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Palestinians mourn Gaza World Cup screenings organiser killed in Israeli strike
Palestinian aid worker Mohammed al-Wahidi, 65, was killed in an Israeli air strike on the taxi he was travelling in through Gaza City’s Sabra neighbourhood on Tuesday, prompting widespread grief across the Gaza Strip. A prominent humanitarian figure and senior official with the Egypt-backed Egyptian Relief Committee, he had recently gained wider recognition for helping…
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Tyler Robinson ‘CONFESSION’ letter left for trans lover broadcast briefly in court snafu
During a weeklong evidence hearing in Utah, images of an alleged confession note said to have been written by Tyler Robinson — the 23-year-old accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk — were briefly livestreamed to the public, despite a judge having explicitly ruled that material the state describes as a “confession” should not be broadcast before…
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Irishman jailed for just 14 years after he murdered Oregon nurse during sex, before dumping her body in Hungarian woods in hopes of wild boars taking it
An Irish man has been jailed for 14 years by the Budapest-Capital Regional Court for the murder of Mackenzie Elizabeth Michalski, a 31-year-old nurse from Portland, Oregon, who was killed while on holiday in Hungary in November 2024. The relatively short sentence — imposed without the possibility of parole — has drawn attention given the…
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Yoshihiro Togashi’s ‘HUNTER×HUNTER’ Vol. 39 Debuts at No. 1 on Japan Book Hot 100
Yoshihiro Togashi’s manga HUNTER×HUNTER Vol. 39 has debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Japan Book Hot 100 chart released on 9 July, its first new volume in a year and ten months. The debut is notable both for ending a lengthy gap between instalments and for coinciding with the long-running series surpassing 100 million…
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3 of Michael Jackson’s Best Songs That Were Written by Somebody Else
American Songwriter has published a short feature highlighting that Michael Jackson, though a prolific songwriter behind hits such as “Billie Jean” and “Beat It”, did not personally write some of his best-known songs. The piece serves as a reminder that several of the tracks most closely associated with Jackson were in fact penned by other…
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Bonnie Tyler dies at 75 as Volkswagen faces mass German job-cut protests
The 1980s pop-rock icon behind Total Eclipse of the Heart has died aged 75; meanwhile Volkswagen faces demonstrations at eighteen German sites over plans to cut up to 100,000 jobs, amid Sheffield rows and football drama.
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Trump’s antifa crackdown sparks panic over Newsom reprisals in 2028
Marco Rubio, the US Secretary of State, has invited senior officials from dozens of countries to a summit on far-left terrorism, part of a wider Trump administration crackdown on antifa groups. According to the Washington Post, the initiative has alarmed some within the White House itself, who fear that establishing tough new counterterrorism powers could…
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Girl, 10, who ‘didn’t have mean bone in her body’ identified as third victim of Wisconsin boating crash that also killed her six and seven-year-old cousins
A 10-year-old girl, Kathryn “Kate” Schmidt, has been named as the third child to die in a boating accident on Lake Geneva in Walworth County, Wisconsin. The vessel she was aboard capsized on Friday when a violent storm swept through the area. Her death, alongside those of two young cousins, underlines the deadly speed with…
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Pictured: Girl, 2, who died in scorching hot car on 101F day… as devastated family blame ‘forgetful’ babysitters tragic decision
A two-year-old girl has died after being left in a car during extreme heat in Hallandale Beach, Florida, and her family have publicly blamed the babysitter they had entrusted with her care. The child, Brittany Nicole Láinez Lopez, was left in the back of a vehicle for almost three hours on a day when temperatures…