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Gen Z eco warriors who claim fossil fuels are UNCONSTITUTIONAL sue the Biden administration – along with lawmakers in three states over green ‘failings’: Hawaii, Utah and Virginia to hold trials

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Dozens of young Americans are challenging the Biden administration and state officials over their alleged climate policy failings through a series of explosive lawsuits. 

Civil cases launched by Gen Z plaintiffs are spreading like wildfire following a historic win by 16 kids and teens against Montana lawmakers last summer.  

Two federal complaints against the US government and the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) have been launched in Oregon and California respectively, along with three state-level cases in Hawaii, Utah and Virginia. 

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A broken Jurgen Klopp departs Anfield: He took hold of their heart and soul but here we find a great man of Liverpool staring vacantly into a TV camera EXHAUSTED after nine years

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After Liverpool beat Newcastle United in the 1974 FA Cup final at Wembley, manager Bill Shankly left his players to celebrate and headed back to the dressing rooms.

He was, he later explained, just ‘tired from all the years’. Shankly, 60, drank a cup of tea and considered his life and what it might feel like without football. Within weeks, he was gone.

In football, not everybody gets to go longer wishes to go on. For Jurgen Klopp, the signals

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Bacteria fossils hold the oldest evidence of photosynthesis machinery

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Ancient tiny fossils from Australia may carry evidence of great power: the ability to make oxygen through photosynthesis.

The fossilized bacteria, dating from 1.73 billion to 1.78 billion years ago, are chock-full of structures that resemble those where oxygen-producing photosynthesis takes place in most modern cyanobacteria and in plants. Called thylakoid membranes, the structures are the oldest ever found, researchers report January 3 in Nature. The finding pushes back the evidence of thylakoids in cyanobacteria by 1.2 billion years.

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‘We are now in a double battle’: Netanyahu joins soldiers on the Lebanese border as they ‘hold off’ Hezbollah from opening a second front – and warns Iran-backed terrorists against ‘biggest mistake of their lives’ if they enter war with Israel

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Benjamin Netanyahu has warned Hezbollah against opening a second war front against Israel or risk provoking a massive retaliation that would bring ‘unimaginable devastation upon Lebanon’.

The Prime Minister said he could not tell his soldiers ‘right now if Hezbollah will decide to enter the war fully’ but said the fight with Hamas was ‘do or die’ for Israel. 

The stark message comes as fears are mounting that the Israel-Hamas war could provoke an all-out battle in the Middle East,

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Why sewage may hold the key to tracking diseases far beyond COVID-19

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The future of disease tracking is going down the drain — literally. Flushed with success over detecting coronavirus in wastewater, and even specific variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, researchers are now eyeing our collective poop to monitor a wide variety of health threats.

Before the pandemic, wastewater surveillance was a smaller field, primarily focused on testing for drugs or mapping microbial ecosystems. But these researchers were tracking specific health threats in specific places — opioids in parts

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‘I’ll inject you right now!’: Channel 4 show exposes how easy it is to get hold of Ozempic with private clinics offering breakthrough weight loss jab without proper checks

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The ease with which Brits can access ‘game-changer’ slimming jabs has been laid bare in an eye-opening documentary.

An array of private clinics in London offered to dish out diabetes drug Ozempic — which has been shown to help users lose up to 33lbs — without proper health checks, with one site offering to ‘inject you right now’ during an initial consultation.

The show, fronted by Naked Attraction host Anna Richardson, found that two out of three private providers would

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Kate’s touching tribute to the late Queen: Princess tells well-wisher to ‘hold onto’ and ‘cherish’ the ‘wonderful memories’ the nation has of the monarch as she greets crowds outside St Davids Cathedral

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The Princess of Wales has urged people to ‘hold onto and cherish’ their ‘wonderful’ memories of the late Queen Elizabeth II on the first anniversary of her death.

Kate wore earrings that once belonged to the Queen today as she attended a private service at St Davids Cathedral in Pembrokeshire with her husband Prince William.

The couple travelled by helicopter for the short service, which saw Kate poignantly placed a floral tribute of white roses in front of a framed

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Poland to hold parliamentary election on 15 October – EURACTIV.com

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Poland will hold a parliamentary election on 15 October, the president said on Tuesday (8 August), a vote that will determine Warsaw’s relations with the European Union at a time when it faces rising tensions on its eastern border.

The result of the vote in the bloc’s largest eastern member is likely to influence whether there will be a thaw in relations with Brussels, which have been soured by rows over issues such as the rule of law and migration.

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Kamala Harris to hold ‘grassroots reception’ on wealthy Martha’s Vineyard

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Vice President Kamala Harris will oddly hold a “grassroots reception” on Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts on behalf of the Biden-Harris re-election campaign, despite the island being a playground for America’s rich and famous.

According to a report by The Vineyard Gazette, the Saturday fundraiser will be hosted by the Biden Victory Fund as well as a number of wealthy individuals, including a bank executive, former Obama official, a political consultant and actor Wendell Pierce.

It’s unclear why the event is

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Home sellers can’t hold out for ‘golden offer’ as house prices fall, experts warn

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Home sellers cannot expect a ‘golden offer’ on their property and must readjust their expectations as prices fall, property experts have warned.

The warning follows the 14th consecutive rise in interest rates that has pushed mortgages out of reach for many.

It means asking prices may need to be reduced in order to secure a committed buyer.

 Average house prices have dropped from £293,992 last August to £285,044, according to Halifax

North London estate agent Jeremy Leaf, explained: ‘A growing

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