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Mayo beat 75-year-old ‘curse’ to become Gaelic football champions
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Mayo beat 75-year-old ‘curse’ to become Gaelic football champions

Team to return for euphoric homecoming after winning all-Ireland men’s final against Kerry, ending decades of defeatsThe hex is broken, dispelled, banished, and a story that bewitched Ireland for decades has ended in fairytale: Mayo are all-Ireland champions.Seventy-five years after a supposed curse...

Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent
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US officials investigate after video appears to show person kicking sea lion
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US officials investigate after video appears to show person kicking sea lion

Video appears to show a person kicking the federally protected animal in San Diego, CaliforniaFederal wildlife authorities are investigating after a video appeared to show a person kicking a protected sea lion at a beach in California.A spokesperson for the federal National Oceanic and Atmospheric A...

Associated Press
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Montana man hikes 10 miles to safety after falling on trekking pole
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Montana man hikes 10 miles to safety after falling on trekking pole

David Cifaldi slipped and his pole pierced him in the side, then walked back hours along the route he had climbedA Montana man walked 10 miles to safety with a trekking pole speared through his torso after a fall during a hiking expedition on the state’s highest mountain.David Cifaldi slipped on roc...

Richard Luscombe
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German officials call for tighter extremism laws after Berlin Pride attack
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German officials call for tighter extremism laws after Berlin Pride attack

Alternative für Deutschland, topping polls ahead of state elections, accuses government of failing to tackle Islamist radicalismEurope live – latest updatesGerman officials have called for a tightening of laws for known extremists after a deadly attack in Berlin on one of Europe’s biggest Pride para...

Deborah Cole
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Jodrell Bank Observatory facing closure after major funder cuts support
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Jodrell Bank Observatory facing closure after major funder cuts support

Scientists say decision is blow to UK astronomy as deep space observatory is home to world-leading facilitiesJodrell Bank Observatory, which runs a world-leading network of radio telescopes, is facing closure after its major funder cut support for the facility.The deep space observatory, which hosts...

Ian Sample Science editor
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AstraZeneca boss urges western drugmakers to move at ‘Chinese speed’
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AstraZeneca boss urges western drugmakers to move at ‘Chinese speed’

Europe and US risk being outpaced on innovation, as happened in the car industry, warns Pascal SoriotAstraZeneca must operate at “Chinese speed” to ensure it does not suffer the fate of the western automotive industry by losing out to more innovative rivals, the drug company’s boss has said.The FTSE...

Jasper Jolly
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US environmental groups urge EPA to reject new Pfas to cool datacenters
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US environmental groups urge EPA to reject new Pfas to cool datacenters

Coalition says Chemours downplayed health and climate risks in bid to fast-track the compound’s useA coalition of 17 environmental groups is demanding the Environmental Protection Agency reject a new Pfas that chemical giant Chemours is attempting to fast track for approval for use in cooling datace...

Tom Perkins
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Screamers welcome: Chicago scream club lets people ‘give in and let go’
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Screamers welcome: Chicago scream club lets people ‘give in and let go’

Chicagoans come together for cathartic and communal screaming experience as activity gains traction across USPeople strolling along North Avenue Beach, a sandy strip on Lake Michigan, in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago, are apt to see something unusual on Sunday evenings.That’s because Chic...

Adam Gabbatt
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Off-duty police officer detains man who attacked three women with knives in Paris
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Off-duty police officer detains man who attacked three women with knives in Paris

Women aged 19, 24 and 36 taken to hospital after assault in Porte de Clichy area in north of capitalA French off-duty police officer has detained a man after he attacked and wounded three women with two kitchen knives in Paris on Monday.Three women aged 19, 24 and 36 were taken to hospital after the...

Agence France-Presse in Paris
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Home Office blocking evacuation of dozens of women and children from Gaza
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Home Office blocking evacuation of dozens of women and children from Gaza

Refugee family reunions in limbo, despite Foreign Office saying it is ready get people out of war-torn territoryThe Home Office is blocking the evacuation of dozens of women and children from Gaza, despite the Foreign Office saying it is ready to get people out of the war-torn region.Last September,...

Diane Taylor
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DCC, one of FTSE 100’s biggest energy firms, agrees £5.75bn takeover
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DCC, one of FTSE 100’s biggest energy firms, agrees £5.75bn takeover

KKR and Energy Capital Partners poised to buy firm despite misgivings from founder and biggest shareholdersBusiness live – latest updatesOne of the biggest energy businesses listed on the London Stock Exchange has agreed a controversial £5.7bn takeover by private equity, adding to the growing exodus...

Jillian Ambrose
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He was shot at by ICE, then wrongfully accused. His nightmare had only just begun
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He was shot at by ICE, then wrongfully accused. His nightmare had only just begun

After masked agents fired on his truck, Francisco Longoria was ambushed, charged and jailed – only for the case against him to fall apart. Now he and his family are seeking justice, and says the harrowing experience is part of a troubling patternIt was just after 8am on 16 August and Francisco Longo...

Hilary Beaumont in San Bernardino, California
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Two die after being pulled from sea near Cornish beach
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Two die after being pulled from sea near Cornish beach

Man and woman pronounced dead at Fistral beach in Newquay after large emergency responseTwo people have died after being pulled from the sea off a popular surfing beach in the Cornish resort of Newquay.A man and a woman were pronounced dead at Fistral Beach after a large emergency response involving...

Steven Morris
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Charli xcx portrait added to National Portrait Gallery collection
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Charli xcx portrait added to National Portrait Gallery collection

Pop star is celebrated as ‘one of the defining cultural figures of her generation’ by gallery, which acquires Brat-era portrait by Harley WeirA portrait of Charli xcx has been added to the National Portrait Gallery’s collection, in the week that she hopes for a No 1 chart position for her new album...

Ben Beaumont-Thomas
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Alarm at NHS patient records being put under control of US private equity firm
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Alarm at NHS patient records being put under control of US private equity firm

Doctors and MPs urge more scrutiny of £300m deal for company behind system used by most GPs in EnglandUK politics live – latest updatesBusiness live – latest updatesA US private equity firm will take control of NHS patient records in a deal experts say should “ring alarm bells” amid concerns sensiti...

Sarah Marsh
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Baby missing after mother and toddler found dead off coast of South Australia
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Baby missing after mother and toddler found dead off coast of South Australia

Emergency services pulled the bodies from the ocean at Port Macdonnell amid ‘grave concerns’ for second childGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA baby is missing off the coast of South Australia after the bodies of a mother and her toddler were pulled from the ocean.Emergency...

Australian Associated Press
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