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Three issues that matter to voters in the Bangladesh election
It's the first election since the 2024 Gen Z uprising that toppled Bangladesh's long-serving prime minister Sheikh Hasina.
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US House backs bid to block Canada tariffs in rebuke of Trump
Republicans join Democrats in objecting to national emergency US president declared to impose tariffs The US House on Wednesday voted to rescind tariffs that Donald Trump imposed on Canada last year, a rare bipartisan rebuke of the White Houseâs trade policy as the president threatened electoral retaliation against any Republican who defied him. The largely symbolic resolution to disapprove of the national emergency Trump declared to impose tariffs on Canada passed 219 to 211, with six Republ...
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Fundraiser for widow and children of James Van Der Beek surpasses $500,000 goal within hours
The Dawsonâs Creek star, who died on Tuesday aged 48, had been open about struggling to meet the high expenses of his cancer treatment A GoFundMe set up to support the widow and children of actor James Van Der Beek has passed its initial goal of $500,000 within hours of being created â and has now been updated to a goal of $1m. Van Der Beek, best known for his role as sensitive teen Dawson Leery on the TV series Dawsonâs Creek, died on Tuesday aged 48 after a battle with bowel cancer. Continu...
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Border patrol chief praised federal agent who shot US citizen in Chicago
New evidence shows Gregory Bovino hailed agent who fired at Marimar Martinez five times in her car Newly released evidence has shown that Gregory Bovino, a border patrol chief who was the face of the Trump administrationâs mass deportation efforts until last month, praised a federal agent who shot a Chicago woman during an immigration crackdown last year. Marimar Martinez, a US citizen, was shot five times by a border patrol agent in October while in her vehicle. She was charged with a felony...
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House passes Save America Act, Trump-backed bill to impose new voting rules
Bill that requires proof of citizenship and would limit mail-in voting passes 218-213 but faces uphill battle in Senate The House on Wednesday passed the Save America Act, which would dramatically change voting regulations by requiring proof of citizenship at voter registration and significantly curtail mail-in voting. The legislation, which passed 218 to 213, faces an uphill battle in the Senate, close observers say. Continue reading...
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Parents of children taken in to care should get more help, say experts after Victoria Marten death
Review says trauma-informed support could help interrupt âdestructive cyclesâ and reduce risk of harm to future babies Parents whose children are taken into care should receive trauma-informed support to reduce the risk of harm to any further babies they have, according to child protection experts. A national child safeguarding review, launched after the death of baby Victoria Marten, said that if âdestructive cycles of harm are to be interruptedâ there needed to be more focus on parents, as ...
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One in 14 children who die in England have closely related parents, study finds
Exclusive: Calls for âurgent actionâ as study also finds stark ethnic and socio-economic disparities in child mortality and consanguinity One in 14 children who died in England in a four-year period had parents who were close relatives, according to âstarkâ figures revealed by the first study of its kind. The figures, published by the National Child Mortality Database (NCMD), based at the University of Bristol, analysed all 13,045 child deaths in England between 2019 and 2023. Of these, 926 (...
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Housing market in England and Wales âshowing tentative signs of recoveryâ
Rics surveyors report inquiries from new buyers, agreed sales and house prices were less negative in January There are âtentative signsâ that the housing market in England and Wales is recovering from a months-long slowdown after uncertainty around the autumn budget and economic pressures, estate agents and surveyors have reported. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) said its members were feeling more optimistic about the year ahead than at any time since December 2024, as inq...
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Cees Nooteboom, Dutch novelist and travel writer, dies aged 92
Writer made international breakthrough with 1980 novel Rituals and won acclaim for his travel writing The Dutch writer Cees Nooteboom, whose novels, travel writing and translations made him a prominent literary figure in postwar Europe, has died aged 92. Publishing house De Bezige Bij said in a statement on Wednesday evening that Nooteboom had âpassed away very peacefully on his beloved island Menorcaâ. The statement was made on behalf of the authorâs wife, the photographer Simone Sassen. Con...
