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• Postage stamps may be getting more expensive — again

  10-04-2025 03:12 via nbcnews.com
  
  WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service is seeking a rate increase this summer that includes hiking the cost of a first-class stamp from 73 cents to 78 cents.
  
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• Pakistan launches retaliatory strikes targeting India, says state-run Pakistan television – live updates

  10-05-2025 04:39 via theguardian.com
  
  ‘Multiple locations’ in India being targeted in retaliatory attacks, says state-run media, after Pakistan says three air bases attacked by Indian missilesWho is Asim Munir, the army chief leading Pakistan’s military amid the crisis with India?The general once fell foul of Imran Khan, but since taking the top spot has been quietly amassing power over the government and supreme court, as our profile here says.Yet even now that the country is out of the clutches of martial law, it
  
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• Rümeysa Öztürk, detained Tufts student, released from federal custody – as it happened

  10-05-2025 03:59 via theguardian.com
  
  This blog has now closed. Read the latest hereLarge institutional investors have massively increased their holdings of Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG) in recent months according to SEC filings, with many enlarging their positions by hundreds of millions of dollars.The revelations raise further questions about big business’s desire to curry favor with Donald Trump and his administration via the enterprises he has maintained or commenced. TMTG runs the Truth Social social media platf
  
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• Ultrasound diagnosis could lead to faster treatment of endometriosis

  10-05-2025 03:02 via theguardian.com
  
  New guidelines call for non-invasive test methods to be offered to patients to avoid long waits for surgical diagnosisGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastPeople showing symptoms of endometriosis should be offered diagnosis options such as ultrasound so they receive treatment sooner, according to updated guidelines.Endometriosis can take years to be diagnosed, as it has previously meant waiting for a surgical procedure to make the diagnosis.Sign up for Guardian Australia&rs
  
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• Mayor of Newark Ras Baraka released after arrest at Ice jail protest

  10-05-2025 03:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Mayor’s wife accuses government of targeting her husband as video shows him being placed in handcuffs by officialsThe mayor of Newark, Ras Baraka, was arrested for alleged trespass at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) detention center in New Jersey on Friday and released after several hours.Baraka was released shortly after 8pm and, after stepping out of an SUV with flashing emergency lights, told waiting supporters: “The reality is this: I didn’t do anything wrong.&
  
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• Tufts University doctoral student out of ICE custody after judge orders her release

  10-05-2025 02:07 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A judge has ordered that Tufts University doctoral student Rumeysa Ozturk be released on bail from ICE custody after her visa was revoked by the Trump administration.
  
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• ‘A lot of pride and joy’: the First Nations team representing Australia at the Venice Biennale of Architecture

  10-05-2025 02:00 via theguardian.com
  
  These seven architects hope to show First Nations design and connection to Country at the world’s most prestigious architecture exhibitionGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailAustralia’s participation in next year’s Venice Biennale remains under a cloud. With Creative Australia holding fast to its decision to cancel its commission of artist Khaled Sabsabi and curator Michael Dagostino, it’s becoming increasingly likely that the Australian Pavilion might remain dark
  
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• Rümeysa Öztürk, Tufts student held by Ice, released from Louisiana jail

  10-05-2025 01:32 via theguardian.com
  
  PhD student arrested in March for political speech released on Friday after federal judge’s rulingRümeysa Öztürk, the Tufts University student arrested in March for her political speech, has been released from the Louisiana detention center where she was being held in what she and her lawyers had argued was a breach of her constitutional rights.A federal judge on Friday morning had ordered Öztürk’s return to Vermont, where she was briefly held after being gra
  
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• Pakistan says retaliatory strikes under way after accusing India of targeting military bases

  10-05-2025 01:12 via theguardian.com
  Pakistan officials confirm counterattack against India has begun under the name Operation Bunyan Ul Marsoos, meaning ‘wall of lead’ in ArabicPakistan said it had begun retaliation strikes after accusing India of targeting three of its military bases with missiles fired from fighter jets, in a major escalation of the brewing conflict between the two nuclear-armed neighbours.“India, with its naked aggression, has attacked with missiles. Nur Khan base, Murid base and Shorkot base
  
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• The WH says Trump is considering suspending habeas corpus. What would that mean?

