40 m. ago House gears up for vote to end government shutdown after historic 54

The government could reopen as soon as Wednesday, potentially ending the longest shutdown on record

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2 h. ago How to add 10 years to your life expectancy: Hollywood's favourite health guru Gary Brecka reveals the biohacking secrets his A

Bio-hacker Gary Brecka, 55, has revealed he is bringing biohacking to living rooms across the country as he lifts the lid on how to live to 120.

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9 h. ago House members find creative ways to beat travel chaos to reach DC in time for shutdown vote

The House is expected to vote on a funding bill to open the government on Wednesday

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17 h. ago House votes to end shutdown Wednesday as Democrat says party ‘crossed a line’ putting politics over country: Live

Chuck Schumer faces calls to step down as top Democrat as Congress prepares to pass short-term funding bill

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21 h. ago Tell us: have you moved to another country for your partner?

We’d like to hear about how the move affected your relationshipAfter Annalisa Barbieri’s recent advice column “I moved abroad to live with my wife, but I’ve come to hate her country”, we are looking to hear from people who relocated to another country for their partner but have found the move difficult, or would even prefer to be elsewhere.How has the move affected your relationship? What have you struggled with? Continue reading...

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22 h. ago Shutdown latest: Funding bill moves to House vote as Democrats face reckoning after joining Republicans

Chuck Schumer faces calls to step down as top Democrat as Congress prepares to pass shutdown-ending funding bill

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2 w. ago Americans stranded in Jamaica warned of CROCODILES roaming the streets as Hurricane Melissa chaos sees country pleading with Trump for help: Live updates

LIVE UPDATES: Follow the latest development as Hurricane Melissa - the world's most powerful storm this year - approaches Jamaica after barrelling across the Caribbean Sea.

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2 w. ago Russian drone attacks on civilians in Ukraine are war crimes, UN report concludes

Rights commission inquiry focused on south-east of country found drones targeted gathering points and critical infrastructureEurope live – latest updatesA UN rights commission has concluded that Russia’s drone attacks on civilians in south-eastern Ukraine constitute crimes against humanity and war crimes.In a report published this week, the commission said Russian forces, operating under a centralised command, had systematically used drones to “intentionally target civilians and civilian objects and cause harm and destruction”. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago John Oliver slams Trump over move more ‘shocking’ than White House demolition

‘It is infuriating that neither Congress nor the courts seem to be interested in putting a stop to any of this, because we are supposed to live in a country of checks and balances,” John Oliver declared on Sunday.

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2 w. ago Storm Benjamin LIVE: Wild weather sweeps UK as country braces for flooding and 70mph winds

Serious flooding is expected while gale force winds are likely to damage buildings and create major disruption

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3 w. ago Speaker Mike Johnson says he won’t block House vote to release Epstein files

Johnson’s House has been in recess since shutdown, delaying petition to force vote on making documents publicUS politics live – latest updatesThe Republican House speaker, Mike Johnson, on Tuesday said he would not prevent a vote on legislation to make the Jeffrey Epstein files public, even as the chamber remained out of session for a fourth straight week.Johnson has kept the House of Representatives in recess ever since the shutdown began at the start of the month, after Democrats and Republicans failed to reach an agreement on extending government funding beyond the end of September. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Prince Andrew may be forced to live right by 'country's most dismal town' if 'exiled'

It has been revealed that the disgraced Prince has barely paid rent for Royal Lodge since 2003 - further fuelling calls for him to move out of the sprawling mansion

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3 w. ago Syrian pensioner, 87, wins appeal to live in Britain with his family because he's 'too old to be cared for in his own country'

Jabra Yazbek, 87, has been granted the chance to live in the UK with his son, who is a British citizen and has not been able to visit his father due to 'war and safety risks'.

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4 w. ago Cuban dissident José Daniel Ferrer freed to live in exile in the US

Ferrer, who has been imprisoned repeatedly, says he opted for exile after facing ‘torture’ behind bars in CubaThe prominent Cuban dissident José Daniel Ferrer has been freed from prison and put on a plane to the US where he will live in exile with his family, the communist country’s foreign ministry has said.Ferrer, who has been imprisoned repeatedly as the long-term leader of the island’s pro-democracy movement, announced this month he had opted for exile after facing “torture” and “humiliation” behind bars. Continue reading...

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