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No one failed harder during COVID than our media
The provided page does not contain the article itself; it only says access was denied because JavaScript appears to be disabled. As a result, the article’s claims, evidence and context cannot be summarised reliably. The headline suggests an opinion piece criticising media performance during the COVID-19 pandemic, possibly in connection with Anthony Fauci and congressional…
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Aung San Suu Kyi appears healthy in first confirmed outside contact for 2.5 years
Photos newly released by Myanmar’s military government show Suu Kyi meeting with an ICRC official.
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Cornyn reaches deal with Justice Department to allow Blanche nomination to advance
Senator John Cornyn has reached an agreement with the Justice Department to support advancing Todd Blanche’s nomination as attorney general after the department formally ended a controversial compensation fund. The deal removes a significant obstacle to Blanche’s confirmation and reflects Republican concern over whether the proposed fund could be revived. The Justice Department rescinded the…
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First showdown in race for Lindsey Graham’s Senate seat puts GOP hopefuls to the test
South Carolina Republicans will hold their first primary debate on Monday in the contest to fill the Senate seat left vacant by the late Lindsey Graham, giving nearly ten declared candidates their first chance to distinguish themselves before voters. The race has drawn a mix of sitting lawmakers seeking a promotion and lesser-known hopefuls, but…
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Hegseth struggles to sell Senate on Iran war funding
The article’s full text was unavailable because access was denied, so its specific claims cannot be independently summarised. Based on the headline, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth is facing difficulty persuading senators to support funding for a potential or ongoing conflict involving Iran. The headline indicates the dispute concerns using the Senate’s budget reconciliation process for…
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Labour’s early release of prisoners ‘will lead to cuts to neighbourhood policing’ and ‘cost forces hundreds of millions’, warns top officer
A senior police officer has warned that Labour’s early prisoner release scheme, intended to ease overcrowding in jails, will force cuts to neighbourhood policing and cost forces hundreds of millions of pounds. The intervention comes as Prime Minister Andy Burnham faces mounting pressure over the policy, having already delayed its planned September start pending an…
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Yen hits three-month high after Trump helps prop up currency
The yen has climbed to a three-month high after Japan and the US carried out a rare joint intervention to support the currency, marking the first such collaboration between the two countries since 2011. The move matters because it signals growing alarm in Washington and Tokyo over the yen’s persistent weakness, driven by a gap…
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UEFA warns Infantino over document destruction as Wales withdraws backing
Wales has become the first national football association to publicly withdraw its support for Gianni Infantino’s bid to remain FIFA president from 2027 to 2031, marking the culmination of the fallout from his abandoned plan to sell equity in FIFA competitions. The dispute escalated from an internal governance disagreement into open political opposition to Infantino’s…
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Coordinated dollar-yen intervention by US and Japan first since 2011
Japan and the United States carried out a coordinated intervention in currency markets on 3 August 2026, the first joint action of its kind between the two countries since 2011, after the yen fell to a forty-year low against the dollar. The Japanese Finance Ministry and the US Treasury jointly bought yen to arrest its…
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Furious UEFA warned Gianni Infantino NOT to destroy botched World Cup plan documents with lawsuit threatened before FIFA president abandoned his plot
UEFA formally warned FIFA president Gianni Infantino not to destroy any documents relating to a botched, now-abandoned World Cup plan, threatening legal action had evidence been tampered with. The episode marks a serious escalation between European football’s governing body and FIFA, reflecting UEFA’s fury both at the substance of the scheme and at how Infantino…