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NBA star Tyler Herro claims he doesn’t believe in ‘history’: ”How do we know?’

“Nah, I don’t believe in that. I don’t believe in anything that happened before 1950.”
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Tasmanian police officer shot dead at rural property in state’s north-west

Officer was attending the property as part of ‘routine duties’ and was shot as they approached the house, police allege

A Tasmanian police officer has been killed after a shooting in the state’s north-west.

Police said officers attended a residential property on Allison Road in North Motton at about 11am on Monday in relation to “routine duties”. They alleged a member of the public shot an officer as they approached the house.

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Trump’s ‘revenge tax’ could threaten foreign investment into US, analysts say

Concerns raised that section 899 could backfire and also undermine dollar’s safe haven status

Foreign investment into the US could be threatened by Donald Trump’s new “revenge” taxes, analysts have warned.

A provision within the president’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act will allow the US to apply higher taxes on foreign individuals, businesses and investors connected to jurisdictions that impose “unfair foreign taxes” on US individuals and companies.

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Ministers plan to use NHS app to expand clinical trials as part of UK-wide drive

Patients in England will be matched with studies and encouraged to take part via smartphone notifications

The government is aiming for a significant expansion of clinical trials in the UK, and plans to use the NHS app to encourage millions of people in England to take part in the search for new treatments.

Patients will eventually be automatically matched with studies based on their health data and interests, via the app. The plans envisage alerting them to the trials using smartphone notifications.

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Sales of illegal and dangerous ebikes must be stopped, say MPs and peers

All-party group concerned about hazards caused by bikes, with focus on use by delivery drivers and risk of fire

Ministers must urgently act to stop the sale of illegal and potentially lethal electric bikes, with a particular focus on their use by gig economy delivery riders, a committee of MPs and peers has said.

The rapid spread of highly powered bikes or conversion kits causes hazards on the roads and can lead to fires because of cheaply made batteries, the report by the all-party parliamentary group for cycling and walking said, calling it “a crisis hiding in plain sight”.

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Send in armed UN troops to protect aid convoys or risk ‘dystopia’, says expert

UN rapporteur calls for move as food deliveries are attacked and starvation becomes a weapon of war in Gaza and Sudan

UN peacekeepers should be routinely deployed to protect aid convoys from attack in places such as Gaza and Sudan, a senior United Nations expert has proposed.

With starvation increasingly used as a weapon of war, Michael Fakhri said armed UN troops were now required to ensure that food reached vulnerable populations.

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‘Modern Family’ star Ariel Winter goes undercover as 12-year-old for ‘scary’ sting operation

Ariel Winter reveals personal trauma motivated her to pose as 12-year-old girl for nonprofit SOSA
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North Carolina redistricting trial begins, with racial gerrymandering allegations the focus

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Iran strikes Tel Aviv and Haifa as Israel conflict enters fourth day

Casualties reported in central Israel as G7 leaders were set to meet in Canada with the battle between the two regional enemies set to dominated the agenda

Iranian missiles have struck Israeli cities of Tel Aviv and Haifa, destroying homes and fuelling concerns among world leaders at this week’s G7 meeting that the conflict between the two regional enemies could lead to a broader Middle East war.

Israeli media reported that three people were killed in a strike on a city in the country’s centre while dozens more were wounded in the attacks.

Authorities in the central Israeli city of Petah Tikva near Tel Aviv said that Iranian missiles had hit a residential building there, charring concrete walls, blowing out windows and heavily damaging multiple apartments.

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160 years after its inception, a guide to what is Juneteenth and how to celebrate it

160 years after its inception, a guide to what is Juneteenth and how to celebrate it [deltaMinutes] mins ago Now