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  • NewsReuters

    Australian counter terrorism force arrests seven teenagers after Sydney bishop stabbing

    An Australian counter terrorism team arrested seven teenagers on Wednesday linked to a boy charged with a religiously-motivated terror attack on a Sydney bishop and questioned another five people. Police said a team of more than 400 police and security personnel were involved in the operation, which arrested associates of a 16-year-old boy charged with a terrorism offence for the knifing of Assyrian Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel during a live-streamed church service on April 15. Police said they to

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  • NewsReuters

    Portugal celebrates democracy anniversary amid far-right surge

    Veteran military officer Captain Joaquim Correia Bernardo, 84, remembers the revolution that toppled Portugal's fascist dictatorship five decades ago as if it were yesterday. He was in his thirties when he helped organise the April 25, 1974 military coup that returned Portugal to democracy after 48 years of authoritarian rule. In the city of Santarem, as he stood next to the statue of Salgueiro Maia, an army captain who played a crucial role in the revolution, Correia Bernardo said its values,

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  • NewsThe Independent

    British doctor suspended over involvement in Just Stop Oil protests

    Doctors say the ruling sends ‘a worrying message’ to other doctors, including many who are also concerned about the climate crisis

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  • NewsChronicle Live

    Fresh housing plans approved on former Sunderland 'eyesore' service station site

    Sunderland City Council's planning department has approved an application for the site off Ryhope Road, which has been vacant for decades

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  • BusinessAFP

    Australian supermarket chain Woolworths falsely accused of 'ditching biscuits' sold for veterans

    Australian supermarket chain Woolworths was still selling Anzac biscuits -- which raise money for veterans -- as of late April 2024, contradicting claims shared on social media that the retailer had ditched them. The false claim surfaced after Australia's Returned Services League, a veterans' organisation, announced Woolworths would not be stocking its limited-edition Anzac biscuit tins. The tins are sold annually ahead of Anzac Day on April 25, which honours Australians and New Zealanders who h

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  • HealthThe Independent

    Scientists report longest known ‘extreme’ Covid infection in 72-year-old man

    Prolonged infection leads to emergence of novel immune-evasive variant in patient

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  • NewsLancashire Live

    Blackpool rock 'under threat' from cheap Chinese imports and lack of skilled workers

    "Back in the day, there would have been about 30 manufacturers and now there's 10. Next year, it will almost certainly be eight. It's not something that's sustainable."

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