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How a Chinese delicacy got caught in the crossfire of Trump’s trade war

How a Chinese delicacy got caught in the crossfire of Trump’s trade war
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AP PHOTOS: How a Chinese delicacy got caught in the crossfire of Trump’s trade war

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Chris LaCivita, Paul Manafort are among ex-Trump aides working to make Albania ‘grandiose’ again

Chris LaCivita, Paul Manafort are among ex-Trump aides working to make Albania ‘grandiose’ again
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Top ex-NASA official claims he saw footage of large, white flying saucer marked with Air Force logo: report

An Air Force major approached Dr. Rogers in a hallway and offered to show him something that would “knock his socks off,” he said.
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Scorpions ‘taking over’ Brazilian cities with reported stings rising 250%

Fast and unplanned growth of cities providing ideal conditions for the creatures to thrive, say researchers

Scorpions are “taking over” Brazilian cities, researchers have warned in a paper that said rapid urbanisation and climate breakdown were driving an increase in the number of people being stung.

More than 1.1m stings were reported between 2014 and 2023, according to data from the Brazilian notifiable diseases information system. There was a 250% increase in reports of stings from 2014 to 2023, according to research published in the journal Frontiers in Public Health.

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The witnesses: second world war survivors from across Europe share their stories

On the 80th anniversary of the end of the second world war in Europe, survivors, including veterans from both sides, remember what happened

Eighty years ago today, on 8 May 1945, the second world war in Europe came to an end with the unconditional surrender of Germany’s armed forces. The number of people who remember the war – and how it finished – decreases every year, even as European security feels ever more precarious.

Here, seven people, aged between 85 and 100, from Estonia, Poland, Britain, Germany and Romania, talk to the Guardian about their memories.

Dorothea is a passionate supporter of the Taxi Charity for Military Veterans and recently launched its Our Heroes Fund, to raise money for future trips for veterans to the continent and across the UK.

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