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SNP's power-sharing deal with the Scottish Greens collapses
It follows the government's decision to scrap key climate targets and its response to a review into gender services.
5 min read - SportsThe Canadian Press
He replaced Mickey Mantle. Now baseball's oldest living major leaguer, Art Schallock, is turning 100
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Whether at home or on the road, Art Schallock would begin each day by taking the elevator down to the lobby and collecting the latest comic books for roommate Yogi Berra. “Every morning,” Schallock recalled, chuckling at the thought decades later. Schallock never minded. It was all worth it. Just part of being the new guy back in the day, a rite of passage for the latest big leaguer getting promoted. Schallock got the call in 1951, replacing future Hall of Famer Mickey Mantl
4 min read - NewsReuters
Chinese military officials met US and Russian naval officials this week
Senior Chinese military officials held separate meetings with U.S. and Russian naval counterparts during a Western Pacific naval symposium in Qingdao this week, a Chinese defence ministry spokesperson said on Thursday. Spokesperson Wu Qian told a media briefing in Beijing that China's naval commander Admiral Hu Zhongming and political commissar Yuan Huazhi had a "deep exchange of views" with U.S. Pacific Fleet chief Admiral Stephen Koehler and Russia's naval commander Admiral Alexander Moiseyev
2 min read - NewsBBC
Haiti transitional council ceremony forced to change venue as violence persists
Gangs have taken advantage of an almost complete power vacuum to expand their control in the country.
3 min read - EntertainmentBBC
Rebel Wilson book published in the UK with blacked out text
Some sections of the UK edition of the book, released on Thursday, have been redacted.
3 min read - BusinessBBC
Sainsbury's says more people shopping in-store
Nearly 90% of business now comes from its stores, the retailer says, as it reports a rise in food sales.
3 min read - BusinessBBC
Mining giant BHP proposes buyout of Anglo American
The potential mega merger would give BHP access to Anglo American's copper assets.
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