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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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Rookies inherit a Colombian detective agency in Rugeles thriller-comedy series
Damián Alcázar, a lead in “Narcos” as Pablo Escobar’s successor, Cali mob boss Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela, is attached to star in “Rookies,” the TV series debut as a writer-director of top Colombian film director José Luis Rugeles. Breaking out with Cannes 2015 Un Certain Regard title “Alias María,” Rugeles, one of Colombia’s most prominent film…
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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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Nigel Farage quits as Clacton MP to force by-election amid finance scrutiny
“I have never been angrier in my life”
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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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Team USA outclassed by Belgium as Swift-Kelce napkin and Dart boat party surface
This OutKick “Screencaps” column offers an opinion-driven, satirical reaction to Team USA’s heavy defeat by Belgium in a football match played in Seattle, which the author brands one of the most embarrassing performances in US sporting history. The piece matters chiefly as commentary on the poor state of American men’s football ahead of a home…
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South Korean hacktivists deface US Army websites in protest against Trump
Two websites run by the US Army were defaced by hacktivists with pro-Kurdish messages and attacks on President Donald Trump, in the latest incident involving hackers compromising US federal government systems. The affected sites — the Open Innovation Lab and the AI Integration Center, which test and integrate AI and other emerging technologies — have…