A prominent Georgia Republican was running a Ponzi scheme that defrauded 300 investors of at least $140 million, federal officials alleged in a complaint filed Thursday.

YouGov survey suggests majority support idea of Britain returning to bloc – but not on same terms it once enjoyed

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Australia will not commit troops in advance to any conflict, Defence Industry Minister Pat Conroy said on Sunday, responding to a report that the Pentagon has pressed its ally to clarify what role it would play if the U.S. and China went to war over Taiwan.

So, as expected, Auschwitz-like detention conditions. All Alligator Alcatraz is missing is the forced labor and the gas chambers.

The official designation earlier this month of Palestine Action as a proscribed group under the Terrorism Act 2000 means that membership in the group and support for its actions are punishable by up to 14 years in prison

Much of the social media infrastructure that shapes political discourse today is privately controlled, American-based, and built on an absolutist interpretation of free speech that the rest of the world – including the European Union – neither shares nor benefits from.

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Canada is being pressured by the failed US administration to discard its zero emissions mandate in order to avoid punishing tariffs.

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“Negative publicity may adversely affect our stock price, damage our reputation and expose us to unexpected or unwarranted regulatory scrutiny,” UnitedHealth noted in its most recent annual report. The company’s shares have declined 40 percent over the past year.

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Perseverance rover acquired this image using its SHERLOC WATSON camera, located on the turret at the end of the rover's robotic arm.

Just one last Rule i told myself.. Rule this. Rule that. UGH! I look at the nutritional value on the can of beans, and what do i see? Sodium 19.6% WHAT THE FUCK. "Rule." i say with the posture of a zombie.

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A small glass of tea made with fluid gels. An interesting effect of gels is that when you shear them into small pieces they want to hold back into a gel structure but at the same time they take on a delicate fluid like state. This recipe takes advantage of this effect by pushing this effect to its limit: when it is at rest the two gels are independent and held up against each other with no barrier in the glass. They are strong enough that lifting the glass will not ruin the effect. However, tilting the glass will and they will flow like a liquid.

From my study of the tracks I can conclude the kangaroo in question was feeling chilly...

Heard about this in a pub the other night. So I am glad to see a report and share it. A very good candidate for base loads in the future

The health of rivers across south-east England is under growing threat as hot and dry weather has caused water levels to plummet and pollution to spike, according to the Angling Trust.

After 4a and 6a, now is the time for 7a to shine!