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RFK Jr., Bash clash in heated interview: ‘This is not productive’
US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and CNN presenter Dana Bash clashed during a heated interview over vaccine safety, COVID-19 and the federal government’s public-health approach. The exchange matters because Kennedy’s views on vaccines remain central to debate over US health policy and public confidence in immunisation. Bash pressed Kennedy on his past statements…
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Daniel Morcombe’s parents’ powerful plea to Albo to create national childcare perpetrator registry
Daniel Morcombe’s parents, Bruce and Denise Morcombe, have made a public appeal to Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese calling for the creation of a national, publicly accessible registry of childcare perpetrators. The couple, whose son was murdered in 2003 in a case that led to significant reforms in child safety laws across Australia, are pushing…
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Khanna argues economic concerns driving far-left primary victories
Representative Ro Khanna said recent primary wins by candidates on the Democratic left reflect voters’ frustration with economic pressures, rather than a simple ideological shift. He argued that concerns about living costs and economic inequality are helping candidates who promise more sweeping action, a development that could shape Democrats’ approach to the midterm elections. Khanna’s…
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How often the summer sun would set before 8 p.m. under permanent standard time
The article examines how making standard time permanent in the United States would shift summer sunsets roughly an hour earlier, causing many places to lose evening daylight sooner. It frames this as a central trade-off in proposals to end twice-yearly clock changes: brighter mornings would be retained, but summer evenings would become darker earlier. Under…
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Lowering the bar for victory in the Iran war
The article text was unavailable because access to the page was denied, so its arguments and factual claims cannot be summarised reliably. The title suggests it concerns definitions of success in a potential conflict involving Iran, but this cannot be treated as a summary of the article. No details, figures or supporting context were provided…
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Lankford says Trump ‘has no desire’ to bomb Iran
The article’s full text is unavailable because access to the page was denied, so its claims and supporting details cannot be independently summarised. From the headline alone, Senator James Lankford appears to say that Donald Trump does not want to bomb Iran, a statement relevant to tensions over US policy towards Iran. No further information…
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Massive Attack call out Singaporean government following ban for Palestinian flag
Massive Attack have criticised the Singaporean government after two members of the British trip-hop group were barred from returning to the country for displaying a Palestinian flag during a concert. The dispute has highlighted Singapore’s restrictions on foreign political symbols and the tension between its public-order rules and artists’ freedom of expression. The incident occurred…
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Kansas’ data center boom is shaking up the governor’s race
Kansas’ rapid push to attract large data centres has become a significant issue in the state’s open governor’s race, as candidates confront voters’ concerns about the projects’ effects on electricity, water, farmland and local tax revenues. The dispute matters because it has split both major parties, turning a once broadly supported economic-development strategy into a…
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Flight 13 of Starship was (mostly) a triumph for SpaceX
SpaceX’s 13th full-scale Starship test flight was largely successful, marking a significant recovery after engine problems on the previous mission. The upgraded rocket reached space from Texas, while the Starship upper stage survived re-entry and made a controlled splashdown in the Indian Ocean, an important demonstration for SpaceX’s ambitions to make the system reusable. All…
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Thousands of people under evacuation order from wildfires in Spokane, Wash.
Thousands of residents in Spokane, Washington, were forced to flee their homes on 2 August 2026 as multiple fast-moving wildfires broke out in and around the city, prompting large parts of the area to be placed under Level 3 “leave now” evacuation orders. The blazes come amid record-setting drought conditions across the state, with strong…