Donald Trump visits ‘Alligator Alcatraz& as Senate passes his controversial tax-cut bill

US president Donald Trump yesterday toured a remote migrant detention centre in the Everglades dubbed &Alligator Alcatraz& as he pressured lawmakers to deliver a sweeping spending bill that would ramp up deportations.

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Keir Starmer ditches welfare reform to quell Labour revolt

Keir Starmer has been forced to abandon a key plank of his welfare reform package in the face of a Labour rebellion.

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Ukrainian drone hits industrial plant deep in Russian territory

A Ukrainian drone yesterday struck a Russian industrial plant 1,300km from Ukraine, killing three people and injuring 35, according to a local Russian official.

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Trump administration&s cuts to USAid could cause more than 14 million deaths over the next five years

Deep funding cuts to the US Agency for International Development (USAid) and its potential dismantling could result in more than 14 million additional deaths by 2030, according to research published in The Lancet medical journal on Monday.

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‘Cyborg& beetles could help search-and-rescue teams in aftermath of natural disasters, scientists say

Remote-controlled &cyborg beetles& could be used to help discover people trapped in collapsed buildings or mines, research has revealed.

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‘Last of Us& zombie fungus hijacked minds even as early as dinosaur era, scientists find

The mind-controlling &zombie& fungus, which inspired the video game and post-apocalyptic TV show The Last of Us, emerged about 133 million years ago when dinosaurs roamed Earth, research has found.

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