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Roblox gives parents more power over children’s activity on gaming platform
Parents can block children from talking to certain people and get detailed screen-time insights on site popular with under-13s. Parents can now block their children from communicating with specific ...
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Trump to consider final proposal on TikTok future as US ban deadline looms
Owner ByteDance required to find non-Chinese buyer for video app’s American operations by Saturday. Donald Trump is preparing to consider a final proposal to decide the future of TikTok before a ...
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Monster surf batters Bondi Icebergs pool and leaves trail of carnage across Sydney beaches
Wild 5.5 metre swells hammer the eastern NSW coastline, causing damage to key walkways and closing beaches. Election 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaign Get our afternoon ...
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Ex-Costa Rica president says US visa revoked after criticism of Trump
Óscar Arias, 84, who won Nobel peace prize in 1987, said US president was behaving like ‘a Roman emperor’. Former Costa Rican president and Nobel winner Óscar Arias said on Tuesday that the US had ...
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Judge rules Mahmoud Khalil’s deportation case must continue in New Jersey
Ruling does not guarantee Columbia University protester will be moved out of a detention facility in Louisiana. A federal judge has ruled that the legal battle over Mahmoud Khalil ’s deportation ...
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Icelandic town and Blue Lagoon spa evacuated after volcanic eruption
Those who have not already left Grindavík warned nearby eruption could be much bigger than previous 10 since 2021. The Icelandic town of Grindavík and the nearby Blue Lagoon tourist attraction have ...
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Russia says it cannot accept US peace plan for Ukraine ‘in its current form’
Moscow’s refusal highlights the limited progress Donald Trump has made on his promise to end the war. Moscow has described the latest US peace proposals as unacceptable to the Kremlin, highlighting ...
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Two near lifesize sculptures found during excavations of Pompeii tomb
The detailed relics were found in a necropolis and experts believe the woman depicted could have been an important priestess. Two almost lifesize sculptures of a man and woman, who was believed to ...
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‘Remarkable’ Bletchley Park code breaker Betty Webb dies aged 101
Veteran lauded for helping preserve history and legacy as well as vital role played during second world war. The Bletchley Park code breaker Charlotte “Betty” Webb has died at the age of 101, the ...
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Hooters restaurant chain files for bankruptcy protection
Founded in 1983, the restaurant known for waitresses in skimpy outfits has run into financial difficulties lately. Hooters , the US-based restaurant chain known for chicken wings and skimpy ...
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New blood test checks for Alzheimer’s and assesses progression, study says
Procedure for patients with thinking and memory problems could help medics decide which drugs are most suitable. Researchers have developed a blood test for patients with thinking and memory ...
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Halle Berry says Oscars not designed for black female actors ‘so we have to stop coveting them’
The only black female actor to have won the leading actress award was speaking on documentary Number One on the Call Sheet along with Taraji P Henson and Whoopi Goldberg. Halle Berry has said she ...
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‘It means death’: Afghan women’s rights activists face deportation from Pakistan
Police go door-to-door arresting Afghans as government pledges to send millions back home to Taliban rule. More than 50 prominent female Afghan women’s rights activists sheltering in Pakistan are ...
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Move fast, kill things: the tech startups trying to reinvent defence with Silicon Valley values
Venture capital-backed, $1bn companies are disrupting the way war will be waged with AI and futuristic weapons. Will they overthrow the traditional big military manufacturers, and what would that ...
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Murky dolphin deaths at Florida theme park prompt law enforcement raid
State investigation under way at Gulf World after four dolphins have mysteriously died in past six months. Wildlife officials and law enforcement officers have raided a Florida marine theme park ...
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Republicans join Democrats in Senate vote to rescind Trump Canada tariffs
Resolution that would block tariffs passes 51-48 in Senate, in vote that shows Republican unease over president’s plans. Several Republican senators joined Democrats to pass a resolution that would ...
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US midwest and south faces potentially deadly floods and severe tornadoes
Forecasters say potent storm system moving east could become supercharged and bring ‘life-threatening’ flooding. Potentially deadly flash flooding, high-magnitude tornadoes and baseball-sized hail ...
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US anti-abortion group expands campaign in UK
Exclusive: Alliance Defending Freedom, which is funding case of activist Livia Tossici-Bolt, is lobbying against buffer zones around clinics. A rightwing US group backing an anti-abortion ...
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Investigation launched after racist message ‘blasted out’ at asylum centre
Offensive broadside was reportedly heard over portable radios at Manston processing site. An investigation has been launched after a racist message was reportedly “blasted out” on portable radios ...
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British activist in solitary confinement in India despite acquittal, family say
Brother of Jagtar Singh Johal claims he is being ‘mentally tortured’ through unwarranted detention. The British Sikh activist Jagtar Singh Johal, detained for seven years in an Indian jail, has ...
