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NYT

Is France’s Centrist Leader Trying to Weatherproof It From the Far Right?

President Emmanuel Macron has appointed a string of allies who will remain in critical state positions after next year’s presidential election, and who could thwart a far-right successor.

NYT

Xi Poised to Press Trump on Arms Sales to Taiwan

Beijing has called Taiwan the “core of China’s core interests.” Xi Jinping is likely to focus on getting President Trump to slow approval of more weapons for the self-governing island.

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Cannes spotlight reverts to auteurs as Hollywood retreats from film festival

Absence of big US films heralds renewed focus on international cinema that underpins festival’s reputationFor decades, Cannes has occupied a unique place in the cultural imagination – not just as the world’s most prestigious film festival, but as Hollywood’s most glamorous overseas outpost.From Grac...

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More than 6,000 children treated at obesity clinics in England, figures show

Hundreds of four-year-olds among ‘extremely overweight’ patients at 39 specialist centres since 2021More than 6,000 children living with obesity, including hundreds as young as four, have required treatment at specialist NHS weight-loss clinics, new figures reveal.NHS England data, published for the...

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Trump’s complaints on Iran war leaks prompt aggressive probe: Wall Street Journal

Attorney General Todd Blanche seeks subpoenas targeting reporters involved in sensitive national security stories

ET

KSE-100 drops 665 points after early surge

Trading volume stands at 284,031,410 shares with a total traded value of Rs12,022,767,811

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Isla Bell: manslaughter charge dropped against man accused of killing Melbourne teen and hiding body in fridge

Marat Ganiev will instead be charged with attempting to pervert the course of justice over death of 19-year-old whose body was found in tipFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastProsecutors have withdrawn a manslaughter charge...

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Popular game Wordle confirmed for TV adaptation

Savannah Guthrie to host new primetime game show format filmed in UK

ET

NYT columnist details allegations of sexual abuse in Israeli detention system

Israeli foreign ministry calls it libel without providing any concrete counter-evidence

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London to open Beatles exhibition at historic Savile Row venue in 2027

Seven-floor exhibition at band's final live performance site will feature rare artefacts, rooftop experience

NYT

Sara Duterte, Philippine Vice President, Is Impeached, Again

But the prosecution of Ms. Duterte, who has become the archrival to President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., is likely to fail again in the Senate.

NYT

Starmer Faces Mounting Calls From Own Party to Resign as British Prime Minister

Dozens of Labour Party leaders called on Prime Minister Keir Starmer to leave office, and several government aides announced their resignations.

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Jim Chalmers says budget to address economic anxieties ‘driving’ Australians to One Nation

Farrer byelection win casts shadow over 2026 federal budget as government signals it’s alive to populist rightwing threatFederal budget 2026 LIVE updates: Australia government budget announcement and speech – latest newsExplore all of our 2026 Australia federal budget coverageGet our breaking news e...

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Zara Noor Abbas speaks out against body-shaming, pressures on working mothers

Actor reflects on postpartum struggles, emotional healing after motherhood

ET

At least nine dead, 33 injured in Lakki Marwat blast

K-P Chief Minister Sohail Afridi takes notice of explosion, seeks report from inspector general of police

ET

At least nine dead, 23 injured in Lakki Marwat blast

K-P Chief Minister Sohail Afridi takes notice of explosion, seeks report from inspector general of police

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Virginia Democrats ask conservative-majority US supreme court to restore congressional map approved by voters – as it happened

This live blog is now closed.Sign up for the Breaking News US emailSpeaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump reiterated that Iran’s peace proposal was “just unacceptable”.The president went on to insist that he had a “very simple plan”, and maintained that Tehran could not have a nuclear weapo...

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Epstein files on display at New York pop-up exhibit, all 3.5 million pages

Tribeca pop-up binds pages into 3,437 volumes, with dedicated display on Trump and Epstein's decades-long friendship

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Virginia Democrats ask conservative-majority US supreme court to restore congressional map approved by voters – live

Map designed to boost Democrats’ US House seats was thrown out by Virginia’s supreme court last weekSign up for the Breaking News US emailSpeaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump reiterated that Iran’s peace proposal was “just unacceptable”.The president went on to insist that he had a “very ...

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Indie films race for Cannes top prize with big studios absent

22 indie contenders vie for Palme d'Or with no blockbusters or red-carpet rollouts

FOX

Trump administration rejects UN migration declaration, says 'mass migration was never safe'

The State Department said it objects to U.N. efforts to "advocate and facilitate replacement immigration in the United States and across the broader West."

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Mayor of California city resigns over charges of being a foreign agent of China

Eileen Wang, 58, mayor of Arcadia, agreed to plead guilty over the felony count brought by the justice departmentEileen Wang, the mayor of a southern California city, resigned suddenly on Monday after the US Department of Justice (DoJ) announced she had been charged with acting as an illegal foreign...

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Planes with hantavirus cruise passengers land in Netherlands, hospital quarantines 12

Dutch hospital quarantines 12 staff after hantavirus protocols were not followed with infected patient

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'Iran very much under control,' Trump asserts ahead of China trip

'I don't think we need any help ​with Iran. We'll win it one way or the other, ​peacefully or otherwise,' Trump says