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Ireland rejects Zelensky call to halt alumina exports to Russia
Irish Minister of State Niall Collins has publicly rejected Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s call for Ireland to halt exports of alumina to Russia, insisting that Ireland has been a strong supporter of Ukraine throughout the war. The dispute matters because it exposes tension between Ireland’s stated backing for Kyiv and the continued operation of a…
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Graham Platner loses progressive backers after ex-girlfriend rape allegation
Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner has lost the backing of several high-profile progressive allies after Politico reported on Monday that he allegedly raped an ex-girlfriend. The allegation matters because Platner had been positioning himself as the standard-bearer of a growing progressive coalition in a race against Republican Senator Susan Collins that Democrats regarded as…
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Bushra Shaikh among 400 foreign influencers at Khamenei funeral in Tehran
Bushra Shaikh, a British-Pakistani media personality who appeared on the BBC’s The Apprentice in 2017, has attended the funeral of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in Tehran. She was among a reported 400 non-Iranian influencers and social media activists invited by the Iranian regime to the multi-day event in Enghelab Square. The story matters…
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Nigel Farage resigns as Clacton MP and triggers by-election amid finance inquiries
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has resigned as an MP for Clacton, triggering a by-election in which he intends to stand again, amid an escalating row over his financial affairs. In an online address he attacked the “Establishment” and the media, said he had “never been angrier” and described himself as the most vilified UK…
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Graham Platner faces 94% odds of quitting Maine Senate race
Prediction market Kalshi shows 94% probability that Graham Platner will drop out of the Maine Senate race as rape allegation rocks his campaign.
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Nigel Farage quits as Clacton MP to force a by-election
Nigel Farage, the leader of Reform UK, announced on Tuesday that he was resigning as the Member of Parliament for Clacton-on-Sea, a move deliberately intended to trigger a by-election in the constituency. The step matters because Farage is one of the most prominent figures on the British right, and he stated that he intended to…
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South Korean hacktivists deface US Army websites in protest against Trump
The U.S. Army has fixed two of its websites that were hacked to display messages calling President Trump a “pedophile” and a “thief.”
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Reeves faces tough choices as OBR flags unsustainable rise in UK debt
The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), the government’s independent economic forecaster, has warned that UK public debt is on course to rise unsustainably in the coming decades unless policymakers act soon. Driven by an ageing population, rising health and pension costs, and higher defence spending, the OBR projects that without government action debt would embark…
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Fifa accused of complicit silence by La Liga president Tebas
La Liga president Javier Tebas has publicly attacked what he calls the “complicit silence” surrounding Fifa, after United States striker Folarin Balogun avoided suspension at the 2026 World Cup. Fifa’s disciplinary committee chose to suspend Balogun’s one-match ban for 12 months, allowing him to play in the last-16 tie against Belgium, which the US lost…
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Aniplex sets out global expansion plan under new president Nishimoto Shu
Anime is no longer a niche import. It is pop culture’s new center of gravity – and nobody is moving faster to press that advantage than the studio behind “Demon Slayer.” Nishimoto Shu, appointed president of Aniplex earlier this year, has outlined a plan to deepen the Sony Music Entertainment Japan subsidiary’s foothold in international…