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Officials say that record monsoon rains have killed more than 100 people in northern India this week

Newcastle United FC’s Saudi Arabian owners are considering buying another top football club in Europe, a person with

Bayern Munich forward Sadio Mane is a new target for Saudi Pro League side Al Ettifaq, who are managed by Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard. Jordan Henderson and Philippe Coutinho are also on their shortlist.

Barratt Developments Plc has turned to the private rental sector in a bid to earn more cash as

The internet's obsession with McDonald's Grimace shake continues – and now an executive has spoken out about the TikTok trend. For those who still don't understand what's going on but have seen the phrase everywhere, McDonald's dropped a new limited-edition purple milkshake to celebrate the 52nd birthday of the famous character's birthday. TikTok users were immediately hooked on the drink before turning it into a bizarre trend. It sees people creating content showing them drinking the shake and pretending to be poisoned to death with a decorative crime scene around them. While the trend is bizarre, the hashtag #grimaceshake has racked up a staggering 142 million views on the platform and continues to grow. Sign up for our free Indy100 weekly newsletter @kale1ay Bro pls domt get the grimace shake #viral #meme #grimaceshake #grimaceshakemeal #grimaceshakememe #grimacememe #mcdonadlsmeme #skit Now, McDonald's marketing director Guillaume Huin has stepped into the chat, crediting the original TikTok creator Austin Frazier for his upload. In a Linkedin post, Huin said the company were initially not going to speak about the trend, but after "hours of watching, reading the comments, trying to learn and genuinely understand helped us see what this was about," he saw the "brilliant creativity, unfiltered fun, peak absurdist gen z humor, just the way a new generation of creators and consumers play with brands." He said that some of the content had even left him "smile silently in admiration and wonder." Huin then shared how behind the scenes, the team "discussed what was the right thing to do about the trend." He continued, "saying nothing felt disconnected, encouraging it felt self-serving, so we just decided to show our fans that we see them and their creativity in a sweet, candid and genuine way, as grimace would." The Grimace shake will be available to buy in the US until 29 July. Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.

China and Southeast Asian nations have agreed to try to conclude within three years a long-delayed nonaggression pact aimed at preventing frequent territorial spats in the busy South China Sea from turning into a major armed conflict

At last year's NATO summit in Madrid, the alliance formally invited Sweden and Finland to join its ranks. At this year's summit in Vilnius, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was hoping the alliance would extend his country the same favor.

A top Indian developer plans to build two luxury housing projects near the nation’s capital where the rich

Jordan Henderson is considering an approach from Steven Gerrard's Al Ettifaq over a summer transfer.

Volodymyr Zelensky has responded to Ben Wallace after he said Ukraine should show more “gratitude” for Western support. Speaking at the Nato summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, the Ukrainian president said that Kyiv has always been “grateful” to the United Kingdom, its prime ministers and the British public. “The people in the United Kingdom have always supported Ukraine, we are grateful for this,” Mr Zelensky said. “I don’t know how else we should be grateful... how else should I express my words of gratitude?” Mr Zelensky also said that the UK and Ukraine have “wonderful relations”. Read More The Body in the Woods | An Independent TV Original Documentary The harrowing discovery at centre of The Independent’s new documentary

By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -The SAG-AFTRA actors union said its negotiators unanimously recommended a strike after labor talks

The United Arab Emirates is coming under increasing pressure to achieve ambitious results when it hosts the COP28