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On the night of Sunday 14 July, pubs and bars across England and Wales can keep their doors open until 1am as England bid to become champions of Europe, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has confirmed. Following the Three Lions’ emphatic semi-final win on Wednesday night, the team is set to go head to head with Spain in the final of the 2024 UEFA European Football Championship. The heavyweight clash will kick off at 8pm, with fans up and down the country coming together to show their support. Pub licensing hours can be relaxed to mark occasions of “exceptional national significance”,…

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The U.S. Departments of State and Justice convened the third meeting of the Counterterrorism Law Enforcement Forum (CTLEF) in The Hague, the Netherlands on July 10-11.  The CTLEF, which focuses on countering the global threat of racially or ethnically motivated violent extremism (REMVE), brought together law enforcement, prosecutors, other criminal justice practitioners, financial regulators, and policymakers from Europe, North and South America, and the Indo-Pacific; alongside specialists from, Europol, INTERPOL, the International Institute for Justice and the Rule of Law, other multilateral organizations, and outside experts. At the CTLEF meeting, participants shared information about the transnational REMVE threat, including how…

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Around 5,200 years ago, plague was not just present but common in six generations of one Swedish family, according to a new study. The researchers analysed both the ancient DNA of these people’s skeletal remains and the pathogens that left traces in them. Three different strains of plague were present, of which the latest was possibly significantly more virulent than the earlier two. However, none had the gene that enabled the flea-based transmission behind the spread of the bubonic plague, the Black Death disease that resulted in the loss of half the population in some parts of medieval Europe between…

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This article was first published in our email newsletter Something Good, which every fortnight brings you a summary of the best things to watch, visit and read, as recommended and analysed by academic experts. Click here to receive the newsletter direct to your inbox. I love Frank Gehry, the architect who propelled Bilbao onto the world stage with his extraordinary Guggenheim museum. Barbie? Not so much. But the news that one of her early Dreamhouses was inspired by Gehry’s mid-century designs has made me look at Barbie anew. In fact, our piece this week about Barbie: The Exhibition at London’s…

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The FAI’s much-criticised 231-day search for Stephen Kenny’s successor finally came to an end last Wednesday as 57-year-old Hallgrimsson was appointed on a contract until the end of the 2026 World Cup qualifying campaign.Hallgrimsson was unveiled to the media at Lansdowne Road on Thursday, alongside FAI director of football Marc Canham and interim CEO David Courell, and just a few hours later the three made their way to Tolka Park to take in Shelbourne’s Conference League first round win over St Joseph’s, as the new national boss posed for photos with several supporters in the stand.And speaking after his side…

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Today, about a third of Americans (32%) approve of the job President Joe Biden is doing, while 66% disapprove. Biden’s approval ratings have ticked down from a modest improvement in April and are back to about where they were at the beginning of the year. Ratings of Biden’s job performance have been more negative than positive since summer 2021. About six-in-ten Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents approve of Biden’s job performance. These ratings also are down slightly from April, but on par with views measured earlier this year. But Democratic approval of Biden remains well below where it was at the…

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Elmer Miller, companies continue to ignore OSHA regulations to use effective fall protectionSAVOY, IL – Federal workplace safety inspectors have cited an Illinois construction contractor for again exposing employees to falls from elevation — the industry’s leading cause of injury and death — as they did residential framing work, this time at four subdivisions under construction in Mahomet and Savoy in January, March and May 2024. Inspectors with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration observed employees of Elmer Miller, operating as Miller Building Systems LLC, standing, climbing and walking about the trusses and top plates on residential homes…

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Senior British diplomats in Washington are now confident they have identified the right MAGA Republican strategists and representatives on Capitol Hill who actually have the ear of Trump. A person close to Starmer’s Downing Street said the British embassy is far better prepared now than in 2016, when it made very little preparation for the possibility Trump would win the presidency.   “A great job has been done by Karen Pierce and her team,” the person said. “They have not repeated the mistakes of 2016.” There is alarm, too, in Germany.  “It is now clear that Joe Biden sticking to his…

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The Australian government has been investigating whether we should ban unhealthy food advertising online, and how it could work. In the United Kingdom, a ban on unhealthy food and drink advertising online will start in October 2025. We recently used the Australian Ad Observatory to investigate targeted junk-food ads on Facebook in Australia. Our study finds that unhealthy food and drinks are promoted in ways designed to appeal to parents and carers of children, and children themselves. Additionally, young men in our study were being targeted by fast-food ads. Kids, young people and parents should be aware of the strategies…

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The devastating violence in Gaza has gone on for far too long. And I pay tribute to the work of UNRWA in unprecedentedly challenging circumstances and to the leadership of Commissioner General Lazzarini. In one of his first acts as UK Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer set out the clear and urgent need for an immediate ceasefire that leads to a sustainable peace with security for Israelis and Palestinians alike. We are calling for the release of all the hostages, the upholding of international humanitarian law, and a rapid increase of humanitarian aid into Gaza.  President, Palestinians in Gaza are…

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