All news for 2024-09-13

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The Hague becomes the first city in the world to pass a law banning advertisements related to fossil fuels
Legislation makes it illegal to advertise fossil fuel products and services with a high carbon footprint
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Briton and Americans among 37 given death sentence over DRC coup attempt
Son of opposition figure who led botched attempt in May is among three Americans sentenced to death
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Longtime leader of powerful Mexico cartel pleads not guilty to drug trafficking and murder charges in New York
Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, a powerful leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel, pleaded not guilty Friday in a U.S. drug trafficking case that accuses him of engaging in murder plots and ordering torture.
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Moment Banksy’s renowned ’Girl with Balloon’ artwork is ’stolen in art gallery heist’
This is the moment a hooded figure shattered the glass door of a London gallery and stole Banksy’s Girl with Baloon artwork.
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James Cleverly targeted by dirt-digging firm’s ’dossier’ during Tory leadership contest
Party said it would give public warnings to any candidate attacking rivals or backbiting
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Meta to proceed with plan to use UK Facebook and Instagram posts for AI training
Move to use shared posts follows information commissioner concerns and sets collision course with EU over privacy
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Metropolitan Police officer sentenced for stealing cash from actor who died after collapsing
A former Metropolitan Police officer has been jailed for 16 months after he admitted stealing money from a man who died after collapsing.
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Square meters on Palm Jumeirah: How the Karić family allocates their earnings from Belarus
Minsk. Spiral towers of glass and concrete surround a 35-floor skyscraper. On man-made canals, gondolas float slowly.
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Apple Intelligence: How Apple developed a new AI system that knows everything and nothing about its users
Apple wants to know as little as possible about its users, but its new AI tools require the iPhone to understand them deeply.
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Umar Mahmood: Teenager featured in Freddie Flintoff’s ’Field of Dreams’ cricket documentary dies in car crash
Umar Mahmood, 18, died in hospital on Friday morning after the Audi he was driving crashed in Preston on Tuesday evening, Lancashire Police say.
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One in six children sexually abused in Jesus Army cult
A scheme to compensate members of a defunct religious cult known as the Jesus Army has identified 539 alleged perpetrators of abuse, and revealed about one in six children had been sexually abused.
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Russia accuses six British diplomats of espionage
Russia has revoked the accreditation of six British diplomats it has accused of spying.
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Three people found dead in apartment block
A teenager has been arrested after three people died in a flat in Luton on Friday morning.
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EuroMillions winner scooped a life-changing jackpot with a last-minute Lucky Dip
Ray Bowen, 61, nearly forgot to buy his EuroMillions ticket but remembered at the last moment, and the next day discovered he had won more than £100,000 in the jackpot
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Latvian mansion of former Uzbek Interpol chief to be converted into a kindergarten
The Ropazi District Council in Latvia plans to convert a luxury mansion confiscated in 2018 from the ex-chief of Interpol’s Uzbek chapter into a kindergarten.
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High Court halts plans for UK’s first new deep coalmine in 30 years in Cumbria
Court rules against West Cumbria Mining’s fossil fuel development in Whitehaven
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Ig Nobel prize awarded to researchers who discovered that mammals can breathe through their anuses
Scientific research on pigeon missiles and dead trout also win at awards for amusing studies with serious implications
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Banksy’s iconic artwork Girl with Balloon stolen from art gallery
Two men have been charged with burglary after Banksy’s Girl with Baloon artwork was stolen from a London gallery.
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Putin says UK and US will be ‘at war’ with Russia if Ukraine gets western missiles
Vladimir Putin has now directly threatened Nato and the US with war if the west were to let Ukraine use long-range missiles.
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How did Jared Isaacman, the billionaire behind the first private spacewalk, build his wealth?
SpaceX is set to conduct the world’s first-ever privately-funded spacewalk today, led by billionaire Jared Isaacman.