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    Jimmy Kimmel Reveals His 'Weird Relationship' With Trump's Most Unhinged Supporter

    The late-night host even sent him a wedding gift.

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    Macron aims to cement French influence in EU, lift party fortunes with landmark speech

    French President Emmanuel Macron will outline his vision for Europe as a global power on Thursday in a speech he hopes will have the same impact as a similar address he made seven years ago that prefigured some significant EU policy shifts. With just three years left of his second and final term in office, Macron, 46, wants to show his critics that he retains the energy and fresh thinking that helped propel him into the presidency in 2017 and has not become a lame duck leader. Macron lost his

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    60 year-old breaks stereotypes as she is crowned Miss Universe Buenos Aires

    Alejandra Marisa Rodríguez, a 60-year-old Argentine, broke stereotypes as she was crowned Miss Universe for the province of Buenos Aires on Wednesday. Rodríguez's participation in the pageant this year is a testament to the Miss Universe beauty pageant's commitment to inclusion. (AP Video by Victor R. Caivano)

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    Climate change is bringing malaria to new areas. In Africa, it never left

    When a small number of cases of locally transmitted malaria were found in the United States last year, it was a reminder that climate change is reviving or migrating the threat of some diseases. Take Funmilayo Kotun, a 66-year-old resident of Makoko, an informal neighborhood in Nigeria’s Lagos city. Its ponds of dirty water provide favorable breeding conditions for malaria-spreading mosquitoes.

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    Scottish spaceport moves closer to satellite launches

    Britain's SaxaVord Spaceport moved a step closer to being able to send satellites into orbit after regulators granted it a licence to provide safety services, paving the way for its first launch later this year. The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) said in a statement on Thursday it had approved a range control licence for the SaxaVord site, which is located in the Shetland Islands off the northern coast of Scotland. That marks the second of three licencing hurdles which must be cleared before a

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  • LifestyleEvening Standard

    Cambridge Heath area guide: why Gemma Moulton reckons it's the 'best of both worlds'

    The East London Cloth founder is gearing up to launch new fabric house CC Moulton from her studio on arty Vyner Street

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    Horoscope today: Your daily guide for Thursday, April 25, 2024

    Read what the stars mean for you today, from Taurus to Gemini

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