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2026 FIFA World Cup faces health risks from heat, infectious diseases and food safety, experts say

‘Any time so many people are traveling, there's always the possibility of various outbreaks or whatnot to happen,’ the CDC’s acting director said

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Sophie Thompson reads Wendy Cope’s ‘The Orange’ in honour of three ‘extraordinary’ greengrocers

Thompson commemorates Celebration Day in a film exclusively published by ‘The Independent’

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Joanna Scanlan reads ‘Now’ by Robert Browning in memory of her childhood friend for Celebration Day

Scanlan pays tribute to her childhood friend Sarah with a reading for Celebration Day

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The Mandalorian and Grogu sets unwanted Star Wars box office record

Jon Favreau’s film opened to the lowest box office in the franchise’s history

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GLP-1 users are reporting an unexpected side effect: An obsession with perfume

Single bottles of perfume can cost over $400. GLP-1 users report buying dozens

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Celebration Day: Nathaniel Parker performs Samuel Johnson’s ‘On the Death of Dr Robert Levet’ in memory of his mother

Nathaniel Parker, best known for his roles in Inspector Linely and Maigret, reads “On the Death of Dr Robert Levet” by Samuel Johnson in memory of his late mother who worked as an NHS doctor. “How often do we get the chance, in this incredibly busy and fast life, to…

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Celebration Day: Absolutely Fabulous star Helen Lederer reads ‘Sunflowers’ by Harry Baker in memory of Tony Slattery

Comedian Helen Lederer of Absolutely Fabulous fame performs “Sunflowers” by Harry Baker in memory of the actor Tony Slattery. “We’re very lucky in a lifetime to have those few friendships,” she says of her friendship with Slattery, “it’s rare.” The short film, directed by Oliver Parker and shot at Dr…

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Alison Steadman reads ‘Recuerdo’ in memory of her parents and two ‘lovely’ sisters

Alison Steadman reads “Recuerdo” by Edna St Vincent Millay in remembrance of both her parents and her two “lovely” sisters. “It’s very sad but I comfort myself in the memory that I had such kindness given to me,” Steadman says. The short film, directed by Oliver Parker and shot at…

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‘F*** this guy’: Graduation speakers can’t stop talking about AI and students are over it

Commencement speakers want new graduates to feel optimistic about artificial intelligence — instead students are booing. New grads tell Josh Marcus that their fury about doddering policymakers and looming layoffs should be listened to

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UK bets on private investors to fill climate aid gaps after cuts

INTERVIEW: Exclusive: Development minister Jenny Chapman tells The Independent that the government wants to grow the money the UK provides to battle the climate crisis despite cutting funds. But, humanitarian organisations say the needs of private investors and developing countries are not always aligned

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‘Total gridlock’ at Dover as 8,000 travellers face new EU border checks on busiest day of year so far

Travellers faced long queues on what was one of the hottest days of the year so far

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Celebration Day: Ophelia Lovibond reads Christina Rossetti’s ‘Remember’ in memory of Caroline Flack

The actor Ophelia Lovibond reads “Remember” by Victorian poet Christina Rossetti in honour of her late friend, the TV presenter Caroline Flack who died aged 40 in 2020. “I had never experienced this gulf, this absence,” she says. “And yet her absence felt like a presence at the same time.”…

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Poet and broadcaster Lemn Sissay reads from ‘Let the Light Pour In’ for his late friend on Celebration Day

Lemn Sissay OBE, the poet and broadcaster, read a work from his 2013 bestselling collection Let the Light Pour In in honour of his friend Sarah Weir, with whom he worked as a poet for the 2012 London Olympics before she died of cancer. “She said to her partner, when…

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Paddy Power World Cup offer: Free bets, money back specials and enhanced odds

Claim the Paddy Power World Cup welcome offer worth £40 in free bets when you bet £5

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Trump’s DOJ ramps up efforts to strip citizenship from naturalized Americans

USCIS is sending over ‘a team of our most skilled’ attorneys to boost the Justice Department’s denaturalization investigations

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Boxing champ Floyd Mayweather Jr. accuses business advisor of pilfering $175 million in cash, gems, and jets

Exclusive Details: ‘As they say, the gloves are off,’ Mayweather’s attorney Leo Jacobs told The Independent of his client’s allegations against Jona Rechnitz

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Gaza flotilla activists accuse Israel of ‘sexual assault, violence and rape’ while they were in detention

Activists who were on board the Global Sumud flotilla have accused the Israeli military of carrying out beatings and sexual assault – Israel has strongly denied the allegations

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Adeel Akhtar on funding cuts: ‘Art gives people space to be free’

The ‘Four Lions’ star got his start in the industry thanks to the National Youth Theatre

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Celebration Day: Donna Ashworth reads ‘Love Came First’ in memory of her music teacher

The bestselling Scottish poet dedicates her reading of “Love Came First” to Jan or “Mrs Calder” as she was known, Ashworth’s “larger than life” music teacher. The short film, directed by Oliver Parker and shot at Dr Johnson’s House in London, is part of a series to commemorate Celebration Day…

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Performance poet Sam Browne reads ‘Love is the Running Towards’ for Celebration Day

The poet Sam Browne reads an original work titled “Love is the Running Towards” for his friends Oscar and Harry, both of whom lost someone close to them. “Poetry in many ways is the pueIt’s to the people who helped me find beauty within the pain and have helped me…

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House Democrats blast Republicans for pulling vote to halt Iran War before Memorial Day: ‘It’s a disgrace’

Lawmakers claimed that GOP pulled the vote as they did not have enough votes to block the War Powers Act resolution

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Gym owner accused of defrauding investors on military contracts to fund his lavish lifestyle of race cars and travel

Exclusive: ‘When you’re telling someone you’re a SEAL and you weren’t, it’s fraud,’ one former SEAL told The Independent. ‘This is just defrauding people on a larger scale.’

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Trump sends Stephen Colbert a warning ahead of final Late Show airing

Trump issued just eight words when asked about Colbert’s last broadcast

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What the F? Trump can’t stop cursing in his speeches and is going on more random tangents

A new analysis found the president’s use of vulgar, insulting language is on the rise compared to his first term

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Trump’s $1.8B ‘slush fund’ appears to violate a mandate created more than a year ago: legal experts

Then-AG Pam Bondi’s memo laid out that the Justice Department should not use settlements ‘to require payments to nongovernmental, third-party organizations that were neither victims nor parties to the lawsuits’

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