61 m. ago Red planet comes alive! Minerals found on Mars signal a water and ‘possibly life

Researchers used data from NASA’s Perseverance Rover

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2 h. ago UK officials label trade documents ‘secret’ to shield from US eyes amid Trump tariff war

Exclusive: civil servants beef up security rules for sensitive negotiating papers over fears posed by hostile US trade policyUK officials are tightening security when handling sensitive trade documents to prevent them from falling into US hands amid Donald Trump’s tariff war, the Guardian can reveal.In an indication of the strains on the “special relationship”, British civil servants have changed document-handling guidance, adding higher classifications to some trade negotiation documents in order to better shield them from American eyes, sources told the Guardian. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago British travel firm offering holidays to dangerous country despite official warning 'do not travel'

A war-torn nation which was once an area of operations where British soldiers served - a war in which 179 of them lost their lives - is now being touted as a tourist destination by a London-based firm.

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2 h. ago Ringleaders of attacks on French jails will be punished, Macron says

Wave of assaults ‘declaration of war’ by drug gangs after crackdown on bosses operating from jail, French media sayEmmanuel Macron has warned that those behind a wave of apparently coordinated attacks on French prisons and staff will be “found, tried and punished”.The president’s comments came after at least a dozen assaults on French jails in the past three days. In one attack, gunmen using automatic weapons fired at the entrance to Toulon prison in the south of France. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago US missionary kidnapped during church service rescued after shoot

US citizen Josh Sullivan, from Tennessee, has been based in the Motherwell township branch of the Fellowship Baptist church since 2018

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4 h. ago US pastor kidnapped during sermon in South Africa rescued after shootout

Joshua Sullivan was abducted from his church by four gunmen, but is now recovering and in ‘excellent condition’South African police have rescued an American pastor who was abducted last week while he was conducting a sermon, as kidnappings have soared over the last decade in the country.Three unidentified suspects were killed during the “high-intensity shootout” on Tuesday in which Joshua Sullivan, a missionary from Tennessee, was rescued, the Hawks, the police unit that deals with serious crime in South Africa, said in a statement. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Chinese tea firm Chagee aims for $400mn New York IPO despite tariff war

Maker of ‘teaspressos’ and ‘teapuccinos’ could be second-biggest Chinese listing in US in more than three years

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5 h. ago Netflix viewers rave over 'one of the best war films EVER' with perfect 100% Rotten Tomatoes score as 'haunting and visceral' scenes 'blow them away'

Set at the end of the Second World War , the drama is available to stream on Netflix and delves into the story of the tragic accidental bombing of a school.

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5 h. ago Trump turns on Elon Musk over secret China move that drew an angry X

President Donald Trump was furious when he learned Elon Musk was getting a secret briefing at the Pentagon over war plans with China and personally cancelled it.

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5 h. ago A US pastor abducted in South Africa has been rescued after a police shootout

South African law enforcement officials have rescued an American missionary who was abducted by armed and masked men as he was preaching in the Eastern Cape province last week

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6 h. ago Chinese husband and wife are executed with gunshots to the head as Triad gang war erupts in Rome

Zhang Dayong, 53, dubbed 'Asheng,' was found dead alongside his partner Gong Xiaoqing, 38, outside their home in an eastern Roman neighbourhood, according to Italian police.

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7 h. ago US tariffs bring stalled shipments and uncertainty for Chinese exporters

Exporters at China’s largest trade fair are facing uncertainty, stalled shipments and lower sales forecasts due to the trade war with the United States

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7 h. ago Remote Scottish airport with just one route hailed as one of the world’s 'most calming'

This airport in Caithness even played a critical role in the Second World War

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7 h. ago Trump tariff war to slash North American exports by 13%, warns WTO

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala says US-China trade conflict could ‘force countries to choose’ between the two

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8 h. ago Chinese soldier who fought for Russia says he was 'tricked by TikTok' before joining

After being captured by Ukrainian troops in Kyiv earlier this month Wang Guangjun, 34, claimed he was only fighting for Putin's war machine because he was duped via TikTok

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8 h. ago Full list of Easter veg prices as Aldi, Lidl, Asda and Morrisons slash greens to just 8p

Supermarkets are ramping up the Easter veg price war with even lower costs across roast dinner trimmings.

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8 h. ago James Corden 'wins planning battle to build gym and spa at his £11.5M London home after neighbours war'

The former The Late Late Show host had received 18 letters of objection over his proposed plans from neighbours who complained about noise

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8 h. ago Trump says Harvard should no longer receive federal funds as university pushes back – US politics live

President doubles down on cutting public funding for leading US university in fresh social media rantDonald Trump has gone on yet another rant about Harvard University on his social media platform Truth Social this morning.It comes as the US education department said it was freezing about $2.3bn in federal funds to the Ivy League school.Everyone knows that Harvard has “lost its way.” They hired, from New York (Bill D) and Chicago (Lori L), at ridiculously high salaries/fees, two of the WORST and MOST INCOMPETENT mayors in the history of our Country, to “teach” municipal management and government.These two Radical Left fools left behind two cities that will take years to recover from their incompetence and evil. Harvard has been hiring almost all woke, Radical Left, idiots and “birdbrains” who are only capable of teaching FAILURE to students and so-called “future leaders.” Continue reading...

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9 h. ago JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon warns US could lose credibility over Trump trade war

JPMorgan CEO says no country has ‘divine right to success’ in latest caution to president

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9 h. ago Japan set for ‘guinea pig’ trade talks with US after Trump’s tariffs

Tokyo first in line for negotiations that will be closely watched as test case of Washington’s trade war strategy

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