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Passenger allegedly makes bomb threats on packed flight midair, forcing emergency landing: ‘My laptop is a bomb’

A frightened passenger immediately informed the flight attendants of his seatmate’s threats, prompting an emergency landing.
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Photos show Liberia’s health clinics shuttered after US aid cuts

Photos show Liberia’s health clinics shuttered after US aid cuts [deltaMinutes] mins ago Now
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South Africa Reacts to Trump Tariffs News

The BRICS nation laid out why it disputes the Trump tariff rate.
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Reverend boyfriend of ex-Houston mayoral appointee who went on Camp Mystic tirade condemns her comments

The reverend boyfriend of the former Houston mayoral appointee who went on a tirade against Camp Mystic — where 27 campers and counselors were killed in the Texas flooding — has criticized his partner’s controversial comments.
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What the papers say: Tuesday’s front pages

The Irish Times reports that a new domestic violence disclosure scheme could expose women and girls to an “unacceptable” risk of further abuse, according to an internal Department of Justice analysis.
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‘They rewrite the ending’: the knife crime play with its own outreach scheme

Sam Edmunds hopes to help young people with his play The Chaos That Has Been and Will No Doubt Return

Growing up in Luton in the late 90s and early 00s, the playwright Sam Edmunds witnessed an abundance of knife violence that has stayed with him to this day.

“Me and my friends had knives pulled on us on numerous occasions. We once saw someone being chased with a machete at the back of the field by our school. In drama class, I remember a boy went into his bag to get his notebook out and a massive knife fell out. A boy in my brother’s year was stabbed over 10 times on a night out.”

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More trials with no jury will disadvantage people of colour, campaigners warn

Charities say more judge-only trials in England and Wales could lead to more miscarriages of justice

Removing the right to a jury trial for more offences would disadvantage people of colour and other minorities and lead to more miscarriages of justice, reformers have warned.

Sir Brian Leveson’s independent review of the criminal courts in England and Wales is expected to be published this week and recommend the creation of intermediate courts, sitting without a jury, to try some offences.

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‘Gas belongs to the people’: WA premier Roger Cook urges federal Labor to adopt reserve policy

Cook says WA’s own policy has meant cheaper gas for local market as Albanese government embarks on six-month review of regulations

The West Australian Labor premier, Roger Cook, has encouraged his federal counterparts to consider a gas reserve on the east coast as it mulls a regulatory overhaul to shore up supply and contain prices.

Cook said WA’s gas reservation policy, which requires offshore producers set aside 15% of supplies for local users, has resulted in cheaper gas for households and business since it was introduced in 2006.

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The Nordstrom Anniversary Sale is finally here — don’t miss these celeb-worthy fashion finds

Saving money never goes out of style.
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Tiny fungus farming beetle from WA could wreak havoc on Sydney’s heritage trees

Invasive shot-hole borer only found in Perth in Australia, but as WA moves from eradication to management of pest, risk of spread is ‘heightened’

The chief scientist of the Botanic Gardens of Sydney is warning of an imminent and deadly risk to the city’s trees posed by an invasive beetle that has led to the removal of thousands of trees in Perth.

The tiny polyphagous shot-hole borer, which is native to south-east Asia, is a “fungus farmer” that burrows into trees and can spread a fungus that kills the host tree.

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