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‘We should not have to sacrifice’: New York could become first state to temporarily ban large datacenters

Kristen Gonzalez, a state senator who authored the bill, said moratorium would target ‘hyperscale’ datacenters over 20MWNew York moved closer toward becoming the first US state to enact a moratorium on large datacenters this week. On Thursday, the state legislature approved a one-year ban on the facilities powering the AI boom.The measure now heads to Kathy Hochul, the governor, who will decide wh...

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Grave in Norfolk of 119 sailors may be exhumed due to coastal erosion threat

Bodies were buried in Happisburgh after HMS Invincible sank in 1801 on way to join Nelson at Battle of CopenhagenA mass grave for 119 sailors who drowned more than 200 years ago could be exhumed to avoid their remains being exposed by coastal erosion.HMS Invincible sank off the Norfolk coast in 1801 on its way to join Horatio Nelson’s fleet at the Battle of Copenhagen. The recovered bodies of thos...

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Planned Parenthood to offer ‘just in case’ abortion pills at some US clinics

Patients in Washington and Hawaii will be able to obtain medication before pregnancy in expansion of early accessPlanned Parenthood clinics in Washington and Hawaii will now offer “just in case” abortion medication, bringing wider attention to the option of receiving the pills in advance of pregnancy amid growing challenges to access.Leaders at the organization hope their name recognition will hel...

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David Sullivan steps down at West Ham to fight claims about private life

Joint-chair and director of relegated club to tackle ‘false allegations’‘I am absolutely not the person the media has decided to paint me as’David Sullivan has announced his resignation as a joint-chair and director of West Ham with immediate effect in a statement.Sullivan and his legal representatives published his intention to stand down on the club’s website on Saturday “for the benefit of tran...

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Palestinian baby shot dead by Israeli troops in occupied West Bank

The seven-month-old, Sam Fahd Abu Haikal, was in his mother’s arms when he was hit in the incident in HebronIsraeli troops killed a seven-month-old Palestinian baby in the occupied West Bank and injured one of the child’s parents on Friday after opening fire on the family’s car, despite it having complied with an order to stop.Soldiers opened fire on a car carrying the infant and his parents in th...

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Six more charged after Southampton riots over Henry Nowak murder

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Total number charged rises to 11 after protests that broke out following sentencing of man for murder of 18-year-oldSix more people have been charged with violent disorder in Southampton after riots broke out following the sentencing of a man for the murder of 18-year-old Henry Nowak.It brings the total number of people charged after disorder in the city to 11. Kevin Reeves, 31, of Portswood Road,...

On China, Trump picked the right battle but the wrong strategy

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A long trade war looms. Trump’s scattershot protectionism, chaotic tariffs and belligerence against our natural allies guarantees that US trade policy will remain a hot messWe are in for a long trade war.In the months since “Liberation Day” last year, when Donald Trump let loose a volley of tariffs against imports from everywhere, countries have rushed to build new relationships in the hope of may...

‘Historic’: Canadian warehouse workers sign first-ever union deal with Walmart

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Union says collective agreement is just the start of a broader fight to unionize major employers across the countryCanadian warehouse workers have signed the first-ever collective agreement with Walmart, a breakthrough labour organizers are calling a “historic and powerful step”.But the union says the deal with a corporation long hostile to organized labour is only an opening salvo in a broader fi...

MoD reports ‘minor technical issue’ with aircraft carrier docked in Norway

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HMS Prince of Wales expected to sail ‘in the coming days’ according to British government spokespersonA technical issue has been detected on the UK navy’s flagship as it was docked in Norway, after the warship worked with Nato and the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF), the government has said.Earlier this month, the HMS Prince of Wales – one of Britain’s two flagship aircraft carriers built for £6.4...

Kuwait and Bahrain targeted by Iran after exchange of fire with US

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Iran targets US bases in Gulf countries after US shot down drones and struck Iranian radar sitesBahrain has said Iran fired ballistic missiles and drones at it and Kuwait, hours after the US and Iran exchanged strikes over the Gulf, the latest in a series of flare-ups that threatened to break the fragile ceasefire.Air raid sirens rang out on Saturday in Bahrain and people were told to move to a sa...

UK urged not to further weaken EV rules as CO2 impact revealed

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British vehicles will emit extra 17m tonnes of CO2 by 2030 due to loophole allowing sale of more PHEVs, data suggestsCampaigners have urged the government to resist calls to further water down electric car sale rules, as an analysis reveals that vehicles on UK roads will emit an extra 17m tonnes of carbon dioxide by 2030 mostly because of changes last year.Parts of the car industry have urged mini...

Louisiana church remembers abuse victims after reversal over prayers for convicted priest

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St Anthony of Padua asks for prayers for survivors after removing Anthony Odiong’s name from list of intentionsA Louisiana Catholic church that solicited prayers for a former pastor recently sentenced to life imprisonment for criminal clerical sexual assault, then backed off having offended his victims, is asking its community to pray for survivors of clergy abuse.The shift took place in an update...

Women accusing Andrew Tate criticise UK extradition delay as influencer appears in Russia

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Lawyer for British women attacks ‘extraordinary spectacle’ of Tate’s arrival in MoscowBritish women who have accused Andrew Tate of rape, assault and coercive control have questioned why the self-professed misogynistic influencer has appeared in Russia as UK authorities continue to hold off on seeking his extradition.Tate admires Vladimir Putin and amplifies Kremlin propaganda online. He arrived i...

Aviation industry looks skywards as leaders fly in for Rio summit

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Oil tankers may be stuck behind strait of Hormuz, but holding the Iata AGM in Brazil defies warnings of impending shortagesNothing says jet fuel crisis, as one prospective attender put it, like flying everyone to Rio de Janeiro. Aviation leaders will converge in Brazil this weekend for the Iata AGM, the annual global airline summit, with the industry still, for the most part, looking resolutely sk...

