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• Max Beauvoir: Biochemist who worked on synthesising steroids in the US before returning to Haiti to become a voodoo priest

  19-09-2015 05:45
  Max Beauvoir followed an unusual career path. He left his native Haiti to study chemistry in New York, graduated in biochemistry from the Sorbonne then moved back to New York to work on synthesising steroids – but then he went home to Haiti to become a voodoo priest, ending up as the religion’s supreme chief.
  
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• British troops in Ukraine a step closer as military chiefs set to meet in Kyiv

  05-04-2025 19:40 via express.co.uk
  
  Plans to create a European 'Coalition of the Willing' to underwrite any peace deal in Ukraine have evolved beyond political rhetoric and have now entered the military planning stage, with the UK's Chief of Defence Staff Admiral Sir Tony Radakin in Kyiv this weekend.
  
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• Man mauled to death by XL Bullies tried to save himself in last moments of attack

  05-04-2025 18:47 via express.co.uk
  
  Nicholas Glass, 33, was looking after two XL bullies, an American bulldog and a mixed-breed Staffordshire terrier for his brother who was in the hospital.
  
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• Prince Andrew spotted riding after Chinese spy allegations explode

  05-04-2025 18:42 via express.co.uk
  
  Prince Andrew has been seen for the first time since allegations hit the royal family.
  
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• Fury after four-star luxury hotel used to house 150 male migrants - women feel unsafe

  05-04-2025 18:24 via express.co.uk
  
  A bitter row has arisen in Peterborough after a four-star hotel was given over entirely to migrants with just 48 hours' notice.
  
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• Huge £50m boost for UK market town ‘full of empty shops’

  05-04-2025 17:38 via express.co.uk
  
  West Northamptonshire Council is hoping to update Northampton Town Centre by improving accessibility, public spaces, and employment opportunities.
  
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• Middle-class neighbourhood row over 'prison' garden wall locals call 'monstrosity'

  05-04-2025 17:22 via express.co.uk
  
  Locals in a 'middle class' estate in Nottinghamshire have complained about one resident's garden wall that they say resembles something from a 'prison'.
  
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• 'We live in one of the UK's prettiest villages – and cycle lanes are tearing it apart'

  05-04-2025 17:19 via express.co.uk
  
  Residents at this picturesque village are up in arms over the proposed cycle lanes, and have taken the fight all the way to London's Royal Courts of Justice.
  
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• Jaguar Land Rover halts US shipments as Donald Trump's tariffs spark global market turmoil

  05-04-2025 16:11 via express.co.uk
  
  Jaguar Land Rover is a key player in the UK automotive industry, driving innovation, employment, and exports, particularly in the luxury vehicle sector.
  
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• Britain's pubs hit with £4,000 tax bomb threatening thousands of jobs

  05-04-2025 15:43 via express.co.uk
  
  'The jobs tax is far more than small beer,' warns the Shadow Chancellor
  
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• Lincolnshire caravan fire kills two as police launch investigation

  05-04-2025 15:15 via express.co.uk
  
  Crime Scene Investigators are at the scene, with police carrying out inquires to determine the exact cause of the fire.
  
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• Swapped at birth: How a home DNA test finally revealed the truth - BBC

  05-04-2025 02:20 via news.google.com
  Swapped at birth: How a home DNA test finally revealed the truth  BBC
  
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• Bronze and Bright lead England past Belgium to go top of Women’s Nations League group - The Guardian

  05-04-2025 00:58 via news.google.com
  Bronze and Bright lead England past Belgium to go top of Women’s Nations League group  The GuardianEngland 5-0 Belgium: Keira Walsh & Aggie Beever-Jones score first Lionesses goals  BBCLucy Bronze rolls back the years in reminder of Lionesses’ golden summer | Tom Garry  The GuardianEngland Women 5-0 Belgium Women: Lionesses cruise to win at Ashton Gate to move top of Nations League group  Sky Sports'We are getting closer' - England build Eu
  
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• Postecoglou echoes Conte with call for vocal support from Spurs figures - London Evening Standard

  05-04-2025 00:07 via news.google.com
  Postecoglou echoes Conte with call for vocal support from Spurs figures  London Evening StandardAnge Postecoglou says Tottenham receive less backing in media than other clubs  BBCPostecoglou says Spurs ‘need to stick to something’ to improve club’s outlook  The GuardianTottenham’s latest farcical display at Chelsea can only mean one thing for Ange Postecoglou  The IndependentAnge Postecoglou claims there is ‘national campaign&
  
