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Lotus in urgent talks with business secretary but has ‘no plans’ to shut Norfolk factory | Automotive industry newsthirst.

The UK business secretary, Jonathan Reynolds, is holding urgent talks with the management of Lotus, as the British sportscar maker insisted that it had no intention of shutting its Norfolk factory. The emergency meeting was understood to be under way on Sunday morning. Reynolds contacted Lotus bosses after it emerged that it was considering ending…

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Joe Biden and Kamala Harris attend funeral of slain Minnesota lawmaker | Minnesota newsthirst.

Democratic former Minnesota state house speaker Melissa Hortman was honored for her legislative accomplishments and her humanity during a funeral on Saturday that was attended by Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. The former president and vice-president were joined by more than 1,000 other mourners. Hortman was shot to death during a pair of attacks two…

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Festivalgoers fight to keep cool as 30C heatwave hits Glastonbury | Glastonbury 2025 newsthirst.

Glastonbury festivalgoers are bracing themselves for what is expected be the hottest day of the huge gathering with 30C forecast across Somerset. Across a site with little shade, about 200,000 ticket holders were deploying what measures they could to cool off or avoid the sun, from parasols, sombreros and ice-creams to handheld battery-powered fans. The…

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Iran will likely be able to produce enriched uranium ‘in a matter of months’, IAEA chief says | Iran newsthirst.

The UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi says Iran likely will be able to begin to produce enriched uranium “in a matter of months”, despite damage to several nuclear facilities from US and Israeli attacks, CBS News said on Saturday. Israel launched a bombing campaign on Iranian nuclear and military sites on 13 June, saying…

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Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ clears key Senate hurdle newsthirst.

U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) speaks at a press conference following the U.S. Senate Republicans’ weekly policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 10, 2025. Kent Nishimura | Reuters President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” cleared a key procedural hurdle in the U.S. Senate late Saturday night, pushing the massive…

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Coalition happy to have quotas for Nationals on frontbench but not for female Liberal MPs, Tanya Plibersek says | Liberal party newsthirst.

The Labor frontbencher Tanya Plibersek has rubbished Liberal party objections to quotas to boost female representation in frontline politics, while dismissing claims longstanding Labor rules subvert democracy. As a series of reviews into the Coalition’s emphatic 3 May election loss get under way, the shadow defence minister, Angus Taylor, has opposed a push for changes…

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Poop art: animal dung painting competition seeks to break taboo of talking about poo | Tasmania newsthirst.

Karin Koch was inspired to start the world’s first animal poo painting competition after purchasing a large and highly detailed painting created out of cow dung by the German artist Werner Härtl. Koch then commissioned the Tasmanian artist Mel Hills to paint wombats using wombat poo and a pademelon with pademelon poo collected from her…

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Final party set to end Bezos-Sánchez wedding extravaganza in Venice | Jeff Bezos newsthirst.

Newlyweds Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and journalist Lauren Sánchez left their luxury hotel on Venice’s Grand canal on Saturday for a final night of partying, crowning a three-day star-studded wedding extravaganza. Bezos, 61, and Sanchez, 55, exchanged rings on Friday evening on the small island of San Giorgio, across the water from St Mark’s Square,…

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