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Matt Gaetz charging $500 to make bespoke fan videos on Cameo website
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‘It’s boorish’: E-scooter firms threaten to leave Italy after highway code updated
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Pelicot rape trial: ‘It is Gisèle’s name that will be remembered’
Ukraine
Will the Ukraine missile crisis change the course of the war?
While Putin conducts his missile diplomacy, restrictions around the use of long-range weapons may help Kyiv
Analysis
Trump’s picks of loyalists for financial posts ensures his economic agenda is unimpeded
Howard Lutnick and Scott Bessent, commerce and Treasury nominees respectively, are sure to ignore economist’s warnings and follow Trump’s lead
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TV
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Books
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Giants cut $160m quarterback Jones days after benching him
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Soccer
WNBA star Clark to join Cincinnati bid for 16th NWSL team
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US expects thousands of North Korean troops to enter Ukraine combat ‘soon’
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Fashion
Milan’s Via Monte Napoleone becomes world’s most expensive shopping street
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