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Relief as San Francisco public toilet finally opens – and not for $1.7m after all
Bathroom in Noe Valley neighborhood, which became focus of ire for reported $1.7m cost, actually came...
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Pro-Israel US groups plan $100m effort to unseat progressives over Gaza
Aipac and other groups targeting candidates critical of Israel’s war in Gaza – but progressives are...
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Russia-Ukraine war live: Poland is ready to host nuclear weapons, says president
Andrzej Duda says country could host arms if Nato decides to deploy the weapons in the...
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US journalist Terry Anderson, held hostage in Lebanon in 1980s, dies
Former chief Middle East correspondent was longest-held western hostage of Shia Muslim groups during crisisTerry Anderson,...
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Netanyahu vows to fight US sanctions on IDF unit accused of violations in West Bank
Expected measures are under Leahy law and against the Netzah Yehuda battalion, accused of human rights...
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Historic Trump criminal trial to hear opening statements
Jury of seven men and five women to weigh testimony related to $130,000 payment from ex-fixer...
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Daring, audacious – but who did it? LA $30m cash heist has it all except clues
The robbery from a GardaWorld warehouse on Easter Sunday was like something from a movie –...
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‘Media firestorm’: Israel protest at professor’s home sparks heated free-speech debate
Controversy followed a viral video of pro-Palestinian students interrupting a dinner held by a Berkeley free-speech...
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US resumes deportation flights to Haiti despite continuing bloodshed
Critics condemn ‘reckless and cruel’ expulsions and say deportees likely to be targeted by armed gangs...
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US to impose new sanctions against Iran after its air attack on Israel
National security adviser Jake Sullivan made the announcement as EU considers similar movesSee all our updates...
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Trump’s historic criminal trial enters second day as jury selection continues
Trump charged with 34 felony counts over alleged payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels and...
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What does Liz Truss’s book tell us about her American ambitions?
The former prime minister spent just 49 days in office but wants to stay on the...
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Roads blocked as thousands protest in US against Israel’s attack on Gaza
Flights delayed and traffic disrupted as protesters in major US cities intensify call for ceasefire in...
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Trump’s hush-money trial: key takeaways from the first day
Monday’s day in court indicated that jury selection could take weeks – and that Trump could...
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Conman who swindled $175m in ‘massive’ psychic fraud scheme sentenced to 10 years
Patrice Runner, 57, of Canada was convicted in June of multiple counts of defrauding ‘millions of...
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OJ Simpson to be cremated and no plans to donate brain to science, lawyer says
Malcolm LaVergne, executor of Simpson’s estate, says ‘hard no’ to brain being given to study effects...
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Israel ‘ready to do what is necessary’ after massive drone and missile strikes from Iran – Middle East crisis live
Israeli military says 99% of Iran’s 300 drones and missiles intercepted during overnight attackFull report: Iran...
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Iran launches drone and missile strike against Israel as Biden rushes back to White House
US president convenes top advisers as US and Jordanian forces help Israel intercept barrageIran launches attack...
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‘I can’t explain it’: Salman Rushdie says his survival in knife attack was a miracle
Despite his lack of faith, the author believes ‘something happened that was not supposed to happen’...
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Ukraine air defences overwhelmed as Russia pounds power stations
Kyiv running short of missile defence systems while US military aid dries up Ukraine’s air defences...
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Ex-US ambassador sentenced to 15 years in prison for serving as secret agent for Cuba
Manuel Rocha, 73, will also pay a $500,000 fine after pleading guilty to conspiring to act...
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Russian military trainers arrive in Niger as African country pulls away from US
West African state turned to Russia to help in fight against insurgents throwing into doubt future...
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Aid ‘still not reaching Gaza’, as top US official warns famine has started
Samantha Power becomes first US official to confirm famine, while aid workers decry continuing lack of...
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Fishermen saved by ‘Help’ message on same tiny island where ‘SOS’ saved three others
Three rescued in the Pacific after making message in the sand with palm fronds, just as...