A Belgian-British teenager has flown into the record books by becoming the youngest woman to fly solo around the world. Zara Rutherford, 19, touched down at Kortrijk-Wevelgem airport in Flanders, completing a 52,000km (28,100 nautical mile) journey that took in 31 countries across five continents. ‘It’s just really crazy. I haven’t quite processed it,’ Rutherford, draped in British and Belgian flags, told reporters
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Footage has emerged of crowds flee from gunfire at a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Chicago. A gunman opened fire from a rooftop, killing six people and wounding more than 36 as they celebrated Independence D...
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Welcome back to Pushing Buttons, folks. In case you’re wondering where I’ve been, I was on secondment from video games for a week covering Glastonbury. Thankfully, a decade-plus of E3 coverage prepared me well for the...
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Two whales that became entangled in shark nets in Queensland have been freed after being stuck for several hours. The two humpbacks were found on Tuesday at Kirra beach on the Gold Coast and Marcoola beach on the Suns...
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Two Philadelphia police officers were shot near the Benjamin Franklin Parkway as thousands of people celebrated a Fourth of July concert and fireworks show. Both officers were in stable condition. Video footage taken ...
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A shooter opened fire on Four of July parade-goers from a rooftop, killing at least six people and wounding at least 30 in Highland Park, a Chicago suburb. Witnesses have described how the celebration turned into a ni...
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Protesters took to the streets on Sunday night, demanding answers and justice after an unarmed Black man in Akron, Ohio was killed by police in a hail of gunfire as he ran away after a car chase. The march held for Ja...
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President Volodymyr Zelenskiy acknowledged that Ukrainian forces had withdrawn from Lysychansk, in Luhansk, to protect lives but vowed to restore control in the area thanks to new and improved weaponry. The Ukrainian ...
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A giant waterlily grown at Kew Gardens has been named as a new species in the first discovery of its type in more than a century. Scientists at Kew suspected for decades there could be a third species of giant waterlily
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