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Billionaire investor Ray Dalio warns of threat to democracy

A billionaire investor who predicted the global financial crisis has warned that the US election risks tipping the world’s biggest economy into serious disorder. In a week when candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump finally faced each other in a televised debate, Ray Dalio said his biggest fear was for democracy no matter who wins […]

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Parents urged to have young children immunised

The NHS is urging parents and carers of two and three-year-olds to schedule a flu vaccine for their children ahead of an expected surge in respiratory illnesses this winter. School-age children, kids in clinical risk groups and pregnant women are among the groups also eligible to get vaccinated. The flu vaccine is given to most […]

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Butterfly thieves handed $200,000 fine in Sri Lanka

An Italian father and his son have been fined 60 million Sri Lankan rupees ($200,000; £150,000) for trying to smuggle hundreds of endemic insects – including 92 species of butterflies – out of a safari park. Rangers at Yala National Park arrested Luigi Ferrari, 68, and his 28-year-old son Mattia on 8 May this year […]

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‘One more infection and we could lose our boy’

Zachary Bradford had a liver transplant when he was 22 months old but it failed If Zachary Bradford does not receive a small bowel and liver transplant within the next few weeks, the tiny two-year-old could die. That is the reality his parents are living with as they do everything they can to maximise his […]

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Singer’s Manchester concert was more than a pop show

Getty Images The star, pictured in Boston this May, was playing the fourth UK show of her career What is it called when an artist’s first album is already a greatest hits collection? That’s the question I kept asking during Chappell Roan’s first UK show of 2024 on Friday. Normally, concerts ebb and flow, but […]

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