  10-05-2025 01:02 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The move to expel migrants would curtail a constitutional right to due process.
  
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• Paul McCartney and Dua Lipa among artists urging Starmer to rethink AI copyright plans

  10-05-2025 01:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Hundreds of leading figures from UK creative industries urge prime minister not to ‘give our work away’Hundreds of leading figures and organisations in the UK’s creative industries, including Coldplay, Paul McCartney, Dua Lipa, Ian McKellen and the Royal Shakespeare Company, have urged the prime minister to protect artists’ copyright and not “give our work away” at the behest of big tech.In an open letter to Keir Starmer, a host of major artists claim creative
  
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• Diver dies during salvage operation to recover Mike Lynch’s superyacht

  10-05-2025 00:50 via theguardian.com
  
  Dutchman, 39, had been working underwater in Sicily during operations to raise British tech tycoon’s vesselA diver who was working on preliminary operations to raise the late tech tycoon Mike Lynch’s sunken superyacht, Bayesian, has died during underwater work in Sicily.The 39-year-old Dutch diver died on Friday while working underwater in preparation to cut the ship’s mainmast. Continue reading...
  
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• Democrats grapple with Biden's reemergence

  10-05-2025 00:20 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Some Democrats say there is "a place for Joe Biden at the table," but others say he is best served out of the spotlight.
  
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• Israel committing genocide in Gaza, says EU’s former top diplomat

  10-05-2025 00:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Josep Borrell also criticises EU response to what he calls largest ethnic cleansing operation since second world warThe former EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has launched a blistering attack on Israel, accusing its government of committing genocide in Gaza and “carrying out the largest ethnic-cleansing operation since the end of the second world war in order to create a splendid holiday destination”.Borrell, a former Spanish foreign minister who served as the EU’s top di
  
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• Leaders of UK, France, Germany and Poland to visit Ukraine in joint show of support

  09-05-2025 23:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron, Friedrich Merz and Donald Tusk to make symbolic visit day after Putin paradeThe leaders of Britain, France, Germany and Poland are due in Kyiv on Saturday for a symbolic visit to Ukraine, a day after Vladimir Putin hosted a set-piece military parade on Red Square. The visit comes as the US warned of intelligence about a big impending air attack on Ukraine.Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron, Friedrich Merz and Donald Tusk are expected to arrive in Kyiv early on Saturday
  
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• Here's what we know about Pope Leo XIV voting in US elections

  09-05-2025 23:26 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Pope Leo XIV is registered to vote in the United States and has previously voted in some Republican primaries, but he is not registered as a member of a political party.
  
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• Head of Royal Navy suspended pending investigation

  09-05-2025 22:32 via theguardian.com
  
  Adm Sir Ben Key has been asked to ‘step back’ as first sea lord, after MoD said he had departed for ‘private reasons’The head of the Royal Navy has been suspended pending an investigation.Adm Sir Ben Key has been asked to “step back” as first sea lord, sources at the MoD confirmed on Friday. Continue reading...
  
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• Judge sets Menendez brothers resentencing hearing for next week

  09-05-2025 22:00 via theguardian.com
  Brothers granted hearing that could lead to freedom but attorneys withdraw bid to remove prosecutors from caseAfter months of legal battles, Erik and Lyle Menendez, who were convicted of killing their parents in 1989, will finally get a resentencing hearing in Los Angeles court next week, giving the brothers a new chance at freedom.LA county superior court judge Michael Jesic ruled on Friday that the resentencing hearing can take place, starting next Tuesday. Continue reading...
  
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• Giving weight loss jabs could bolster UK economy by £4.5bn a year, study says

  09-05-2025 22:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Providing semaglutide for all those eligible may bring productivity gains as people are able to work moreGiving weight loss jabs to everyone eligible for them could boost the UK economy by £4.5bn, according to research.Worldwide, about 3.8 billion people over 25 and just under 750 million children and young people are forecast to be overweight or obese by 2050. In England, 26.5% of adults are obese, while across the UK 4.6 million are diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. Continue reading...
  
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• High school student dies following injury in lacrosse match

  09-05-2025 21:34 via abcnews.go.com
  An Ohio high school sophomore student has died after sustaining a lacrosse injury during a game, according to the Bay High School.
  
