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• Warwick Davis’s wife Samantha died hours before hospital discharge, inquest finds

  14-04-2025 23:39 via theguardian.com
  
  Actor and dwarfism charity founder suffered cardiac arrest after surgery complications, coroner concludesThe actor and campaigner Samantha Davis, the wife of Harry Potter star Warwick Davis, died after suffering a cardiac arrest hours before a hospital was planning to discharge her, an inquest has found.Davis, who co-founded Little People UK – the dwarfism charity known as “an essential resource for little people and their families” – died aged 53 at London’s Univer
  
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• Vancouver festival crash latest: Nine killed after car ploughs into crowd at Lapu Lapu street festival

  27-04-2025 12:28 via independent.co.uk
  
  Canadian police say pedestrians at annual Lapu Lapu festival were struck down at around 8pm
  
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• Vehicle hitting crowd in Vancouver 'not an act of terrorism': Police

  27-04-2025 12:07 via article.wn.com
  Vancouver police said they did not suspect "an act of...
  
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• Ukrainians reject US peace proposal, vow not to surrender Crimea

  27-04-2025 12:07 via article.wn.com
  Kyiv: Ukrainian officials have expressed shock and firm opposition to a peace proposal by the Trump administration, which includes recognizing Russian authority over Crimea. Despite the possibility of temporarily conceding the territory to Russia, Ukraine will not accept any formal surrender of Crimea, as it would be politically and legally impossible, experts say.Crimea was illegally annexed by Russia in 2014, and Ukrainian lawmakers and the public have made it clear that surrendering the penin
  
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• Trump’s Tariffs Squeeze an Already Struggling British Car Industry

  27-04-2025 12:07 via article.wn.com
  The 25 percent levies threaten automakers that are navigating Brexit, a shift to electric vehicles and other obstacles. ......
  
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• Trump’s Tariffs Prompt Wave of Lawsuits

  27-04-2025 12:07 via article.wn.com
  The cases are the latest test of the president’s expansive claims of executive power. ......
  
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• Trade between Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan rises 20 pct since beginning of 2025

  27-04-2025 12:07 via article.wn.com
  TASHKENT, April 27 (Xinhua) -- The trade turnover between Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan has risen 20 percent since the beginning of this year, the...
  
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• The Missteps That Led to a Fatal Plane Crash at Reagan National Airport

  27-04-2025 12:07 via article.wn.com
  New details revealed by The Times show that the failures on Jan. 29 before an Army helicopter crashed into a jet near Reagan National Airport were far more complex than previously known. ......
  
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• Tesla and Volkswagen May Have a Leg Up As Tariffs Raise EV Prices

  27-04-2025 12:07 via article.wn.com
  Electric vehicles will get even more expensive, but prices for Teslas and some other models may not rise as much as prices for some conventional cars. ......
  
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• Supreme Court To Gov’t: Explain Why Bnei Yeshivos Aren’t Being Punished

  27-04-2025 12:07 via article.wn.com
  Israel’s Supreme Court on Sunday issued a...
  
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• South Korea’s main opposition party taps former party chief as presidential candidate

  27-04-2025 12:07 via article.wn.com
  South Korea’s main liberal opposition party has tapped its former leader Lee Jae-myung as presidential candidate in the upcoming June 3 vote. The Democratic Party said Sunday Lee has won nearly 90% of the votes cast during the party’s primary ......
  
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• South Korea’s main opposition party selects former party chief Lee Jae-myung as presidential candidate

  27-04-2025 12:07 via article.wn.com
  South Korea’s main opposition party selects former party chief Lee Jae-myung as presidential candidate. ......
  
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• Soldiers kill 5 suspected rebels in central Philippines

  27-04-2025 12:07 via article.wn.com
  MANILA, April 27 (Xinhua) -- Five suspected rebels were killed in a clash with soldiers in central Philippines on Sunday, a military...
  
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• Shein hikes US prices as much as 377% ahead of tariff increases

  27-04-2025 12:07 via article.wn.com
  E-commerce shopping platforms...
  
