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Britney Spears announces loss of ‘miracle baby’ early in pregnancy
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Britney Spears says she has lost a baby early in her pregnancy. Spears announced the loss on Instagram Saturday in a joint post with her fiance, Sam Asghari. The pop superstar, who gained her freedom from a court cons...
Twitter announces hiring freeze as two top executives leave
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Twitter announced the departure of two top leaders in a major shakeup that comes as billionaire Elon Musk is working to close a $44bn deal to acquire the company. In an email to employees on Thursday, chief executive ...
White House announces internet program for low-income Americans
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The Biden administration announced on Monday that 20 internet companies have agreed to provide discounted service to people with low incomes, a program that could effectively make tens of millions of households eligib...
Federal Reserve announces biggest interest rate hike since 2000
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The Federal Reserve moved to tamp down soaring inflation in the US on Wednesday, announcing the sharpest rise in interest rates in over 20 years. The Fed’s benchmark interest rate was raised by 0.5 percentage points t...
Daniel Andrews announces $250 payment to help ease cost of living pressures
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Victoria’s budget will include a $250 payment for every household that seeks out a better power deal, along with measures to ease cost of living pressures and billions of dollars for health services, the premier, Dani...
Qantas announces plans for non-stop flights from Sydney to New York and London
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Qantas has unveiled details of the ultra-long-haul aircraft it plans to run on non-stop flights from Sydney and Melbourne to London and New York by the end of 2025, as the airline’s battered financial situation shows ...
EU announces plans to protect journalists from vexatious lawsuits
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The EU executive has proposed measures to protect journalists and campaigners working to expose corruption and wrongdoing from vexatious lawsuits. In the first proposal of its kind in Europe, the European Commission i...
Britain to reopen embassy in Kyiv, Boris Johnson announces
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Britain is to reopen its Kyiv embassy, Boris Johnson has announced, more than two months after moving it out of the Ukrainian capital before the Russian invasion. Since the embassy’s closure in February, the UK has re...
Joe Biden announces $800m in new arms supplies to Ukraine
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Joe Biden has announced $800m (£613m) in new arms supplies to Ukraine and said he will go to Congress to ask for more funding to help fend off the renewed Russian offensive in the east and south. The new US weapon del...
Biden announces another $800m in military aid for Ukraine: ‘We’re in a critical window’ – live
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Ukraine announces arrest of Putin ally in ‘lightning-fast’ operation
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Ukrainian security services have announced the arrest of Vladimir Putin’s closest ally in Ukraine, the oligarch and opposition politician Viktor Medvedchuk, in what they called a “lightning-fast and dangerous” operati...
Chile announces unprecedented plan to ration water as drought enters 13th year
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As a punishing, record-breaking drought enters its 13th year, Chile has announced an unprecedented plan to ration water for the capital of Santiago, a city of nearly 6 million. “A city can’t live without water,” Claud...
Biden announces measures to crack down on ‘ghost guns’
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Joe Biden has announced an attempt to crack down on “ghost guns”, kits which can be bought without a background check, from which a working gun can quickly be made, and which have been used in an escalating number of ...
Fourth House Republican who voted to impeach Trump announces retirement
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The Michigan congressman Fred Upton has become the fourth of 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Donald Trump over the Capitol attack to announce his retirement in November. The others are Adam Kinzinger of Illi...