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Spain transport minister says he won't resign over high-speed rail disaster
Óscar Puente has been facing calls to resign after two high-speed trains collided earlier in the week, killing at least 69 people.
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US elections: how Trump's tough immigration policy influences the Latino Republican bastion of South Florida
Led by Donald Trump, Republicans have been gaining greater representation in South Florida over the last 10 years. However, Trump's unpopularity in 2026 casts doubt on conservatives' ability to maintain these supports.
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Sports
Set up to fail? Where England's World Cup campaign went wrong
England's men and women endured different types of disappointment at the Rugby League World Cup on Friday - and the inquests have already begun.
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International
6 questions to understand what is chosen in the US midterm elections and what they mean for Trump
American voters will go to the polls on November 3 in an election that could have a major impact on Donald Trump's presidency.
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International
‘Amateur morons’: Flávio Bolsonaro’s short-lived ‘president-elect’ claim met with mockery
Brazilian media ridicule defeated candidate over ‘shameful’ absconsion to US and bizarre letter with wrong coat of arms Flávio Bolsonaro had hoped that by Sunday night people would be calling him the next president of Brazil. Instead, the far-right politician’s decision to flee to the US after losing the election and – for 58 minutes – to declare himself “Brazil’s true president-elect”, has made him a laughing stock, with Brazilian newspapers and commentators raining a barrage of scornful adjectives down on the conquered candidate. Continue reading...
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International
'There hasn't been a moment since that night when I haven't felt pain': Christa Pike speaks out for the first time since her botched execution by lethal injection
This is Pike's first public statement since he survived an attempted execution by lethal injection in September.
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Politics
Mayor defects from Greens after Zionism motion
Drew Creek joins the Labour party after the policy motion was passed earlier this month.
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Politics
Winter fuel cuts turned the Welsh against Labour, former leader Neil Kinnock says
The former Labour leader says welfare policies turned disillusionment with Labour into "active dislike".
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International
Behind the "empty chairs" of the Fifth Plenary Session of the CPC Central Committee: How will the normalized high-pressure anti-corruption campaign change officialdom?
"This plenum further demonstrates that Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign has no end," experts said. "Continued disciplinary pressure should not be just a phased campaign, but must become a permanent part of the CCP's operating methods."
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International
Refugee athlete to make history for second time at Youth Olympics
Yiech Pur Biel leads the first ever refugee team to take part at the Youth Olympics.
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Finance
Blockchain intelligence firms link North Korea to $6.3B hack on Binance
The world's biggest cryptocurrency exchange reported Thursday that approximately $6.3 billion was impacted in an apparent hack.
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International
Gulf states must rethink trillion-dollar defence in light of US-Iran war, says report
IISS study questions overreliance on American support and ‘overdependence on expensive, high-end systems’ Gulf states are going to have to reconfigure their trillion-dollar defences given the damage inflicted on their economies and the questionable continued value of US bases in the face of Iranian attack, according to a study by the International Institute for Strategic Studies. The report says that in the weeks before the 8 April ceasefire, 12 regional states, overwhelmingly in the Gulf, faced 4,670 Iranian one-way attack drones and more than 1,400 ballistic missiles. Nearly half were aimed
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