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Українка купила занедбану хату за $5,5 тисячі: ось що сталося через пів року

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-05-10T12:14:00+00:00

Власниця розчистила завалене сміттям подвір’я, частково відремонтувала стару хатину та облаштувала житло для сезонного проживання з мінімальними витратами.

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Farage trying to avoid scrutiny over £5m gift from crypto billionaire, Labour says

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-10T12:08:44+00:00

Reform’s deputy leader, Richard Tice, seeks to present issue as irrelevant in interview with Laura Kuenssberg Labour has accused Nigel Farage of attempting to dodge scrutiny as the Reform leader continued to face questions over the £5m gift he received from a crypto billionaire shortly before the last general election.Asked about the gift from Christopher Harborne on Sunday, the party’s deputy leader, Richard Tice, sought to present it as an irrelevance to voters and said it had complied with all the rules. Continue reading...

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GPs and hospitals in England to be required to share data to create single patient records

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-10T12:02:10+00:00

Wes Streeting says legislation will save lives, but GPs are concerned about liability for errors introduced by other providersGPs and hospitals will be required to share patient data under legislation to be announced in the king’s speech on Wednesday.Legislation to create a single patient record (SPR) for each person, which would be used across all healthcare providers, is part of a £10bn digitisation of the health service. Continue reading...

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Fifa World Cup matches face heightened terror risk in US amid Iran conflict

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-10T12:00:26+00:00

Experts warn of ‘soft target’ vulnerabilities and intelligence gaps as federal agencies prepare to secure 78 matches across 11 citiesFifa World Cup matches set to be held across the United States face heightened terrorism risks, with experts warning that vulnerabilities are being amplified by the US-Israel conflict with Iran and a depletion of counter-terrorism expertise within federal law enforcement.The biggest threat stems from homegrown violent extremists, often lone actors that may have become radicalized online by extreme political views or jihadists such as the Islamic State (Isis), sai

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‘Amazon of America’: film paints vision of a post-coup Brazil giving up rainforest

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-10T12:00:25+00:00

Vitória Régia imagines rightwing Bolsonaro plot succeeded with US help – and highlights threats facing Indigenous peoplesThe year is 2025 and far-right coup plotters have annihilated Brazil’s democracy, assassinating the president, closing the national congress and surrendering the Amazon rainforest and its untold riches to the United States.“Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Amazon of America,” a thick-accented North American soldier tells a group of journalists being taken on a propaganda tour of an oil refinery in the newly annexed jungle realm. Nearby, a replica of the Statue of Libert

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Advisers urge JP Morgan investors to vote to split chair and CEO positions

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-10T12:00:25+00:00

SS and Glass Lewis back shareholder resolution amid fears over power wielded by Jamie Dimon, who holds both rolesInvestors in JP Morgan have been urged to vote in favour of splitting the role of chief executive and chair at America’s largest bank, amid concerns over the power wielded by its billionaire boss Jamie Dimon.ISS and Glass Lewis, which issue advice to some of the world’s biggest fund managers on how to vote at annual investor meetings, have thrown their weight behind a shareholder resolution that would ensure two separate people hold the office of chair and chief executive “as soon a

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How the Trump White House works against itself in its efforts to prevent overdoses

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-10T12:00:25+00:00

Contradictory policies that gut harm reduction programs while supporting naloxone access are confusing expertsWithin just a few weeks, the Trump administration has proposed multiple contradictory policies related to overdose prevention – some that could help save lives and others that experts say could further strain health resources and put people at risk for overdose.These policies include a new prohibition on funding for fentanyl test strips, which help people avoid overdoses; proposed budget cuts that would gut the country’s overdose prevention efforts; and an ambitious drug control strate

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PM Modi highlights BJP poll gains, governance focus at Bengaluru event

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-10T11:53:25+00:00

During the address, Modi said voters across states are increasingly choosing “stability, speed and solutions, not scams,” even as the world faces growing uncertainty due to conflicts in West Asia.

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First plane carrying passengers evacuated from hantavirus-hit cruise ship leaves Tenerife – Europe live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-10T11:46:39+00:00

Spain has begun the evacuation of the first passengers from the MV Hondius ship which arrived in Tenerife on SundayPassengers begin evacuating cruise ship hit by hantavirusIn other news, there are reports of Russian attacks continuing on Ukraine despite a ceasefire that was meant to run from Saturday 9 May to Monday 11 May.There are reports of people being injured by Russian strikes in areas including the Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk and Kherson regions. Continue reading...

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First plane carrying passengers evacuated from hantavirus-hit cruise ship has left Tenerife – Europe live

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-10T11:40:10+00:00

Spain has begun the evacuation of the first passengers from the MV Hondius ship which arrived in Tenerife on SundayPassengers begin evacuating cruise ship hit by hantavirusIn other news, there are reports of Russian attacks continuing on Ukraine despite a ceasefire that was meant to run from Saturday 9 May to Monday 11 May.There are reports of people being injured by Russian strikes in areas including the Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk and Kherson regions. Continue reading...

