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• Mayor resigns after attempt to explain sending x-rated video to female colleague fails

  03-04-2025 13:30 via independent.co.uk
  
  City Attorney Stefanie Stalheim filed a complaint two weeks after receiving a text with a sexually explicit video from Mayor Tom Ross in January
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: Putin’s drones kill 12-year-old girl hours after he offers three-day ceasefire

  29-04-2025 12:35 via independent.co.uk
  
  Putin says Russia will observe temporary three-day ceasefire from 8 May to 10 May
  
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• Karoline Leavitt brags Trump’s post helped get controversial QB drafted – 112 picks after the president spoke out

  29-04-2025 12:33 via independent.co.uk
  
  White House press secretary suggests president’s social media intervention finally persuaded Cleveland Browns to pick up college prospect Shedeur Sanders
  
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• Canada election 2025 live: Carney vows ‘Trump will never break us’ after win as rival Poilievre set to lose seat

  29-04-2025 12:28 via independent.co.uk
  
  In a remarkable victory in the Canadian election, the Liberals areprojected to win more seats than Pierre Poilievre’s Conservative party - but it isn't clear yet if they will secure an outright majority
  
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• World shares mostly gain ahead of earnings and data releases

  29-04-2025 12:18 via article.wn.com
  World shares are mostly higher after U.S. stocks drifted to a mixed, quiet finish ahead of a busy week of corporate earnings and economic data. U.S. futures edged higher and oil prices fell. Tokyo's markets were closed for a holiday. ......
  
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• What Exactly Is The Flavor Of Peru's Most Popular Soda, Inca Kola?

  29-04-2025 12:18 via article.wn.com
  Inca Kola is a huge part...
  
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• Weight loss pills could help tackle obesity in poorer countries, experts say

  29-04-2025 12:18 via article.wn.com
  Oral medications are in development to provide alternative to injectables such as Wegovy that must be kept in fridge...
  
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• UK’s first trans judge appeals to European court over supreme court ruling

  29-04-2025 12:18 via article.wn.com
  Victoria McCloud brings action against UK for infringement of her human rights after ruling on biological sex...
  
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• Spotify stock may offer buying opportunity after Q1 results, says analyst

  29-04-2025 12:18 via article.wn.com
  Investors should load up on Spotify Technology SA (NYSE: SPOT) if it sells off after earnings later today, says Ben Swinburne. He’s a senior analyst at Morgan Stanley. Estimates are for Spotify to report per-share earnings of €2.21 ($2.52) for its Q1 on €4.2 billion in revenue. This would mean a more than 10% increase in the top- as well as the bottom-line. Ahead of SPOT’s earnings release, Swinburne rates Spotify stock at “overweight”. His $670 price target...
  
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• Spain’s power supply is almost fully restored after severe blackout

  29-04-2025 12:18 via article.wn.com
  Power had almost fully returned to Spain early Tuesday morning as many questions remained about what caused one of Europe’s most severe blackouts across Spain and Portugal ......
  
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• Spain and Portugal's power is almost fully restored, but the huge blackout's cause remains a mystery

  29-04-2025 12:18 via article.wn.com
  MADRID (AP) — Power was almost fully restored to Spain and Portugal on Tuesday although many questions remained about what caused one of Europe’s most severe blackouts that grounded flights, paralyzed metro systems, disrupted mobile communications and shut down ATMs across the Iberian Peninsula. By 7 a.m., more than 99% of energy demand in Spain had been restored, the country's electricity operator Red Eléctrica said. Portuguese grid operator REN said Tuesday morning all of th
  
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• Spain and Portugal suffer mysterious power blackouts

  29-04-2025 12:18 via article.wn.com
  Spain and Portugal were hit by a massive blackout disrupting transport and communications. ......
  
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• Shattered window on Pak high commission gets Indian-origin man arrested in UK

  29-04-2025 12:18 via article.wn.com
  Shattered window on Pak high commission gets Indian-origin man arrested in UK ......
  
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• Presentation Slides For The Annual General Meeting To Be Held On 30 April 2025 (EC World Real Estate Investment Trust)

  29-04-2025 12:18 via article.wn.com
  ) . CONNECT the E-Commerce World BALANCED 0 of Specialised Assets EC World & @ @ @ REIT FY2024 Annual General Meeting 30 April 2025 Agenda Section A Key Highlights Section B Financial Review Section C Portfolio Management Section D Independent Auditor's Disclaimer of Opinion 2 Section A: Key Highlights FY2024 Macro Environment Global Macro Economy • Inflation eased to 5.8% in 2024, down from 6.8% in 2023 • Interest rates stayed high for most of 2024, central banks began cutting rat
  
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• Power Outage in Spain and Portugal Causes Airport and Train Chaos: What Travelers Need to Know

  29-04-2025 12:18 via article.wn.com
  The Spain power outage...
  
