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<p>Eric Trump (R), son of US President Donald Trump, and his wife Lara Trump (2nd L) take a selfie as they attend the groundbreaking ceremony for the Trump International, Hung Yen resort and golf course project in Hung Yen province on May 21, 2025</p>

politics

Vietnam bypassing its own laws to fast-track $1.5bn Trump golf resort amid tariffs threat, report says

<p>Jamal Wali, 36, had worked as a translator for U.S. forces in Afghanistan</p>

Crime

Bodycam video shows ex-Afghan translator drawing gun on police before fatal shooting during traffic stop

Motorcycles line Atlantic Street during Black Bike Week on May 27, 2018 in Atlantic Beach, South Carolina. Also known as Atlantic Beach Bikefest and Black Bikers Week, the annual Memorial Day weekend event has been held since 1980

NEWS

19 people injured after fight triggered crowd stampede during Memorial Day Weekend celebration in South Carolina

<p>President Donald Trump said he wants all the names of the nearly 7,000 international students at Harvard University</p>

politics

Trump demands list of names of Harvard’s foreign students as he escalates vendetta against college

<p>Dr Casey Means, pictured left, has spoken out about her appreciation of psychedelic mushrooms</p>

NEWS

Trump’s Surgeon General pick credits magic mushrooms with helping her find love. Here’s what to know about the psychedelic drug

<p>Donald Trump’s tense exchange with Cyril Ramaphosa was unexpected, but not if you give thought to the people he surrounds himself with</p>

analysisPOLITICS

The close links between Trump’s administration and ‘apartheid’ thinking

<p>Israeli strikes in the Gaza strip have killed another 20 people on Sunday</p>

Israeli strikes kill 23 in Gaza, including rescue service official

<p>Former tennis player and record French Open winner Rafael Nadal reacts during a tribute</p>

Rafael Nadal sheds tears in emotional French Open ceremony with Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray

<p>Billy Joel with his daughter, Alexa Ray Joel (middle), and ex-wife Christie Brinkley</p>

Billy Joel’s daughter speaks out after singer’s brain disorder diagnosis

<p>Deadly missile and drone attacks hit Kyiv for second night</p>

LiveUKRAINE

Zelensky hits out at US ‘silence’ after 12 killed in biggest air raid of war

<p>A mock up of the Crew Dragon spacecraft is displayed during a media tour of SpaceX headquarters and rocket factory in August 2018</p>

SpaceX Dragon spacecraft triggers sonic boom as it reenters atmosphere

<p>A historic dust storm hit Illinois recently The wall of dust may have sent lead, pesticides and other worrying toxins into downtown Chicago skies</p>

NEWS

Chicago’s first dust storm in over 90 years was likely toxic and full of farm chemicals

<p>Six people were injured, including one critically, in a shooting in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Saturday night, police said. </p>

Crime

Six people wounded, one critically, in mass shooting in Colorado Springs

<p>Five years on from a death that sparked a cultural and political revolution, George Floyd’s uncle reflects on the changes</p>

politics

George Floyd’s uncle says ‘not enough’ has changed in the 5 years since his nephew’s killing

<p>Friendship circles are shrinking in the UK</p>

The great friendship recession: Why we have fewer friends and why it matters

<p>Texas officials allegedly found 12 migrants in hollowed-out hay bales</p>

crime

Texas police uncover smuggling operation in hollowed-out bales of hay

<p>Roberto Martinez took his 14-year-old son on a graffiti spree in downtown LA on February 10 and later came across Kevin Rivera, according to the LAPD. The teenager is alleged to have shot and killed Rivera</p>

crime

Father handed gun to teen son in LA gang shooting, cops say

<p>Harmony Montgomery, a five-year-old girl who police believe was killed by her father in 2019. The state has agreed to pay her mother, Crystal Sorey, $2.25m</p>

Crime

Mother of murdered five-year-old Harmony Montgomery awarded $2.25m in wrongful death lawsuit against state

