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The Independent Newspaper UK
The Independent - News
Slaying of UnitedHealthcare CEO spotlights complex challenge companies face in protecting top brass
In an era when online anger and social tensions are increasingly directed at the businesses consumers count on, Meta last year spent $24.4 million to surround CEO Mark Zuckerberg with security
The Independent - News
Russian LGBTQ+ activists describe a climate of fear following new laws and court rulings
The LGBTQ+ community in Russia has been under pressure for a decade, but the situation has worsened in the past year
The Independent - News
US hiring likely rebounded last month after storms and strikes curtailed October job growth
Hiring in the United States likely rebounded last month from a dismal October, when hurricanes and strikes reduced job growth to its lowest level in nearly four years
The Independent - News
Melbourne synagogue fire: Australian PM blames antisemitism for arson attack
Police reported that two individuals were spotted spreading accelerant inside the Adass Israel synagogue in Ripponlea
The Independent - News
World's oldest-known wild bird lays an egg in Hawaii at age 74
The oldest-known wild bird in the world has laid an egg at the ripe age of 74, her first in four years
The Independent - Science
‘Impossible to treat’ superbugs on rise in Ukraine, scientists warn
Bacteria exhibit extreme antibiotic resistance
The Independent - News
Storm Darragh latest: Dozens of flood alerts in place as UK braces for travel disruption
Public urged not to drive through flood water as fourth named storm of season hits UK
The Independent - News
Storm Darragh latest: UK braces for 80mph winds and heavy rain as Met Office issues amber weather warning
Public urged not to drive through flood water as fourth named storm of season hits UK
The Independent - News
‘You are in danger!’ How San Francisco scrambled to prepare for a tsunami that never came
As their phones blew up with disaster warnings, some Bay Area residents ran for the hills – while others faced death with a shrug. Io Dodds reports on the fear and the farce of the great tsunami that wasn’t
The Independent - News
NBA returning to China for pair of Suns-Nets preseason games in 2025, AP source says
The NBA is returning to China next season
The Independent - News
Canada bans more types of firearms and proposes donating guns to Ukraine
The Canadian government is outlawing another 324 firearm varieties — guns the public safety minister says belong on the battlefield, not in the hands of hunters or sport shooters
The Independent - News
One Rams D-lineman wins a rookie of the month award, and another is revealed on 'The Masked Singer'
Although the friendly competition is fierce each day among the four talented young pass rushers on the Los Angeles Rams’ defensive front, this week was a whole new tune
The Independent - News
Specially minted Paul McCartney UK coins to go on sale as part of legends collection
Beatles legend Paul McCartney is being honored in a specially minted British coin collection The Royal Mint, which has struck the coins of monarchs from Alfred the Great in the ninth century through to King Charles III, revealed Friday that it is launching a McCartney coin collection for collectors to buy
The Independent - News
Biden at tree lighting says his holiday wish is for US to continue to seek light, liberty and love
President Joe Biden has presided over his final Christmas tree lighting at the White House
The Independent - News
An Ole Miss student exchanged messages with the man now on trial in his killing, police say
In the final hours before University of Mississippi student Jimmy “Jay” Lee disappeared, sexually explicit Snapchat messages were exchanged between his account and the account of the man now on trial in his killing
The Independent - News
AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean
Nov. 29 - Dec. 5, 2024
The Independent - News
Russia's LGBTQ+ community is living in fear following new laws and court rulings, activists say
The LGBTQ+ community in Russia has been under pressure for years, but the situation has worsened since the Kremlin sent troops into Ukraine
The Independent - News
Mom who talked on the phone for 20 minutes as her 8-month-old fatally drowned gets jail time
Miller reportedly called her child’s paternal grandmother twice to tell her Asher drowned before she called 911
The Independent - News
‘Impossible to treat’ superbugs on rise in Ukraine, scientists warn
Bacteria exhibit extreme antibiotic resistance
The Independent - News
Belarus seeks to copy neighboring Russia’s repressive LGBTQ+ policies, activists say
Belarus is cracking down on its LGBTQ+ community, detaining and beating nearly three dozen of them in the last three months
The Independent - Europe
‘Impossible to treat’ superbugs on rise in Ukraine, scientists warn
Bacteria exhibit extreme antibiotic resistance
The Independent - News
3 climbers from the US and Canada are believed to have died in a fall on New Zealand's highest peak
Three mountain climbers — two from the U.S. and one from Canada — missing on Aoraki, New Zealand’s tallest peak, are believed to have died in a fall
The Independent - News
US judge rejects Boeing plea deal in conspiracy case stemming from fatal plane crashes
Justice Department first charged Boeing in January 2021 with defrauding Federal Aviation Administration regulators
The Independent - News
AP Week in Pictures
Nov. 29-Dec.5, 2024
The Independent - News
Australian prime minister blames antisemitism for arson attack on synagogue
Arsonists have extensively damaged a Melbourne synagogue in what Australia’s prime minister has condemned as an antisemitic attack
The Independent - News
Giuliani was indicted, found liable for defamation and nearly bankrupt. Now he could land in jail
Trump’s former attorney faces threats of court-ordered sanctions in Manhattan and Washington, DC, Alex Woodward reports
The Independent - News
Family of 14-year-old killed in fall from Florida ride awarded $310m by jury
The parents of Tyre Sampson were awarded $155m each over horrific 2022 accident at ICON Park
The Independent - News
World-first test could detect early signs of lung cancer
Pioneering urine test detects presence of ‘zombie’ cells in lung tissue
The Independent - News
Prioritise ties with EU over relationship with Trump, UK voters urge Starmer
Poll comes days after Starmer rejected demands that he make a choice between a trade deal with the US and closer relations with the EU
The Independent - Culture
Even Elton John can’t save this truly diabolical adaptation of The Devil Wears Prada
‘Desperate Housewives’ star Vanessa Williams turns in a decent performance as the fearsome Miranda Priestly, but this West End production feels frozen in time