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Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal

The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing...

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Massive Google data center project faces growing opposition in central France

A planned data center near Châteauroux faces mounting local opposition, with concerns over environmental impact and a lack of transparency surrounding this massive infrastructure. A protest is set to take place on Saturday, October 17.

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Israeli settlers attack Palestinians and Washington Post photographer in West Bank

The settlers attacked Palestinians harvesting olives and beat Heidi Levine, a veteran photojournalist. Witnesses said Israeli soldiers did nothing to halt the violence.

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Musk asked Trump to restrict Ukraine's Starlink service, Telegraph reports

Four sources familiar with the discussion said that Elon Musk approached U.S. President Donald Trump with the idea of slowing down Ukraine's Starlink service on the battlefield.

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Israeli settlers attack US photojournalist covering West Bank violence

Heidi Levine, a veteran photographer, was hospitalized, with doctors saying she had suffered from 'lacerations.' The Israeli police said it opened an investigation into the incident.

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US lawmaker introduces bill blocking Trump's Russian diesel deal

"This deal won't lower costs for the American people, who are already paying forTrump's failed war of choice in Iran. It will hand Putin millions of dollars to continue slaughtering Ukrainian civilian...

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How Judges Eviscerated Trump’s DOJ Voter Data Lawsuits — ProPublica

Over the past year, the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division has sued 30 states and Washington, D.C., to demand their unredacted voter rolls. The vast majority of cases have been thrown out.

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New York City college student dead after being drugged with fentanyl and raped in her dorm room, prosecutors say

Another student was also drugged in the Fashion Institute of Technology dorm room but survived. Two men have been arrested and charged in the incident.

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Zelensky resumes strikes on Russian refineries, Trump brands them 'a disgrace'

The end of the truce called for by the US president marks an escalation in tensions between Zelensky and Trump, following a deal between Washington and Moscow on the delivery of Russian diesel fuel.

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Judge Threatens To Sanction Trump After He Backs Out Of Deposition In $10 Billion BBC Case

The BBC told the court this week Trump was supposed to be deposed Friday, but his lawyers said he had “other matters of national importance” to attend to.

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Whitewashing Tucker Carlson

The New York Times and NPR recently failed to convey just how extreme the former Fox host's has become.

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Could Tesla’s flying car send sales and shares soaring?

Tesla revealed its next-generation Roadster on Thursday in Texas, with one of the three new versions performing a jaw-dropping kickflip and demonstrating flying capabilities. However, analysts contacted by Euronews Business do not expect the model to generate significant revenue.

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Starlink access still not fully restored for Ukraine’s military, says Zelenskyy

Ukrainian president says US limiting access was a ‘dangerous and unpleasant surprise’, amid reports the order came from inside White House * Europe live – latest updates Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said the Ukrainian military’s access to the Starlink satellite internet service has not yet been fully restored, as media reports suggested the order to throttle the service had come from within the White House. Zelenskyy met European leaders on Friday in Brussels, where he asked the EU for another €70bn next year to fund Ukraine’s defence against Russia. Continue reading...

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Belgium promises to deliver 10 F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine this year

De Wever said that Ukraine urgently needed the fighter jets, as they were one of the few weapons capable to strike Russian jet-powered drones.

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Trump puts new Russia sanctions passed by Congress on hold, saying waiver is in US national interest

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that puts on hold a sweeping new sanctions package targeting the Russian economy, telling Congress the pause was in the national interest.

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Mar-a-Lago face won't save you

Aesthetics may be an entry point to power. But against the backdrop of pervasive misogyny, it only leaves a trail of crusty lashes and hair extensions.

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Katie Zacharia is out after half a Scaramucci

A record-breaking five days as White House press secretary proves once again: Mar-a-Lago face will never save you.

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CDC reports 4,410 measles cases as outbreak grows

The US CDC on Friday reported 4,410 measles cases nationwide as of October 15, an increase of 330 from its last update a ‌week ago, as an outbreak of the highly contagious disease continues.

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Israeli settlers burn olive trees, injure journalist in West Bank attack

Clad in black and their faces masked, dozens of militant Israeli settlers burned olive trees and threw rocks at Palestinians in a coordinated attack on Friday on a West Bank village's annual harvest that injured at least two people including a journalist.

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U.S. budget deficit swells to almost $2 trillion for fiscal 2026, up 12% in a single year

The Treasury Department published the U.S. budget deficit for the 2026 fiscal year.

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Why I Left the Network

Those who need therapy often have to pay out of pocket or go without care, even if they have health insurance. Hundreds of mental health providers told us they fled networks because insurers made thei...

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Congress members condemn Israeli settler attack on Washington Post photographer

Some lawmakers called for an investigation into the attack on veteran photojournalist Heidi Levine as she was reporting in the West Bank.

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Israeli settlers beat Palestinians and a U.S. photojournalist in West Bank attacks

Masked Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians as they were harvesting olives in the occupied West Bank on Friday, injuring several people including a photojournalist working for The Washington Post.

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Elon Musk Spends Heavily to Back Ken Paxton’s Senate Bid in Texas

The world’s richest person, who has become the biggest known midterm donor, gave $158 million to a group that quickly spent that much to help Mr. Paxton’s Senate bid in Texas.

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Trump tells Katie Zacharia to "reconsider" press secretary role

The comments come after questions have swirled about her background.

