International
Will the US resume its attacks on Iran?
Tehran says it's ready with a maximum deterrence plan.
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Politics
Navajo voters hop tractors, make extraordinary efforts to vote after widespread flooding
Four weeks of flooding washed out roads and sent thousands fleeing their homes on the Navajo Reservation. But many worked hard to get to polling places and voting day became part of the recovery process.
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International
This cozy, self-heating ceramic mug has ruined all other mugs for me
I’m a notoriously slow tea drinker. This clever invention means I never have to suffer through another lukewarm cup
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Fenerbahce 3-2 Liverpool: Champions League – as it happened
Liverpool led twice and lost once against Dirk Kuyt’s Fenerbahce on a wet night in Istanbul
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Food grown in illegal West Bank settlements being sold in Australia as ‘produce of Israel’
Analysis by human rights organisation Global Echo shows 85 of 132 shipments over eight years contained more than US$5m of organic dates grown in settlements
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Entertainment
‘He was destined for this award’: China Miéville wins Goldsmiths prize for 1,200-page novel
The Rouse, which took its author two decades to complete, was praised by judges as ‘exuberant, overflowing’ China Miéville has won the £10,000 Goldsmiths prize for The Rouse, a 1,264-page epic that is part paranormal thriller, part historical saga moving through decades of British imperial and cold war history. The win, announced at a ceremony in London on Wednesday, makes The Rouse the longest novel to take the prize since it was launched in 2013 to reward fiction that “breaks the mould or extends the possibilities of the novel form”. Continue reading...
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What the downfall of near three-decade senator Susan Collins says about Republican unpopularity
Troy Jackson, in just 101 days, bested the Republican, preventing her sixth Senate term: ‘You can’t eat road salt’
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Sports
GB sprint star Hunt visits England training camp
Great Britain sprint star Amy Hunt visited England's training base before Sunday's Nations Championship match against Australia.
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Sports
Muriqi caps Fenerbahce comeback to make Liverpool pay for defensive lapses
Andoni Iraola arrived in Istanbul seeking improvement from Liverpool’s attack but departed with sudden cause for concern at the opposite end of the pitch. Fenerbahce ignited Dirk Kuyt’s interim spell with a tumultuous victory after Liverpool detonated their 100% Champions League record with several defensive lapses. Liverpool’s second successive defeat left Iraola exasperated for entirely different reasons to Sunday’s loss to Arsenal. Blame was found only in the mirror this time around. It was so careless and so unnecessary. Continue reading...
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International
Liverpool collapse to Champions League defeat at Fenerbahce
Dirk Kuyt got the better of his former club Liverpool as Fenerbahce twice came from behind for a famous 3-2 win in Istanbul on Wednesday that breathed new life into their Champions League campaign.
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Valverde blast snatches Real Madrid late win at AEK Athens
Federico Valverde lashed home a stunning effort from distance to snatch Real Madrid a late 3-2 victory at AEK Athens on Wednesday in the Champions League and preserve their 100 percent start.
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Google turns off AI for schoolchildren by default
Google has said it will switch off its AI tools for schoolchildren by default, after drawing criticism for pushing artificial intelligence features to students while schools are still debating how the…
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