53 m. ago TSA sees historic surge in airline travel with six daily records already reached this year

TSA screened almost 3.1 million passengers on June 22, making it the busiest travel day in the agency’s 24-year history

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60 m. ago Hurricane Flossie: Urgent warning 75mph cyclone to batter Mexico within days

Hurricane Flossie, named by the US National Hurricane Centre in Miami, is gathering strength and meteorologists believe it will unleash its 75mph gales within days

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64 m. ago Shakespeare in war: Ukraine festival explores intersection to bard’s world

‘There is a big need for theatre to work with existential problems,’ says translator, as Shakespeare productions boom across UkraineThe Ukrainian Shakespeare festival in the city of Ivano-Frankivsk did not open with a play. Another kind of performance was staged on the steps of the theatre, one that did not deal with sad stories of the death of kings but with tragedy unfolding in real life.This was theatre in a different sense: a rally involving several hundred people demonstrating on behalf of Ukrainian prisoners of war, thousands of whom are estimated to remain in Russian captivity. Continue reading...

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72 m. ago The attar of the deal: Now you can smell like Trump as president hawks perfume

The scent of ‘confidence, beauty, and unstoppable determination’ is just one star in a galaxy of products Donald Trump has advertised using the megaphone of the US presidency

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94 m. ago Model mum who launched first ever festival for single parents takes 'special community' nationwide

Elaine Harris - who was previously a finalist in the UK’s Top Model competition - came up with the concept for her one parent family festivals during Covid, with her first held on the outskirts of her hometown of Dundee.

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1 hour ago US dollar suffers worst start to year in more than five decades, report claims

The dollar index has fallen more than 10 percent in the first six months of the year, a new report says

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2 h. ago 'I went to 'world's most beautiful village' but nearby town was much prettier'

The world's most beautiful village has cobbled streets, gorgeous views and historic buildings but there's a nearby town that impressed a little bit more

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2 h. ago 'I solo travelled 5,000 miles across beautiful continent without spending a penny'

Courtney Allan hitchhiked from Guangzhou in China to the Russia-Mongolia border - a journey which took 50 days - and has described her method as "such a great way to see the world for free"

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2 h. ago Hawaii's governor signs bills cracking down on illegal fireworks after deadly New Year's explosion

Hawaii Gov. Josh Green has signed five bills cracking down on the rampant use of illegal fireworks in the islands

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3 h. ago Five years on, Hong Kong’s national security law extinguishes last standing pro

League of Social Democrats disbands amid ‘the omnipresence of red lines and the draconian suppression of dissent’, days before anniversary of Beijing’s imposition of NSLIn a cramped, dark office, in front of a wall adorned by some misshapen shelves, faded photographs, and a single fan battling against the summer heat, Hong Kong’s last active pro-democracy party admitted defeat.Behind them, a sticky-taped banner declared: “We’d rather be ashes than dust.” Continue reading...

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3 h. ago The Chase's Shaun Wallace surprises followers with move away from ITV show

Shaun Wallace, also known as The Dark Destroyer, will take part in a new brand new ITV show called The Great Escapers, which will see celebrities compete to plan the best day out

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3 h. ago BBC Play School presenter Donald Macdonald dies aged 86 as showbiz world pays tribute

TV legend Donald Macdonald, who presented the BBC's Play School from 1966 to 1969, has died at the age of 86 after a short battle with cancer, with his showbiz pals paying tribute

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3 h. ago Referee forced to ignore VAR rule due to furious player reaction in Man City vs Al Hilal

Al Hilal players were left furious after Bernardo Silva's early goal for Manchester City against Al Hilal in the Club World Cup was allowed to stand

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4 h. ago Tinder is testing facial recognition for users as a new security feature

The dating app is unrolling the feature in California, Canada, and Colombia

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4 h. ago Starmer has no energy, vision or strategy for Britain on the world stage. He offers only weakness, decline and a disregard for the sovereignty of this nation: NILE GARDINER

In the week of the first anniversary of Starmer moving into No 10, the polling guru Sir John Curtice said that he has had 'the worst start for any newly-elected Prime Minister'.

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4 h. ago Woman recovers lottery ticket she threw away and ends up winning top prize

‘I just had this premonition – go get that ticket,’ the Shepherdsville woman told lottery officials

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4 h. ago The truth about what happens to Britain's stolen cars: Map reveals smuggling routes used by gangs to sneak motors out of the UK

Stolen cars are then rapidly driven to Dover, where ferries to continental Europe run every 30 minutes, and then loaded up before victims can even react.

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4 h. ago How I solo travelled 5,000 miles across the world without spending a penny

A 26-year-old who spent just £15 on transport hitchhiking across Africa says she has since travelled from Guangzhou in China to the Russia-Mongolia border without it costing her anything.

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4 h. ago Ukraine war briefing: Russia claims to have seized all of Luhansk region and first village in Dnipropetrovsk

If confirmed Luhansk would be first Ukrainian region to be fully occupied by Moscow; pictures show North Korean leader at repatriation of soldiers apparently killed in Ukraine. What we know on day 1,224Moscow’s forces have seized all of Luhansk – one of four regions Russia illegally annexed from Ukraine in September 2022 despite not fully controlling a single one – Leonid Pasechnik, a Russia-appointed official there, said on Monday. If confirmed, that would make Luhansk the first Ukrainian region to be fully occupied by Russia after more than three years of war. There was no immediate comment from Kyiv on Pasechnik’s claim. In remarks to Russia’s state TV Channel One that aired Monday evening, Pasechnik said he had received a report “literally two days ago” saying that “100%” of the region was now under the control of Russian forces.Russian forces have captured a village in the Ukrainian region of Dnipropetrovsk for the first time in their three-year offensive, Russian state media a...

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4 h. ago Ukraine war briefing: Russia claims to have seized all of Luhansk region; Kim Jong

If confirmed Luhansk would be first Ukrainian region to be fully occupied by Moscow; pictures show North Korean leader at repatriation of soldiers apparently killed in Ukraine. What we know on day 1,224Moscow’s forces have seized all of Luhansk – one of four regions Russia illegally annexed from Ukraine in September 2022 despite not fully controlling a single one – Leonid Pasechnik, a Russia-appointed official there, said on Monday. If confirmed, that would make Luhansk the first Ukrainian region to be fully occupied by Russia after more than three years of war. There was no immediate comment from Kyiv on Pasechnik’s claim. In remarks to Russia’s state TV Channel One that aired Monday evening, Pasechnik said he had received a report “literally two days ago” saying that “100%” of the region was now under the control of Russian forces.Russian forces have captured a village in the Ukrainian region of Dnipropetrovsk for the first time in their three-year offensive, Russian state media a...

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