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Do You Really Own Your Home? A Tax Revolt Says No.

The argument that property taxes make Americans renters in their own houses has fueled the biggest anti-tax uprising in half a century, and local governments are scrambling.

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America Has a Police Shortage

Many Americans have decided that their country’s problem is that it has too many police officers. In fact, it has too few.

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Abdul El-Sayed flipped the script on a bigoted gotcha attempt

The Senate candidate made quick work of a town hall attendee's insistence that he disavow the Muslim Brotherhood.

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US resumes intel sharing on Russian missile launches with Ukraine, Zelensky says

"We are very thankful for this... Now it works," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

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Zelensky: Ukraine has retaken more territory than Russia captured this fall

"The trend this year continues," Zelensky said, "Since the start of fall, our warriors have liberated more territory than the Russians have managed to capture. The same was true at other points this y...

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Heat pumps and insulation would cut UK living costs more than new oilfields, study suggests

Warm homes plan would create 50,000 jobs, compared with about 1,100 for Rosebank oilfield, thinktank finds

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Hungary ready to allow Ukrainian grain transit to Western Europe, prime minister says

"If it just passes through the country, then obviously there is no obstacle to it," Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar said.

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Trump plows forward with plan to build the golf course of his dreams in DC

Regardless of how much it costs or how much is lost.

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Ukraine and the U.S. are at odds over Starshield. Here's what to know

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said he believes the U.S. government is behind his military's loss of normal access to the key satellite communications service used by the Ukrainian military.

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Photographer attacked by settlers in the West Bank feels insulted by Netanyahu

The attack on Heidi Levine and Palestinians during the sensitive olive harvest again highlights the rampant settler violence that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has blamed on a small number of trou...

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Why we just can’t quit the site formerly known as Twitter

By some measures Elon Musk’s $44bn purchase of the platform now called X has already paid for itself

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America Is Now an Ally of Russia

Donald Trump has abandoned the Western order.

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Border czar Tom Homan says Rep. Ilhan Omar could be denaturalized depending on investigation

The federal probe into Omar’s immigration status involves family text messages and seized personal items.

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Jackson doesn't regret telling Collins to 'shut up' after protester interrupted Maine Senate debate

"She said that it was a Troy supporter. She accused me of setting that up. I had no idea who it was,” Jackson said.

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Zelenskyy Says Trump Is Pushing Ukraine to Capitulate to Russia

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Donald Trump of trying to pressure Kyiv into surrendering to Russia, escalating a week-long row with the US president.

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Trump Endorses Netanyahu as Best U.S. Partner in Tight Israeli Election

The president praised the embattled prime minister for his endurance, saying any other candidate would be the “wrong Leader.”

nytimes.com557 pts12h agodiscuss

Zelenskyy says Starlink restrictions for Ukraine came from US government

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stated on NBC's Meet the Press that the signal to impose speed limits on Starlink terminals came from the US government.

pravda.com.ua527 pts11h agodiscuss

US threatens Europe over Starlink restrictions

Ambassador Andrew Puzder warns about ‘devastating’ retaliation if Brussels goes ahead with plans to limit spectrum access for non-EU companies

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JD Vance’s Biggest Problem

Republican voters want Donald Trump. The vice president’s attempts at mimicking him always fail.

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US treasury secretary tells Zelenskyy to be very careful what he says about Starlink

Scott Bessent has called President Zelenskyy's assertion that the US government signalled Starlink restrictions "very reckless" during an interview with NBC News.

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Macron says nothing justifies 'unbridled' violence in France protests

'Tonight, we all feel anger and shame,' said the French president in an address to the nation, adding that there must be a distinction between protesters with 'legitimate demands' and 'those who destroyed, smashed and looted.'

lemonde.fr470 pts8h agodiscuss

Democrats: Embrace Incivility!

Georgia Senator Jon Ossoff is leading the rise of the rude Democrat. More should follow his lead.

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95% of MAGA Republicans approve of Trump. For non-MAGA Republicans, it's 47%.

That split is complicating the GOP's midterm strategy.

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Trump says he will close historic DC golf course for 15 months of renovations

President Donald Trump says he plans to close a historic golf course in the nation's capital for 15 months and redevelop it despite an ongoing court challenge to his renovation plans.

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Macron: 'How can French people do this to France?'

