2 h. ago A deleted condolence after pope’s death revealed tension between Israel and the Vatican

Hours after Israel's Foreign Ministry posted a condolence for the passing for Pope Francis, it was deleted without explanation

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3 h. ago Illinois helicopter crash: Three people rushed to hospital after medical helicopter crashes 'while on training exercise'

A Facebook post made by the Hartford Fire Department just a few hours before the crash said the department was hosting a training exercise involving a helicopter landing in the area

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3 h. ago Illinois helicopter crash: Three people rushed to hospital after medical chopper crashes 'while on training exercise'

A Facebook post made by the Hartford Fire Department just a few hours before the crash said the department was hosting a training exercise involving a helicopter landing in the area

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38 h. ago I almost died during my son's traumatic birth after suffering from the same condition as Meghan Markle

Heather Turville, 25, from Wisconsin, was diagnosed with postpartum preeclampsia just hours after delivering her son - the same condition as Meghan Markle.

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38 h. ago Israel deletes Pope Francis condolence tweet within hours of posting

Israeli diplomatic missions worldwide also instructed to delete similar posts and not to sign Vatican embassy condolence books, according to local media

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3 d. ago Mysterious reason JD Vance edited his emotional tribute to Pope Francis revealed

JD Vance broke his silence on the passing of Pope Francis posting an emotional tribute just hours after the pair met at the Vatican. 

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3 d. ago Pope Francis reminds world we are 'for life' in heartwarming last social media post

The Vatican confirmed Pope Francis died early this morning, and hours before the pontiff posted his last message on social media, which has since been liked thousands of times

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8 d. ago ‘Why would he take such a risk?’ How a famous Chinese author befriended his censor

Online dissent is a serious crime in China. So why did a Weibo censor help me publish posts critical of the Communist party?It is 2013. For four full months, Liu Lipeng engages in dereliction of duty. Every hour the system sends him a huge volume of posts, but he hardly ever deletes a single word. After three or four thousand posts accumulate, he lightly clicks his mouse and the whole lot is released. In the jargon of censors, this is a “total pass in one click” (一键全通), after which all the posts appear on China’s version of X, Sina Weibo, to be read by millions, then reposted and discussed.He logs on to the Weibo management page, where many words are flagged. Orange designates sensitive words that require careful examination – words like freedom and democracy, and the three characters that make up Xi Jinping’s name. While such words regularly appear in newspapers or on TV, that does not mean ordinary citizens can use them at will. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Post Office opening hours for Easter Weekend in Scotland as timetable gets shake

As the chaos of Easter weekend approaches, it can be difficult to know what shops will be shut and when.

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9 d. ago Tottenham suffer two blows in matter of hours in search to replace Ange Postecoglou

Tottenham Hotspur chairman Daniel Levy could find himself tasked with finding a successor to Ange Postecoglou in the summer but there are questions over two contenders

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2 w. ago Rebekah Vardy finally vows to move on from Wagatha Christie saga after being ordered to pay Coleen Rooney's £1.6m legal fees including £2,000 Nobu stay

Rebekah Vardy said she was 'respectfully disappointed' to have lost her costs appeal, but posted an image of skiing, hours after it was confirmed she would have to pay a £1.6 million bill.

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2 w. ago Hailey Bieber wows in bikini eight months after giving birth as she shifts focus from Justin's latest outburst

Hailey Bieber turned heads with a sizzling bikini post on social media just hours after her troubled husband Justin Bieber's fiery encounter with a photographer in Palm Springs.

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2 w. ago Hailey Bieber wows in bikini eight months after giving birth as she shifts focus from Justin's recent outburst

Hailey Bieber turned heads with a sizzling bikini post on social media just hours after her troubled husband Justin Bieber's fiery encounter with a photographer in Palm Springs.

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2 w. ago Man Utd chiefs should be ashamed at agreeing post season tour after star threatened strike

OPINION: Manchester United are set to fly out to Kuala Lumpur and Hong Kong to play post-season friendlies just hours after playing their final Premier League game of the season

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2 w. ago I was a British tourist trying to leave America. Then I was detained, shackled and sent to an immigration detention centre

Graphic artist Rebecca Burke was on the trip of a lifetime. But as she tried to leave the US she was stopped, interrogated and branded an illegal alien by ICE. Now back home, she tells others thinking of going to Trump’s America: don’t do itJust before the graphic artist Rebecca Burke left Seattle to travel to Vancouver, Canada, on 26 February, she posted an image of a rough comic to Instagram. “One part of travelling that I love is seeing glimpses of other lives,” read the bubble in the first panel, above sketches of cosy homes: crossword puzzle books, house plants, a lit candle, a steaming kettle on a gas stove. Burke had seen plenty of glimpses of other lives over the six weeks she had been backpacking in the US. She had been travelling on her own, staying on homestays free of charge in exchange for doing household chores, drawing as she went. For Burke, 28, it was absolute freedom.Within hours of posting that drawing, Burke got to see a much darker side of life in America, and f...

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4 w. ago Scottish truck expert shares five reasons to pursue a career as industry risks skills shortage

Despite a mid and post-pandemic recruitment surge in the sector, and hourly median pay for full-time HGV drivers rising by 27% between 2020 and 2023 to combat the shortage during COVID, the transport industry is once again facing a decline in the number of full-time drivers.

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