Indira Talwani’s ruling presents major setback for president as first states begin to send out mail ballots for midtermsA federal judge on Friday again blocked Donald Trump’s executive order to impose sweeping restrictions on mail-in voting, the latest in a legal back-and-forth playing out less than two months…

US judge extends block on Trump order to restrict mail-in voting
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US judge extends block on Trump order to restrict mail-in voting

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Australian beats Olympic champs Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Cole HockerPole vaulter Kurtis Marschall soars over 5.82m to finish third in BrusselsMiddle-distance runner Cameron Myers has become only the eighth Australian to win a Diamond League final crown with victory in the men’s 1500m in Brussels.The 20-year-old…

Cameron Myers shines in star-studded field to win 1500m at Diamond League final
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Cameron Myers shines in star-studded field to win 1500m at Diamond League final

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Massachusetts mother accused of fatally strangling her children faces possibility of retrial after judge declares mistrialFull report: Judge declares mistrial in Lindsay Clancy caseClancy judge declares mistrial – what happens next?The trial of Lindsay Clancy that gripped headlines in recent weeks, drawing renewed…

Lindsay Clancy: five key moments from ‘America’s saddest murder trial’
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Lindsay Clancy: five key moments from ‘America’s saddest murder trial’

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The activist said her two years studying and travelling in country ‘made me who I am’‘We badly need to raise our boys more like our girls’: Gloria Steinem – a life in quotesGloria Steinem: A life in picturesWhen Gloria Steinem’s plane touched down in Bombay in 1957, she could not have known that her stay…

How Gloria Steinem’s lifechanging stay in India shaped her approach to feminism
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How Gloria Steinem’s lifechanging stay in India shaped her approach to feminism

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Girl bands from the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand are going global with their fusion of traditional and modern sounds“We all know that music is a universal language,” says Maloi Ricalde from Filipina girl band BINI, which mixes tropical pop with traditional songs, English with Tagalog, and silver…

The rise of south-east Asia’s girl bands: ‘The talent and popularity were always here’
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The rise of south-east Asia’s girl bands: ‘The talent and popularity were always here’

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The Israeli army had helped plan the delivery of food aid on 1 April 2024, but things went wrong from the beginning and ended in seven deaths• Exclusive: why seven international aid workers were killed in Israeli airstrikeOn the evening of 1 April 2024, a team of aid workers from World Central Kitchen (WCK) stood on…

Death on the road to Rafah: the night the IDF targeted World Central Kitchen aid workers
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Death on the road to Rafah: the night the IDF targeted World Central Kitchen aid workers

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Arnold Dix, an Australian engineer and geologist who worked at Ground Zero after 9/11, says finding two workers alive in Trishuli 3A ‘gives us hope’There is renewed hope amid the devastation wreaked by the flash flooding disaster on the Nepal-Tibet border as the world witnesses “one of the great rescues of the…

Rescue of Nepal hydropower workers ‘triumph for humans and humanity’, tunnelling expert says
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Rescue of Nepal hydropower workers ‘triumph for humans and humanity’, tunnelling expert says

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Exclusive: Guardian investigation reveals targeting of World Central Kitchen convoy was result of widely used military tactic• Death on the road to Rafah: the night the IDF targeted World Central Kitchen aid workersSeven aid workers killed in an airstrike in Gaza were marked as targets under an Israeli military…

‘Guilt by association’: why seven international aid workers were killed in Israeli airstrike
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‘Guilt by association’: why seven international aid workers were killed in Israeli airstrike

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The writer and musician on returning to music, finding herself, and why right now is a terrifying time to be an artistHolly Throsby does not enjoy having her photo taken. There’s even a song on her new album about it. But you wouldn’t know it to see her gamely bush-bashing off the beaten track to pose in a cluster…

Holly Throsby: ‘I was proud to not make a breakup album’
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Holly Throsby: ‘I was proud to not make a breakup album’

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The underworld is using big paydays and encrypted apps to lure amateurs into gangland hits – even young people with no criminal historyGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTwo hands extend out the rear passenger window of an Audi sedan as its driver pulls up in front of a house in Sydney’s…

From cleanskins to hitmen: are mistaken identity killings the result of Australia’s ‘crimetasker’ economy?
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From cleanskins to hitmen: are mistaken identity killings the result of Australia’s ‘crimetasker’ economy?

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