Festivalgoers at Download Festival at Donington Park in 2021. Photo: PA

Metal fans heading to Download Festival in England this weekend have been urged to put their wearable tech in airplane mode when heading into a mosh pit to avoid making accidental 999 calls.

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‘The Kennedy family emptied their attic into this museum&: A visit to the JFK Presidential Library and Museum

By tradition, Irish-Americans in Boston have kept a &cross, a photo of the Pope and a photo of President Kennedy on their walls&.

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Agony of Ukrainian families as bodies of troops repatriated

Volodymyr Umanets, a 69-year-old security guard, hopes his son will be among the Ukrainian prisoners of war now being handed over by Russia, but he knows he could be part of a more sombre homecoming: the repatriated remains of dead soldiers.

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Irish bishops accuse Israeli government of ‘genocidal actions& in Gaza

Irish bishops have accused the Israeli government of &genocidal actions& and ðnic cleansing& in the Gaza Strip.

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US judge blocks Trump from overhauling federal elections

A federal judge yesterday blocked US president Donald Trump&s administration from implementing parts of his sweeping executive order overhauling federal elections, including by requiring proof of US citizenship to register to vote and barring states from counting mail-in ballots received after election day.

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AHMEDABAD (INDIA) - Indian health officials have begun handing relatives the bodies of their loved ones after one of the world's worst plane crashes in decades, but most families were still waiting Monday for results of DNA testing.
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