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The United States is looking to deepen its economic partnership with Taiwan even if though it is excluded from President Joe Biden's new Asian economic initiative, a top official said. "Taiwan won’t be part of the launch," of Biden's Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF), U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said on Sunday, en route to Japan with President Joe Biden.
Pakistan's defiant former Prime Minister Imran Khan called on Sunday for his supporters to march peacefully on Islamabad on May 25th, to press for fresh elections. Khan, who served as prime minister for over three and half years, was ousted in a no-confidence vote in parliament by an alliance of all major political parties. Khan's call came after a marathon session of leaders from his Tahrik-e-Insaf party in the northwestern city of Peshawar.
Scientists say we need to future-proof our diets in a warming world by eating little-known plants.
Police are investigating claims that a van driver "crushed" three ducklings by mowing them down as they were crossing the road. Staffordshire Police said officers were made aware of the incident, which took place in Trentham, a southern suburb of Stoke-on-Trent, on Friday. Images of the ducklings laying in the road were shared across social media after being posted on Facebook by a man called Steven Walley.
Pep Guardiola’s defending Premier League champions will hope to clinch their fourth title in five years on the final day of the season. City start what promises to be a thrilling climax to a memorable 2021/22 campaign with their fate in their own hands, a point ahead of rivals Liverpool and boasting a superior goal difference. The hosts know that a win on home soil over Aston Villa will seal their latest domestic triumph, though dropping points would open the door for Jurgen Klopp and Co to potentially swoop in and keep their hopes of an unprecedented quadruple firmly alive, as well as clinching a domestic treble.
Manchester United’s difficult season finally comes to an end on Sunday with a trip to Crystal Palace, a club who have undergone the kind of rebuild they must be desperate for. Strangely, for as long as it has seemed that United have nothing to fight for, there is still something on the line. A win would ensure a place in next season’s Europa League with West Ham breathing down their necks, offering Erik Ten Hag an alternative route into the Champions League during his first season in charge.
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A spreading hepatitis outbreak that has claimed the life of six children has infectious disease experts scrambling to find answers.
John Gordon has staked his primary challenge against Attorney General Chris Carr on the conspiracy that the 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump.
Mikel Arteta’s side head into the final day of the Premier League season knowing not even three points will be enough to push them into the top four. A run of six losses in 11 games has ruined their chances of keeping their Champions League fate in their own hands. Should Tottenham beat Norwich today, it simply will not matter what happens at the Emirates.
The Transport Secretary said ministers want to ban strikes unless a certain number of staff continue to work.
Austrian President Alexander Van der Bellen, a 78-year-old former leader of the Greens, said in a video posted online on Sunday he is standing for re-election this year to a second six-year term, which is likely to limit the number of candidates. Van der Bellen is a popular figure who has been a steady hand in periods of turbulence including the scandal-tainted collapse of a ruling coalition between the conservative People's Party (OVP) and the far-right Freedom Party in 2019. Senior members of the two biggest parties in parliament, the OVP and the Social Democrats, have said it is likely they will not field candidates if he stands.
Police have launched an investigation after human remains were found in the River Severn in Shropshire. West Mercia Police said the remains were likely to have been in the water for a significant amount of time. “An investigation has been launched and all lines of inquiry are being explored.”
Liverpool will, not for the first time, have to make Premier League history to win their second title in three seasons this afternoon. The Reds sit a point behind Manchester City and are looking to become the first team in the Premier League era to oust the leaders on the final day. To do so, Liverpool will need to beat Wolves and hope that former club captain Steven Gerrard does them a favour as City host Aston Villa.
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Charles Leclerc is out to build on his early lead in the 2022 Formula One world championship with victory today at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Max Verstappen sits just behind the Ferrari star on the grid after an intriguing qualifying session on Saturday, with a DRS failure holding back the defending champion’s Red Bull from battling for pole. George Russell qualified fourth for the race, behind Carlos Sainz in third and ahead of Sergio Perez and Lewis Hamilton.
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White House COVID-19 response coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha said on Sunday he expects a U.S. Food and Drug Administration decision on authorizing Moderna's vaccine for children under age five within the next few weeks. Moderna completed its application and FDA experts are looking closely at the data, Jha said on ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos, adding that the analysis is likely to be completed in the next few week and that a final decision would follow a meeting of the agency's expert advisers.
UCU climbdown allows individual campuses to decide on strike action; 20 universities plan to go ahead
Tens of thousands of people in the Ottawa region continue to be without power as crews work to fix outages caused by heavy storms that swept through Saturday afternoon. The worst hit areas in the region are Huntsville, Merivale, Navan and Stittsville. Two emergency response centres in the city are opening Sunday. The Carleton Heights Community Centre on Apeldoorn Rd. and the CARDELREC Recreation Complex (Goulbourn) in Stittsville are expected to open at 10 a.m. "We suspect more will be open thro