Swiss reject tighter neutrality rules in referendum backed by right-wing populist party
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Swiss reject tighter neutrality rules in referendum backed by right-wing populist party

Swiss voters on Sunday roundly rejected a proposal to tighten their country’s neutrality, final results showed, dismissing an initiative championed by the hard-right and dubbed “pro-Russian” by opponents. While the Swiss widely embrace their neutrality, the initiative to enshrine a strict definition into the constitution exposed deep disagreement over what that neutrality entails. The proposal was...

Nepal battered by severe rain: 21 dead, 5 missing as floods, landslides worsen
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Nepal battered by severe rain: 21 dead, 5 missing as floods, landslides worsen

In Nepal, heavy rainfall has caused devastating floods and landslides, resulting in 21 lives lost and extensive damage. Authorities have evacuated around 3,000 residents from perilous areas to guarantee their safety. This deluge follows the earlier Bhotekoshi floods, which had a death toll of over 1,400. As rescue efforts continue, landslides have disrupted operations in several districts, and tou...

UK politics live: Pat McFadden tells Labour activists they should not defend benefits system ‘status quo’ because it ‘writes off’ claimants

UK politics live: Pat McFadden tells Labour activists they should not defend benefits system ‘status quo’ because it ‘writes off’ claimants

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Work and pensions secretary says the current system is flawed because it consigns too many people to a life on benefits when they would be better off working‘I can deliver’: Burnham pledges radical change on eve of Labour conferenceKuenssberg puts it to Burnham that, according to the Health Foundation, a system offering adult social care free at the point of delivery (like healthcare delivered by ...

Drumcree standoff shows Northern Ireland’s troubled past still threatens its peace

Drumcree standoff shows Northern Ireland’s troubled past still threatens its peace

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Governments will be hoping row over the contentious Orange Order march down Garvaghy Road can be defusedLike a ghost from its troubled past Drumcree has unexpectedly reappeared to remind people of how far Northern Ireland has changed in 30 years but also how easily history can undermine the present, if imperfect, peace and stability.Three decades ago parts of Northern Ireland came to an almost ann...

Louisiana neighbors' land fight over 70 feet ends with $15K damages after dead cow appears

Louisiana neighbors' land fight over 70 feet ends with $15K damages after dead cow appears

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In a prolonged conflict stemming from years of camaraderie, two families in Louisiana found themselves locked in a bitter legal battle regarding their property lines. The Colvins asserted ownership over a disputed 70-foot timberland strip, triggering rising tensions. Ultimately, the court sided with the Joneses, affirming the original boundary marked by an aged fence while ordering the Colvins to ...

US rejects Iran's claim of capturing underwater drone, calls move 'desperate'

US rejects Iran's claim of capturing underwater drone, calls move 'desperate'

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Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has reported the capture of a US underwater drone in the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz. In response, the US military dismissed this assertion, clarifying that the drone in question had experienced a malfunction prior to any claims from Iran. This development follows Iran's earlier announcement regarding another US military drone capture.

Changing UK benefits for young people a ‘moral crusade’, says minister

Changing UK benefits for young people a ‘moral crusade’, says minister

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Pat McFadden urges Labour MPs to back overhauls, amid signs party looking to cut payments for some 16- to 24-year-oldsUK politics live – latest updatesLabour MPs have a moral responsibility to accept significant changes to the welfare system to help get more young people into work, the work and pensions secretary has said.In a sign he is looking to overhaul the welfare state, Pat McFadden said it ...

UN ambassador Waltz says Iran was not negotiating ‘in good faith’ to end war

UN ambassador Waltz says Iran was not negotiating ‘in good faith’ to end war

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Waltz says Trump rejected Iran’s proposal to end war because they ‘were asking for everything up front’The Trump administration’s ambassador to the United Nations said the US rejected Iran’s proposal to end the ongoing war there because Iranian negotiators “were asking for everything up front”.Echoing comments by Donald Trump on Saturday, the president’s UN ambassador Mike Waltz told CNN’s State o...

Most of UK’s essential food supply grown in drought-risk areas, report warns

Most of UK’s essential food supply grown in drought-risk areas, report warns

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Keys crops such as cereals, potatoes, sugar and oils grown in areas with moderate to very high riskThe vast majority of the UK’s essential foods, including cereals, potatoes, sugar and oil, are grown in areas of England rated as having a moderate to very high risk of drought.A very high proportion – 81% – of England’s fresh produce is concentrated in parts of the country that are already experienc...

Yellowstone rangers remove 20,100 pieces of trash from geothermal areas in 2026

Yellowstone rangers remove 20,100 pieces of trash from geothermal areas in 2026

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Yellowstone rangers removed more than 20,100 pieces of trash from geothermal areas in 2026, along with over 5,000 rocks and sticks and 280 visitor hats. Staff also collected coins worth more than $18. Among the unusual finds were AirPods, golf tees, an inhaler, Invisalign retainers, fake nails and children’s toys.

Nor’easter storm batters US east coast with heavy winds and power outages

Nor’easter storm batters US east coast with heavy winds and power outages

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At least one person killed and nearly 150,000 households lost electricity from North Carolina to New EnglandA strong, deadly storm known as a nor’easter battered the US’s east coast over the weekend, bringing power outages, flooding, damaging winds and hazardous ocean conditions.Trees and power lines were knocked down across the region, at least one person was killed and hundreds of thousands were...