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Duchess of Edinburgh makes unexpected cameo appearance on The Archers

Duchess of Edinburgh makes unexpected cameo appearance on The ArchersThe BBC radio show superfan recorded her lines in secretBookmarkCommentsGo to com...

Jul 09, 2026 • 5 min read

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The Independent’s newsletters recognised with two industry awards

The Independent’s newsletters recognised with two industry awardsMiguel Delaney's Inside Football and Independent Money, written by business and money...

Jul 09, 2026 • 5 min read

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Trump has sent all the US refugee agents to just one country

Trump has sent all the US refugee agents to just one country‘Are we being trolled here? Is this like a trolling exercise?’ a former federal employee s...

Jul 09, 2026 • 5 min read

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American Marine jailed in Russia taken to hospital in unknown condition

American Marine jailed in Russia taken to hospital in unknown conditionGilman was initially jailed in 2022 for assaulting a police officer while drunk...

Jul 09, 2026 • 5 min read

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Pakistan refuses to take back grooming gang ringleader

Pakistan refuses to take back grooming gang ringleaderA diplomatic row is brewing as Pakistan refuses to accept Shabir Ahmed and is demanding the extr...

Jul 09, 2026 • 5 min read

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Hawaii's famous “happy-face” spider has a surprising relative

A tiny spider with a bright red smile on its back has surprised scientists by turning up thousands of miles from where they thought its famous relativ...

Jul 09, 2026 • 5 min read

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Step aside Reflecting Pool algae bloom — ‘pistachio tide’ is killing hundreds of fish in Baltimore harbor

Step aside Reflecting Pool algae bloom — ‘pistachio tide’ is killing hundreds of fish in Baltimore harborBaltimore’s Inner Harbor had three fish kills...

Jul 09, 2026 • 5 min read

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Taco Bell is pulling these ingredients from menu items amid ‘explosive diarrhea’ parasite outbreak

Taco Bell is pulling these ingredients from menu items amid ‘explosive diarrhea’ parasite outbreakThe menu changes come as health officials investigat...

Jul 09, 2026 • 5 min read

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‘President Donald Trump Airport’ is christened in Palm Beach — but flight attendants may not call it that

‘President Donald Trump Airport’ is christened in Palm Beach — but flight attendants may not call it thatThe South Florida airport officially became D...

Jul 09, 2026 • 5 min read

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Indiana man accused of cutting off his genitals and lighting them on fire in his mom’s garage

Indiana man accused of cutting off his genitals and lighting them on fire in his mom’s garageThe 36-year-old man has been charged with arson and could...

Jul 09, 2026 • 5 min read

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New York sues 3M, DuPont and other companies over so-called forever chemicals

New York sues 3M, DuPont and other companies over so-called forever chemicalsNew York’s attorney general is suing several large chemical and agricultu...

Jul 09, 2026 • 5 min read

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Fire at a shoe factory kills 28 in one of China's deadliest blazes in recent years

Fire at a shoe factory kills 28 in one of China's deadliest blazes in recent yearsA fire has broken out at a shoe factory in China's Fujian province,...

Jul 09, 2026 • 5 min read

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Suspected Ebola patient placed in Equatorial Guinea hotel with deportees from the US, lawyers say

Suspected Ebola patient placed in Equatorial Guinea hotel with deportees from the US, lawyers sayMigrants deported from the U.S. and detained in a hot...

Jul 09, 2026 • 5 min read

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Olympian accused of tearing piece of Trump’s reflecting pool maintains innocence in first appearance before a judge

Olympian accused of tearing piece of Trump’s reflecting pool maintains innocence in first appearance before a judgeDavid Hearn pleads not guilty to a...

Jul 09, 2026 • 5 min read

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‘We are waiting for the Americans to save us’ – in crisis, Cubans have given up on reform from within

Thirty years after first visiting Havana, an expert in US-Cuba relations reports on his latest visit.

Jul 09, 2026 • 5 min read

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Scientists finally solved a 150-year-old gallium mystery

Nearly 150 years after gallium was first discovered and added to the periodic table, scientists at the University of Auckland have uncovered previousl...

Jul 09, 2026 • 5 min read

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Scientists used AI to crack one of water's biggest mysteries

Water covers most of Earth's surface, yet it behaves in ways that set it apart from nearly every other liquid. One of its most unusual traits is that...

Jul 08, 2026 • 5 min read

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Florida’s proposed property tax cuts rely on a population boom that has slowed dramatically

Florida’s population boom has fizzled to just 0.9% growth as domestic migration slows to a trickle.

Jul 08, 2026 • 5 min read

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The church fathers of early Christianity are showing their swag – on TikTok

Paintings of early Christian saints were designed to show worshippers what sacred authority looked like, using books, clothing and gestures as symbols...

Jul 08, 2026 • 5 min read

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Beyond birds and mice, free-ranging cats eat a surprising number of insects

A look at cats’ diets as reported by researchers over many years shows they eat a lot more than people might think.

Jul 08, 2026 • 5 min read