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Lib Dem leader Ed Davey in bid for Christmas No 1
Sir Ed Davey spent much of the year trying to get to No 10 (Downing Street). Now he has set his sights higher, as he launches a bid to get to No 1 – No 1 in the Christmas singles charts that is. The Liberal Democrat leader is teaming up with the Bath Philharmonia’s Young…
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Police investigate more people over Al Fayed abuse
The Metropolitan Police has said it is investigating more than five people it believes may have assisted or enabled Mohamed Al Fayed’s sexual offences. The force launched a new investigation after 90 new victims came forward following a BBC documentary which revealed the extent of the billionaire’s predatory behaviour. It was previously revealed the force…
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Yikes! Trump may let podcast bros into White House Briefing Room
Donald Trump Jr. spilled on his echo chamber podcast that his president-elect father might make space in the White House Briefing Room for his favorite podcast bros. “I wonder now, as your father is assembling his team, as maybe [Trump’s national press secretary] Karoline Leavitt is looking at the new press briefing room chart, maybe…
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Three more ex-prime ministers oppose assisted suicide Bill as Anglican clergy add voices to mounting pushback
Three former prime ministers from the Conservative Party appear to oppose the assisted suicide Bill set to be put before Parliament this Friday. Boris Johnson, Liz Truss and Baroness Theresa May have all expressed their opposition to the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, according to the Daily Telegraph. Sources close to Baroness…
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Former Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha Released from House Arrest
Former Albanian Prime Minister and opposition leader Sali Berisha has been released from house arrest, which was imposed on him nearly a year ago. The Special Court for Combating Corruption and Organized Crime “decided to accept Berisha’s request and to cancel the house arrest order.” However, the corruption charges against the 80-year-old leader of the…
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Trump’s White House nominees ‘targeted with bomb threats’
A number of people Donald Trump has chosen for his cabinet and White House staff have been targeted with bomb threats and “swatting” incidents, according to the president-elect’s spokeswoman. The targets have not been named by Trump’s team but were reported to include Pete Hegseth, his nominee for defence secretary, Elise Stefanik, his incoming ambassador…
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White House trades Chinese detainees for three 'wrongfully' detained Americans
According to a U.S. official, the Biden administration has brought up its issues with China in a number of meetings over the past few years, including when President Joe Biden spoke with Chinese President Xi Jinping earlier this month The three prisoners are Mark Swidan, Kai Li and John Leung ( Image: VCG via Getty…
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Tariff concerns loom large ahead of meeting between premiers and Prime Minister
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will meet virtually with the nation’s premiers Wednesday night to discuss President-Elect Donald Trump’s intent to implement a 25 per cent tariff on all products from Canada when he takes office if border issues are not addressed. Dalhousie University political science professor and analyst Lori Turnbull says she doesn’t…
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Bluesky has growing pains. Heres what it can learn from X/Twitter
File this under nice problems to have: Bluesky is growing like gangbusters. But hiding beneath that nice problem is a whole viper pit of nasty ones, as any study of Twitter history will tell you. The Twitter-like social media underdog (or, given its logo, under-butterfly) zipped past the 20 million-user mark last week, with more…
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Threads now lets you swipe between different feeds right from the home screen
Threads is rolling out a redesign that keeps your feeds visible on the home screen, Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced on Wednesday. The redesign allows you to quickly swipe between different feeds just like you can on X. The change is rolling out on Android on Wednesday, and will launch on iOS in the coming…