Elon Musk has for years made Texas his business home and playground as he launches rockets and builds cars in the Lone Star state

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3 h. ago Aaron Ramsey confirms stance on Cardiff City job with brutally honest admission

Former Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey has been given his first taste of senior management with Cardiff City but it seems unlikely he will take on the role permanently

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3 h. ago Tariff turmoil prompts cloudy forecasts from companies for the year ahead

Uncertainty continues to hang over the latest round of financial results and forecasts for companies both big and small as they try to navigate a global trade system severely shaken by a stark shift in U.S. policy

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3 h. ago Chilling new theory about mystery city beneath Egypt's pyramids

A new theory that may explain the massive shafts and chambers thousands of feet below Egypt's Giza Pyramids has emerged, and scientists say it entails an extraterrestrial visitor.

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3 h. ago F1 agrees extension with Mexican Grand Prix despite absence of key driver

Mexico City’s previous deal with F1 to race at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez expired this year

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4 h. ago Pep Guardiola has perfect transfer gift waiting for Diogo Costa after Man City update

Latest Manchester City transfer news and gossip as Porto goalkeeper Diogo Costa continues to be linked with a move to the Etihad Stadium

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4 h. ago Cardiff bar hidden in a leafy, quiet corner of the city centre that's like having cocktails in the countryside

On a sunny day, there's no better place than the secluded terrace, sipping a glass of fizz or enjoying a cheeky pint with mates.

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4 h. ago Breastfeeding mother threatened with £50 fine for bringing milk onboard Easyjet flight before staff told her they would 'fly without her' if she didn't pay

Daisy Crawford, 40, from Belfast was travelling back to her home city from Bristol on Sunday when she went through the humiliating ordeal.

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4 h. ago Body found in Thames confirmed as missing schoolgirl, 11, who ‘slipped and fell’

Kaliyah Coa, 11, who had been playing during a school inset day, entered the River Thames near Barge House Causeway - close to London City Airport - shortly after 1pm on Monday, March 31.

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