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US House speaker Mike Johnson on Sunday insisted that the chamber’s ethics committee should not release a report on alleged sexual improprieties by Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general, Matt Gaetz, even as Democrats castigated Gaetz as unqualified and “a troll.””It should not come out,” Johnson told CNN. “And why? Because Matt Gaetz resigned from …

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Australia coach Joe Schmidt said he was not getting carried away about thoughts of a Grand Slam sweep of the home nations after his team thrashed Wales 52-20 in Cardiff on Sunday.The Wallabies notched up eight tries, including a hat-trick each for Tom Wright and Matt Faessler, at the Principality Stadium with Wales managing just …

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War, interrogations and a journey lasting days are not enough to stop Anna visiting her parents and beloved little brother in Russian-occupied eastern Ukraine.She left her family behind in the months after Russia’s invasion of her homeland and, like several million other Ukrainians, has been living in Europe since. The 25-year-old has twice made a massively …

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England blew away 10-man Republic of Ireland 5-0 to wrap up promotion to the Nations League top flight as four players netted their first international goals on Sunday, while Adrien Rabiot scored twice as France beat Italy.Erling Haaland scored a hat-trick to help Norway also top their group in League B.Euro 2024 runners-up England secured …

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US President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has been pictured sharing a McDonald’s meal with his future boss, days after they promised to “make America healthy again.”Kennedy flew with Trump aboard his plane to an Ultimate Fighting Championship bout in New York on Saturday along with Tesla CEO Elon Musk …

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US President Joe Biden’s decision to authorize Ukraine to use long-range American missiles against targets inside Russia is a bold shift in position in the final months before he hands over power to Republican Donald Trump.Despite repeated pleas for a greenlight from Ukraine, Biden had long resisted calls for a change from within the US …

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US President Joe Biden has cleared Kyiv to use long-range American missiles against military targets inside Russia, a US official told AFP on Sunday, hours after Russia targeted Ukraine’s power grid in a deadly barrage.The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, was confirming reports from The New York Times and The Washington Post that the …

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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday called on G20 leaders gathering in Rio de Janeiro to rescue stalled concurrent UN climate talks in Azerbaijan by showing “leadership” on cutting emissions.”A successful outcome at COP29 is still within reach, but it will require leadership and compromise, namely from the G20 countries,” Guterres, who will attend the …

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US President Joe Biden paid an historic trip to the Amazon rainforest on Sunday to promote his record on fighting climate change, insisting it would survive Donald Trump’s return to the White House.Biden flew over the jungle by helicopter and met with Indigenous leaders in the Brazilian city of Manaus on the penultimate leg of …

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US President Joe Biden has authorized Ukraine to use long-range American missiles against military targets inside Russia, a US official told AFP on condition of anonymity on Sunday, marking a major policy shift long demanded by Kyiv. The New York Times and The Washington Post, citing unnamed sources, first reported the change, saying it came in …

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