
Fears for UK 'green' policies after shock by-election result
Contentious plans by London's mayor to extend a scheme taxing the use of the most polluting vehicles were being blamed Friday for costing his opposition Labour...
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Department of Education to host admissions diversity summit after Supreme Court guts affirmative action
The Biden administration later this month will host the National Summit on Equal Opportunity in Higher Education as it tries to find ways to support colleges that want to promote diversity after a Supreme Court ruling gutted affirmative action.
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Trump taunts DeSantis and Christie as midnight deadline to appear before Jan 6 grand jury passes - live
Donald Trump has been busy bullying his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination, including Ron DeSantis, Chris Christie and Asa Hutchinson, on Truth Social as he braces for an imminent grand jury indictment over his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election and his role in inciting the Capitol riot of 6 January 2021. Mr Trump announced on Tuesday that he had been sent a letter by special prosecutor Jack Smith informing him that he is the “target” of the investigation, citing three statutes under which he could be charged, including conspiracy to commit offence or to defraud the United States, deprivation of rights under colour of law and tampering with a witness, victim or informant. That indictment, Mr Trump’s third in four months, could be handed down as soon as this week, The Independent has learned. William Russell, a former White House aide who now works for the Trump presidential campaign and spent much of 6 January with the then-president, is believed to have testified before the grand jury on Thursday. The former president was given until midnight on Thursday to report to the Washington, DC, federal courthouse but did not appear. Read More Trump shares sinister new video issuing apocalyptic threat to anyone who ‘f***s around with us’ Deadline for Trump to give evidence in Jan 6 probe passes as third indictment looms Trump bid to toss E Jean Carroll ruling backfires as judge says ex-president did ‘rape’ columnist DeSantis says he’d accept Trump being prosecuted for a ‘traditional crime’ like ‘robbing a bank’
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German crime family member issues plea for missing lion
The search is intensifying for a suspected wild animal in the southern outskirts of Berlin.
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There are almost no national safety rules protecting workers exposed to high heat
OSHA, the federal agency charged with protecting you on the job, can do little or nothing if your boss orders you to work outside in the searing summer sun.
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TSMC says skilled worker shortage delays start of Arizona chip production
Shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co slumped more than 3% Friday after the world's largest contract chipmaker flagged a 10% drop in 2023 sales and said production due to start next year at its first plant in Arizona would be delayed.
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If Trump Wins a Second Term, He’ll Target His Enemies, Migrants and China
If Donald Trump returns to the White House in 2025, he’ll bar babies born in the US from
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Sunak's Conservatives suffer 2 big defeats but avoid a wipeout in trio of UK special elections
Britain’s governing Conservative Party has suffered two thumping defeats in a trio of special elections but avoided a drubbing after holding onto former premier Boris Johnson’s seat in suburban London
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Dead EV batteries turn to gold with U.S. incentives
By Nick Carey, Paul Lienert and Victoria Waldersee POOLE, England A little-publicized clause in the U.S. Inflation Reduction
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Alabama GOP proposals for second Black district are unlikely to win court approval, experts warn
Experts say plans for a second congressional district in Alabama that gives a voice to Black voters are unlikely to win court approval
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What we know about the women known as the 'Gilgo Four'
Rex Heuermann has been charged with killing three women whose bodies were discovered along a stretch of Long Island's Gilgo Beach in 2010, bound with belts or tape and wrapped in burlap.
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Thai Election Winner Lets Ally Lead Government Formation
Thailand’s Move Forward Party, which won the most parliamentary seats in the May general election, will step aside
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