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US to get diesel from Russia
WASHINGTON (AP): President Donald Trump said that he has struck a deal to obtain diesel from Russia, a stunning reversal of years of US pressure on Moscow over its war with Ukraine and an attempt to address high fuel prices ahead of the US midterm elections.
South Africa-born jurist wins Nobel Peace Prize
OSLO (AP): Navi Pillay, a South African-born jurist and former UN human rights chief whose career has spanned from defending the rights of an imprisoned Nelson Mandela to leading a panel that found that Israel committed genocide in Gaza, won the Nobel Peace Prize yesterday for her efforts to promote international law as it comes under attack.
Winston Lee, Accused in Cornell Sexual Assault Case, Is Related to Former South Korean Prime Minister
Lawyers for Winston Lee, the grandson of a former premier of South Korea, said statements by the New York attorney general may have sown prejudice against him.
JR Hokkaido sightseeing train makes final run in Kushiro wetland
KUSHIRO, Japan (Kyodo) -- JR Hokkaido's popular sightseeing Kushiro Shitsugen Norokko Train made its final run Saturday through a wetland in eastern H
The world needs Ukraine’s grain. Its farmers are running out of reasons to plant
Cash-strapped farmers have no incentive to sow for 2027 with exports remaining trapped, as analysts say commodity markets could "flip fast."
AI is changing how lawyers work — and putting the billable hour under pressure
AI adoption is forcing the legal profession to rethink the billable hour and how lawyers build expertise.
How Bridget Jones was born on the pages of The Independent – and why she’s still a cultural icon today
As The Independent turns 40, Helen Coffey looks back at the journey of Helen Fielding’s messy heroine from hilarious newspaper column fodder to bestselling book series and global film phenomenon
Even Hollywood stars love British charity shops — here’s how we can save the best part of the high street
As Reece Witherspoon and Laura Dern are spotted shopping in Oxfam, Lydia Spencer-Elliott looks at the big problems slowly killing off second hand shopping — and what we can do bring it back from the brink
Aaron Sorkin: ‘I don’t have a political agenda – I’m just trying to capture your attention’
The creator of ‘The West Wing’ has directed a follow-up to his 2010 movie ‘The Social Network’, focusing on a Facebook whistleblower. Louis Chilton speaks to the motor-mouthed writer about his late-in-life pivot to directing, the pitfalls of network TV, and why he’s desperate to write something ‘frivolous’ for once
Trump-Putin diesel deal: Can the US president bypass his own Russia sanctions law?
Donald Trump has authorised temporary Russian diesel supplies to global markets, saying the deal could lower prices. The move comes weeks after he signed a law allowing tariffs on major buyers of Russian oil and gas