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• Video: Powerful 6.2-magnitude earthquake shakes Marmara Sea in Istanbul

  24-04-2025 00:48 via article.wn.com
  Video: Powerful 6.2-magnitude earthquake shakes Marmara Sea in Istanbul ......
  
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• Woman, 21, bound and buried alive by jealous ex as his chilling murder list revealed

  16-05-2025 07:06 via article.wn.com
  Snatched from her workplace by her former boyfriend, 21-year-old nursing student Jasmeen Kaur was bound, blindfolded and then left to her horrific fate in a shallow grave ......
  
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• Why Ben Roberts-Smith's legal battles are far from over

  16-05-2025 07:06 via article.wn.com
  Ben Roberts-Smith lost his appeal to overturn court findings implicating him in war crimes in Afghanistan. The Federal Court dismissed his appeal, citing sufficient evidence he murdered four Afghan men. Roberts-Smith’s defamation case against three newspapers failed in 2023, with claims deemed “substantially true”. One of Australia’s most decorated soldiers on Friday lost a legal bid to overturn bombshell court findings that...
  
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• US singer Chris Brown charged with assault in Britain

  16-05-2025 07:06 via article.wn.com
  American R&B singer Chris Brown, the former boyfriend of superstar Rihanna, is due to appear in a UK court on Friday after being arrested and charged over an alleged assault at a London nightclub in 2023, police said. ......
  
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• US baby with rare illness treated with tailor-made gene edit

  16-05-2025 07:06 via article.wn.com
  A US infant with a rare condition has become history's first patient to be treated with a personalized gene-editing technique that raises hopes for other people with obscure illnesses, doctors said Thursday. ......
  
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• Unintentional falls leading cause of injury among Australian women: report

  16-05-2025 07:06 via article.wn.com
  CANBERRA, May 16 (Xinhua) -- Unintentional falls remain the leading cause of injury-related hospitalization and death among Australian women, a new report has revealed. The Injury Among Women report found that falls accounted for 122,800 (57 percent) hospitalizations and 3,400 (58 percent)...
  
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• Ukrainian charged with arson at properties linked to Starmer

  16-05-2025 07:06 via article.wn.com
  A Ukrainian citizen arrested on suspicion of having caused fires at properties linked to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer was charged with arson on Thursday, British police said. Roman Lavrynovych, 21, was arrested on Tuesday in connection with a spate of fires across north...
  
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• UK says Russia will pay for avoiding peace talks with Ukraine

  16-05-2025 07:06 via article.wn.com
  British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Russian President Vladimir Putin "must pay the price for avoiding peace" ahead of a European Political Community meeting in Albania today. "Putin's tactics to dither and delay, while continuing to kill and cause bloodshed...
  
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• Trump claims nuclear deal with Iran likely, hopes to avoid military action

  16-05-2025 07:06 via article.wn.com
  ABU DHABI: US President Donald Trump said on Thursday a deal was close on Iran’s nuclear programme that would avert military action, sending oil prices tumbling, as he boasted of raising “trillions of dollars” on a Gulf tour. He made the remarks in Qatar before flying on to the United Arab Emirates for the third and final leg of the tour that began in Saudi Arabia. Trump has said the tour has resulted in trillions of dollars in deals and is hoping to secure more billion-dollar
  
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• Trump announces $200 billion in deals during UAE visit, AI agreement signed

  16-05-2025 07:06 via article.wn.com
  President Donald Trump on Thursday pledged to strengthen U.S. ties to the United Arab Emirates and announced deals with the...
  
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• Tory MP claims £1,100 for purchase of freely available Who’s Who books

  16-05-2025 07:06 via article.wn.com
  Mark Pritchard submitted four separate expenses claims for index which is available in Commons library...
  
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• The Pope Leo XIV effect: Rome hopes for papal blessings of a US tourist boom

  16-05-2025 07:06 via article.wn.com
  Traders anticipating increase in high-spending Americans are already working up Leo-themed beers and ice-creams...
  
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• Texas Democrats propose resolution to ban Cruz from college playoffs: 'Well-known curse'

  16-05-2025 07:06 via article.wn.com
  (The Hill) — A pair of Texas Democrats are putting forth a resolution aimed at barring "well-known curse" Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) from attending college playoff sporting events in the Lone Star State. Harris County Democratic Party precinct Chairs Charles Kuffner and Bill Kelly "have come together to author a resolution prohibiting podcaster Ted Cruz from attending college playoff games in person given his...
  
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• Take-Two earnings boost delayed along with 'GTA VI'

  16-05-2025 07:06 via article.wn.com
  Take-Two Interactive on Thursday dialed back earnings expectations for the current fiscal year due to the delayed release of keenly anticipated video game "Grand Theft Auto VI". ......
  