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• Anti-abortion campaigner convicted of breaching buffer zone outside UK clinic - The Guardian

  05-04-2025 00:07 via news.google.com
  Anti-abortion campaigner convicted of breaching buffer zone outside UK clinic  The GuardianWoman guilty of abortion clinic safe zone breach  BBCDespite Livia Tossici-Bolt’s conviction, the US is not finished with making abortion a UK culture war issue  The GuardianUS government department 'disappointed' by conviction of woman who breached abortion clinic 'buffer zone'  Sky NewsWhite House plots to support ‘censored’ anti-abortion activist
  
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• Ukraine says 'massive' Russian drone attack on Zelenskyy's home city after missile strike kills 16 - Sky News

  04-04-2025 23:45 via news.google.com
  Ukraine says 'massive' Russian drone attack on Zelenskyy's home city after missile strike kills 16  Sky NewsKryvyi Rih: Children among 18 killed in Russian attack on Zelensky's home city  BBCAt least 16 dead, including 6 children, in Russian missile strike on Zelensky’s hometown, say Ukrainian authorities  CNNRussia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,135  Al Jazeera18 killed, including 9 children, over 60 injured in Russian strike on Kryvyi Rih.&
  
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• More than 60 Tory councillors defect to Reform UK - The Telegraph

  04-04-2025 23:30 via news.google.com
  More than 60 Tory councillors defect to Reform UK  The TelegraphOver 60 Reform UK candidates in local elections are Tory defectors, study finds  The GuardianScottish Tory councillor latest to join Nigel Farage's Reform party  STV NewsConservative leader of Stratford District Council defects to Reform UK  The Leamington ObserverReform UK up to 10 Scottish councillors as latest Conservative defects  The Herald
  
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• Sobering stuff: UK alcohol industry reels from impact of Trump tariffs - The Guardian

  04-04-2025 22:39 via news.google.com
  Sobering stuff: UK alcohol industry reels from impact of Trump tariffs  The GuardianTrump tariffs: Yet another example of colossal, upending change  BBCUK pushes back on Donald Trump’s claim Britain is ‘happy’ with 10% tariff  Financial TimesTrump’s ‘Liberation Day’ gives us the chance to now realise the dream of Brexit  The TelegraphTrump tariffs: UK exporters on the pain and opportunities  BBC
  
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• Man charged by detectives investigating the LVF murder of journalist Martin O’Hagan - The Irish News

  04-04-2025 22:33 via news.google.com
  Man charged by detectives investigating the LVF murder of journalist Martin O’Hagan  The Irish NewsMartin O'Hagan: Man charged with fraud in journalist murder probe  BBCMan charged in connection with Martin O'Hagan's murder | ITV News  ITVXMan charged in relation to O'Hagan murder investigation  RTE.ieMan arrested in Sheffield in connection with murder of journalist Martin O'Hagan in Northern Ireland  thestar.co.uk
  
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• Prince Andrew's reputation 'irrecoverable' after Newsnight interview, says royal aide - Sky News

  04-04-2025 21:18 via news.google.com
  Prince Andrew's reputation 'irrecoverable' after Newsnight interview, says royal aide  Sky NewsPrince Andrew sent yearly birthday cards to China's president, royal aide says in court documents  BBCPrince Andrew wrote birthday letters to Xi Jinping, ex-adviser told court  The GuardianKing dragged into Prince Andrew Chinese spy scandal  The TelegraphKing Charles dragged into Prince Andrew spy scandal: Buckingham Palace release statement  The Indepe
  
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• Red Crescent Worker Who Survived Israeli Massacre Recounts Horror - Drop Site News

  04-04-2025 21:11 via news.google.com
  Red Crescent Worker Who Survived Israeli Massacre Recounts Horror  Drop Site NewsVideo Shows Aid Workers Killed in Gaza Under Gunfire Barrage, With Ambulance Lights on  The New York TimesThe Gaza paramedic killings: a visual timeline  The GuardianSurvivor challenges Israeli account of attack on Gaza paramedics  BBCUS says law applies to 'all parties' in Gaza after Israel kills medics  BBC
  
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• Israel restarts ground operations in northern Gaza Strip in renewed campaign