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• FDA approves first at-home test for cervical cancer screening

  09-05-2025 21:15 via theguardian.com
  Teal Health offers alternative to pap smear tests that need to be undertaken at a doctor’s office, slated for June rolloutThe US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first at-home test for cervical cancer screening, its maker Teal Health said on Friday, offering an alternative to smear tests that need to be undertaken at a doctor’s office.Pap smear tests have significantly reduced cancer incidence from when they were first introduced 80 years ago. But they can be uncom
  
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• Ex-model testifies in Harvey Weinstein retrial about alleged sexual assault

  09-05-2025 21:12 via theguardian.com
  Kaja Sokola says disgraced movie mogul forced her to touch his genitals in Manhattan apartment when she was 16A former model has told a New York court that the disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein sexually assaulted her when she was 16, calling it the most “horrifying thing I ever experienced”.Kaja Sokola told jurors at Weinstein’s retrial that he put his hand inside her underwear and made her touch his genitals at his Manhattan apartment in 2002 when she was 16. Continue rea
  
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• FDA stalls in posting food safety warning letters amid staff cuts

  09-05-2025 20:48 via nbcnews.com
  
  The FDA has not published more than a dozen letters that flagged hazards at food companies, including potential contamination, two sources said.
  
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• Massachusetts police hold girl's face to the ground as ICE arrests her mother, video shows

  09-05-2025 20:39 via nbcnews.com
  
  Police in Worcester, Massachusetts, held a young girl's face to the ground as U.S.
  
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• Plan to fast-track appeals of some UK asylum seekers could face legal backlash

  09-05-2025 20:30 via theguardian.com
  Move to speed up appeals of people in government-funded hotels could be challenged on discrimination grounds, officials warnA plan to fast-track the appeals of asylum seekers living in government-funded hotels could face multiple legal challenges on the grounds of discrimination, the government has said.A 24-week legal deadline on appeal decisions for those staying in hotel rooms is being introduced in an attempt to fulfil a Labour manifesto promise to end a practice that costs the taxpayer bill
  
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• The Cavaliers need Darius Garland to overcome adversity one more time

  09-05-2025 20:18 via nbcnews.com
  
  After a season marred with injury and declining statistics, Darius Garland is ready to lead the Cleveland Cavaliers deep into the playoffs.
  
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• Simon Mann, mercenary behind failed ‘wonga coup’, dies aged 72

  09-05-2025 20:17 via theguardian.com
  Former SAS officer led a group of 70 who attempted to overthrow Equatorial Guinea’s presidentSimon Mann, an Eton and Sandhurst-educated ex-SAS officer, who led a botched coup involving Margaret Thatcher’s son to overthrow the government of Equatorial Guinea, has died aged 72.Mann led a group of 70 fellow mercenaries who were arrested in Zimbabwe in 2004 for attempting to topple Equatorial Guinea’s despotic president, Teodoro Obiang. Continue reading...
  
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• ‘Look forward, not back’: UK keen for closer trade ties with EU, says Starmer

  09-05-2025 20:00 via theguardian.com
  Exclusive: PM says he has ambitious plans for partnership and argues Britons have moved on from BrexitThe UK has “ambitious” plans to secure a closer trading partnership with the EU, Keir Starmer has said, as he argued the British public had moved on from Brexit.Before a UK-EU summit, the prime minister urged people to “look forward, not back” as the country embarked on a new era of its relationship with the bloc. Continue reading...
  
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• Iranian man arrested in London as part of counter-terrorism investigation

  09-05-2025 19:47 via theguardian.com
  Two addresses in north-west London searched after three other Iranians detained in same investigation last SaturdayA 31-year-old Iranian man has been arrested in north-west London under the National Security Act 2023 as part of a counter-terrorism policing investigation in which three other Iranian men were detained, the Metropolitan police have said.The man was detained on Friday morning and searches were carried out at two addresses in the area. Continue reading...
  
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• Fox News analyst faints and falls out of chair on air

  09-05-2025 19:47 via nbcnews.com
  
  Fox News Channel analyst Camryn Kinsey fainted on air Thursday night while critiquing the Biden administration, forcing host Jonathan Hunt to awkwardly try going to another guest before heading to break.
  
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