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• The European countries where thousands are boycotting US goods

  18-03-2025 11:30 via independent.co.uk
  
  Consumers who are furious over President Donald Trump’s policies are boycotting U.S. goods - from Coca-Cola to Colgate toothpaste
  
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• Watchdog ‘assessing concerns’ over Prince Harry’s charity Sentebale after duke quits as patron

  29-03-2025 01:01 via independent.co.uk
  
  Duke of Sussex resigned following boardroom battle with Sentebale’s chair Dr Sophie Chandauka
  
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• Trump 'respected Canada's sovereignty' in call, says Carney

  29-03-2025 00:44 via bbc.com
  
  The US president described the talks as "extremely productive" and said the two leaders would meet after Canada holds elections.
  
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• Trump commutes sentence of Ozy Media co-founder Carlos Watson before sentence begins

  29-03-2025 00:43 via independent.co.uk
  
  The former talk show host was convicted last year after the implosion of the once-buzzy and ambitious startup company
  
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• Biden administration offshore oil and gas lease in Gulf Coast is unlawful, federal judge says

  29-03-2025 00:43 via independent.co.uk
  
  A federal judge has ruled that more than 109,000 square miles of Gulf Coast federal were unlawfully opened up for offshore drilling leases
  
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• Watch: Mark Carney responds to Donald Trump’s latest Canada tariffs threat

  29-03-2025 00:33 via independent.co.uk
  
  Watch again as Canada’s prime minister Mark Carney spoke to reporters on Thursday, 27 March, after a cabinet meeting to discuss Canada's response to Donald Trump’s tariffs.
  
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• Vance scolds Denmark during Greenland trip

  29-03-2025 00:26 via bbc.com
  
  Denmark's prime minister said the visit by the US VP and other top officials  showed a "lack of respect".
  
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• Trump insists US ‘needs’ Greenland for international security

  29-03-2025 00:23 via independent.co.uk
  
  Donald Trump insisted the United States “needs” Greenland for international security.
  
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• Trump commutes sentence of Ozy Media co-founder Carlos Watson

  29-03-2025 00:23 via independent.co.uk
  
  Donald Trump has commuted the sentence of Carlos Watson, co-founder of Ozy Media, shortly before he was due to report to prison to serve a 10-year sentence in a financial conspiracy case.
  
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• Elon Musk’s AI company just bought X

  29-03-2025 00:09 via independent.co.uk
  
  Move is seen by some as way to shore up flagging value of X social network
  
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• Trump admin offers Voice of America employees buyouts as judge blocks it from being shut down

  28-03-2025 23:50 via independent.co.uk
  
  Just as a federal judge issued an order blocking the administration’s efforts to dismantle the broadcaster, U.S. Agency for Global Media staffers received an email offering them a renewed opportunity to sign up for the ‘Fork in the Road’ deferred resignation program
  
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• Vietnamese dad came to U.S. at 5. He’s been held for a month by ICE after routine check-in

  28-03-2025 23:29 via independent.co.uk
  
  California woman, Khanhi, says her Vietnamese husband was unexpectedly taken into custody
  
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• Wisconsin AG moves in court to block Elon Musk’s $1m voter giveaway before state Supreme Court election

  28-03-2025 23:20 via independent.co.uk
  
  Attorney General Josh Kaul asked the Dane County Circuit Court to issue an emergency injunction to stop a giveaway event hosted by the world’s richest man over the weekend
  
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• Connecticut woman accused of holding stepson captive for 20 years pleads not guilty

  28-03-2025 23:01 via independent.co.uk
  
  The 32-year-old paints a picture of two decades of severe abuse, while his stepmother, Kimberly Sullivan, denies all wrongdoing, writes Josh Marcus
  
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• Here’s how much Trump may slash the workforce in various agencies - and the impact it can have

