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Beijing wants to open a sprawling 700,000 sq ft base on the site of former Royal Mint buildings in central London sparking fears it will be used as a base for pan-European espionage activities. Daily Express :: News Feed

A Cabinet Minister has failed to guarantee that further clarification for pensioners will come this week. Daily Express :: News Feed

Israel’s defence minister says the military has retrieved the body of a Thai hostage held in Gaza since the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks by Hamas. The news comes the same week Israel’s prime minister said the bodies of Canadian Israeli Judih Weinstein and her husband, Israeli American Gadi Haggai, had been recovered. CBC | World News

Ukrainian officials said a massive Russian drone and missile attack in the eastern city of Kharkiv on Saturday has killed at least four people and wounded over two dozen others, the latest in nearly daily attacks in recent weeks. Russia’s Defence Ministry said its forces carried out the strikes, but gave no comment on the casualty reports. CBC | World ...

It is one of the most well-preserved Roman roads in the UK, where it runs the entire length of a country from coast to coast, much of it still visible and even walkable. Daily Express :: News Feed

The Chancellor has also given the green light to a raft of spending in science and technology Daily Express :: News Feed

Certain breeds of dog may complement our personalities more than we expect, according to one expert. Daily Express :: News Feed

A royal author has claimed that had the monarch done one thing differently, he might not have as much to worry about now regarding his youngest son. Daily Express :: News Feed

It’s part of the country’s huge “New Delta” programme, a large-scale agricultural initiative that aims to reclaim some 2.5 million acres of desert. Daily Express :: News Feed

Eid al-Adha, known as the “Feast of Sacrifice,” coincides with the final rites of the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. CBC | World News