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Court checks Trump as quakes, heat and trade fights strain governments worldwide

A busy legal and political day left governments managing hard limits: constitutional text in Washington, shattered concrete in Venezuela and heat risk across much of America. Trade officials also moved from negotiation to protection, a reminder that globalisation now often arrives with quotas attached.

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Death of Village People singer Victor Willis

Culture·Top story·Reported 2h 44m ago·Updated 2h 12m ago

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Death of Village People singer Victor Willis
Dies at 75 following a short illness, according to an announcement by his wife Karen Huff-Willis

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