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NORAD jets intercept aircraft breaching Bedminster no-fly zone
NORAD confirmed that F-16 fighter jets intercepted several general aviation aircraft over Bedminster, New Jersey, on Sunday after the planes breached temporary flight restrictions in place around the area. Such restrictions are routinely imposed whenever the US president is present, and Bedminster is home to one of Donald Trump’s golf clubs, which he visits frequently.…
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10 Best Children’s Picture Books of All Time
Collider has published a ranking of the ten best children’s picture books of all time, arguing that the best examples in the genre never talk down to young readers, instead trusting them to engage with themes such as loneliness, mischief, fear and wonder within just a handful of pages. Writer Safwan Azeem contends that a…
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Sunrisers thump Welsh Fire to inch closer to knockouts
Sunrisers Leeds moved a step closer to qualifying for the knockout stage of The Hundred men’s competition with a commanding 71-run victory over Welsh Fire at Headingley. The win strengthens Sunrisers’ position in the table as the group phase heads towards its conclusion, with only the top three sides progressing to the finals. Mitch Marsh…
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15 Best MCU Duos
Collider has published a ranked list of the 15 best duos from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, celebrating the on-screen pairings—romantic, familial or otherwise—that writer Eddie Possehl says have produced the franchise’s most memorable stories and character growth. The piece spans both older MCU instalments and the newly released Spider-Man: Brand New Day, and carries a…
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A forgotten mission: NASA once planned to send astronauts to Venus
NASA studied a proposal in the late 1960s to send three astronauts on a flyby of Venus, rather than land them there, using Apollo-derived hardware and a Saturn V rocket. The abandoned concept illustrates how the Apollo programme briefly opened the possibility of more ambitious human missions beyond the Moon, before changing priorities and funding…
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Lae’zel actor Devora Wilde didn’t know she was in Space Marine 2 until players told her
Devora Wilde, best known for playing Lae’zel in Baldur’s Gate 3, said she only discovered that she also appeared in Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 after players informed her. The episode highlights how voice actors may not always be told the full details of projects they work on, particularly when roles are recorded under confidentiality…
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Could this key issue reverse the ‘Burnham bounce’?
The article examines whether immigration and asylum policy could undermine Labour’s recent improvement in the polls under Andy Burnham. It matters because the issue remains a major electoral vulnerability for Labour and a core area of support for Reform UK, meaning decisions by the government could quickly test the durability of the “Burnham bounce”. Burnham…
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3 Classic Rock Songs From the 1960s That Changed Forever After One Live Performance
– The Who’s “My Generation” became a symbol of rock destruction after their 1967 Monterey Pop Festival set, where Keith Moon detonated his drum kit and Pete Townshend smashed his guitar. – Cream transformed Robert Johnson’s blues song “Crossroads” into a rock classic through Eric Clapton’s guitar work at a live performance at San Francisco’s…
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Reform to punish councils that flout Supreme Court ruling on single-sex spaces
Reform UK has said it would take action against councils that refuse to follow the Supreme Court ruling and subsequent guidance on single-sex spaces. The proposal highlights a growing political dispute over how local authorities should apply equality law while balancing sex-based rights and protections for transgender people. The Supreme Court ruled in 2025 that…
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Ridley Scott’s 144-Minute Sci-Fi Masterpiece Is Officially Finding a Massive Streaming Audience
Ridley Scott’s 2015 science-fiction film The Martian is attracting a large streaming audience on Prime Video and Hulu, according to Collider. The film follows astronaut and botanist Mark Watney, played by Matt Damon, who is mistakenly left on Mars and must survive while NASA works to return him to Earth; its renewed popularity highlights continuing…