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Residents of a village near the site of a plane crash which is believed to have killed Russian mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin said they had heard a bang, then saw the jet plummet to the ground. The plane, an Embraer Legacy 600private jet, crashed on Wednesday near the village of Kuzhenkino in Russia’s Tver region on its way from Moscow to St. Petersburg and killed all 10 people on board – seven passengers and three crew members. There has been no official comment from the Kremlin or the Defence Ministry on the fate of Prigozhin but a Telegram channel linked to his Wagner…

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Tens of thousands of teenagers have been forced to rethink their future options after GCSE results fell in England as ministers forced through plans to eradicate grade inflation accumulated during the pandemic. Top grades in England were down more than four percentage points on last year’s results, leading to disappointment for many pupils – with 22.4% of results for 16-year-olds at grade 7 or above, equivalent to an A. Results were expected to fall after the government announced plans to return grades to 2019 levels, though this year’s results still hovered slightly above pre-pandemic levels when 21.9% of grades were 7 and…

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Manchester City have submitted a bid in excess of €50m (£42.7m) for Wolves midfielder Matheus Nunes on an eventful day at the club. Bernardo Silva has committed his future and signed a new contract with the club until 2026, while Aymeric Laporte has announced that his time at the Etihad Stadium has come to an end. Personal terms have been agreed with Nunes, who turns 25 on Sunday and is a Portugal teammate of Silva’s, with the proposed fee taking in a package of add-ons. Nunes signed for Wolves just over 12 months ago from Sporting for £38m. Silva was linked with…

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Although we’ve been told Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine is manufactured with harmless messenger RNA (mRNA), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) product label shows it contains artificially modified RNA—a key ingredient that is not naturally occurring, poses a substantial risk to human health. According to Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine label in the FDA’s Fact Sheet for Healthcare Providers, each Pfizer vaccine dose for children ages 5 through 11 contains 10 micrograms (mcg) of modRNA, while fully-approved Comirnaty authorized for use in individuals 12 years of age and older contains 30 mcg of modRNA. Pfizer, on its website, confirms its COVID-19 vaccine contains modRNA: “ModRNA stands for nucleoside-modified…

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The majority of Wilko stores are set to close in the next week after a purchase of the retailer fell through, a union has said. In a meeting with administrators on Wednesday, the GMB union said it was informed there is no longer any prospect that the majority of the business will be saved. It means redundancies for staff in stores and at call centres will begin during the coming week. This has been denied by the administrators, who said: “In the immediate term, all stores remain open, continue to trade and staff continue to be paid. Contrary to speculation,…

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A judge has begun setting bond and release conditions for former President Donald Trump and some of his 18 co-defendants in the Georgia case alleging that they unlawfully interfered in the 2020 election. According to newly posted court records (pdf) in Fulton County, Georgia, on Aug. 21, Judge Scott McAfee set bond for President Trump at $200,000. Four other co-defendants reached bond agreements on Aug. 15, court filings show. Attorney John Eastman’s bond was set at $100,000. The bond amount was far lower, at $10,000, for Scott Hall, a bail bondsman who’s accused in the case. Attorney Kenneth Chesebro’s bond…

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Petrol prices in the UK have risen to an average 150p a litre for the first time since January, according to data from the AA. Figures show the average unleaded price now stands at 150.1p a litre while the cost of diesel has jumped to 152.41p – further raising the financial pressures already facing the country. AA spokesperson Luke Bosdet said wholesale cost increases “appear to have peaked for the moment”. “It is still possible to find fuel stations offering fuel at 4p-5p a litre cheaper than most. The problem is knowing where they are,” he said. The latest report comes…

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Thailand’s imprisoned former leader Thaksin Shinawatra was moved to a hospital in the early hours of Wednesday, the day after he returned from exile, due to concerns over his health, police said. Thaksin, 74, was transferred to hospital at 1am during his first night in prison serving an eight-year sentence, officials said. He was experiencing insomnia, chest tightness, high blood pressure and that the oxygen levels in his fingertips were low, according to a statement from the Department of Corrections. “Due to a lack of proper medical equipment, the doctor believed that there could be a risk to life. Therefore, they agreed…

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Richard Arnold’s position as the Manchester United chief executive is under increasing pressure over his handling of the club’s investigation into Mason Greenwood. United announced on Monday that Greenwood would be leaving Old Trafford after a six-month investigation into the striker’s conduct. The club faced a fierce public and internal backlash to the prospect of Greenwood being reintegrated into the first-team squad, which Arnold said had been considered, and is now helping the 21‑year-old to find a new employer. Gary Neville described United’s process as “horrible” and evidence the club lack authoritative leadership. Welfare charities and United fans have called for Arnold to resign, including…

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Social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, is poised to rework how news links appear on the platform, the latest change spearheaded by owner Elon Musk to impact news publishers on the site. The news was first reported by Fortune on Monday and confirmed in a post from Musk later in the day: “This is coming from me directly. Will greatly improve the esthetics [sic],” he wrote. The platform will no longer display headlines and other text from news links and show only the main image, limiting a user’s ability to see the contents before clicking. Currently, news links come up on the…

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