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Honeymoon with Labor is over after gas betrayal
The Sydney Morning Herald
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May 30, 2025
Save Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Got it Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size Many of us said “yes” to Labor on the promise of climate action; we sought a romance that...
Voices: As an ex-army captain, I’d back national service. But conscription? No way...
The Independent
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June 3, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Rawcliffe care home hosts informative talk with RAF Museum
Yorkshire Post
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April 22, 2025
Residents and staff at Mulberry Court in Rawcliffe, York welcomed local volunteer, Tony Kisby from RAF Museum Snaith to host an informative talk on the RAFs involvement in the Falkland conflict. RAF Snaith Museum is located at the former WAAF Site...
Look at how Norway does ferries, Scotland. Not so hard, is it?
The Herald (Scotland)
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May 28, 2025
The CalMac timetable takes up a full page, with six different schedules. The Norwegian one consists of regular clock-face departures, but if you consult the webpage at busy times it just says "every 15 mins" (sic). The Norwegian arrangements quite...
Harbour homes for the wealthy is no fix, premier
The Sydney Morning Herald
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June 2, 2025
Save Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Got it Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size Great plan, Chris Minns (“Glebe Island firms as a ‘Plan B’ for new housing”, June 2). More...
Stephen Jessel, BBC journalist who flew to Tehran with the ayatollah
The Times
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As a reporter, Stephen Jessel was sometimes plunged into the most dramatic of news stories. During the night of August 31, 1997, rumours began to emerge of the car crash in Paris that had killed Diana, Princess of Wales. Jessel, a BBC freelancer...
Gran's heartbreaking final words to childhood sweetheart as she lay dying at roadside
Manchester Evening News
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May 31, 2025
A great-grandma's devastating final words to her husband as she lay dying at the roadside were revealed in court. Christine Jones died three days after the car in which she was a passenger was hit by another vehicle. In spite of her extensive...
Gran's haunting final words to childhood sweetheart as she lay dying at roadside
Daily Record & Sunday Mail
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May 31, 2025
A tragic great-grandmother begged her childhood sweetheart to help her as she lay dying at the roadside. Christine Jones pleaded to her husband of nearly 50 years: "Please don't let me die". She had been a passenger in a car which was struck by...
8 royals you didn't know served in the military
Business Insider
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April 15, 2025
2025-04-15T16:23:59Z Many royal family members, like Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Edward, served in the military. Prince William served in the military, though not quite as famously as his brother Prince Harry. Princess Mary and Prince Philip's...
Nan's devastating final words to childhood sweetheart as she lay dying at roadside
Liverpool Echo
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May 31, 2025
A great-grandma said five devastating final words to her childhood sweetheart as she lay dying at the roadside. Christine Jones passed away three days after the car in which she was being carried as a passenger was struck by another vehicle on...
List of top 10 richest countries in the world with biggest debt ratios
TUKO
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June 1, 2025
The world’s richest nations, including the United States, Singapore, and the United Kingdom, also rank among the most heavily indebted globally The United States leads with $25.8 trillion in external debt and a nearly 96% debt-to-GDP ratio,...
British Family concern with Darwin Plus suspension and possible axing of vital conservation funds
MercoPress
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Saturday, May 31st 2025 - 13:52 UTC The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, RSPB, claims the commitment has now been suspended and the UK spending review in June will determine if it continues. Environmentalists, UK MPs and the same British...
The New Politics Of Territorial Expansion
NOEMA
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May 29, 2025
Credits Nils Gilman is a deputy editor of Noema Magazine and the chief operating officer at the Berggruen Institute. Zachariah Mampilly is the Marxe Endowed Chair of International Affairs at the Marxe School of Public and International Affairs at...
Ethical concerns over chemical castration
The Times
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Sir, The justice secretary’s proposal to make chemical castration mandatory for sex offenders (news, May 23) raises questions about how far the state is prepared to stretch its power. Sex offences are devastating crimes and those who commit them...
The Real Reason Politicians Blame Video Games For Society's Most Difficult Issues
Kotaku
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April 15, 2025
Yesterday, House Speaker Mike Johnson attempted to justify planned backdoor cuts to Medicaid by claiming that it would “return the dignity of work to young men who need to be out working instead of playing video games all day.” We could get into...
Remembering the Pope’s visit to York in 1982 – in pictures
The Press
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And – weeks after the election of the new Pope, formerly Cardinal Robert Prevost – we’re remembering that day. Some 210,000 people gathered at York's Knavesmire to greet John Paul II in sweltering heat on May 31, 1982. They were standing in...
The Empire Never Died
Consortium News
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May 22, 2025
Challenging the numerous insidious aspects of current U.K. foreign policy amounts to nothing less than truly ending the British Empire, writes Mark Curtis. Royal Air Force Pipes and Drums parading down the Mall in London, as part in the Royal Air...
Dad doesn't know 'how or why' he killed nan on way home from gym
Liverpool Echo
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May 28, 2025
An armed forces veteran who killed a great-grandmother in a crash "has no memory of how or why" he caused the fatal collision while driving home from the gym. Christine Jones died three days after the car in which she was being carried as a...
Two-member women`s team of Indian Navy returns after sailing around the globe
Mid Day Mumbai
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May 29, 2025
Addressing a flag-in ceremony in Goa for the Indian Naval Sailing Vessel (INSV) Tarini, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh hailed the courage, endurance, and accomplishments of two Indian Navy officers—Lieutenant Commanders Dilna K and Roopa A—who...
Rajnath Singh lauds role of women soldiers during Op Sindoor
The Statesman (India)
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May 29, 2025
Women pilots and other female soldiers played a crucial role in the effective action taken by India against terrorism in Pakistan and PoK during Operation Sindoor, said Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday. The minister, while addressing the...