24 h. ago Rising heat kills one person a minute worldwide, major report reveals

Biggest analysis of its kind finds millions are dying each year because of failure to tackle climate crisisRising global heat is now killing one person a minute around the world, a major report on the health impact of the climate crisis has revealed.It says the world’s addiction to fossil fuels also causes toxic air pollution, wildfires and the spread of diseases such as dengue fever, and millions each year are dying owing to the failure to tackle global heating. Continue reading...

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33 h. ago Uxbridge stabbing: Afghan arrested after one man killed in three

Uxbridge stabbing: Afghan arrested after one man killed in three-person stabbing in London  GB News

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34 h. ago Afghan man arrested for murder after one man killed in three

Afghan man arrested for murder after one man killed in three-person stabbing in London  GB News

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3 d. ago One killed and six injured after shooting at Pennsylvania’s Lincoln University

One armed person detained as historically Black school shooting comes amid rising violence at homecoming eventsAt least one person was killed and six others wounded in a shooting at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania late on Saturday, as students and alumni celebrated homecoming at outdoor festivities at the historically Black university, authorities said.A person who had a firearm was detained, and officials are investigating the possibility that there was more than one shooter but don’t believe there is any active threat to the campus, Chester county’s district attorney, Christopher de Barrena-Sarobe, said during a brief news conference early on Sunday. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Shooting at a historically Black university's homecoming fest in Pennsylvania kills 1 and wounds 6

Authorities say gunfire erupted during outdoor festivities at Pennsylvania’s Lincoln University, killing one person and wounding six others

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4 d. ago At least three killed in Russian strikes overnight on Ukraine

Attacks come after Volodymyr Zelenskyy appeals to US for long-range missiles and urges allies to expand sanctions on Russian oilRussian missile and drone attacks on Ukraine overnight killed at least three people and wounded 17 others, local officials said.In the capital, Kyiv, one person was killed and 10 wounded in a ballistic missile attack in the early hours of Saturday, Timur Tkachenko, head of Kyiv’s city military administration, said. Three of the wounded were hospitalised, according to Ukraine’s state emergency service. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Scam victims forced to report fraud to chatbots as major holiday booking site replaces customer service staff with AI

A major hotel booking site has replaced its customer service staff with AI , meaning scam victims are now forced to report fraud experiences to a chatbot.

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6 d. ago 'How do you ever make sense of such a wicked act?': Family's heartbreak over stranger who murdered grandmother, 74, at random as she walked home

Lorna England, 74, was murdered by Cameron Davis in Exeter in February 2023, after he told hospital staff that he would 'kill a random' person if he was not sectioned.

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6 d. ago Family's heartbreaking tribute to 'lovely' grandmother, 74, who was stabbed to death by stranger as she walked home from Lidl to 'get her 10,000 steps in'

Lorna England, 74, was murdered by Cameron Davis in Exeter in February 2023, after he told hospital staff that he would 'kill a random' person if he was not sectioned.

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8 d. ago Takeaways from AP report on a Chicago raid that signals a major escalation of immigration crackdown

A raid last month in Chicago has signaled a sharp escalation in the White House’s immigration crackdown and ratcheted up tensions in a city already on edge

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8 d. ago One dead after rare tornado topples construction cranes near Paris

The tornado killed one construction worker on a building site, injured 10 others and left four in critical conditionA tornado tore through districts north of Paris on Monday, toppling three construction cranes that killed one person and left four others with critical injuries, authorities said.The town of Ermont, about 20km (13 miles) north-east of Paris was worst hit by the sudden twister that caused damage across about 10 districts. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Fourth person is charged in Alabama shooting that killed 2 and injured 12

Police say a fourth person has been arrested and charged in connection with a shooting that killed two people and injured 12 others in Alabama's capital city

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1 week ago Punish Prince Andrew? This is no meritocracy, I’m afraid – you get the royal family you didn’t vote for | Marina Hyde

After years of drip-fed revelations, we might as well face it. This is a family elevated by birthright: they’re stuck with him and so are weReading the extract from Virginia Giuffre’s tragic memoir in the Guardian this week, I was struck again by the fate of each of those people involved in that infamous photograph taken at Ghislaine Maxwell’s London house.The teenage girl at the centre of the picture is dead, having taken her own life at a remote Australian farmhouse earlier this year, unable to outrun her trauma. The person who took the photograph is dead, having somehow killed himself in a New York jail while awaiting trial on charges of sex trafficking. The grinning woman in the background is in prison herself, exalting Donald Trump’s impeccable purity in the hope of getting moved to a nicer jail or even pardoned. And the smiling lunk with his arm round the teenage girl – who he denies he had sex with later that evening – is living in a 30-room mansion on a 98-acre estate (which...

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1 week ago Peru to declare state of emergency after protests against new president leave one dead and dozens injured

Demonstrators clashed with police outside congress building amid public anger at crime crisis days after José Jerí assumed power Peru is set to declare a state of emergency after at least one person was killed and dozens of police officers were injured in widespread protests against President José Jerí who assumed power just days ago.Prime minister Ernesto Alvarez said late on Thursday that the government would declare the state of emergency in Lima within hours and is preparing a package of measures to tackle rising insecurity. Continue reading...

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1 week ago PayPal ‘down in global outage’ as thousands report issues with major payment service

Thousands of users have reported wide spread issues with payment service PayPal going down, with business owners and customers unable to transfer money from their accounts

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1 week ago Trump team preparing to install ‘allies’ at the IRS to target ‘major Democratic donors’ including George Soros: report

The administration is seeking to ‘weaken the involvement of IRS lawyers in criminal investigations,’ according to a report

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2 w. ago More than 1,500 people displaced after typhoon remnants devastate Alaskan villages

At least one person was killed and two were missing after weekend storm battered two Alaska Native communitiesMore rain and wind were forecast Wednesday along the Alaska coast where two tiny villages were decimated by the remnants of Typhoon Halong and officials were scrambling to find shelter for more than 1,500 people driven from their homes.The weekend storm brought high winds and surf that battered the low-lying Alaska Native communities along the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta in the south-western part of the state, nearly 500 miles (800km) from Anchorage. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago More than 1,500 people displaced after typhoon remnants devastate Alaska villages

At least one person was killed and two were missing after weekend storm battered two Alaska Native communitiesThe Alaskan coast was bracing for more rain and wind on Wednesday after a devastating storm decimated two small native villages, killing at least one person and and displacing more than 1,500 people.Over the weekend, the remnants of Typhoon Halong hit remote communities in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, in the south-western part of the state, bringing fierce winds, rain and record-breaking storm surge that caused some homes to float away. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Investigation after pickup truck explodes on busy street in Ecuador

One person was killed and two others injured

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2 w. ago Thousands of Lebara users report 'total blackout' amid major Vodafone outage

Thousands of Lebara users report 'total blackout' amid major Vodafone outage  East London Advertiser

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