Trump Reshapes The World

politics

Trump delivers rambling speech about trophy wives, golf and Al Capone in political West Point address

<p>Attorneys say their clients are being arrested inside and outside immigration courts by ICE agents in a ‘flagrant betrayal’ of due process</p>

politics

Masked ICE agents are arresting immigrants inside courthouses across US

<p>Joe Biden was diagnosed with ‘aggressive’ prostate cancer</p>

Joe Biden makes first public appearance after cancer diagnosis

<p>Kayleigh McEnany pictured giving a press briefing during Trump’s first term. McEnany said Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson's new book on President Joe Biden's decline is 'exonerating for much of the Democratic party'</p>

Democrats find unlikely defender over Biden decline revelations

<p>A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to ‘facilitate’ the return of a sexual violence survivor wrongfully sent to Mexico, where he experienced rape and kidnapping</p>

‘Banal horror’: Judge orders Trump administration to return Guatemalan rape survivor ‘wrongfully’ deported to Mexico

Politics

Inside Trump’s big-spender meme coin dinner: Presidential seal and food that looked ‘worse than Spirit Airlines’

Trump may have skirted the law with presidential seal at crypto dinner

<p>Pete Hegseth has been heavily criticized by military reporters after announcing media restrictions at the Pentagon. He has yet to hold a press briefing since taking office</p>

politics

Pete Hegseth slammed for ‘direct attack’ against military reporters

Bulletin

<p>North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, inspects the military exercises at an undisclosed place in North Korea, Tuesday, May 13, 2025</p>

North Korea detains officials over launch that embarrassed Kim Jong Un

<p>Alaska (pictured) is one of the areas that would be impact if the tsnuami hit</p>

Warning America could face 1000ft ‘mega-tsunami’

<p>A woman carries her dog as she walks on a street with pieces of broken glass at the site of a residential building that was damaged after a Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, May 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Babenko)</p>

Ukraine war latest sees Putin launch huge attack

<p>Billy Joel with daughter Alexa Ray (middle) and ex-wife Christie Brinkley</p>

‘We love you, Pop’: Billy Joel’s daughter speaks after brain diagnosis

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<p>Michail Chkhikvishvili has been extradited to the United States from Moldova</p>

CRIME

‘Cult leader’ behind alleged neo-Nazi terror plot extradited to US

<p>The crime allegedly happened in New York’s upscale SoHo neighborhood</p>

CRIME

Crypto investor charged with torturing Italian businessman in luxury Manhattan apartment for weeks to get Bitcoin access

<p>Footage released by Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office shows the inmates escape from The Orleans Parish jail </p>

Crime

New arrest over escaped Louisiana prisoners as five fugitives still on the run

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Rosie O’Donnell ‘can’t believe this is her’ as she shares recent photo

<p>A Somali family wades through flood waters as they flee after overnight rains destroyed their home, in Wadajir district of Mogadishu, Somalia, earlier this month</p>

Revealed: True cost of climate crisis for world’s poorest countries

Exclusive: Small-island states and conflict-vulnerable countries in Africa are suffering intensely as floods, droughts and hurricanes wreak havoc on communities and livelihoods

<p>Anti-abortion groups are promoting a report that claims dangerous complications from widely used abortion drug mifepristone. Public health scientists are extremely skeptical</p>

POLITICS

Millions of women use abortion drugs safely. Experts warn anti-abortion groups are pushing ‘bogus’ science to get them banned

<p>People watch as ships sail by on the Hudson River during Fleet Week in New York City, U.S., May 21</p>

NEWS

One dead and two injured after Hudson River boat explosion — one week after Brooklyn bridge ship crash

<p>Oliver Widger, 29-year-old Oregon man who sailed from Oregon to Hawai, arrives at the Waikiki Yacht Club, on May 24</p>

NEWS

He quit his job to set sail from Oregon with his cat. They were greeted by cheering fans in Hawaii

