Essex couple’s £1,500 fine for reporting Channel s... The Guardian
Essex couple’s £1,500 fine for reporting Channel stowaway is cancelled

Adrian and Joanne Fenton hit with penalty after calling police when they found a boy hiding inside bike-rack cover

A couple who were fined £1,500 after reporting a boy who …

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US: Tornadoes, wildfires and blinding dust sweep a... France 24
US: Tornadoes, wildfires and blinding dust sweep across country

Violent tornadoes and high winds decimated homes, wiped out schools and toppled semitractor-trailers as a monster storm that also produced dust storms and icy conditions killed at least 33 people …

Source: France 24

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Norris beats Verstappen at F1 Australian GP in Mel... Al Jazeera
Norris beats Verstappen at F1 Australian GP in Melbourne

McLaren's Lando Norris begins the 2025 F1 season with victory in an eventful and rain-affected Australian Grand Prix.

Source: Al Jazeera

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Stranded NASA astronauts to return as SpaceX Drago... Al Jazeera
Stranded NASA astronauts to return as SpaceX Dragon docks with ISS

NASA's Crew-10 mission marks the long-awaited return of astronauts Wilmore and Williams after nine months on ISS.

Source: Al Jazeera

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Flawed UK visa scheme led to ‘horrific’ care worke... The Guardian
Flawed UK visa scheme led to ‘horrific’ care worker abuse, says watchdog

Anti-slavery commissioner says scheme to plug staffing gaps post-Brexit was a ‘blunt instrument’ that enabled exploitation of the vulnerable

A post-Brexit visa scheme to fill vacancies in social care was …

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Thousands of fish die in cyclone-hit northern rive... The Guardian
Thousands of fish die in cyclone-hit northern rivers amid reports of eels and crabs fleeing ‘blackwater’

Decomposing organic matter in catchments flooded by Cyclone Alfred removed oxygen from water, suffocating aquatic life

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These Laptop Stands Run My Household, and Life Is ... Wired
These Laptop Stands Run My Household, and Life Is Better for It

Attention Apple users: Rain Design makes the best minimal, fuss-free stands for Macbooks, iMacs, iPads, and iPhones.

Source: Wired

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Will the Federal Reserve speed up US rate cuts thi... Financial Times
Will the Federal Reserve speed up US rate cuts this year?

Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead

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Influencer who snatched baby wombat from its mom issues apology
Influencer who snatched baby wombat from its mom issues apology

Sam Jones, the U.S. influencer who drew criticism this week for stealing a baby wombat from its mother, issued a lengthy apology on her Instagram account Saturday.

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Hundreds of alleged gang members deported from U.S... NPR
Hundreds of alleged gang members deported from U.S. despite court order

It was not immediately clear if the deportations happened before or after a federal judge in D.C. on Saturday issued an emergency order that told the administration to stop using …

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Undergraduate Upends a 40-Year-Old Data Science Co... Wired
Undergraduate Upends a 40-Year-Old Data Science Conjecture

A young computer scientist and two colleagues show that searches within data structures called hash tables can be much faster than previously deemed possible.

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Judge blocks Trump’s move to use wartime law to de... Financial Times
Judge blocks Trump’s move to use wartime law to deport Venezuelans

Critics say rarely used authority could expand power to detain and expel people without due process

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