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The U.S. oil major is close to a deal to add two heavy-oil fields to its portfolio in Venezuela. Halliburton is also in talks.
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The BBC's Lucy Williamson reports on settler attacks on Palestinians, which have been observed over the last week alone.
The Guardian
Helipad relocation led in part to incident where Marine One, carrying the president, had close call with passenger jetSafety officials say the relocation of a helipad amid Donald Trump’s multi-project White House reconstruction led in part to an incident earlier this month in which a military helicopter carrying the president came too close to a passenger jet.A preliminary report published Thursday by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) blamed “communication issues” for the failure
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China is flooding the world with cheap exports. An accord to revalue its currency might be the only solution.
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Speech in Birmingham part of effort to strengthen Marine Le Pen party’s international ties before her presidential bidThe French far-right leader Jordan Bardella is to give a speech at Reform UK’s party conference in Birmingham next week, as he attempts to boost international ties before Marine Le Pen’s bid for the French presidency next spring.Le Pen’s far-right, anti-immigration National Rally (RN), is high in the polls and she is predicted to reach the final round of the French presidential r
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Anne Lindboe, the mayor of Norway's capital, had planned to marry her fiance on Friday.
The Guardian
Anti-vaxxers are spreading conspiracy theories after two recent measles-associated deaths in PennsylvaniaAnti-vaccine activists are trying to track down the families of two people, including at least one newborn, who died after contracting measles in Pennsylvania, as governor Josh Shapiro tangles with Robert F Kennedy Jr over his “inaccurate and misleading claims”.Kennedy, the secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), suggested late Wednesday that the deaths in the state
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This year alone there have been more than 65 shootings in the Belgian capital, as drug crime soars.
The Guardian
Desperate relatives trying to reach loved ones last seen in area where entire villages have been swept awayNepal-Tibet flash flood – latest updatesVisual guide: how the deadly flooding unfoldedTell us: have you been affected by the flash floods?Families are rushing to Nepal to search for the 33 British nationals who are still missing, as fears mount over the risk of a second wave of flooding in the region.The catastrophic flash floods that hit Nepal and Tibet on Wednesday, thundering down valley
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The peak is revered by Hindus, Buddhists, Jains and those belonging to the pre-Buddhist Bon religion.
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Jake says his parents ‘never stopped helping’ his brother Nick, who has pleaded not guilty to murdering both of them at their Los Angeles homeJake Reiner has given his first interview since the killing of his parents, the film-maker Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, saying: “I will never understand why this happened.”Reiner, who directed films including The Princess Bride, This is Spinal Tap and Stand By Me, was found dead alongside Singer Reiner from apparent stab wounds in their
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Chair Allan Leighton says lower prices and an improved online service are attracting more shoppersAsda has heralded its first quarterly growth in more than two years as the supermarket’s boss said it was attracting more shoppers with lower prices and an improved online service.Allan Leighton, the executive chair of the UK’s third-largest grocer, said a 0.2% rise in sales at established stores, excluding fuel, in the three months to the end of June was “a huge milestone” which was “psychologicall
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Some parts of the globe had a chance to see the rare event when the Sun, Earth and Moon line up in the night sky.
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Iceland will decide whether to restart talks on joining the European Union in a referendum on Saturday, with President Donald Trump's threat to annex Greenland a motivating factor.
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Christian Drogan crossed the channel in a small boat from France into England for a TalkTV documentaryRupert Murdoch’s online channel TalkTV is facing criticism after it did not disclose that a journalist who travelled to Britain in a small boat for a documentary was a Reform party member and activist.The channel revealed the “world exclusive” this week, stating that the treacherous journey had made the former builder turned journalist Christian Drogan the first British man “to invade his own co
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More than 1,300 people are missing in Nepal and in Tibet after catastrophic flash floods swept through the region, killing at least 469. Plus: Six months of the war in IranDon’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up hereGood morning.Rescue operations have resumed in Nepal and Tibet after a pause when a lake at the border began to overflow. The lake was formed when a wall of mud and debris hit the hub of Gyirong in Tibet on Wednesday, causing catastrophic flash floods that thundered down
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The court in The Hague convicted the 66-year-old of war crimes and the crime of genocide.
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Decision to rescind ‘roadless rule’ opens more than 45m acres of national forests to roads, drilling and loggingMore than 400 endangered animal and plant species could face accelerated extinction after the Donald Trump administration’s decision to rescind a rule that has protected old-growth forests for more than two decades.According to a new report from the Center for Biological Diversity, the rollback of the Bill Clinton-era “roadless rule” could put 7.4m acres of endangered-species habitat a
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Average cost of petrol reaches 161.6p a litre, while diesel costs average of 183.4p, according to the AAUK petrol prices have hit their highest level since 2022, piling more financial pressure on motorists before the bank holiday weekend.The average cost of petrol has reached 161.6p a litre, while diesel costs an average of 183.4p a litre, according to the breakdown company the AA. Continue reading...