<p>NY Premiere of "Kraven the Hunter"</p>

Aaron Taylor-Johnson signs deal with iconic James Bond watchmakers amid 007 rumours

<p>Real-life Annabelle doll has not been stolen and is indeed ‘safely’ in place at the Warrens’ Occult Museum</p>

Officials confirm ‘haunted’ Annabelle doll’s whereabouts after missing rumors go viral

<p>The Independent spoke to 10 people about being 'sober-ish'</p>

Soberish: 10 people on why they (mostly) stopped drinking booze

<p>Kokeshi is one of the many sex dolls at Cybrothel</p>

Cyber brothels, AI girlfriends, and VR intimacy: How worried should we be about the sex tech industry?

College graduates this year are not finding jobs. Some blame AI

<p>France Cannes 2025 It Was Just an Accident Red Carpet</p>

Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi wins Cannes Palme d’Or

<p>Hannah Gutierrez Reed served 18 months in prison for involuntary manslaughter </p>

crime

Armorer jailed over on-set Rust shooting is released from prison

<p>Tony Revolori and Saoirse Ronan in ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’</p>

Wes Anderson ranked, from The Phoenician Scheme to Rushmore

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Sirens creator explains origins of Kiki’s strange catchphrase

<p>Will humans soon be able to upload themselves to a computer?</p>

Health

Can you upload a human mind to a computer? A neuroscientist reveals all

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Freddie Mercury had secret child, new biography claims

<p>A microbiologist has revealed whether it is better to shower in the morning or at night</p>

Health

Scientist reveals which is more hygienic – showering in the morning or at night

<p>Rosamund Pike was punched in the face when she had her phone snatched </p>

Rosamund Pike reveals terrifying moment her phone was snatched by mugger on bike

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Forget the Notes app, the ‘screenshot’ folder is the most exposing part of your phone

Universal Orlando Resort's $6 billion Epic Universe park is finally open after six years of construction

Inside Epic Universe: Photos unveil Universal’s $6 billion Florida park as it finally opens to the public

Inside The Beltway

<p>Sen. John Fetterman talks to reporters outside the chamber during a vote at the Capitol in Washington, in March</p>

POLITICS

Fetterman says he’s taking part in more Senate duties after questions over his health were ‘weaponized’

‘The people want to fight’: Pennsylvania Democrats lay out future

<p>It was announced this week that Joe Biden has been diagnosed with advanced, incurable prostate cancer</p>

Jill Biden has questions to answer – her husband was never fit to run for a second term

Dems may require 2028 contenders to release full health information

<p>Federal judges and the Supreme Court have ordered the Trump administration to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who fled El Salvador as a teen out of fears he would be recruited by MS-13</p>

politics

Wrongfully deported Maryland dad fled MS-13, teacher and classmate say

<p>Kari Lake, the White House senior adviser overseeing Voice of America, has installed a bare-bones staff at the network in recent weeks. They say “no one’s really in charge.”</p>

politics

Kari Lake brought back a skeleton crew to Voice of America. They’re ‘angry most of the time’

Politics

Judge blasts Trump's 'blatantly' unconstitutional push to block Harvard from enrolling international students

Harvard sues Trump administration over international student ban

<p>Frank Bisignano, Donald Trump’s new head of the Social Security Administration, admitted that, prior to accepting the position, he had had to look it up online</p>

Politics

‘I’m one of the great Googlers on the East Coast’: New head of Social Security had to look up his job after it was offered

<p>Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is pushing back his September deadline to find the root cause of autism. While researchers will be able to ascertain “some” information by the original deadline, Kennedy said it will take more time to obtain the “most solid” information</p>

politics

RFK Jr is already backing off his deadline to find the cause of autism by September

Culture

<p>Matthew Rhys: ‘A plastic surgeon took one look at me and knew I was Celtic’</p>

Matthew Rhys: ‘I would have tried to play James Bond as a Welshman’