  28-03-2025 22:50 via independent.co.uk
  
  Despite the cuts, the proposed savings by firing federal workers barely puts a dent in the $1.8 trillion Trump and Musk want to save
  
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• Bank of America warns it may cancel accounts that aren’t active

  28-03-2025 22:32 via independent.co.uk
  
  Customers who haven’t logged into their accounts for three years may be impacted
  
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• Trump says the US will help in Asia quake. A former official says the system is now in 'shambles'

  28-03-2025 22:28 via independent.co.uk
  
  President Donald Trump says U.S. officials are “going to be helping” with the response to Southeast Asia’s deadly earthquake
  
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• Pete Hegseth and Mike Waltz’s leaked passwords ‘found online’ in aftermath of Signalgate

  28-03-2025 22:28 via independent.co.uk
  
  German newspaper Der Spiegel claims to have accessed personal data about several top Trump officials
  
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• British Sky News journalist breaks silence after Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Signalgate attack

  28-03-2025 22:22 via independent.co.uk
  
  A British Sky News journalist has broken her silence after Marjorie Taylor Greene launched into a verbal attack on her over Signalgate.
  
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• Texas measles outbreak spikes as experts warn US should take steps now to prevent an epidemic

  28-03-2025 22:21 via independent.co.uk
  
  There are now nearly 500 confirmed cases of highly contagious measles reported across the country
  
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• Over 150 dead in Myanmar and Thailand after huge earthquake

  28-03-2025 22:18 via bbc.com
  
  The quake hit central Myanmar with strong tremors felt as far as south-west China and Thailand.
  
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• Trump admin offers Voice of America employees buyouts as judge looks to spare network

  28-03-2025 22:10 via independent.co.uk
  
  Just as a federal judge appeared poised to issue an order blocking the administration’s efforts to dismantle the broadcaster, U.S. Agency for Global Media staffers received an email offering them a renewed opportunity to sign up for the ‘Ford in the Road’ deferred resignation program
  
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• Suspected Gilgo Beach serial killer and wife reach divorce settlement amid court hearing on DNA evidence

  28-03-2025 22:08 via independent.co.uk
  
  Rex Heuermann, 61, is charged with the murders of seven women on Long Island
  
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• Text messages reveal communication between LA mayor in Ghana and staffers in US as deadly wildfires ravaged Southern California

  28-03-2025 22:07 via independent.co.uk
  
  L.A. mayor Karen Bass was hit with technical issues in Ghana while trying to communicate with her staff in the U.S.
  
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• Trump’s newest law firm target is where FBI foe Robert Mueller once worked

  28-03-2025 22:01 via independent.co.uk
  
  WilmerHale and Jenner & Bock have sued the Trump administration over the orders
  
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• The real reason Trump had to rescind Elise Stefanik’s UN nomination

  28-03-2025 21:46 via independent.co.uk
  
  Analysis: Republicans can’t afford any defections if they want to pass their signature bill. That means denying Stefanik a promotion for now writes Eric Garcia
  
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• Trump moves to officially close USAID and tells remaining employees their jobs will be eliminated

  28-03-2025 21:39 via independent.co.uk
  
  After months of attempting to remove responsibility, funding and staff from the U.S. Agency for International Development, the Trump administration moved to effectively close it down on Friday
  
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• Customer launches GoFundMe for 81-year-old waitress who can’t afford to retire

  28-03-2025 21:27 via independent.co.uk
  
  The GoFundMe has already raised $250,000 for the 81-year-old waitress
  
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• 'People are screaming help me': Myanmar earthquake survivors describe horror

  28-03-2025 21:26 via bbc.com
  
  A rescuer in Mandalay said he was digging through rubble with bare hands after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake hit Myanmar.
  
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• Sam Bankman-Fried is moved out of New York City prison and half way across the country

  28-03-2025 20:45 via independent.co.uk
  
  Lawyers for the FTX founder had requested Bankman-Fried be transferred to a prison closer to his parents in California
  
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