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Ohio State reels from multiple scandals amid wider crisis in higher education
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Ohio State reels from multiple scandals amid wider crisis in higher education

Ohio State is grappling with sexual abuse allegations and questions over donor influence as financial pressures mount across higher educationWhen Rocky Ratliff transferred to Ohio State University in Columbus to study political science and wrestle for the college in the mid-1990s, he soon found hims...

Stephen Starr in Columbus, Ohio
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Iran’s leader and security council ‘still need to approve’ peace deal with US
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Iran’s leader and security council ‘still need to approve’ peace deal with US

One or two clauses yet to be clarified, Iran officials tell Pakistani mediators, after US says deal ‘largely negotiated’Middle East crisis: live updatesIran’s supreme leader and national security council still need to approve the proposed peace deal between Tehran and Washington, Iranian officials s...

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor
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Nationwide pressed to address ‘emerging governance issues’ as AGM looms
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Nationwide pressed to address ‘emerging governance issues’ as AGM looms

Labour MP writes to chair amid concerns building societies are overusing quick votes and failing to add members to boardsNationwide is under pressure to address “emerging governance issues” across the building society sector, amid concerns bosses are bundling voting options and failing to allocate b...

Kalyeena Makortoff Banking correspondent
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What is included in the Iran ceasefire deal?
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What is included in the Iran ceasefire deal?

Proposed framework hinges on a 60-day truce, reopening strait of Hormuz, and revived talks on limiting Iran nuclear programme• Middle East crisis: live updatesDonald Trump has said a “memorandum of understanding” in talks to end the US-Israel war on Iran “has been largely negotiated”.Official detail...

Yohannes Lowe
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UK supply chain unprepared for major shocks such as war, report warns
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UK supply chain unprepared for major shocks such as war, report warns

Research by National Preparedness Commission calls for ‘worst-case scenario’ planning by European statesBritain’s vital supply chains are unprepared for the prospect of a major shock such as war with Russia, and bold steps are needed to catch up with “worst-case scenario” planning by European states...

Ben Quinn Political Correspondent
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Irish gangland figure fails in Dublin byelection bid for seat in parliament
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Irish gangland figure fails in Dublin byelection bid for seat in parliament

Gerry ‘the monk’ Hutch comes fourth in contest won by Daniel Ennis of Social DemocratsThe Irish gangland figure Gerry “the monk” Hutch has failed in his bid for a parliamentary seat in a Dublin byelection.The 63-year-old came fourth in a contest won by Daniel Ennis of the Social Democrats, a victory...

Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent
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Treasury rejected ministers’ plan to cut VAT on public EV charging to 5%
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Treasury rejected ministers’ plan to cut VAT on public EV charging to 5%

Department for Transport is understood to back reducing levy, which critics have called a ‘pavement tax’Business live – latest updatesGovernment officials considered cutting the VAT charged on electricity used at public EV chargers from 20% to 5% at the last budget, but the Treasury under chancellor...

Jasper Jolly
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‘AI washing’: firms are scrambling to rebrand themselves as tech-focused
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‘AI washing’: firms are scrambling to rebrand themselves as tech-focused

PR executives say UK companies are forcing them to present ordinary automation as artificial intelligence UK companies are performing “yoga-level” stretches to describe themselves as AI specialists in an attempt to capitalise on the buzz around the technology, public relations firms have said.Weary...

Aisha Down
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£600 for cheese? The Brazilian beach scams that cost visitors dear
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£600 for cheese? The Brazilian beach scams that cost visitors dear

Travellers warned to beware of debit card cons after one was charged £1,500 for a kebab and another £3,000 for corn on the cobWhen Lisa Selby* used her debit card to pay for two slices of barbecued cheese from a beach vendor in Rio de Janeiro, she expected to pay 40 reais (£5.90) for the snack.But s...

Anna Tims
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Shark attack: man dies on Great Barrier Reef in far north Queensland
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Shark attack: man dies on Great Barrier Reef in far north Queensland

The 39-year-old was reportedly fishing at Kennedy Shoal between Cairns and Townsville when emergency services alerted about middayGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA man has died after a shark attack on the Great Barrier Reef south of Cairns.The 39-year-old had reportedly be...

Ben Smee Queensland state correspondent
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Former prosecutor calls for EU statute blocking US sanctions on ICC members
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Former prosecutor calls for EU statute blocking US sanctions on ICC members

US imposed sanctions on nine judges and a prosecutor after ICC issued arrest warrants for members of Israeli cabinetA former prosecutor at the international criminal court has called for an EU-wide statute blocking what she describes as “thuggish” and “bullying” US sanctions imposed on members of th...

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor
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Trump says peace deal with Iran largely reached with strait of Hormuz to open
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Trump says peace deal with Iran largely reached with strait of Hormuz to open

Remarks by US president potentially mark conclusion of bombing campaign led by US and IsraelDonald Trump announced on Saturday that a peace deal with Iran had largely been reached, after calls with Gulf allies and Israel, potentially paving the way for an end to the war launched by the US and Israel...

José Olivares
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New breed of political prisoner arises in Britain as anti-protest sentences rise
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New breed of political prisoner arises in Britain as anti-protest sentences rise

More people are being jailed in England and Wales as a result of acting to prevent climate breakdown and the war in Gaza, research revealsBritain has created a new breed of political prisoners through the systematic incarceration of people acting to prevent climate breakdown and the annihilation of...

Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent
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GLA considering investigation into Zack Polanski over houseboat council tax
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GLA considering investigation into Zack Polanski over houseboat council tax

Official assessing formal complaint into Green party leader’s potential ‘breach of conduct’ as assembly memberLondon assembly officials are weighing up whether to launch an investigation into Zack Polanski after he admitted he may have failed to pay the correct council tax while living on a houseboa...

Sammy Gecsoyler
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