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• Saudi Arabia seizes narcotics, tobacco and weapons in major smuggling bust

  27-04-2025 12:07 via article.wn.com
  Dubai: Saudi authorities have successfully thwarted 1,314 smuggling attempts across the Kingdom’s land, sea, and air customs ports in just one week, as part of intensified efforts to protect society and the national...
  
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• Psychologist Threatened By Guerrilla Group In Colombia Granted Refugee Status

  27-04-2025 12:07 via article.wn.com
  The woman, who treated Colombian drug gang victims, is allowed to stay in New Zealand after ongoing death threats against herself, her mother and her husband. ......
  
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• Pope Francis’ tomb seen for first time in images released by Vatican

  27-04-2025 12:07 via article.wn.com
  The pontiff was...
  
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• Philippines, US test air defences as China seizes reef

  27-04-2025 12:07 via article.wn.com
  Missiles fired off the coast of the northern Philippines Sunday as US and Filipino forces conducted their first integrated defence drills, hours after China said it had seized control of a reef claimed by Manila. ......
  
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• Pakistan in Panic: Ministers Threaten Nuclear Strike, Generals Send Families Abroad

  27-04-2025 12:07 via article.wn.com
  Pakistan in Panic: Ministers Threaten Nuclear Strike, Generals Send Families Abroad ......
  
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• No handshake at muted India-Pakistan border ceremony

  27-04-2025 12:07 via article.wn.com
  With swaggering soldiers giving high kicks set to booming patriotic music cheered on by crowds, it was the usual daily border ceremony between nuclear-armed arch-rivals India and Pakistan. ......
  
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• Lee Jae-myung, frontrunner for South Korea president, wins party primary

  27-04-2025 12:07 via article.wn.com
  SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's main opposition Democratic Party of Korea on Sunday named Lee Jae-myung, the party's ex-leader, as its candidate for the snap presidential election slated for June 3. Read full story ......
  
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• Japan Pope Francis Global Reax

  27-04-2025 12:07 via article.wn.com
  Japan's Crown Prince Akishino, delegating Emperor Naruhito, prepares to place a flower on a table installed near a portrait of the late Pope Francis at a memorial Mass at St. Mary's Cathedral in Tokyo, Sunday, April 27, 2025. ......
  
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• Inside The Mad Dash to Turn Division I Athletes Into Influencers

  27-04-2025 12:07 via article.wn.com
  A new effort at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is aimed at turning its student-athletes into well-remunerated social media stars. Other schools are following suit. ......
  
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• India and Pakistan troops exchange fire in Kashmir

  27-04-2025 12:07 via article.wn.com
  Troops from Pakistan and India exchanged fire in disputed Kashmir for a third night in a row, officials said Sunday, as relations between the nuclear-armed rivals plunged to their lowest level in years. ......
  
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• How Labubus Turned Into a Global Sensation

  27-04-2025 12:07 via article.wn.com
  Online and in person, people are clamoring to get their hands on Labubus, which are dolls that are “well-intentioned” but somewhat mischievous. ......
  
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• Hasan Piker: A Progressive Mind in a MAGA Body

  27-04-2025 12:07 via article.wn.com
  Hasan Piker pumps iron, likes weapons and wears pearls. His brand of masculinity has won him many fans online — and has been a useful vehicle for his politics. ......
  
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• Hamas open to full hostage release and five-year Gaza truce, confirms official

  27-04-2025 12:07 via article.wn.com
  Since the outbreak of the...
  
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• Greenland PM visits Denmark as Trump threats loom

  27-04-2025 12:07 via article.wn.com
  Greenland's freshly elected prime minister begins his first official visit to Denmark on Sunday as US President Donald Trump eyes the Danish autonomous territory. ......
  
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• Former Tulsa World editor recalls covering JFK assassination aftermath

  27-04-2025 12:07 via article.wn.com
  In remembrance of John Young, who died April 21, we are reprinting his column sharing his memories of covering the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. ......
  
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• Filipinos continue to cope with dangerous heat

  27-04-2025 12:07 via article.wn.com
  MANILA, April 27 (Xinhua) -- Filipinos have been coping with dangerous high temperatures as parts of the Philippines, particularly on the main Luzon Island, endure...
  
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