Iran's foreign minister awaits U.S. delegation to Pakistan for peace talks
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Microsoft and Meta to cut thousands of jobs
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Starmer 'put a nuclear bomb' under Mandelson row by sacking Olly Robbins
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EU approves a $106 billion loan package to help Ukraine after Hungary lifts its veto
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Stock markets are too high and set to fall, says Bank of England deputy
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Rectal cancer deaths rising rapidly among millennials: 'It's a medical crisis'
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California governor candidates spar to get ahead after Eric Swalwell dropped out
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Trump administration flies 10-year-old back from Cuba amid custody fight
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Annual UK borrowing falls by £20bn but Iran war clouds outlook
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Everyone born after 2008 to be banned from smoking
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Mexico to beef up security at tourist sites after shooting at pyramids
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Virginia voters OK a Democratic effort to redraw the state's congressional map
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World's biggest condom maker set to raise prices due to Iran war
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We would arrest Netanyahu, says Hungary's incoming PM
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Surprise fall in unemployment rate but wage growth hits five-year low
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UK unemployment rate drops unexpectedly
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High electricity bills targeted in planned shakeup to energy pricing
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Reform pledges to review all asylum claims for past five years if it wins power
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8 children killed, 2 women wounded in Louisiana shooting
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1 dead after small plane crashes into Florida yard
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Rumen Radev wins Bulgarian Parliamentary election
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Public warned not to approach 'dangerous' missing man after woman's 'suspicious' death
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The Little Probe That Could: Why Voyager 1 Matters, and Why NASA Just Switched Part of It Off
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Newspaper headlines: 'Starmer accused of Mandelson cover up' and 'Time for Strait talking'
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Australia's most-decorated soldier vows to 'fight' war crime charges
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Fourth person charged over alleged arson on Jewish charity ambulances
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Animal activists celebrate their first global 'Sanctuary Day'
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Judge halts local TV giant Nexstar's takeover of rival Tegna until trial
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Deaths of migrants in ICE custody hit record high under Trump
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Judge halts construction of Trump's White House ballroom
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Singer D4vd is arrested months after a teen's remains were found in his car
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House extends surveillance powers for 10 days
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Three charged over attempted arson attack
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French government seeking release of 86-year-old French widow detained by ICE
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UK economy grows by surprising amount
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Economy grew faster than expected ahead of Iran war
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UK could face food shortages in worst case Iran war scenario
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Nebraska suspect killed after alleged kidnap attempt
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'Corrosive complacency' - Robertson tears into PM and Reeves in extraordinary intervention on defence
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Justice Department moves to toss conspiracy convictions for Jan. 6 rioters
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