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Lindsay Lohan has announced she is pregnant with her first child. The 36-year-old US actress revealed the news on Instagram on Tuesday, sharing a picture of a baby’s clothing with a logo that read “coming soon”. The caption was short and sweet: “We are blessed and excited”. The Mean Girls star was “thrilled” at the
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Joe Biden’s administration will approve a scaled-back version of a controversial $7bn oil and gas drilling project. The move comes despite criticism from environmentalists who say the development of the three drill sites in northwestern Alaska conflicts with Mr Biden’s highly-publicised efforts to fight climate change. The US president has also pledged to shift to
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Nearly 10,000 Californians have been forced to flee their homes after widespread flooding and snow was triggered by an atmospheric river across the state. Several major highways and rural communities were blocked off after swelling rivers burst their banks, and creeks overflowed in Santa Cruz County, south of San Francisco. Authorities in the town of
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US regulators have shut down the country’s 16th largest bank, in the biggest collapse of a financial institution since the 2008 financial crisis. Silicon Valley Bank failed after depositors – mostly technology workers and venture capital-backed companies – began withdrawing their money, creating a run on the bank. The US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
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Active service members and veterans have described in harrowing detail the carnage and death they witnessed during the chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan. Former US Marine Sergeant Tyler Vargas-Andrews was among those giving evidence to the House of Representatives foreign affairs committee examing the handling of the withdrawal. Mr Vargas-Andrews broke down in tears as
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