Notable Events Around the World on - 2025-07-28

Hamilton vs Leclerc? F1 team-mate head-to-heads in 2025

Formula 1's 2025 grid features eight new driver pairings and so the battles for supremacy at each team are set to prove particularly fascinating this year.

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UK is stuck in a ‘debt doom loop’, says top investor

Hedge fund chief Ray Dalio warns over public finances, saying Britain will be forced into spending cuts and tax risesBusiness live – latest updatesOne of the world’s most prominent hedge fund inves...

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Europe, Worried by Other Global Crises, Agrees to Trump’s Trade Deal

A container ship leaving the port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands, this month.

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Wildfires threaten Turkiye’s fourth-largest city

Wildfires near Bursa force 3,500 people to flee as Turkiye battles dozens of blazes amid extreme heat.

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Heavy rains kill four in China as flood warnings issued in 11 provinces

Authorities warn of intensifying conditions and heightened disaster risks in the coming days.

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Thailand, Cambodia hold ceasefire talks in Malaysia as clashes continue

Acting Thai Premier Phumtham Wechayachai accuses Cambodia of 'not acting in good faith' as talks begin in Kuala Lumpur.

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Shooting at Bangkok Market Leaves 3 Dead, News Outlets Report

Food vendors at Or Tor Kor market in Bangkok in 2024.

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Nurses to 'overwhelmingly' reject pay deal as strike vote looms

The Royal College of Nursing has been holding a consultative vote on their 3.6% pay rise.

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​North Korea Rejects New South Korean Leader’s Peace Overtures

A photograph provided by North Korean state media shows Kim Yo-jong, the sister of North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, speaking in Pyongyang in 2022. North Korea has no interest in pursuing dialogue...

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Colombia halts coal exports to Israel amid Gaza Genocide

Colombian President halts coal exports to Israel over Gaza war, citing ignored orders from August 2024.

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TV tonight: Japan’s kamikaze pilots and why they were impelled to sacrifice themselves

Former pilots and eye witnesses discuss Japan’s special attack units. Plus, Ella Al-Shamahi gives a lesson on Neanderthal DNA. Here’s what to watch this evening9pm, BBC FourIt is still absolutely s...

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UK gambling industry launches summer charm offensive to head off tax rise

Exclusive: Lobbyists meet with ministers, and host a darts night with Labour advisers and MPs’ staffGambling lobbyists are staging a summer charm offensive designed to stop ministers from raising t...

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Protesting over Gaza’s starvation feels like screaming into a void – but we mustn’t stop | Nesrine Malik

Political platitudes and a few trucks of aid won’t save the children dying now. But they show leaders can’t ignore public opinion for everThe children die first. In conditions of starvation, their...

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From AI facts to fungal toothpaste: Edith Pritchett’s week in Venn diagrams – cartoon

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Country diary: Some bats need a little help to get through the night | Kate Blincoe

Caistor St Edmund, Norfolk: My week of nursing a long-eared bat back to health ends with me planting evening primrose in my gardenI remove a crumpled leaf from the lawn, but it moves as I touch it,...

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Monday Briefing: Ukraine’s Other War

Plus, a U.S.-E.U. trade deal.

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North Korea says it has ‘no interest’ in dialogue with South Korea

North Korean leader's powerful sister, Kim Yo Jong, dismisses Seoul's outreach efforts under new president.

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Last Soldiers of an Imperial Army Have a Warning for Young Generations

As the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II approaches, only a few veterans of Japan’s brutal war remain. “Never die for Emperor or country,” one advised.

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Last Soldiers of an Imperial Army Have a Warning for Young Generations

As the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II approaches, only a few veterans of Japan’s brutal war remain. “Never die for Emperor or country,” one advised.

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‘They’re rowdy. They’re vibing. I rip my shirt off’: the exploding career of Hanumankind, India’s hottest rapper

He’s a thrilling performer who rails against injustice and ‘mob mentality’ in his homeland – but is he burning himself out? Recovering from an onstage injury, he discusses stereotypes and subversio...

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Yoann Bourgeois on his mindblowing viral stair climbing act: ‘I want to return to the spirit of childhood’

Everyone from Harry Styles to Selena Gomez has been captivated by the French choreographer’s stunning trampoline performance. Now he’s bringing a new work to the UK, featuring a revolving mirrored...

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Poison in the water: the town with the world’s worst case of forever chemicals contamination – podcast

When a small Swedish town discovered their drinking water contained extremely high levels of Pfas, they had no idea what it would mean for their health and their children’s futureBy Marta Zaraska....

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Transfer rumors, news: Liverpool eye Nusa, Fofana if Rodrygo move fails

Liverpool are prioritizing a move for Real Madrid winger Rodrygo but have other options. Transfer Talk has the latest news, gossip and rumors.

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Passenger train derails in Germany, killing three and injuring dozens

Officials say the crash killed the train's driver and injured at least 50 others, with 25 of them in serious condition.

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Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,250

Here are the key events on day 1,250 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

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For Trump, E.U. Trade Deal was Badly Needed

President Trump’s trade deal with the European Union is his biggest to date.

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The Intifada That Hasn’t Arrived

Why have Israel’s recent wars led to little terrorism and no mass uprising?

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