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Judge orders White House to restore legal aid to unaccompanied migrant children
The temporary restraining order is another setback in less than a week for Trump’s immigration crackdown. A federal judge in California has ordered the Trump administration to temporarily restore ...
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China military drills targeting Taiwan put region’s security at risk, says US
Beijing continues drills in Taiwan strait, practising hitting key ports and energy infrastructure. The US has accused China of putting the region’s security at risk after it launched a second day ...
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US health agency layoffs gut mine safety, infertility and smoking programs
Thousands lost jobs as sweeping cuts reshape public health, leaving experts and lawmakers scrambling . Experts in everything from mine safety to smoking and infertility were hit by mass layoffs ...
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Stranger than fiction MI5 tales revealed in first National Archives collaboration
From Guy Burgess’s briefcase to microdots secreted in talc, an exhibition reveals remarkable items from the agency’s archives – and the extraordinary stories behind them. The agency that would ...
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Queensland’s recovery to ‘take months and years’ after floods sweep across vast interior
Bureau of Meteorology predicts flooding could continue for weeks as stock losses already estimated at over 150,000. Election 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaign Get our ...
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Thousands of Ford Kuga hybrid drivers ‘left in limbo’ after fire risk warnings
Carmaker reportedly has yet to announce plan for repairs after telling motorists not to charge their cars. Thousands of drivers have reportedly been left in limbo after warnings that their car ...
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Outrage in New Zealand after 11-year-old girl sent to psychiatric ward and drugged in identity mix-up
Report finds police mistook girl for missing woman in blunder that has appalled political leaders. An 11-year-old girl was restrained, injected with anti-psychotic drugs and placed on a mental ...
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US bombing of Yemen compounding dire humanitarian situation – rights groups
Anti-Houthi air campaign, details of which were revealed in Signal scandal, has brought further destruction to country. A ramped-up US bombing campaign on Yemen has killed civilians and brought ...
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Neil Young says he may be barred from returning to US over Donald Trump criticism
The US-Canadian dual citizen speculates he may be ‘barred or put in jail to sleep on a cement floor’ after his European tour, after years of speaking against Trump. Neil Young has shared his ...
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Twenty-three more women contact Met police over serial rapist Zhenhao Zou
London PhD student convicted of 10 rapes may have 60 more victims, force fears . More than 20 women have contacted police to say they fear they may have been attacked by the serial rapist Zhenhao ...
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US officials challenge Ofcom over risk to free speech caused by online safety laws
Exclusive: State department said to have raised concerns over whether new act infringes on freedom of expression. US state department officials have challenged Britain’s communications regulator ...
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Scottish tourist dies in Rome hospital after suspected gas explosion
Grant Paterson, 54, from South Lanarkshire, was pulled out from rubble on final day of visit. A Scottish tourist who suffered severe burns in a suspected gas explosion at a building in Rome has ...
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California wildfire threatening forest home of world’s oldest tree
Silver fire leading to fears about Methuselah, a nearly 5,000-year-old bristlecone pine in eastern part of state. Firefighters have managed to make “strong progress” containing a fire burning ...
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Donald Trump signs off UK’s handover of Chagos Islands to Mauritius
No 10 says deal to cede UK’s last African colony now being finalised after months of doubt. Donald Trump has signed off the UK’s handover of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, Downing Street has ...
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About a third of Americans stop buying eggs due to rising costs, study shows
Data says 34% of those in US stopped purchasing breakfast staple and won’t buy again until costs lower to $5 a carton. As egg prices have reached record highs, about a third of American consumers ...
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US prosecutors to seek death penalty for Luigi Mangione
Mangione, 26, accused of carrying out ‘premeditated assassination’ of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Federal prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against the man accused of fatally ...
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Thousands of US health agency workers laid off in overhaul led by RFK Jr
Trump administration begins reducing Health and Human Services workforce as Kennedy plans up to 10,000 job cuts. Thousands of Health and Human Services (HHS) employees across the country are being ...
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Myanmar junta accused of blocking aid for earthquake victims as airstrikes continue
Doctors helping with aftermath of disaster and UN special rapporteur say aid is disappearing or being blocked in some areas. Aftermath of the Myanmar earthquake – a visual guide Myanmar’s ...
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OpenAI raises $40bn in deal with SoftBank that values it at $300bn
Japanese investor to put $10bn at first into OpenAI and $30bn more by end of 2025 if certain conditions are met. Business live – latest updates OpenAI has raised $40bn (£31bn) through ...
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Cyprus court acquits five Israeli men accused of raping British woman
Woman’s lawyer says verdict proof of ‘patriarchal’ justice system and does not rule out taking case to European court of human rights. A Cyprus court’s acquittal of five men accused of abducting ...