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Zara Tindall and Peter Phillips could be facing a hefty inheritance tax bill if they inherit the Gatcombe Park estate from their mother, Princess Anne Daily Express :: News Feed
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Airbnb provides free, emergency housing for 25,000 people impacted by LA wildfires
Airbnb has committed to provide free, emergency housing for people impacted by the wildfires in Los Angeles Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Vulnerable kids “exposed to insurmountable stress and mental illness” by schools VAT
Lawyers have described the VAT as a “callous, bone-headed and ultimately harmful decision” that will hit “thousands of vulnerable children across the country”. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Anita Bryant, singer and notorious anti-gay crusader, dead at age 84
Anita Bryant, a former Miss Oklahoma and popular singer who became known over the second half of her life for her outspoken opposition to gay rights, has died. She was 84. CBC | World News
Read More »Ghanaians call on fashion brands to step up after fire guts world’s largest used clothing market
A Jan. 2 blaze ripped through Kantamanto Market in Ghana’s capital city of Accra, destroying millions of items of used clothing, and jeopardizing the livelihoods of more than 300,000 people. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. special counsel investigating Trump resigns after submitting report
U.S. special counsel Jack Smith has resigned from the Justice Department after submitting his investigative report on president-elect Donald Trump, an expected move that comes amid legal wrangling over how much of that document can be made public in the days ahead. CBC | World News
Read More »‘Zombie facts’ live on after black plastic and other studies get corrected or retracted
Headlines warning people to throw out their black plastic kitchen utensils live on, as do social media posts warning of “secret toxins” in your kitchen. Less prominent? A correction to the peer-reviewed study those headlines were based on. CBC | World News
Read More »Ahead of Trump presidency, U.S. banks abandon Mark Carney climate initiative
All major U.S. banks have quit a climate initiative known as the Net-Zero Banking Alliance. Formed in 2021 as a subgroup of a Mark Carney-led climate finance group, it now faces an uncertain future, even as Canadian and European banks remain for now. CBC | World News
Read More »Meghan fans sent into frenzy as US media gives her new two-word nickname after LA outing
The Duchess of Sussex, 43, was referred to as Princess Markle by a US media outlet. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Netanyahu OKs sending Israeli intelligence boss to Qatar for Gaza ceasefire talks
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has approved sending the director of the Mossad foreign intelligence agency to ceasefire negotiations in Qatar, his office said Saturday, in a sign of progress in talks on the war in Gaza. CBC | World News
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