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Netherlands centrist party wins big in election as far right loses support
The centre-left D66 has made its largest ever gains and almost tripled its seats in parliament.
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Trump says US to resume nuclear weapons tests, backs S Korean nuclear sub
Trump orders US Defense Department to 'immediately' resume nuclear weapons testing on 'equal basis' with other powers.
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LIVE: Palestinians lose hope in ceasefire after Israeli strike wave on Gaza
Mediators insist truce is strong after Israel kills over 100 people, mostly children, before 'returning' to ceasefire.
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Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,344
Here are the key events from day 1,344 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
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Yesavage, Blue Jays dominate Dodgers in Game 5 of World Series
Toronto Blue Jays' Trey Yesavage sets World Series rookie record for strikeouts against LA Dodgers to forge 3-2 lead.
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Want to win over Trump? Asian leaders see flattery as the magic ingredient
Trump has been showered with praise and gestures of veneration throughout his five-day tour of Asia.
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US says it kills four people in latest strike on alleged drug vessel
The White House claims, without providing evidence, the vessel was operated by a 'designated terrorist organisation'.
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RFK Jr walks back Trump administration’s claims linking Tylenol and autism
US official urges 'cautious approach' after Trump baselessly claimed taking Tylenol is linked autism in children.
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Israeli military kills two in new Gaza attack despite ‘resuming’ ceasefire
UN secretary-general strongly condemns Israeli attacks in Gaza on Tuesday, which killed more than 100 Palestinians.
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Why is Donald Trump so interested in rare earth minerals?
The US president has struck a number of deals in his tour of Asia this week.
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US Democratic congressional candidate indicted for Chicago ICE protest
Candidate Kat Abughazaleh decried the charges as 'political prosecution' amid a Trump standoff with Democratic cities.
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Updates: Trump, Xi reach deal on tariffs, rare earths
Tensions between China and the US have escalated amid Donald Trump's tariff threats and new restrictions on exports.
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Zohran Mamdani’s unlikely coalition: Winning over NYC’s Jewish voters
As the mayoral election nears, Mamdani is showing what it takes to maintain a lead with the Jewish population in NYC.
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Trump-Xi meeting: What’s at stake and who has the upper hand?
From tariffs to TikTok, rare-earth metals to fentanyl, a packed agenda awaits the leaders of the US and China.
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Lithuania extends Belarus border closure over balloon attack
Entry to Lithuania still allowed for certain travellers, including EU citizens and humanitarian visa-holders.
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MSF ordered to leave Libya with ‘no reason’ given, medical group says
Doctors Without Borders says it was told to leave by November 9 and that it hopes to find 'positive solution' soon.
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Johnson & Hancock awarded Nobel prize for work on ‘not following the science’
The thorny question of whether or not the UK government was really following the science has been solved by this year’s Nobel Laureates.
Johnson and Hancock’s valuable research over the last 18 months hypothesised what would happen if senior members of a government told everyone they were following the science but, in fact, were ‘not following the science at all.’
A spokesperson for the Nobel medicine Committee said the UK team’s ‘doing the exact opposite’ research project allowed us to make sense for the first time the government thinking behind such policies as:
– The ‘delay in taking any action whatsoever’ strategy
– The ‘not stopping flights coming to the UK from Wuhan until the day before the Chinese locked down the city; strategy
– The ‘Boris Johnson still shaking hands despite warnings from the Spi-behavioural group’ strategy
– The ‘let’s go for herd immunity’ strategy
– The ‘don’t bother with facemasks’ strategy
– The ‘we’re not listening to the WHO’ strategy
– The ;send PPE to China even though we might need it’ strategy
– The ‘abandoning the idea of a circuit-break lockdown’ strategy
– The ‘let massive sporting events with massive crowds go ahead’ strategy
The spokesperson also praised the Johnson & Hancock team for investigating what caused some cabinet ministers such as Rishi Sunak to go completely rogue, although they didn’t have time to come to any firm conclusions. He set up his EAT OUT TO HELP OUT strategy without asking any scientists or any advice whatsoever.
‘This is understandable as it would have detracted from the already excellent hypothesis that the team had on their main subject’, said the spokseperson. ‘However, they’ve not ruled out further explorations into the ‘I’m a minister, I’ll do what I f*cking well want if it means getting the cash tills of business ringing,’ strategy.’
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Fears for life expectancy in Scotland triggered by Scottish Widows getting so much younger
Population forecasters are tinkling in their tighty whities. The clearest indication yet that life expectancy in Scotland is plummeting has sent shockwaves through the back of a fag packet totter community.
Experts in looking at women and assessing their relative ages examined Scottish Widows adverts over the past few decades and have declared that they are definitely getting younger. Professor Iain James explained, ‘We went back all of the way to the the 1980s and had a stab at guessing the ages of each Scottish Widow smirking knowingly in her black hooded cape.
‘What we found was shocking. Firstly, there was not one wrinkly old Scottish Widow with missing teeth in her 70s. There was one who might have been in her late forties, but her skin was as smooth as a plump haggis and her perfect white teeth glistened in the Glasgow rain.
‘But I’m afraid it gets much sexier. You can see that every few years each one is replaced with a younger model: Early forties; then late thirties; and by the 2010s she is early thirties, tops.
‘In the latest Scottish Widows advert she looks about 23. That can’t mean anything else other than the men they were married to are dying much, much younger than we had previously dared consider.
‘At these rates, we estimate the population of Scotland will be -17 in 2041.’
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