Londoners warned to stockpile food as 'Godzilla' El Niño may cause polar vortex

Experts have warned the incoming super El Niño could be one of the most severe on record this winter.

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Alternative Health Influencer Boasts That He's Been Drinking From a Radioactive Jug for 250 Days Straight

Holistic influencer Matt Roeske recently bragged that he's been drinking from an irradiated jug for the better part of a year.

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Episcopal bishop who urged Trump to ‘have mercy’ to resign post in Washington DC

Mariann Budde gained national attention for calling on US president to consider immigrants and LGBTQ+ people

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Trump appears to share personal phone number of US senator in ploy to push permanent daylight savings

US president urges Americans to call Tom Cotton to support bill to make daylight saving time permanent

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Incinerated novels and destroyed warehouses: Russia’s war on Ukrainian books

A Ukrainian publishing boom sparked by the 2022 invasion is now under threat from the force and frequency of Russian attacks

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Ireland cut short news conference as mood darkens further before Israel game

The Republic of Ireland’s press conference on the eve of their match against Israel in Serbia was cut short as head coach Heimir Hallgrímsson fielded questions from Israeli journalists

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Polish activists launch abortion pill locker to bypass near-total ban

‘AbortOmat’ in Warsaw offers novel way to challenge country’s restrictions and allow women swift and anonymous access to pill

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OpenAI safety leader quits, warning AI company’s culture is ‘broken’

David Robinson joins other insiders in urging industry to take more care over rapidly developing technology

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'American Covid' strain warning after cases surge in England

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The hill I will die on: not everything is a ‘girl’ thing – stop gendering and infantilising it all | Elle Hunt

No, I don’t want to go for a girl walk before my girl dinner with my girl mates: I am a grown woman who walks and eats and votes – and, patriarchy, I am on to you, says freelance journalist Elle Hunt

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What do Britain’s death-penalty cheerleaders have to say about Christa Pike? | Maya Foa

Her harrowing botched execution is a reminder of why we must not even entertain the idea of restoring capital punishment, says Maya Foa, CEO of the human rights charity Reprieve

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‘This can’t go on’: tens of thousands protest against housing crisis in Spain

Demonstrators take to the streets of Madrid ⁠and other Spanish cities ⁠after ​new legislation fails to pass

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Women given free cycling shorts to prevent upskirting on Oktoberfest amusement ride

Investigation revealed thousands of voyeuristic videos taken on Munich beer festival’s Teufelsrad, or Devil’s Wheel

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John Iliffe obituary

Pioneering historian who transformed the study of Africa by seeking out the testimonies of Africans

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Minister denies UK faces diesel shortage after Trump threatens to ban exports

In effort to avoid panic at pumps, Keir Mather insists supply of fuel to Britain is ‘inherently resilient’

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Pete Hegseth just took his personal crusade to a new level | Arwa Mahdawi

The US defense secretary who hates ‘beardos, weirdos and wimps’ has announced an Office of Religious Affairs at the Pentagon

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Outgoing prison chief in Christa Pike case oversaw five ‘botched’ executions, lawyers say

Frank Strada will leave role next month after uproar over execution attempt, which sent Pike to hospital in critical condition

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Southern California swelters as late-season heatwave smothers region

Temperatures expected to hover around 100F in downtown LA and even hotter inland, raising concerns about wildfires

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Shop clerk and son charged with selling illegal kratom after two Ole Miss students die from suspected overdoses

Aidan Hamilton and Robert Strang died after apparently ingesting kratom product last month

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Kratom poisonings soar in US as experts blame synthetic versions and caution against bans

Experts say natural kratom may offer benefits and blame synthetic derivatives for surge in poisonings noted by CDC

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Tennessee’s top prison official resigning after botched execution of Christa Pike

Frank Strada leaving position as state launches independent investigation into what went wrong

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‘American Covid’ strain sees resurgence in England as hospitalisations rise

Experts have said the rise in Covid-19 levels is not unusual, but have urged vulnerable people to get vaccinated

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Elon Musk's baby mama shares rambling post announcing breakup from mogul

'It’s hard to go from in love to let go in a week with no warning, but that’s just how it is sometimes,' Zilis wrote.

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Trump feels 'bad' for Cornell 7 and calls investigator by 'racist' nickname

The US president called the New York attorney general 'Peekaboo' James, branding her 'corrupt' after she was appointed to probe the case.

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Christa Pike unconscious and placed on ventilator after two failed executions

Hospital staff worked to save her life.

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They embraced the Fiat 500, the Vespa, even tuk-tuks. But will Romans draw the line at the golf cart?

Authorities crack down on trade they says risks spiralling out of control – but operators say they are being targeted unfairly

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‘Elon is my prophet’: how Musk’s Doge team took a wrecking ball to Washington

When the new ‘department of government efficiency’ sent young techies to disrupt federal agencies, not everyone complied. Here’s what happened when one worker fought to protect immigrant data

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A billionaire is one of Trump’s loudest critics. Will Democrats send him to the White House?

As the Illinois governor seeks a third term, his growing national profile has fueled speculation about a possible White House bid

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When is the right time to compare US politics to the Nazi era? This expert on Christian nationalism says: now

Robert P Jones argues that declining white Christian influence has fuelled an alliance with Trump, and warns it is reshaping US democracy

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