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• PHOTO COLLECTION: Vietnam War Anniversary Eve

  29-04-2025 12:18 via article.wn.com
  This is a photo collection curated by AP photo editors. ......
  
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• Pakistan considering legal action against India's suspension of water treaty, minister says

  29-04-2025 12:18 via article.wn.com
  Pakistan is preparing international legal action over India's suspension of a key river water-sharing treaty, a government minister told Reuters, as tensions intensify between the neighbours following an attack on tourists in India-administered Kashmir. Aqeel Malik, the Minister of State for Law and Justice, told Reuters late on Monday that Islamabad was working on plans for at least three different legal options, including raising the issue at the World Bank — the treaty's facilitator. It
  
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• Massive power outage grips Spain, Portugal causing daily life chaos

  29-04-2025 12:18 via article.wn.com
  A widespread power...
  
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• Liberal Party wins federal election in Canada

  29-04-2025 12:18 via article.wn.com
  Toronto: The Liberal Party has won the federal election in Canada, culminating a process marked by US President Donald Trump threats on a trade war and of making the country the 51st American state. With this result, the Liberal Party’s leader and current prime minister, Mark Carney, will remain in the job, and will form a new government with a new cabinet. It’s still unclear if the liberals will have a majority in the Parliament or whether they will need to...
  
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• ‘Last chance for humanity’: the cold reality of monitoring global heating on a glacier

  29-04-2025 12:18 via article.wn.com
  Scientists on Union glacier in Antarctica fear the region is reaching a dangerous tipping point...
  
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• Kashmiris fortify bunkers anticipating India-Pakistan crossfire

  29-04-2025 12:18 via article.wn.com
  Pulling logs and dusty building materials from a storage bunker outside his home in Kashmir, Riaz Awan readied the underground space to house his family as they braced for clashes between Pakistan and India to reach their border village. Kashmiris living on both sides of the de facto border — the Line of Control — have been caught in the barrage of shells and bullets for decades as the nuclear-armed archrivals fight over the disputed region. The long history of clashes has pushed man
  
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• Israel uses starvation as 'method of warfare' against Palestinians, South Africa tells ICJ

  29-04-2025 12:18 via article.wn.com
  Israel must fully...
  
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• Iran says fire contained at port after deadly blast

  29-04-2025 12:18 via article.wn.com
  Firefighters have brought under control a blaze at Iran’s main port, following a deadly explosion blamed on negligence, authorities in the Islamic republic said. The explosion, heard dozens of kilometres away, hit a dock at the southern port of Shahid Rajaee on Saturday. At least 70 people were...
  
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• How Spain and Portugal’s economies could be hit by the blackout

  29-04-2025 12:18 via article.wn.com
  Euronews asks the experts and...
  
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• Finance Minister urges innovative financing to support developing economies

  29-04-2025 12:18 via article.wn.com
  Finance Minister Ahmed Kouchouk emphasized the need to provide essential developmental financing to boost the ability of developing and...
  
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• Cornell student details gathering 5K signatures, raising $28K to drop anti-Israel singer ‘Kehlani’

  29-04-2025 12:18 via article.wn.com
  The president of a...
  
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• Chinese authorities say 22 people killed, 3 injured in restaurant fire in northern city of Liaoyang

  29-04-2025 12:18 via article.wn.com
  TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Chinese authorities say 22 people have been killed and 3 injured in a fire at restaurant in the northern city of Liaoyang. No word was given on the cause of the fire, which...
  
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• China Shatters Record With 'World's Tallest Bridge'

  29-04-2025 12:18 via article.wn.com
  China is nearly set to open a new bridge that...
  
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• China, PH use flags to stake out competing claims in South China Sea

  29-04-2025 12:18 via article.wn.com
  BEIJING -- The Philippines on Monday, April 28, 2025, rejected China's claim to a group of three sandbars in the South China Sea, after recent displays by both sides of their national flags on the uninhabited outcroppings. The back and forth over Sandy Cay is the latest flare-up in a long-running dispute over territory in the hotly contested South China Sea, which China claims almost in its entirety. The flare-up began last week when a Chinese state-owned newspaper...
  
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• China News: 22 dead, 3 injured after restaurant fire in Liaoning province

  29-04-2025 12:18 via article.wn.com
  At least 22 deaths and 3 injuries have been reported following a restaurant fire in Liaoyang, Northeast China's Liaoning province on Tuesday ......
  
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