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Maine Republican senator Susan Collins launches re-election bid for pivotal seat

Collins is expected to face tough re-election battle as Democrats seek to flip seat in this year’s midterm elections

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Person detained for questioning in Nancy Guthrie disappearance

Individual detained Tuesday south of Tucson, Arizona, in relation to case of mother of NBC’s Savannah Guthrie

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Plus: An immigration court drops Rumeysa Ozturk's deportation case, Buddhist monks complete their "walk for peace," previously classified Nixon grand jury testimony is released, and more...

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‘They always gave us the heaviest work’: how Maga billionaires relied on Mexican labor

Trump administration seeks to remove ‘illegal aliens’ but Uline’s past employment practices reveal a different reality

The Guardian - US

Republican candidate for governor suspends campaign after daughter stabbed to death in attempted murder-suicide, police say

Jeff Johnson’s daughter is believed to have been murdered by her husband in their home on Saturday

The Independent UK

Australian court rules that ‘undeniably offensive’ erotic novel constitutes child sex abuse material

Novel ‘sexually objectifies children’, judge says

The Independent UK

Hindu trader killed in Bangladesh: Susen Chandra Sarkar hacked to death inside shop in Mymensingh

A 62-year-old Hindu trader was hacked to death inside his shop in Bangladesh’s Mymensingh district late on Monday night. The incident comes just two days before the country’s parliamentary elections and raises concerns over the safety of minorities amid a recent spike in violence.

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Iran’s shadow fleet of old tankers a ticking bomb for sea life, say experts

Exclusive: Analysts say there will be oil spill catastrophe that could be far bigger than Exxon Valdez disaster

The Guardian - UK

Why do medals keep breaking at the Winter Olympics?

American skiing champion Breezy Johnson suffered a cracked medal while her US teammate Alysa Liu had to have her medal replaced by organisers, who are investigating

The Independent UK

Federal prosecutors reportedly failed to secure indictments against six Democratic lawmakers over US military video – as it happened

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Epstein file redactions reveal victims as young as nine and implicate a high-level government official, lawmakers say

Representatives Jamie Raskin, Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna raise questions about why some of the contents of the files was redacted after visiting the Department of Justice to review the uncensored material

The Independent UK

Ghislaine Maxwell says no to questions during deposition, will only ‘speak fully’ if Trump ends or reduces her punishment

Both Republicans and Democrats want Donald Trump to take the right decision.

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Sydney police accused of using excessive force as at least 27 arrested for protesting Israeli president Isaac Herzog’s visit

Police made at least 27 arrests amid allegations of excessive force used against protesters and rights groups

The Independent UK

Social media 'addicting the brains of children,' plaintiff's lawyer argues in landmark trial

The world’s biggest social media companies face several landmark trials this year that seek to hold them responsible for harms to children who use their platforms

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Families of methanol poisoning victims ‘shocked’ by £95 fine handed to Laos hostel staff

Parents of Melbourne teens accuse Australian government of lack of communication which ‘made an unbearable grief even worse’

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How long will the ISS operate with a skeleton crew? SpaceX’s Crew-12 astronaut mission delayed to Feb. 13

NASA and SpaceX mission managers have delayed the Falcon 9 launch of the next crew to the International Space Station as they await improved weather conditions.

The Independent UK

US immigration court blocks deportation of Tufts graduate student from Turkey, her attorneys say

An immigration court has blocked the deportation of a Turkish Tufts University student who was detained by immigration officials near her Massachusetts home last year

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Federal judge blocks California from enforcing ICE mask ban

Judge rules that law discriminates against federal government because it does not apply to state authorities

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Huge Mexican state deploys new health checks as measles cases surge

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) issued an epidemiological alert over the disease's spread

The Guardian - US

Trump threatens to block new bridge in latest tirade against Canada

President says Gordie Howe Bridge will open only when US is ‘fully compensated’ – and makes bizarre hockey claim

The Guardian - AU

Parents of Melbourne methanol-poisoning victims ‘shocked’ by $185 fines handed to Laos hostel staff

Fathers of Bianca Jones and Holly Morton-Bowles, both 19, who died after a night out at the Nana backpackers hostel in 2024, say court decision is ‘absolute injustice’

The Guardian - US

Trump justice department moves to dismiss Steve Bannon criminal case

Former Trump adviser convicted of contempt of Congress for refusing to testify before House January 6 committee

The Independent UK

GOP lawmakers both critical and cordial with Charlotte leaders after high-profile crime

Republican lawmakers in North Carolina have pressed Charlotte-area leaders about crime-fighting efforts after recent light-rail stabbings

The Guardian - US

Air Canada cancels all flights to Cuba as US oil blockade cuts off fuel access

Airlines from as far away as Russia, China and Spain have also been affected as island nation warns of fuel shortage

The Independent UK

Catherine O’Hara’s cause of death revealed after Home Alone star suffered ‘brief illness’

The ‘Schitt’s Creek’ star died in January at the age of 71

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