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How did Gaza’s sea become a wall?

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-05-10T11:31:56+00:00

For 18 years, Israel has enforced a naval blockade around the Gaza Strip.

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Plaid Cymru leader says he hopes to be made first minister as early as Tuesday

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-10T11:20:33+00:00

Rhun ap Iowerth says he hopes his party’s programme for government will get backing from across the SeneddUK politics live – latest updatesThe leader of Plaid Cymru is hoping to become Welsh first minister as early as Tuesday after his party won a historic victory in the Senedd elections, soundly beating Labour and holding off Reform UK.Plaid fell short of winning a majority in the Welsh parliament but Rhun ap Iorwerth said on Sunday he hoped other parties would work with him and told UK Labour not to punish Wales over the result. Continue reading...

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Gold, silver seen range-bound for second week amid US-Iran talks: Analysts

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-05-10T11:17:50+00:00

On the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX), gold futures gained ₹1,178, or nearly 1 per cent over the past week, to settle at ₹1.52 lakh per 10 grams. Silver climbed ₹10,985, 4.4 per cent, to close at ₹2.61 lakh per kg

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‘I was in a terrible state’: actor David Morrissey tells how social anxiety led him to alcoholism

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-10T11:14:36+00:00

Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs, Liverpool-born actor says depression and anxiety followed death of his father when he was 15The actor David Morrissey has spoken of how “terrible” social anxiety contributed to him becoming an alcoholic.“I am a recovering alcoholic,” Morrissey, who has been sober for 21 years, told Lauren Laverne on BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs. Continue reading...

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Saudi Aramco profits jump despite conflict in Middle East

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-10T11:01:36+00:00

Saudi Arabia’s state oil company’s profits up 26% to £26.9bn in first three months of yearBusiness live – latest updatesSaudi Arabia’s state oil company reported a 26% jump in profits in its first quarter as its east-west pipeline allowed it to ship millions of barrels of oil out of the Gulf despite conflict in the Middle East.Profits at Saudi Aramco hit $33.6bn (£26.9bn) in the first three months of the year, while revenue rose nearly 7% compared with a year earlier to $115.5bn. Continue reading...

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Mogging, gen Z and why streaming platform Twitch has changed its rules

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-10T11:00:25+00:00

Previously prohibited use of websites such as Omoggle that connect a streamer to a stranger’s video feed now allowed Last week, at 4am, 19-year-old Sammy Amz was scrolling through X when something caught his eye: a popular Twitch streamer was competing in a 1v1 “mog-off” with a stranger, and losing.The next day he opened the Omoggle gaming website and began to play. Quickly he matched with another user – green dots appeared on their faces onscreen, as the website began to compare their measurements: canthal tilt, palpebral fissure ratio, nose-to-face width ratio and so on. Continue reading...

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Streaming platform Twitch lets users enter viral ‘mogging’ beauty contests

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-10T11:00:25+00:00

Previously prohibited use of websites such as Omoggle that connect a streamer to a stranger’s video feed now allowed Last week, at 4am, 19-year-old Sammy Amz was scrolling through X when something caught his eye: a popular Twitch streamer was competing in a 1v1 “mog-off” with a stranger, and losing.The next day he opened the Omoggle gaming website and began to play. Quickly he matched with another user – green dots appeared on their faces onscreen, as the website began to compare their measurements: canthal tilt, palpebral fissure ratio, nose-to-face width ratio and so on. Continue reading...

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How TMZ is finding its footing on the political scene, even after some misfires

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-10T11:00:24+00:00

The salacious gossip website is hounding politicians and tracking vacationing members of CongressTMZ has only been in Washington DC for a matter of weeks, but the salacious gossip website is already having an impact: hounding politicians, tracking vacationing members of Congress and reporting on a senator taking a trip to Disney World.It’s been quite the start as the website and TV channel attempts to break into the political scene, with its first focus on members of Congress taking a two-week recess – typically meaning the politicians return to their home districts and states to meet constitu

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Gullah Geechee people set out to keep their family land. Unclear titles and surging taxes are pushing them out

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-05-10T11:00:24+00:00

Property disputes, predatory developers and surging sea levels are putting the historic Black community at riskOn Arthur Champen’s half-acre property in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, a thicket of southern live oaks, palmettos and pine trees muffle the roar of cars on nearby highway 278. His haint blue house, lightened by the sun, sits on stilts to protect it from flooding that comes with the high tide. During the spring, it is common for the marshland adjacent to his land to turn into a muddy soup. “Other than the cars,” Champen, 81, said, “you hear how peaceful it is?”About a decade ago

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