<p>David and Georgia Tennant have been married for 14 years</p>

Georgia Tennant admits assumption before meeting husband David

<p>David Tennant said he coveted a role that went to Pedro Pascal</p>

David Tennant admits he had his eye on role that went to Pedro Pascal

<p>Wynne Evans pulled out of the Strictly tour following his crude remarks</p>

Wynne Evans insists he’s not a misogynist follow Strictly scandal

<p>Alan Yentob was born in London in 1947 to a family who left Iraq for Manchester</p>

Alan Yentob, one of British culture’s ‘defining figures’, dies aged 78

<p>Stan Yanevski, who starred as Viktor Krum in the Harry Potter franchise, underwent surgery to treat his 'inability to breathe'</p>

Harry Potter star rushed to hospital for emergency surgery

<p>Jafar Panahi at the Cannes festival for ‘It Was Just an Accident’</p>

Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi wins Cannes Palme d’Or

<p>Hannah Gutierrez Reed served 18 months in prison for involuntary manslaughter </p>

Armorer jailed over on-set Rust shooting is released from prison

<p>Like mother, like daughter: Bessie Carter has followed in her parents’ footsteps to forge her own career in acting</p>

Imelda Staunton: ‘Helen Mirren texted me when the Queen died’

<p>Ralph Fiennes will play the younger President Snow, who was first portrayed by the late Donald Sutherland</p>

How Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping cast compares to originals

IndyBest

<p>Growth factors are fast becoming the next buzz-worthy skincare ingredient</p>

This $15 anti-aging serum achieved ‘impressive results in little time’

<p>If you’re looking to dip your toe into wearables, don’t miss this Memorial Day saving</p>

The Oura ring has $100 off in the Memorial Day sales

<p>I swear by the setting spray to lock my make-up in place</p>

Charlotte Tilbury’s Memorial Day sale sees 20% off with this code

<p>I’ve found the best of the early deals</p>

Best deals in Amazon’s Memorial Day sale 2025

Lifestyle

<p>Lando Norris and Margarida Corceiro appear to be back together months after they initially split</p>

Lando Norris appears to rekindle romance with Portuguese model

<p>Jesy Nelson shared a photo of her cradling her newborn daughters</p>

Jesy Nelson shares emotional update about ‘scary’ birth experience

Brooklyn Beckham slammed for ‘pathetic’ post amid family feud rumours

<p>‘I definitely wish we could have carried on with that marriage because it was a good one,’ Goodall said</p>

Jane Goodall, 91, reveals secret wish about first marriage

<p>The boycott includes shopping at other affiliated Walmart-branded companies, such as Sam’s Club</p>

Why shoppers are boycotting Walmart again

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Tom Cruise makes rare comment about being a Father

<p>Kim Kardashian </p>

Is Kim Kardashian a lawyer now? What’s next after her ‘graduation’

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Jennifer Lopez sued for posting paparazzi pictures of herself

Latest videos

<p>Donald Trump’s savage swipe at NOTUS reporter during live broadcast goes viral.</p>

Trump’s savage swipe at reporter during live broadcast goes viral

Trump

Watch: Kids at White House Take Your Child to Work Day quiz Trump

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Inside the MAGA conspiracy about Biden’s health

<p>Capuchin monkeys abducting baby howlers</p>

Monkeys caught on camera ‘kidnapping’ another species’ babies

Travel

<p>Some American cities champion bike use no matter the weather</p>

Eight American cities that are surprisingly great for cycling

<p>The Skyrider 2.0 is shaped like a saddle</p>

Paying to stand: Are vertical seats the future of budget air travel?

<p>It can be the call of the baked goods alone that drives people to visit a destination, whether that's Paris for its pastries or to Austria for its sachertorte</p>

Top bakery destinations around the world and which treat to eat

<p>File. An Indigo aircraft</p>

Passengers scream as flight hits severe turbulence during Delhi storm

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