22 h. ago At least 900 tourists stranded near South American lost city due to protest

Train operator PeruRail said the service had been suspended as ‘rocks of various sizes’ blocked the track

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33 h. ago North Dakota newspaper columnist whose Olive Garden review went viral dies at 99

Marilyn Hagerty, the North Dakota newspaper columnist whose earnest review of her local Olive Garden became a social media sensation, has died

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35 h. ago South America's Mercosur bloc signs trade deal with 4 European countries

Countries in the South American Mercosur bloc have signed a free trade deal with Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland

Economics

40 h. ago Scientists discover world’s earliest evidence of human mummification

The evidence is far older than better-known examples from ancient Egypt and South America

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69 h. ago The one change that worked: I went to a festival by myself and made peace with being perimenopausal

As I reached my late-40s, I’d become anxious and risk-averse. A solo trip made me realise who I was again – and taught me to embrace the thrill of trying something newI used to pride myself on being a gung-ho kind of person, embracing change and thrills in life, whether that was travelling alone to South America or doing standup comedy. But, as my 40s progressed, I found myself becoming more cautious. I started to choose the safer option, such as booking a package holiday instead of a DIY adventure, or hesitating before sending a work email, worried it didn’t sound “right”.I felt anxiety, low mood and brain fog – all symptoms of perimenopause – creeping in. I was in what I would call a menopausal funk: weighed down by my feelings and my slightly aching body. I began experiencing this two years ago. I’m 47 now. Taking HRT (hormone replacement therapy) helped, but I felt as if I had reached a point in my life where I had to accept that I was just going to be a bit less “me” and not so...

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3 d. ago China’s economy shows signs of slowdown as US trade war weighs

Retail sales and factory output growth hit lowest rate in 9 months amid mounting domestic weakness

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5 d. ago Cocaine kingpin who posed for surfing snaps while his hapless minions were chased onto beach and arrested over £18m drugs plot is jailed for 16 years

Alex Fowlie, 35, of Chichester bragged to accomplices there was 'zero f*****g risk' as he helped engineer a plan to bring £18.4million of drugs from South America into the UK.

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5 d. ago Pep Guardiola admits Man City will miss key Ederson quality with Gianluigi Donnarumma

Donnarumma, widely regarded as the world’s best keeper, joined City from European champions Paris Saint-Germain in a deadline day deal last week

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5 d. ago Europe’s cruel summer: Ursula von der Leyen faces an EU under pressure

European Commission president addresses a parliament reeling from Trump trade deal and escalations in Ukraine and GazaWhen Ursula von der Leyen arrived in the vast semi-circle debating chamber in the European parliament in Strasbourg, she greeted MEP leaders of some of Europe’s political groups warmly. Wearing a trim khaki-green jacket, the European Commission president smiled, shook hands and exchanged air kisses with some of the politicians, who had front-row seats for her annual state of the union address.The hour-long speech on Wednesday had a stark message: Europe must fight for its place in an “unforgiving” world, facing major powers that are either “ambivalent or openly hostile” towards it. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Ayrshire businesses invited to sign up for flagship travel trade event

VisitScotland are inviting businesses to sign up for their VisitScotland Connect 2026 event which brings tourism companies together with international tour operators

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6 d. ago No TikTok, no Instagram: Chilean school blocks phones as students rediscover real

A school in Santiago, Chile, has launched a program that blocks smartphones, helping teens reconnect with the real world

Technology

6 d. ago Venezuela says none of 11 killed in US boat strike were Tren de Aragua members

Interior minister says ‘murder has been committed’ amid rising tensions over US military strike on boat in CaribbeanNone of the 11 people killed in a US military strike on a boat in the Caribbean last week were members of Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, Venezuela’s interior minister has said, as the South American nation deployed troops amid heightened tensions with the US.The administration of Donald Trump has said the boat was transporting illegal narcotics, but has provided scant further information about the incident, even amid demands from members of the US Congress for a justification for the action. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Brazil’s supreme court finds former leader Bolsonaro guilty of plotting coup

Case against former hard-right president has divided the South American country

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6 d. ago Drug dealer who fled to South America to pay back £1 despite making £115,000

Paul Harris, 28, ran a crime gang based in southeast Wales which supplied commercial amounts of cocaine and ketamine.

Economics

6 d. ago Trump tried to convince deported South Korean workers to stay and train Americans

South Korea chooses to bring ‘exhausted and in-shock’ workers home after plant raid

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6 d. ago MAGA diehards are now blaming South Park for the death of Charlie Kirk

As Trump blames ‘radical leftists’ for Kirk’s death, MAGA followers are now suggesting the Comedy Central show may be to blame

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7 d. ago Russia is brazenly provoking the west. Putin must be left in no doubt of the consequences | Paul Taylor

Germany and Italy may have legitimate fears of escalation but this was no accident – it was a violation of Nato territoryBy sending a barrage of drones into Polish airspace, Russia is testing Nato’s military response and Europe’s political resolve to stand behind Ukraine with arms and security guarantees in the event of escalation.The timing can hardly have been a coincidence. Less than a week ago, a 26-nation “coalition of the willing” led by France and the UK announced an agreement on a “reassurance force”, intended to help guarantee Ukraine’s security after any ceasefire in Russia’s relentless war of aggression. Vladimir Putin has stepped up the nightly bombardment of Ukraine in defiance of Donald Trump’s efforts to broker a peace deal, and rejected any presence of European forces on the ground.Paul Taylor is a senior visiting fellow at the European Policy CentreDo you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words ...

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7 d. ago Britain's cocaine 'superhighway': How Ireland's tiny navy of just eight ships is to blame for South American cartels flooding UK with drugs

Buffeted by high winds, special forces soldiers leap out of a helicopter and rush down fast-ropes onto the container ship as it sways from side to side in the roiling Irish Sea.

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9 d. ago Majority in EU’s biggest states believes bloc ‘sold out’ in US tariff deal, poll finds

Average of 77% of respondents across five countries thought agreement would benefit US economy above allWhere there’s a will there’s a whey: cheese producers lean into their craft as Trump tariffs biteA majority of people across the EU’s five biggest member states believe the European Commission sold citizens out when negotiating a “humiliating” tariff deal with Donald Trump that “benefits the US” far more than Europe, a survey has shown.The poll by Cluster17, which is published on Tuesday, found 77% of respondents – ranging from 89% in France to 50% in Poland – thought the deal would benefit above all the US economy, with only 2% believing it would benefit Europe’s. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Black man shot at while waiting to go to work calls for hate crime law

Jarvis McKenzie shared his story a month after the shooting

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