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• Brown warns its international students and professors after university doctor is deported to Lebanon

  17-03-2025 23:38 via independent.co.uk
  
  In a campus-wide email, Russell Carey, Brown’s executive vice president for planning and policy, encouraged those intending to travel outside the U.S. to wait until more information was available from the State Department
  
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• Mutant snake with three sharp fangs ‘might be most dangerous death adder’ ever found

  18-03-2025 08:20 via independent.co.uk
  
  Snake produces ‘massive yields’ of venom
  
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• Israel-Gaza latest: ‘At least 330 dead’ as Israel launches deadliest strikes since January ceasefire

  18-03-2025 08:20 via independent.co.uk
  
  Israeli military says its offensive will continue ‘for as long as necessary’ and expand beyond airstrikes
  
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• ‘Bizarre’ mutant death adder with three sharp fangs stuns experts in Australia

  18-03-2025 07:58 via independent.co.uk
  
  Snake produces ‘massive yields’ of venom
  
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• Israel-Gaza latest: ‘At least 254 dead’ as Israel launches deadliest strikes since January ceasefire

  18-03-2025 07:53 via independent.co.uk
  
  Israeli military says its offensive will continue ‘for as long as necessary’ and expand beyond airstrikes
  
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• DOGE staffers accused of breaking into US Institute of Peace

  18-03-2025 07:31 via independent.co.uk
  
  The U.S. Institute of Peace insists it is a nonprofit that it is not part of the executive branch and is instead an independent agency
  
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• White House blames Hamas as Israel launches massive airstrikes across Gaza

  18-03-2025 07:30 via independent.co.uk
  
  Air raids hit multiple locations across Gaza, ending weeks of ceasefire and raising fears of renewed ground invasion
  
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• Israel-Gaza latest: At least 235 dead as Israel launches deadliest strikes since January ceasefire

  18-03-2025 07:28 via independent.co.uk
  
  Israeli military says its offensive will continue ‘for as long as necessary’ and expand beyond airstrikes
  
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• At least 235 Palestinians killed as Israel launches massive wave of strikes on Gaza

  18-03-2025 07:09 via independent.co.uk
  
  Air raids hit multiple locations across Gaza, ending weeks of ceasefire and raising fears of renewed ground invasion
  
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• The $300 billion question: What to do with Russia’s frozen central bank money?

  18-03-2025 06:55 via independent.co.uk
  
  With US support for Ukraine in doubt, Kyiv’s European allies are weighing whether to seize $300 billion in frozen Russian assets
  
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• More than 100 surfers fall ill as mysterious sea foam appears on beach

  18-03-2025 06:52 via independent.co.uk
  
  Authorities close Waitpinga and Parsons beaches citing possible link between foam and microalgal bloom
  
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• Trump administration cuts funding to long-term diabetes study: report

  18-03-2025 06:47 via independent.co.uk
  
  More than 1,000 people have been fired from the health agency as part of Trump cuts
  
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• Israel-Gaza latest: White House blames Hamas as Israel launches deadliest strikes since January ceasefire

  18-03-2025 06:31 via independent.co.uk
  
  Israeli military says its offensive will continue ‘for as long as necessary’ and expand beyond airstrikes
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: Trump and Putin to discuss ceasefire deal as US says ‘many elements’ already agreed

  18-03-2025 06:17 via independent.co.uk
  
  US president says he 'look[s] very much forward' to call later on Tuesday
  
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• Germany's likely next leader seeks approval for huge defense and infrastructure package

  18-03-2025 06:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  Germany’s would-be next chancellor Friedrich Merz is asking lawmakers to allow the country to put “whatever it takes” into defense and to authorize an enormous fund for investment in its creaking infrastructure
  
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• At least 200 Palestinians killed as Israel launches massive wave of strikes on Gaza

  18-03-2025 05:37 via independent.co.uk
  
  Air raids hit multiple locations across Gaza, ending weeks of ceasefire and raising fears of renewed ground invasion
  
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• Donald Trump aims new threat at Iran following airstrikes in Houthi-held Yemen’s capital

