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#01Thousands welcome home triumphant Villa as heroes
📍 BBC News
A sea of claret and blue floods Birmingham as fans celebrate the team's Europa League win.
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#02Fire Destroys Sacred Buddhist Hall in Japan that Housed ‘Eternal Flame’
📍 NY Times World
The flame, which spiritual leaders say has been continuously lit for more than 1,200 years, was salvaged after the blaze and moved to a different site.
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#03US doctor who contracted Ebola in DRC flown to Germany for treatment
📍 The Guardian
Dr Peter Stafford’s wife and four children are also being monitored for symptoms amid Ebola outbreak in CongoAn American doctor who contracted Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been flown to Germany for treatment, along with his wife and four children, as the World Health Organiza...
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#042-time NASCAR champ Kyle Busch dies at 41 after 'severe illness'
📍 NPR
Kyle Busch, who won more races than anyone across NASCAR's three national series, has died at 41. A joint statement from the Busch Family, Richard Childress Racing and NASCAR said he died after being hospitalized.
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#05Board of Peace envoy warns ‘permanent’ Gaza divide under current status quo
📍 Al Jazeera
UN Security Council urged to press for Israeli obligations and Hamas disarmament under Gaza 'ceasefire' roadmap.
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#06Florida man executed in fatal stabbing of woman and her 4-year-old daughter
📍 CBS News
This was Florida's seventh execution so far this year, following a record 19 executions in 2025.
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#07LIVE: ABC News Live
📍 ABC News
24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events
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#08Turkey: DW's Alican Uludag released, but trial continues
📍 DW News
A Turkish court has allowed DW reporter Alican Uludag to leave detention as his contentious trial opens. He is accused of having "insulted" President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, which in Turkey can carry a jail sentence.
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#09Trump to deploy 5,000 US troops to Poland after earlier plan was canceled
📍 France 24
US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he was sending 5,000 troops to Poland, reversing an earlier decision to cancel the deployment as Washington presses Europe to shoulder more of its own defence burden.
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#10Ancient Buddhist hall with 1,000-year-old ‘eternal flame’ burns in Japan
📍 Euronews
A Buddhist hall on Japan’s Miyajima Island that housed an “eternal flame” believed to have burned for more than 1,000 years was destroyed in a fire, with aerial footage showing the building engulfed in flames.
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#11Daily Wire Names New CEO As Audience, Revenue Challenges Mount
📍 ZeroHedge
Daily Wire Names New CEO As Audience, Revenue Challenges Mount The Daily Wire announced Tuesday that CEO Caleb Robinson is stepping down effective immediately and transitioning to a board role while retaining significant ownership in the company. Mike Richards, who joined as President and Chief C...
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#12Trump gifts Polish president 5,000 more US troops
📍 RT News
US President Donald Trump has announced that Washington will send 5,000 additional troops to Poland, amid a planned drawdown from Germany Read Full Article at RT.com
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#13Polish 'Hospitality': Plain-Clothes Police Shoot Belarusian Man in His Car
📍 Sputnik
A 60-year-old Belarusian man returning home from Germany was shot multiple times in Poland by plain-clothes officers in unmarked vehicles.
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#14U.S. Crude Inventories Fall 9.1 Million Barrels, Nearly Three Times Larger Than Expected
📍 NaturalNews
(NaturalNews) The American Petroleum Institute estimated that U.S. crude oil inventories fell by 9.1 million barrels in the week ending May 15, according to a repor...
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#15Bruce Springsteen, Robert De Niro Take Shots at Trump During Colbert's Second-to-Last 'Late Show'
📍 Breitbart
Bruce Springsteen and Robert De Niro couldn't keep themselves from taking shots at President Donald Trump during Stephen Colbert's second-to-last "Late Show" episode. The post Bruce Springsteen, Robert De Niro Take Shots at Trump During Colbert’s Second-to-Last ‘Late Show’ appeared first on Breit...
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#16Utah: Gov. Cox declares state of emergency due to extreme drought
📍 OANN
Utah GOP Governor Spencer Cox issued a state of emergency for the Beehive State on Thursday as extreme drought conditions now grip over 60% of Utah.
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#17The Rape of Nanking: Massacre or Myth?, by Jonas E. Alexis
📍 UNZ Review
The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II by Iris Chang was unquestionably an incendiary and highly tendentious work that quickly generated considerable controversy in both the United States and Japan following its publication in 1997. The book received praise from major public...
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#18Pennsylvania Results: Chris Rabb to Join the Squad in Congress as Bob Brooks Tries to Flip Key Seat
📍 The Intercept
The electoral left won a marquee primary in Philadelphia, while the establishment and progressives united around a firefighters’ union chief in the Lehigh Valley. The post Pennsylvania Results: Chris Rabb to Join the Squad in Congress as Bob Brooks Tries to Flip Key Seat appeared first on The Int...
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#19Might The Polls Be Wrong?
📍 Veterans Today
Every poll published so far in the British General Election campaign has shown Labour well in the lead, with margins of between roughly 15 and 25 per cent over the hapless Tories. Some of these have been MRP mega-polls with over 20,000 people contacted. The Tories are in full retreat, restricting...
