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  • NewsThe Guardian

    Pro-Palestine protesters gatecrash Victorian Labor conference ahead of debate on Israel-Hamas war

    Protest group said it had called the rally to protest against state and federal Labor ‘aiding and abetting the genocide of Palestinian people’

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  • NewsAFP

    Anti-Haitian wall: Dominican president's reelection trump card

    A prison-like watchtower casts a pall over an otherwise idyllic tropical beach in the Dominican Republic's extreme southwest.As Dominicans cast their ballots in the presidential election on Sunday, the wall -- a flagship project of incumbent Luis Abinader -- stands as a symbol of his tough, and popular, stance on migration.

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  • ScienceAFP

    'Dad's going up in a rocket!' French businessman set for launch

    He arrived in Texas, tried on his flight suit for the first time, and is now preparing to live out his childhood dream. "This morning, I put on my flight suit for the first time -- my wife found me very handsome as an astronaut," Chiron joked on the phone, as he prepared for a day of training including a flight simulator.

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  • NewsStoryful

    Tree Branches and Trash Cans Strewn Across Houston Roads Following Destructive Storm

    A local state of disaster was declared for Houston, Texas, on May 17, after at least four people were killed in destructive storms.Houston Mayor John Whitmire said the city would “create a path for additional authority and resources from both state and federal partners to assist with citywide storm recovery.”More than one million people were without power on Thursday evening in southeast Texas.Video from X user Bryan Luhn shows trees toppled in Spring Branch after the storm.“This blew over my so

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  • NewsThe Telegraph

    Zelensky snubs Macron plan for truce with Russia during Paris Olympics

    Ukraine’s president has snubbed Emmanuel Macron’s call for a truce with Russia during the Olympics this summer and said the West has put his country in a “nonsense situation”.

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  • NewsThe Independent

    Conservative scion sentenced to 45 months in prison for role in January 6 riot

    Pennsylvania man said his actions put ‘stain’ on his family name

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  • HealthThe Guardian

    Testing and treatment for underactive thyroid is increasing in Australia. Why?

    When patients complain of symptoms such as lethargy, brain fog and low mood, doctors must deduce the cause – and a growing number are landing on hypothyroidism

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