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HCA workers push for higher pay and more staffing amid billions in profits: ‘I’m struggling’

Largest for-profit hospital system and operator in the US reported $6.8bn in profits, while employees find it difficult to make ends meetUnion workers with HCA Healthcare, the largest for-profit hospital system and operator in the US, are holding picket protests across the country as they push for p...

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Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon picks raise questions over Trump family business ties

Two advisers have links to a venture fund co-investing in US defense companies that benefit from federal spendingPete Hegseth’s appointments to a key Pentagon advisory body include two men with ties to the venture capital fund where Donald Trump Jr is a partner, which has lucrative investments in mi...

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Hotel prices in Europe jump before total solar eclipse

Rooms in Icelandic capital Reykjavík cost double usual rate and Spain also enjoying strong bookingsEurope’s total solar eclipse: the best place to see itHotel prices have surged in key European cities as hundreds of thousands of tourists flock to see the first total eclipse visible from the continen...

Kalyeena Makortoff 2 weeks ago

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Anne Hathaway pokes fun at 'fake baby bump' theories

The actress responds to social media critics who suggested her bump didn't look real at a premiere.

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Ousted Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad sentenced to death in absentia

The ex-president is convicted of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity during the country's civil war.

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Ousted Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad sentenced to death in absentia

The ex-president is convicted of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity during the country's civil war.

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Warning from man whose eyes were damaged by eclipse

Peter Smith damaged his eyes by watching the 1999 eclipse without suitable glasses.

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Warning from man whose eyes were damaged by eclipse

Peter Smith damaged his eyes by watching the 1999 eclipse without suitable glasses.

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Syrian court sentences Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia for war crimes

Verdict relates to atrocities committed during the country’s 14-year civil war in which about 500,000 people diedA Syrian court has sentenced the country’s former president Bashar al-Assad and his brother Maher to death in absentia for crimes against humanity and war crimes during the 14-year civil...

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Meta glasses banned from courts in England and Wales

Exclusive: Court service says anyone trying to enter buildings with glasses will have them confiscated and returned when they leaveCourts in England and Wales have joined a number of restaurants, theatres and pubs in banning Meta glasses, amid a mounting backlash against what has been described as “...

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Watch: Family narrowly escapes home during Colombia earthquake

At least 169 people are dead and a state of emergency has been declared after Colombia was hit by one of its largest earthquakes in years.

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Watch: Family narrowly escapes home during Colombia earthquake

At least 132 people are dead and a state of emergency has been declared after Colombia was hit by one of its largest earthquakes in years.

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Watch: Family escapes home during Colombia earthquake

At least 132 people are dead and a state of emergency has been declared after Colombia was hit by one of its largest earthquakes in years.

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Minnesota primaries could mark change of path for Democrats and Republicans

From progressive and moderate to election deniers, state sees wide spectrum of candidates in test of direction for both partiesMinnesota voters on both sides of the aisle are weighing the direction of their parties – and their chances of winning over the general electorate – in marquee statewide rac...

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‘Fiercely independent’ South Carolina votes on Lindsey Graham’s Senate successor

Republicans, including Graham’s sister Darline, expedite campaigns to replace late senator in special primary raceIn the race to replace the late US senator Lindsey Graham, 10 candidates have been barnstorming South Carolina diners, church halls and recreation centers, compressing a normal year of c...

George Chidi 2 weeks ago

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Wisconsin considers democratic socialist for governor amid US wave of progressive wins

Francesca Hong is Democratic frontrunner in four-way primary race to lead the swing state, a test of anti-establishment sentimentWisconsin voters will decide on Tuesday whether to nominate a democratic socialist for the state’s highest office in the latest test of an anti-establishment wave among De...

Rachel Leingang 2 weeks ago

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The return of the caspian tiger: how a species feared extinct has come back to Kazakhstan

The wild capture and release of a female big cat into a nature reserve is the first step towards reintroducing a population that hasn’t been seen for 70 yearsOn 31 July, “Umit” – which means hope in Kazakh – was released into a nature reserve on the edge of Lake Balkhash after more than a decade of...

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Luigi Mangione due to appear in New York court over healthcare CEO’s killing

Prosecutors allege 28-year-old gunned down Brian Thompson outside Manhattan hotel in 2024Luigi Mangione, who is accused of the killing of the UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, is due to appear on Tuesday morning at Manhattan state court.Mangione’s appearance comes less than a month before the sta...

Victoria Bekiempis in New York 2 weeks ago

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Burnham rough-sleeper pledge at risk from failures in housing ex-prisoners, charity warns

Analysis finds nearly one in six people leaving jail last year in England and Wales were released into homelessnessAndy Burnham’s pledge to end rough sleeping is under threat from a failure to find accommodation for a growing number of newly released prisoners, a charity has warned.An analysis by th...

Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor 2 weeks ago

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Russia using North Korean missiles to strike Ukraine, Zelensky says

Ukraine's president says strikes in Zaporizhzhia - which killed at least six and injured 19 - involved ballistic missiles from Russia's ally.

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Call with No10 gives us hope, PC Harper's mother says

Debbie Adlam says she does not want a "special case" for her son, but for killers of emergency workers to be exempt.

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Trump hidden in catering truck in secret plane swap over Iran threat, reports say

The US president was moved from the old Air Force One to a military plane as he left a Nato summit in Turkey last month, US media say.

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England set to be one of the first countries to eliminate hepatitis C

England is on track to become one of the first countries in the world to eliminate hepatitis C, a dangerous virus that attacks the liver, figures show.

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Rayner says Burnham won’t accept ‘system says no’ advice over prisoner release scheme – UK politics live

Burnham has asked the justice secretary Alex Norris to come to parliament in September with solution Here is Caroline Davies’s story on Andy Burnham ordering Alex Norris, the justice secretary, to revise the prisoner early release scheme again so that two of the killers of PC Andrew Harper are exclu...

Andrew Sparrow 2 weeks ago

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