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Ukraine plans phased demobilization for longest-serving troops by late 2026

Ukraine's longest-serving troops could begin returning to civilian life by late autumn 2026, defense minister Mykhailo Fedorov said. Soldiers who have been fighting since early 2022 may be eligible this year, with discharge decided by two criteria: total days in service and the number of combat days. "

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Malcolm Roberts to push One Nation for blanket abortion ban

One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts told a Brisbane Christian conference he wants the party to move to ban abortion entirely. "That’s becoming my goal," he said, adding: "That’s something I’ll be putting to the party. We need to reconsider some things [but] it will

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Donald Trump Jr. buys West Palm Beach lot for 8-bedroom home

A few weeks after their island wedding in the Bahamas, Donald Trump Jr. and Bettina Anderson bought a double lot in the Prospect Park neighborhood of West Palm Beach, Fla., and plan to build an eight-bedroom home for their family. The house is expected to provide space for entertaining and

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UK government paid staff to play GTA Online to study players' experiences

Since late 2024 a small unit in the Department for Education called Policy Lab has run a taxpayer-funded programme in which employees are paid to play GTA Online with random people on the internet. The project involved staff “[spending] time with participants in video games they played regularly” and “[experiencing]

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Kentucky sues Kalshi and Polymarket over prediction-market sports bets

Kentucky's attorney general sued Kalshi and Polymarket, accusing the platforms of offering illegal sports betting without a license and joining a growing list of states taking legal action. The state also said the companies and their partners — naming Coinbase, Robinhood and Webull — do not offer resources for people

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Ghana hosts conference to advance reparatory justice after UN resolution

Ghana is hosting a three-day conference in Accra called Next Steps, starting on Wednesday, to push the continent’s effort on reparatory justice after the UN resolution that declared the trafficking of enslaved Africans the gravest crime against humanity. More than 80 countries will be represented by heads of state

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Congress Reaches Deal on Housing Bill With CBDC Ban

The House and Senate have reached a deal to move forward with a housing bill that includes a ban on the Federal Reserve creating a central bank digital currency until 2030. A bipartisan group of House and Senate leaders released an updated version of the 21st Century Road to Housing

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Sierra Leone first lady refuses to condemn FGM without 'reliable data'

Fatima Maada Bio has denied supporting female genital mutilation but said she will not openly condemn it until she sees "reliable data" showing the practice is harmful. A group of health professionals, survivors, human rights activists and politicians wrote to the Organisation of African First Ladies for Development

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Eduardo Bolsonaro jailed for seeking US interference in father’s trial

Brazil’s supreme court has sentenced Eduardo Bolsonaro to four years and two months in prison after finding him guilty of courting US interference in his father’s coup plot trial last year. The prosecutor general charged him with seeking help from the Trump administration by pushing for sanctions on

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Canada eliminates human rights watchdog that oversees companies operating abroad

Canada is eliminating a watchdog that investigates alleged human rights violations by Canadian companies operating abroad after Mark Carney said the office hadn’t been "effective" since it was set up in 2019. The Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise (Core) was created by Justin Trudeau’s government to

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White House Montage Uses Persona 5 Imagery Featuring Trump

The White House posted a social media montage that concludes with AI-altered footage borrowing an All Out Attack from the video game Persona 5, showing President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and others in the game's victory sequence. The clip appears amid other clips of Trump, anime

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Melania Trump's White House appearances and wardrobe in 2025

Ahead of the 2025 inauguration, Melania Trump said she planned to divide her time between the White House, Trump Tower in New York City, and Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida. That schedule has at times made her an infrequent White House presence, but she has still attended numerous events since

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Kennedy Seeks to Expedite Appeal of Ruling That Blocked His Vaccine Policies

The Trump administration requested an expedited appeal of a federal court ruling that blocked a series of vaccine decisions by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., including rescinding routine recommendations for immunizations against a half-dozen childhood diseases. Mr. Kennedy announced in a social media post on Friday that the administration