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#20The Claude Delusion
📍 Corbett Report
Earlier this month, celeberated scientist Richard Dawkins posted a cringeworthy think piece concluding that Claude is a conscious being...
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#21Oracle and the Rise of the AI Surveillance State Under Trump
📍 Activist Post
While Peter Thiel’s firm Palantir has rightfully gained the ire of the American public, Larry Ellison’s Oracle is also steadily becoming entangled with the US government—and that should worry all Americans. The month of March saw tech giant Oracle affirm its already tight relationship with the US...
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#22The Education System in Compliance With 1984 and the Rockefeller Elite
📍 VigilantCitizen
John.D.Rockefeller. Who was he? A businessman, philanthropist, and an industrialist. But most of all, John D Rockefeller was the founder of the Standard Oil Company. With the very first answer that pops up from the AI overview with the Google search “Why did John D Rockefeller need workers?” The ...
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#23AI can finally pass the Turing Test better than a human, study warns
📍 David Icke
Artificial intelligence systems can now pass the Turing Test – better than a human being, a study has found. The Turing Test – founded by the pioneering mathematician, who called it the Imitation Game – is an experiment that is intended to check whether a machine can show the same intelligence as...
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#24Kenya: Search and Rescue Continues After Boat Capsizes
📍 AllAfrica
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Search and rescue operations are ongoing after a boat capsized at the Kwa Bruno Channel near the LAPSSET area in Lamu County.
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#25Congo, Ebola Virus Disease, and Colonial Exploitation
📍 Black Agenda
Congo, Ebola Virus Disease, and Colonial Exploitation Authors Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley bareditors Fri, 05/22/2026 - 03:12 Maurice Carney, Executive Director of Friends of the Congo, joins Black Agenda Report to discuss the latest outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease and explains what...
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#26Tea’s Future Depends on Its Farmers
📍 IPS News
The tea in your cup this morning began its journey in someone else’s hands. Hands whose work most of us never think about. Almost certainly, those hands belonged to a smallholder farmer tending a small plot of land, plucking leaves by hand beneath long mornings of mist and rain. Two leaves and a ...
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#27Albanese open to changes on trusts — but not on capital gains plan
📍 Crikey
The prime minister has expressed a willingness to tinker with some aspects of Labor's new tax proposals. Meanwhile, the US and Iran continue to negotiate a possible end to the three-month conflict. The post Albanese open to changes on trusts — but not on capital gains plan appeared first on Crikey.
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#28“Police information” loophole at heart of anti-Herzog rally probe
📍 The Klaxon
The NSW Police Commissioner — who has said police “did what they needed to do” at the anti-Herzog protest — has the power to hide material under the “independent” probe. The post “Police information” loophole at heart of anti-Herzog rally probe appeared first on The Klaxon.
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#29Green light for ‘globally significant’ rare earths mine
📍 Michael West
Federal government backing has been crucial in the decision to build Australia's first ore-to-oxide rare earths project, the company's CEO says.
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#30What should ‘foundational supports’ look like for people ineligible for the NDIS?
📍 Conversation AU
A lot has to go right for the $37.8 billion in NDIS savings to be delivered without leaving disabled people to fall through the cracks.
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#31International News Briefs for Thursday, May 21, 2026
📍 Havana Times
We bring you some of the top international news stories compiled by Democracy Now on Thursday, May 21, 2026. The post International News Briefs for Thursday, May 21, 2026 appeared first on Havana Times.
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#322 de agosto, el natalicio de Samir
📍 Subversiones
Samir Flores Soberanes era oriundo de la comunidad de Amilcingo, en Morelos, y hoy estaría cumpliendo 38 años, sin embargo el 20 de febrero del 2019 fue asesinado en la entrada de su casa. Amilcingo y muchas personas más decidieron recordar y festejar a Samir este 2 de agosto, porque fue una aleg...
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#33Jobanis de Jesús Ávila Villadiego, alias ‘Chiquito Malo’
📍 InSight Crime
Jobanis de Jesús Ávila Villadiego, alias ‘Chiquito Malo’ Jobanis de Jesús Ávila Villadiego, alias "Chiquito Malo," is the current commander of the AGC, succeeding Otoniel. The post Jobanis de Jesús Ávila Villadiego, alias ‘Chiquito Malo’ appeared first on InSight Crime.
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#34Senadores que cuadran su caja con negocios extra
📍 Periodismo Inv.
Además de cobrar su salario, a los senadores se les permite generar un ingreso adicional de hasta 35% sobre su compensación base.
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#35Costa Rica to Offer No-Appointment Driver’s Tests at National Stadium
📍 Tico Times
Costa Rica’s Ministry of Public Works and Transport will hold a special no-appointment driving test event at the National Stadium on Wednesday, June 17, in an effort to reduce waiting times for one of our country’s most in-demand license services. The event will run from 2:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. i...
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#36Whose knowledge counts in science for energy transitions?
📍 Interc. Cry
Last Updated on May 19, 2026 A suite of promising scientific initiatives presented recently at a landmark fossil fuel transition conference in Colombia intend to cut through the fog of climate denial by guiding the energy transitions of willing countries with authoritative science. But with Indig...
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#37Urodzony zwycięzca
📍 WolneMedia
Film akcji o wyścigach samochodowych
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