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• Syria, World Bank discuss post-sanction reconstruction

  16-05-2025 07:06 via article.wn.com
  Syrian Finance Minister Mohammed Yasser Barnieh held discussions Thursday with a delegation from the World Bank on ways to cooperate in rehabilitating the country's priority sectors. The meeting, held in Damascus, was the...
  
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• Supreme Court could block Trump's birthright citizenship order but limit nationwide injunctions

  16-05-2025 07:06 via article.wn.com
  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court seemed intent Thursday on maintaining a block on President Donald Trump's restrictions on birthright citizenship while looking for a way to scale back nationwide court orders. ......
  
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• Rockets Open To Trading Alperen Sengun For Giannis Antetokounmpo, Per Reports

  16-05-2025 07:06 via article.wn.com
  The Rockets are reportedly open to trading Alperen Sengun in a blockbuster trade for Giannis Antetokounmpo. ......
  
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• Poor building standards add �1,000 to energy bills of new homes, analysis finds

  16-05-2025 07:06 via article.wn.com
  About �5bn more spent than if rules for low-carbon new-builds had not been scrapped in 2016, ECIU thinktank finds...
  
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• Pakistan focuses on held Kashmir's missing persons, saying their absence is 'a wound that never heals'

  16-05-2025 07:06 via article.wn.com
  <p>UNITED NATIONS, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 16th May, 2025) A senior Pakistani diplomat told the UN Security Council Thursday that the "acute" matter of missing persons in armed conflict was persisting like a "silent crisis", as he underscored that absence of such individuals from their loved ones was "a wound that never heals".</p><p>"The issue of missing persons is particularly acute in conflict zones and occupied territories from Palestine to occupied Jammu a
  
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• Nintendo Reveals Some Switch 1 Games Will Get Free Switch 2 Enhancements

  16-05-2025 07:06 via article.wn.com
  To promote the upcoming release of the Nintendo...
  
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• New York's Mayor Eric Adams Cleverly Disses Celtics After Knicks Lose Game 5

  16-05-2025 07:06 via article.wn.com
  Eric Adams drops a two-word diss directed at Boston after the Celtics beat the Knicks in Game 5 to force a Game 6 in New York. ......
  
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• New York State Senate adopts resolution marking 75th anniversary of Indian Constitution

  16-05-2025 07:06 via article.wn.com
  The resolution honours...
  
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• New Jersey Transit train engineers to strike in a dispute over wages, affecting NYC routes ...

  16-05-2025 07:06 via article.wn.com
  New Jersey Transit train engineers to strike in a dispute over wages, affecting NYC routes and some 350,000 commuters. ......
  
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• New Jersey Transit train engineers go on strike, leaving some 350,000 commuters in the lurch

  16-05-2025 07:06 via article.wn.com
  New Jersey Transit train engineers have gone on strike in a dispute over wages, leaving an estimated 350,000 commuters in New Jersey and New York City to seek other means to reach their destinations or consider staying home. The walkout ......
  
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• Nasal tanning sprays linked to skin cancer, trading standards officers warn

  16-05-2025 07:06 via article.wn.com
  Demand for ‘dangerous and unregulated’ tan-enhancing sprays being driven by influencers, watchdog says...
  
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• Mexico demands compensation from YouTube star MrBeast after pyramid chocolate video

  16-05-2025 07:06 via article.wn.com
  Celebrity used trips to ancient Maya cities to advertise his own-brand snacks, drawing criticism from Mexico’s archaeology and history institute...
  
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• Marco Rubio warns Iran 'at the threshold' of nuclear weapon capability as US-Iran talks continue

  16-05-2025 07:06 via article.wn.com
  Secretary of State Marco Rubio...
  
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• Man arrested after Adelaide school community led to believe food was poisoned

  16-05-2025 07:06 via article.wn.com
  Police allege man menaced teacher and conveyed food was contaminated with lead acetate, which can cause irreversible neurological damageAustralia news live: latest politics updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast...
  
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• ‘Horror story.' California kids tortured for 2 years until the oldest escaped home

  16-05-2025 07:06 via article.wn.com
  A Victorville, Los Angeles, family accused of “repetitively” torturing six children pleaded not guilty during their initial court appearance Thursday with a judge ordering them to be held without bail. Tina Marie Sheffield Key, 60, Kenneth Michael Key, 60, and daughter Kaitlynn Marresa Key, 23, were individually brought in to attend the hearing as they were read the 12 charges against them, including...
  
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• Lakers Have $5.7 Million And Minimal Trade Assets To Improve The Roster This Summer

  16-05-2025 07:06 via article.wn.com
  Lakers have almost no cap flexibility for the 2025 NBA offseason. ......
  
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