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Smoking and health, 50 years on

BBC - News - Sun, 2025-05-25 01:18
What did 1962 Britain think of the first smoking health alerts?
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Anti-whaling group claims win after ocean fracas

AP - World News - Sun, 2025-05-25 01:18
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- Anti-whaling activists claimed Tuesday that they have effectively ended this year's Japanese hunt following a late-night altercation near Antarctica, but the whalers said their season will continue....

Anti-whaling group claims win after ocean fracas

AP - World News - Sun, 2025-05-25 01:18
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- Anti-whaling activists claimed Tuesday that they have effectively ended this year's Japanese hunt following a late-night altercation near Antarctica, but the whalers said their season will continue....

Why do men kill their families?

BBC - News - Sun, 2025-05-25 01:18
What drives a man to kill himself and his family?
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Closing arguments delivered in LA detective trial

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-05-25 01:18
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A prosecutor and defense attorney implored jurors Monday to consider the science of DNA and use it to either convict or acquit a former police detective in a 26-year-old, love triangle murder case....
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Obama, Netanyahu talk unity, underline differences

AP - U.S. News - Sun, 2025-05-25 01:18
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Taking sharply different stands, President Barack Obama on Monday urged pressure and diplomacy to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear bomb while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu emphasized his nation's right to a pre-emptive attack. Even in proclaiming unity, neither leader gave ground on how to resolve the crisis....
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Obama, Netanyahu talk unity, underline differences

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-25 01:18
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Taking sharply different stands, President Barack Obama on Monday urged pressure and diplomacy to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear bomb while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu emphasized his nation's right to a pre-emptive attack. Even in proclaiming unity, neither leader gave ground on how to resolve the crisis....

Philippine quake cracks buildings, sparks panic

AP - World News - Sun, 2025-05-25 01:18
MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- A moderately strong earthquake cracked buildings and knocked televisions and glassware from tables Tuesday in a central Philippine province, injuring at least five people and sending others rushing outside in panic, officials said....

Argentina plans Falklands museum

BBC - News - Sun, 2025-05-25 01:18
Argentina is to open a museum honouring its soldiers who died during the Falklands conflict with the UK in 1982, President Cristina Fernandez says.
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NHS bill on course to become law

BBC - News - Sun, 2025-05-25 01:18
The House of Lords back amendments to the government's health bill, which now looks on course to become law within weeks.
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AP Exclusive: Obama's transgender ex-nanny 'proud'

AP - World News - Sun, 2025-05-25 01:18
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Once, long ago, Evie looked after "Barry" Obama, the kid who would grow up to become the world's most powerful man. Now, his transgender former nanny has given up her tight, flowery dresses, her brocade vest and her bras, and is living in fear on Indonesia's streets....

AP Exclusive: Obama's transgender ex-nanny 'proud'

AP - World News - Sun, 2025-05-25 01:18
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Once, long ago, Evie looked after "Barry" Obama, the kid who would grow up to become the world's most powerful man. Now, his transgender former nanny has given up her tight, flowery dresses, her brocade vest and her bras, and is living in fear on Indonesia's streets....

Firms paid to employ ex-prisoners

BBC - News - Sun, 2025-05-25 01:18
Companies will get £5,600 each time they get an ex-prisoner into work and keep them on for more than two years, the government announces.
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Group calls study on mental health, abortion 'debunked'

In the simmering battle over abortion and mental-health problems, a reproductive-health organization says a published study linking the two has been "decisively debunked," while the lead author of the study says her findings still stand.

The mental-health issue is relevant because at least 35 states require women seeking abortions to ...

Senate votes to keep China duties

BBC - News - Sun, 2025-05-25 01:18
The US Senate votes to uphold Washington's ability to impose duties on subsidised goods from China and Vietnam.
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Limbaugh says his apology to student was sincere

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-25 01:18
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Radio host Rush Limbaugh said his apology to the Georgetown law student he called a "slut" was sincere but also joked that he, too, got a busy signal Monday when he called the show to join the growing roster of advertisers abandoning it....

Limbaugh says his apology to student was sincere

AP - Politics - Sun, 2025-05-25 01:18
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Radio host Rush Limbaugh said his apology to the Georgetown law student he called a "slut" was sincere but also joked that he, too, got a busy signal Monday when he called the show to join the growing roster of advertisers abandoning it....

Protester prosecutions guidance

BBC - News - Sun, 2025-05-25 01:18
Protesters should not always be charged with offences at demonstrations, according to guidance for prosecutors.
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VIDEO: The story behind Russia's elections

BBC - News - Sun, 2025-05-25 01:18
Newsnight's Tim Whewell reports from Russia, where police have made 550 arrests after protests against Vladimir Putin's election as president.
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