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Will it rain this weekend? Where ‘thunder and lightning’ forecasted – MAPPED
BBC Weather: Parts of UK set to be hit by severe storms When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. Our…
Kim Jong-un warns North Korea must be ‘fully prepared for confrontation’ with US
North Korea missile test is a ‘major threat’ to US says Jack Keane When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer.…
Covid 19 coronavirus: New restrictions in Sydney, new community case
Sydney is on “high alert” after a new Covid-19 case was detected in Bondi from a “fleeting contact” at Westfield, with Gladys Berejiklian announcing new restrictions for residents. The NSW premier says there has been one new Covid case that…
Vicious post-Fed bounce has dollar headed for year's best week
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The dollar was headed for its best week in nearly nine months on Friday as investors have scrambled to price in a sooner-than-expected ending to extraordinary U.S. monetary stimulus in the days after a surprise shift in…
Colorado man pleads guilty to federal hate crime for a stabbing in Oregon.
A Colorado man pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal hate crime for stabbing a Black man in the neck in an unprovoked attack at an Oregon fast-food outlet. Nolan Levi Strauss, 27, pleaded guilty to a hate crime involving an…
Democrats weigh a plan as large as $6 trillion as a bipartisan group pursues a narrower infrastructure deal.
By Emily Cochrane Senate Democrats have begun privately weighing a sprawling economic package as much as $6 trillion — including $3 trillion that is paid for — even as a bipartisan group of senators works to draw support for a…
US state halts all executions as it has no firing squad and no lethal injections
A US state has been forced to temporarily halt all executions because it has no firing squad and ran out of all of its stock of lethal injections. Brad Sigmon, 63, and Freddie Owens, 43, cannot be put to death…
Gunmen kidnap four Chinese rail workers in Nigeria: Police
LAGOS (AFP) – Gunmen have kidnapped four Chinese rail construction employees and killed their police escort in southwest Nigeria, police said Thursday (June 17), in the latest such incident in the region. The attack occurred on Wednesday at Alaagba village…
AP FACT CHECK: Vladimir Putin’s errant claims on cyberattacks, Jan. 6 insurrection – The Denver Post
Russian President Vladimir Putin contradicted the evidence Wednesday when he asserted Russians are not a leading source of cyberattacks on the United States and other countries. They are. Putin also accused the imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny of leaving Russia…