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Palantir patient data tech rejected by many NHS trusts in England

Exclusive: health bodies across country say controversial US firm’s data platform no better than systems already in use NHS organisations that care for millions of people in England are rejecting Palantir’s patient data technology, according to freedom of information responses that reveal health bosses believe they can find better or equal alternatives in many cases. Some health bodies said the £330m federated data platform (FDP) operated by the controversial US company had made it easier to manage waiting lists and has improved surgery scheduling. But, from Gateshead to Truro, others said they were declining to use it or had carried out trials and reverted to old systems. A Suffolk trust said other systems “supercede” the FDP’s functionality, while Greater Manchester’s care board called the Palantir system “duplicative” and “retrograde”. Continue reading...

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UK sees growing demand for help bridging gap between end of work and start of pension

Fixed-term annuities give income for a set period – such as five or 10 years – and an agreed lump sum at the end Financial firms are reporting growing demand for a product that helps bridge the gap between stopping work and getting your pension. Sales of retirement annuities have risen sharply during the last couple of years, and now advisers are seeing a fresh surge of interest in what they say is one of the market’s “lesser-known” options. Continue reading...

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JJ Redick still mulling over Quentin Grimes' role for the Lakers

Quentin Grimes figures to play an important role for the Lakers this season, but will he be starting games or coming off the bench more?

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Yemen's Houthis claim responsibility for fresh missile strike on Aden airport

Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi group claimed responsibility after two missiles struck Aden International Airport Friday, saying they had targeted a weapons depot as well as a military command headquarters. The Aden Security Department said a Yemenia Airways flight bound for Cairo had been preparing for takeoff when the attack took place.

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Cliff Taylor: A public pay deal will be done - and here’s what it will look like

The Government has to make a show of safeguarding public money. Unions have to fight for every last euro. There will be a few late nights - but a deal is inevitable

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Katie Zacharia was fired after failing in the one arena Trump cares about: television

Zacharia’s five days as White House press secretary expose flaws in Trump’s TV-driven hiring

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Three easy dinner recipes you’re probably not making - but should be

Riverford chef Bob Andrew shares simple, delicious supper recipes that put seasonal vegetables centre stage.

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Australia's deadliest asylum seeker boat disaster remembered 25 years on

On October 19, 2001, 353 people died when a fishing boat headed to Christmas Island sank in international waters off the coast of the Indonesian island of Java. Of the dead, 146 were children.

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Cosmetics company data breach affects 340,000 clients

Napoleon Perdis says customer names, dates of birth, email addresses, phone numbers, postal addresses and purchase histories have been accessed in the data breach.

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Anthony Scaramucci Says the Universe Did Katie Zacharia a Favor

Anthony Scaramucci, the former White House communications director, reflects on his record for occupational brevity being broken.

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Vincent Browne: Haughey loved Terry Keane. She made his life miserable

Journalist says he shed tears on hearing of Haughey’s death in 2006 but says the former taoiseach would have hated his upcoming book and viewed it as a ‘betrayal’

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In pictures: Historic Dún Laoghaire racing yachts return to the waves

A project is under way to revive the entire fleet Dublin Bay 21-footer cruiser vessels, the older racing class in the world

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Róisín Ingle: I wore my own wedding dress to my friend’s wedding. I felt foxy and fabulous

The bride insisted on my wearing it so vociferously that it would have been rude not to

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Celebrating imperfect gardens in all their glory

New book highlights the hard graft, ingenuity and love that 27 well-known people including Nigel Slater and Jimi Blake have poured into plots they tend

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Ella McSweeney: What Paris can teach Ireland about clean water

We’re paying a lot to clean polluted water, while investing little in restoring the rivers, wetlands and farmlands that could keep it pure in the first place

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Dublin Zoo and Bruges paintings by Walter Frederick Osbourne feature in online art sale

Plus 54 works by Connemara-based Charles Vincent Lamb go under the hammer

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A humble oyster pail turned takeout icon: The American story of the Chinese food carton

It’s an icon, the small white receptacle made from a single piece of cardboard folded into a trapezoid-shaped box.

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Three Mexicans jailed for 158 years each for killing Australian, US surfers

A Mexican judge sentenced the three men for the 2024 murders a week after they were found guilty.

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Muscles, metrosexuals and male tears: the 39 pictures that changed the way we see men (for good and for bad)

From a body-building Arnie to a weeping Frenchman, these 39 groundbreaking images have upended assumptions about how men behave, dress and project power

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Sabena Power, matriarch of Paddy Power bookmaker family, leaves estate valued at €861m

Artist Anne Madden le Brocquy leaves estate valued at more than €6.5m

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Santa Margarita shuts down St. John Bosco for key critical Trinity League win

The Eagles win their 15th consecutive game by intercepting two passes that lead to touchdowns and a big-strike trick play against the Braves.

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‘We all call him baby Jesus’: Welcome to Marty Morrissey’s Marty Party on tour in Alicante

Kindness and community are to the fore at the Alicante event hosted by Marty Morrissey and featuring six of Ireland’s seven Eurovision winners

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A village revolts against a data centre: ‘Who wants to live beside that?’

A proposed new development in Kilmeaden village in Co Waterford has got local residents asking pointed questions including: who are data centres good for, and at what cost?

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The Gaeltacht is being destroyed because we won’t build houses

Young families make communities – and if they have no place to live, the community dies

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Crows snap Suns' winning run to climb into AFLW finals spots

The Crows are back in the AFLW finals frame after ending the Gold Coast's six-game winning streak in Adelaide.

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