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Australia sends special envoy to Laos to shadow investigation of backpackersâ methanol poisoning deaths
Holly Morton-Bowles and Bianca Jones were travelling in Laos in late 2024 when they were fatally poisoned with methanol at Nana Backpackers Hostel in Vang Vieng Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Australia will send a special envoy to Laos as it investigates the methanol poisoning deaths of two teenagers. The foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, announced the appointment on Thursday after the Department of Forei...
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Dawson's Creek star James Van Der Beek dies aged 48
The father of six starred in multiple popular shows and films in the late 1990s and early 2000s, including Dawson's Creek and Varsity Blues.
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Chaos and confusion in El Paso after airspace closed and quickly reopened
Officials in US border city say FAA decisions caused major disruption â and residents are still scrambling for answers Officials in Texas were left scrambling for answers on Wednesday after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a surprise order to shut down the airspace over El Paso for 10 days and then, as turmoil ensued in the city on the US-Mexico border , abruptly lifted it within hours. Local leaders in the west Texas city said that they received no prior warning or explanatio...
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Gallup to stop tracking presidential approval ratings after 88 years
Public opinion polling agency says decision âsolely based on Gallupâs research goals and prioritiesâ Gallup, the public opinion polling agency, will stop tracking presidential approval ratings after almost nine decades, a spokesperson confirmed. As Donald Trump continues to closely scrutinize polling of his popularity, and publicly lambast media companies that report on unfavorable numbers, Gallup insisted its decision was âsolely based on Gallupâs research goals and prioritiesâ. Continue rea...
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Democrats deride veterans affairs secretary for repeating false claims about Alex Prettiâs killing
Pretti, a VA nurse, was shot by federal agents in Minneapolis and was labeled a âterroristâ by the administration Democratic lawmakers assailed Doug Collins, the Veterans Affairs (VA) secretary for repeating Trump administrationâs claims on the killing of Alex Pretti , a VA nurse shot 10 times by federal immigration officials in Minneapolis, during a congressional hearing Wednesday. Are you going to âcorrect your cabinet colleagues when they called him a terrorist?â Mark Takano, a Democratic ...
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Police identify 18-year-old as suspect in Tumbler Ridge shooting
Six people were killed and at least 25 others were injured at a school, and two others were found dead at a nearby home.
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Trumpâs attempt to indict Democrats for video to troops an âalarm for democracyâ
Mark Kelly speaks out after grand jury declines to indict six lawmakers over video urging troops to resist illegal orders Arizona senator Mark Kelly warned that the Trump administrationâs failed attempt to secure an indictment against him and five other Democratic lawmakers for a video urging service members to resist unlawful orders was a âmaster alarm flashing for our democracyâ. On Tuesday, a grand jury in Washington DC declined to indict the six members of Congress who posted a video last...
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Angus Taylor launches bid for Liberal party leadership after spill motion delivered to Sussan Ley
The call for a leadership ballot followed a wave of resignations from the shadow frontbench on Thursday morning Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Angus Taylor has officially launched his bid for the Liberal party leadership, declaring the party has âlost its wayâ under Sussan Ley. After resigning from shadow cabinet on Wednesday night, Taylor confirmed plans to challenge Ley in a social media video posted on Thu...
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In Tumbler Ridge, a Community in Stunned Agony
Residents embraced and wiped away tears a day after one of the worst mass shootings in the history of Canada rocked the small, remote town.
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Instagram CEO dismisses idea of social media addiction in landmark trial
Adam Mosseri defends app on witness stand and says critics must separate âclinical addictionâ from âproblematic useâ Instagramâs CEO dismissed the idea that users can be addicted to social media at a landmark California trial on Wednesday. âI think itâs important to differentiate between clinical addiction and problematic use,â Adam Mosseri said on the witness stand. Psychologists do not classify social media addiction as an official diagnosis. Researchers have documented the harmful conseque...
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Tumbler Ridge school shooting: police identify suspect in Canada attack as 18-year-old local resident â as it happened
This live blog is now closed. For the latest, read our coverage: Full report: Canadian police identify suspect in school massacre that left nine dead Tumbler Ridge shooting: key questions answered about deadly attack in Canada âWe believe weâve been able to identify the shooter,â said Floyd, adding that RCMP will withhold the shooterâs identity for privacy reasons and for the conduct of the investigation. Floyd also refused to disclose details on how many of the victims were children and adul...
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