  18-03-2025 04:47 via independent.co.uk
  
  US will hold Tehran responsible for future Houthi attacks, Trump warns on Truth Social
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: Trump says ‘many elements’ of peace deal agreed by Putin ahead of crucial phone call

  18-03-2025 04:45 via independent.co.uk
  
  US president says he 'look[s] very much forward' to call later on Tuesday
  
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• More egg products seized at the border than fentanyl since the start of this year

  18-03-2025 04:24 via independent.co.uk
  
  Federal statistics illustrate the rise of egg smuggling — and undermine the rationale for Donald Trump’s trade war
  
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• Military slices out web pages about WWII Native American code talkers to comply with Trump order to eradicate DEI

  18-03-2025 03:54 via independent.co.uk
  
  Military has long credited Indigenous code units for serving key roles in WWI and WWII
  
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• Military removes webpages about Indigenous hero code talkers to comply with Trump DEI order

  18-03-2025 03:54 via independent.co.uk
  
  Military has long credited Indigenous code units for serving key roles in WWI and WWII
  
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• Military removes webpages about Indigenous code talkers to comply with Trump DEI order

  18-03-2025 03:54 via independent.co.uk
  
  Military has long credited Indigenous code units for serving key roles in WWI and WWII
  
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• Democrats call for criminal conflict of interest probe against Elon Musk over reported Starlink FAA deal

  18-03-2025 03:36 via independent.co.uk
  
  Starlink’s parent company SpaceX has denied reports of an impeding FAA contract, but leading Democrats including Elizabeth Warren are not convinced
  
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• ‘Heckuva stretch’: Skeptical judge questions Trump’s defiance over deportation order

  18-03-2025 01:08 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump administration attorneys stonewall federal judge as he grills them about deportation flights that he ordered not to leave
  
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• High winds continue to threaten Oklahoma after wildfires destroyed and damaged hundreds of homes

  18-03-2025 00:58 via independent.co.uk
  
  Officials are warning that high winds expected this week will again raise the risk of severe wildfires in Oklahoma
  
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• Administrator arrested after reportedly forcing 6-year-old student to clean up her own feces at school

  18-03-2025 00:58 via independent.co.uk
  
  The administrator posted $25,000 bond Monday
  
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• ‘Heckuva stretch’: Federal judge taken aback by Justice Department argument his order blocking deportation flights had to be written

  18-03-2025 00:50 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump administration attorneys stonewall U.S. District Judge James Boasbergas as he grills them about deportation flights that he ordered not to leave
  
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• Judge incredulous in Trump deportation case as administration lawyers argue verbal court order isn’t binding – live

  18-03-2025 00:39 via theguardian.com
  Judge in Trump deportation case calls administration lawyers’ argument a ‘heck of a stretch’White House denies violating judge’s order with Venezuela deportationsWhat is the Alien Enemies Act and how is Trump using it?The justice department says that Rasha Alawieh, a kidney specialist working in Rhode Island who was deported to Lebanon despite having a US visa, had “sympathetic” photos and videos of Hezbollah leaders on her phone, according to Politico.Alawieh
  
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• White House removes advisory defining gun violence as a public health issue

  18-03-2025 00:38 via theguardian.com
  Webpage listing statistics and information on shootings taken down as Trump seeks to protect second amendmentThe Trump administration has removed former surgeon general Vivek Murthy’s advisory on gun violence as a public health issue from the US Department of Health and Human Services’ website. This move was made to comply with Donald Trump’s executive order to protect second amendment rights, a White House official told the Guardian.The “firearm violence in America&rdquo
  
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• Australia news live: Dutton says referendum may be needed so government can deport dual citizens; David Warner teases potential move to politics

  18-03-2025 00:35 via theguardian.com
  The opposition leader has defended the cost of his referendum proposal – despite his ongoing criticism of the voice referendum as being too expensive. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastLabour-hire flight attendants to get pay boostMore than 750 domestic flight attendants funnelled to Qantas by labour-hire firms will get a hefty pay boost, AAP reports, in what is being hailed as a victory for “same job, same pay” laws.Some o
  
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