"Public buildings, shops and town halls were attacked and in some cases destroyed," he says

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Japan moves to improve conditions for SDF personnel amid staff shortage

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Monocultural Ireland was always a fantasy

At a recent conference, President Catherine Connolly and others warned against the commodification of languages and translation through AI

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Looming elections place burden on Ireland to find EU budget compromise

Government has the unpalatable task of possibly having to trim agricultural supports to secure agreement

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Chicken-fed salmon is coming to Irish supermarket shelves

Soaring feed prices mean EU’s biggest salmon producers are turning to cheaper protein sources - including chicken

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'Ah! Rejected, yet again': How this 45-year-old turned his 'demoralizing' job search into a one-man show

After months of fruitlessly searching for a job, Tim Millard decided to turn his calamity into comedy.

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Physics Nobel highlights Antarctica’s role in exploring the cosmos

For more than a century, scientists have treated Antarctica’s environments as windows into worlds beyond Earth.

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Cindy Crawford and family break silence on Presley Gerber's death: "We love you forever"

Cindy Crawford, Rande Gerber and their daughter, Kaia, have broken their silence for the first time since Presley Gerber's death last month.

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Trump endorses embattled Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu for reelection

Trump's late backing comes as the two leaders’ strategies on Iran and Gaza have diverged, and he warns the US may not “do this work” if Israel changes leaders.

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US delaying Patriot missiles already paid for under NATO initiative, Zelensky says

Zelensky has appealed to Washington repeatedly, making the case for additional Patriot missiles as Russia intensifies strikes against Ukrainian cities and critical infrastructure.

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Basic mobile coverage is now law, but only Starlink can offer it

Access to mobile calls and texts "nearly anywhere" outside is now law, but a lot of the details and timeframes are still to be worked out.

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Brazil's Lula, Bolsonaro clash in bitter debate ahead of election runoff

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and right-wing senator Flavio Bolsonaro traded personal attacks in a heated presidential debate on Sunday, a week before a closely contested runoff. The rivals accused each other of lying and corruption while clashing over the economy, security and healthcare ahead of the October 25 vote.

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Anthropic says it will commit 5% of shares to ‘public benefit’ fund

Claude creator says fund could be used for donations to NGOs and 'direct distributions to specific populations'.

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Kioxia shares face headwinds from margin-buying gone wrong

Outstanding leveraged long positions in the stock was the largest as of Oct. 15 among all companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

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Elizabeth Struhs's mother trusted God would 'heal' 8yo, inquest hears

A coroners court has heard details of Kerrie Struhs's meeting with a probation officer less than a month before her daughter Elizabeth died of untreated diabetes in 2022.

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Tribunal quashes council's over-55s caravan park plans

A tribunal has ruled a NSW council's move to ban anyone under the age of 55 from permanently living at its caravan park had no "clear or coherent purpose".

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Sydney’s New $4 Billion Airport Opens With Barely Any Flights

After more than half a century of political procrastination, environmental protests and funding shortfalls, Sydney finally has a second airport. But the new A$5.6 billion ($4 billion) site’s commercial prospects are already in question.

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The Comets by Eoin McNamee: Enlightenment in darkness

The title of this collection makes sense as many characters follow strange orbits

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Japan’s brewery ‘cartel’ didn’t collude enough

If the beer company collusion allegations are true, customers have been paying more than needed for years.

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Heat Pumps That Fit in Your Window

Forget costly wall cuts and ductwork. These new units promise energy efficiency and are installed much like conventional air conditioners.

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Lula and Bolsonaro trade insults during debate: 'Liar,' 'thug'

A week before the presidential election runoff, the two men sparred over the economy, public security, healthcare, corruption, and Brazil's ties to the United States.

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Man faces court after allegedly strangling 15-year-old girl

A 41-year-old man has faced court after he allegedly kicked and strangled a 15-year-old girl during an incident in a north Canberra home.

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Ukrainian scientist still in Russian detention one year on, conference told

A Ukrainian scientist arrested by Russian forces on the eve of an international conservation meeting in Australia in 2025 remains in detention one year on, Ukraine's ambassador says.

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'Catch Me If You Can': The wild chase of a young French con artist

On September 11, French authorities charged and jailed a 25-year-old man for fraud and aggravated money laundering. Operating from Israel, the Paris native had set up a scheme combining social engineering and cybercrime in order to siphon funds from notaries' offices and companies.

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Fast-moving grass fire caused Canada’s military base tragedy

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Indian shares seen muted; lenders' earnings take centre stage

Indian shares are likely to open little changed on Monday, with investors assessing the results of top private lenders HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank, while crude prices above $108 a barrel weigh on risk sentiment.

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'Why all the secrecy?': Accused gangster begins challenge against AFP

Masood Zakaria is attempting have double murder charges thrown out of court over claims he was "kidnapped" by a private security company and returned to Australia in 2023.

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