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Argentinian activist who spent 50 years searching for disappeared son dies

Lidia 'Taty' Almeida, who spent more than half a century searching for her son after he was forcibly disappeared by Argentina’s military junta, has died at 95, prompting a public outpouring of grief. Her son Alejandro was kidnapped by anti-communist paramilitaries in June 1975, nine months before

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Heidi Montag praises husband after Spencer Pratt's LA mayoral loss

Heidi Montag broke her silence after her husband, Spencer Pratt, lost his bid to become Los Angeles’s next mayor. “I couldn’t love my husband more and be more proud of him. What an inspiration, what a hero,” she tweeted Sunday. “God bless America,” the “Hills” alum said in

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Brisbane teen allegedly plotted attacks on Liberal party and Labour Day march

A private schoolboy in Brisbane allegedly planned terrorist attacks on Liberal party targets and the 2024 Labour Day march after being influenced by the Unabomber. He was 16 in 2024 when counter-terrorism police arrested him. The teenager pleaded not guilty in the Queensland supreme court and a jury of 14

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He understands soft power: Andy Burnham and music

Andy Burnham has placed music at the centre of his campaign, from a Makerfield launch video scored by Oasis, Elbow and James to a northern soul‑influenced logo, Change Labour, Keep the Faith. He has also proposed cutting business rates for music venues as part of his pitch of “Manchesterism”

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Trudeau criticised for attending Katy Perry's USMNT show over Canada

Former prime minister Justin Trudeau, 54, faced criticism after attending the USMNT's opening match at SoFi Stadium to support Katy Perry rather than being present for Canada’s first-ever home World Cup fixture, a 1-1 draw with Bosnia and Herzegovina. He addressed the backlash on social media, writing,

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Jamaican campaigners go to court to block beach privatisation

Campaigners in Jamaica are heading to court next week to try to prevent the government from cutting off access to more of their beaches. The legal battle is being led by the Jamaica Beach Birthright Environmental Movement (Jabbem), created in 2020 after community members clashed with police in violent protests

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Trump says US reached deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz

President Donald Trump said Sunday that the United States and Iran had reached a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. On TruthSocial he wrote, "The Deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran is now complete. I hereby fully authorize the toll free opening of the Strait of Hormuz,

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Dining across the divide: BJ and Toby on Gaza, Greens and the king

BJ, 46, a writer and translator who also holds US citizenship, and Toby, 25, a postman studying for a master’s in environmental assessment and management, met for dinner at Blue Joanna in Norwich. They were both flustered when they arrived; she brought him a plant and the food—banana

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Jonno Duniam to quit politics, says leadership spill 'started to really wear on me'

Liberal frontbencher Jonno Duniam will quit politics before the end of the year, dealing another blow to a Coalition that is recording its lowest levels of popularity in decades. The Tasmanian senator, elected in 2016 and regarded as one of the party’s best talents, said it was an “extremely

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Butler warns Taylor is using NDIS cuts as pawn

Mark Butler has doubled down on plans to pass contentious NDIS changes as early as this month, warning the opposition against using the bill as a 'pawn in a bigger chess game' as they consider a potential deal with the Greens. The Coalition and the Greens have criticised

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NSW lifts drone ban over Sydney beach after shark attack

The NSW government has secured an exemption allowing Surf Life Saving NSW to fly drones over Coogee beach as part of its shark monitoring program, the agriculture minister, Tara Moriarty, said at a press conference. The program had been constrained by proximity to Sydney airport and Civil Aviation Safety Authority

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China arrests US academic Min Zin on suspicion of espionage

China has arrested a US scholar, Min Zin, on suspicion of spying. The ministry of foreign affairs spokesperson, Lin Jian, said Min Zin was suspected of "engaging in espionage activities that endanger China’s national security." Arrests of US citizens on national security grounds are uncommon. The case