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Felix "xQc” Lengyel strongly criticized Plaqueboymax for supporting Aspen Kartier amid animal abuse allegations. Kartier was accused of harming her puppy during a Twitch stream and was later arrested in Georgia. xQc said animal abuse leaves no room for excuses, sparking wide debate across the streaming community.
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Saif al Islam Gaddafi, shot dead by gunmen on Tuesday, appealed to 'a nostalgia for a past that is remembered as more secure' The assassination of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the second son of Libya's late dictator Muammar Gaddafi, is a reminder of both how violent Libya remains more than 15 years after his father's demise – and how much Saif had...
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Novo Nordisk share price plunges after blaming lower US drug prices, patent protection issues and rising competition The maker of Wegovy and Ozempic, Novo Nordisk, has predicted a sharp drop in revenues this year owing to what its boss described as a "painful” push by Donald Trump to lower US weight-loss drug prices, rising competition, and the...
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Vatican appears to have ordered removal of restored work, which artist confessed he had made to resemble PMThe face of a winged angel bearing a striking resemblance to the Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni has been erased from a fresco in a historic Rome church, putting an end to a debacle that embarrassed the Vatican.The image on the wall...
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Local politician says armed men rounded up residents, bound their hands behind their backs and shot themMore than 160 people have been killed in two villages in western Nigeria in the country's deadliest armed assaults this year, as communities reel from repeated and widespread acts of violence perpetrated by jihadists and other armed groups.The...
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US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping held a significant phone call, addressing trade, security, Taiwan, Iran, and the Ukraine war. Trump described the discussion as "excellent" and "thorough," highlighting potential energy and agricultural deals. Both leaders emphasized the importance of maintaining a stable and positive...
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Around 700 federal immigration officers are leaving Minnesota following increased cooperation from state and local authorities, particularly county sheriffs. White House border czar Tom Homan announced the drawdown, citing improved collaboration and a safer environment. This move comes amid protests and fatalities linked to earlier large-scale...
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Former Post executive editor blasts owner Jeff Bezos's 'sickening efforts to curry favor' with TrumpThe Washington Post laid off hundreds of employees on Wednesday, which its former executive editor said "ranks among the darkest days” in the newspaper's history. Approximately one-third of employees were affected.Staffers at the Post have been on...
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Six children among dead as Israeli agency restricts evacuations two days after crossing to Egypt reopenedIsraeli tank shelling and airstrikes have killed at least 21 people, including six children and seven women, in Gaza, and Israel has halted the evacuation of patients through the Rafah border crossing just two days after it reopened.Among the...
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As anti-migration policies sweep the continent, the Spanish PM is going against the tide by announcing plans to legalise the status of undocumented migrants• Don't get This Is Europe delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereYou don't need a degree in political science to understand why so many supposedly centrist European leaders have begun talking...
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Major obstacles to viable deal remain after Volodymyr Zelenskyy accuses Moscow of violating energy truceUkrainian and Russian negotiators held the first round of US-led peace talks in Abu Dhabi as Washington seeks a pathway to end the nearly four-year war in Ukraine.The two-day trilateral talks that started on Wednesday come after Volodymyr...
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This blog is now closed, you can read more on this story hereThe Kremlin has reacted to comments made by French president Emmanuel Macron that he was looking to resume contact with Putin on the war in Ukraine.According to Reuters news agency, the Kremlin confirmed ongoing technical discussions between Russia and France, but provided no further...
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Satellite images and witness testimony show destruction as IDF claims it was forced to take defensive measuresIsraeli forces have bulldozed part of a Gaza cemetery containing the war graves of dozens of British, Australian and other allied soldiers killed in the first and second world wars, satellite imagery and witness testimony reveal.Satellite...
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Only 180 bats survived intense heat in South Australian town, including 34 babies that carers say face months of recoveryFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA colony of about 1,000 flying foxes in a South Australian town has been shattered by the intense heat that gripped...
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A number of countries including Australia are investigating X over Grok-produced sexualised deepfakesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe eSafety commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, says global regulatory focus on Elon Musk's X has reached a "tipping point” after a raid of the company's offices in France this week.The raid...
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RSL, federal opposition and local MPs cast doubt on the plan, which Labor says will result in about $3bn for defenceGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastVeterans say the government's planned sell off of more than 60 defence properties will take at least a decade and cost billions, urging Labor not to repeat the mistakes of...
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Dictator's second son, a key figure in post-2011 Libyan politics, reportedly shot dead at home by masked assailantsSaif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi and for years the second most powerful person in the country, has been killed in a village south-west of Tripoli, officials said on Tuesday night.The...
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Bobi Wine's whereabouts unknown since he fled what he said was night raid on his home by police and militaryBobi Wine, Uganda's most prominent opposition figure, remains in hiding nearly three weeks after a disputed election, as a high-stakes social media feud with the east African country's military chief escalates.Wine's whereabouts have been...
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