  04-04-2025 20:26 via theguardian.com
  
  At least 25 killed in attack on Khan Younis in south as Israel says it is aiming to pressure Hamas into releasing hostagesIsrael has restarted ground operations in the northern Gaza Strip and killed at least 25 people in airstrikes on the southern city of Khan Younis in what it says is a renewed military campaign aimed at pressuring Hamas into releasing Israeli hostages.At least 25 people were killed in the attack on Khan Younis early on Friday, the local Nasser hospital told AFP, as the search
  
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• England v Belgium: Women’s Nations League – live

  04-04-2025 20:25 via theguardian.com
  Nations League latest, 8pm BST kick-off at Ashton GateLive scoreboard | Read Moving the Goalposts | Mail LukeBiiiig Belgium-themed football news from today:Feel free to email me with your hopes and expectations. Continue reading...
  
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• Trump extends deadline for TikTok sale to non-Chinese buyer to avoid ban

  04-04-2025 20:15 via theguardian.com
  
  Deadline set by US president was supposed to be Saturday, with Trump now considering decreasing tariffs to get dealDonald Trump on Friday afternoon extended by 75 days a deadline for the Chinese technology company ByteDance to sell US assets of the popular short-video app TikTok to a non-Chinese buyer or face a ban that was supposed to take effect in January under a 2024 law.“The deal requires more work to ensure all necessary approvals are signed,” the US president said, explaining
  
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• 2025 Grand National at Aintree: the runners, the odds, the verdict - Racing Post

  04-04-2025 19:58 via news.google.com
  2025 Grand National at Aintree: the runners, the odds, the verdict  Racing PostGrand National pinstickers' guide to runners  BBCPlastic or fantastic? Grand National steps out on delicate high-wire act  The GuardianGrand National betting guide: All 34 horses ranked and rated  The IndependentGrand National 2025 sweepstake kit: Printable download for big race  The Telegraph
  
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• Prince Andrew wrote birthday letters to Xi Jinping, ex-adviser told court

  04-04-2025 19:56 via theguardian.com
  Released court statement says alleged Chinese spy helped draft private letters to Chinese presidentThe Duke of York sent letters directly to China’s president, Xi Jinping, the prince’s former senior adviser told a special immigration tribunal, with an alleged Chinese spy advising him on how to write them.Dominic Hampshire, who worked for Andrew from 2019-22, said Andrew had “always had a communication channel” with Xi which was “accepted” and may even have bee
  
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• Donald Trump to extend deadline for TikTok deal in the US - Financial Times

  04-04-2025 19:54 via news.google.com
  Donald Trump to extend deadline for TikTok deal in the US  Financial TimesTrump extends deadline for TikTok sale to non-Chinese buyer to avoid ban  The GuardianDonald Trump floats China tariff relief in exchange for TikTok sale approval  Financial TimesTrump Administration: Live Updates and Latest News  The New York TimesTikTok’s bizarre sale process gets even weirder  The Economist
  
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• ‘Cruel separation’: wife of mistakenly deported Maryland man pleads for his return

  04-04-2025 19:40 via theguardian.com
  
  White House has said US courts can’t order return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was erroneously flown to El SalvadorThe wife of a Maryland man who was mistakenly deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador joined dozens of supporters at a rally before a court hearing on Friday, where his lawyers will ask a federal judge to order the Trump administration to return him to the US.Jennifer Vasquez Sura, a US citizen, hasn’t spoken to her husband, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, since he was flown
  
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• China hits back hard at ‘bullying’ Trump tariffs as global recession fears grow

  04-04-2025 19:32 via theguardian.com
  
  Beijing imposes punitive 34% extra tariffs on all goods imported from US, exacerbating stock market sell-offBusiness live – latest updatesUS politics live – latest updatesChina has hit back hard against Donald Trump’s “bullying” tariffs, raising fears that the escalating trade war could trigger a global recession and prompting fresh turmoil in financial markets.Beijing retaliated on Friday with punitive 34% additional tariffs on all goods imported from the US &ndash
  
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• County Championship return heralds celebration of past and hope for future

  04-04-2025 19:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Tearful send-off for Warwickshire’s operations manager after 52 years symbolises spirit that must be preservedThe County Championship returned under splendid spring sunshine on Friday and all it took was a quick glance around the grounds — or a scroll through social media and the Guardian’s live blog — to challenge the notion of a competition struggling for relevance.It may have been pushed to the bookends of summer, and be due for its umpteenth review in the coming month
  
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