Blackouts, hyperinflation, dissent: Iran considers perilous prospect of peace

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Conditions that led to bloody prewar protests have been made worse, commentators say Iran is already preparing for the perilous transition from wartime unity to a fractious peace marked by hyperinflation, a 10% contraction in the economy, power cuts and calls for a triumphalist government to end its unprecedented hunting down of dissent.With peace not yet secured, the debates within the regime abo...

Man dies after shark attack off Western Australia coast near Albany

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Government department says man was in the water around Michaelmas Island, near Albany, when he was bitten by a suspected 4.5-metre sharkGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA male diver aged in his 30s has died after being bitten by a shark in Western Australia.The state’s police force confirmed on Saturday afternoon that the 35-year-old man had died, after being treated by p...

Australian snow season begins amid El Niño fears

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Webcams showed snow blanketing the ground in some areas. In others, it was patchy or nonexistentGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s snow season has officially begun, with resorts predicting a good season despite climactic threats and the cost-of-living crisis.Between 20cm and 40cm of snow fell across the Victorian and New South Wales alps before the long weekend,...

Man dies after being bitten by shark off Western Australian coast

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Armenia heads to polls amid Russian pressure and threat of ‘Ukrainian scenario’

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Relationship between Vladimir Putin and traditional ally has slowly unravelled under current PM Nikol PashinyanThe bottling line at the Abovyan cognac factory in Armenia is running at full tilt.Women in white coats and hairnets work the conveyor with practised speed – labelling, stacking, loading pallets – racing to fill a truck. Continue reading...

Man fighting for life after being bitten by shark off Western Australian coast

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Government department says man was diving around Michaelmas Island, near Albany, when he was bitten by a suspected 4.5-metre sharkGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA male diver aged in his 30s is fighting for life after being bitten by a shark in Western Australia.The state’s department of primary industries said the man was bitten by a suspected 4.5-metre shark just befor...

Predator or prey? The confounding case of the missing sea eagle

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The UK’s biggest bird of prey has been compared to a flying barn door. So how can one fitted with a satellite tracker disappear in prime grouse-shooting country?The six police officers arrived at the Snilesworth estate in two pickup trucks last week, according to one account. They asked to go up on the moors, a source said, and “so off they went”.A vast expanse of spectacularly undulating lands on...

Ebola spread in central Africa could match 2014 record outbreak, US health officials say

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Modelling from US CDC shows Ebola spread could be on ‘dangerous trajectory’, but experts warn outbreaks can be very hard to predictCentral Africa’s Ebola outbreak could spread to be similar in scale to the worst outbreak in history, west Africa’s 2014-2016 outbreak that killed more than 11,000 people, according to a new analysis by US health officials.The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevent...

US threatens to reconsider role in Bosnia and Herzegovina amid rift with Europe

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US embassy in Sarajevo made threat after European states refused to back its preferred High Representative candidateA deepening US-European rift over the future of Bosnia and Herzegovina has broken open with a dispute over a top administrative post, leading to a US threat to “reconsider” its role in international peacekeeping.The American embassy in Sarajevo issued the threat after European states...

Doctor’s ‘grossly irresponsible prescribing’ played direct role in two deaths, Tasmanian coroner finds

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Dr David Jackson gave ‘effectively an unlimited supply for a drug binge’ to one addict, inquest findsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA former medical practitioner who was the subject of multiple red flags played a direct role in the deaths of two patients through grossly irresponsible drug prescribing, a coroner has found.Nicholas Brown, Matthew Winwood, Toni Wiki and Be...

In LA mayor’s race, Nithya Raman makes up ground on Spencer Pratt in contest to face Karen Bass – as it happened

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LA city council member pulled closer to reality TV villain in ballots counted Friday, now trailing by just 20,672 votes. This blog is now closed.Sign up for the Breaking News US emailNine out of 15 migrants deported from the US to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in April have returned to their home countries, Congo’s government, a migrant and her lawyer said on Friday.The 15 migrants arrive...

In LA mayor’s race, Nithya Raman makes up ground on Spencer Pratt in contest to face Karen Bass – live

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LA city council member made up ground in ballots counted Friday, now trailing reality TV villain by just 20,672 votesSign up for the Breaking News US emailNine out of 15 migrants deported from the US to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in April have returned to their home countries, Congo’s government, a migrant and her lawyer said on Friday.The 15 migrants arrived in Congo on 17 April as pa...

Xavier Becerra advances to California governor’s race in stunning primary comeback – live

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Contender uncertain as ballot count continues between Democrat Tom Steyer and Republican Steve HiltonSign up for the Breaking News US emailNine out of 15 migrants deported from the US to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in April have returned to their home countries, Congo’s government, a migrant and her lawyer said on Friday.The 15 migrants arrived in Congo on 17 April as part of a bilatera...

Xavier Becerra advances in California’s hotly contested governor’s race

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Becerra advanced to the general election after emerging from California’s crowded primary field in the race to succeed Gavin NewsomXavier Becerra has advanced to the November general election in California’s gubernatorial race, cementing a stunning come-from-behind primary victory in one of California’s most turbulent campaign seasons in recent memory.Election officials are continuing to count bal...

Regrettable references and claims of ‘rigged’ election laws: why this week has reignited Jacinta Allan spill rumours

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Just months from the Victorian election, the premier’s performance has left some MPs wondering if it’s too late for Labor to change leadersGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastJacinta Allan faced three major tests this week. The way she handled them has left some of her colleagues speculating about a possible leadership change just months out from the Victorian election.The f...

Xavier Becerra secures spot in California governor’s general election

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