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Lisa Marie Presley honoured at Memphis memorial Lisa Marie Presley’s public memorial service took place in Memphis, following her shock death at the age of 54. Many stars turned out for the service, including the Duchess of York, which took place at Elvis Presley’s Graceland mansion on Sunday. The US singer, who was the only child of Elvis Presley, died on 12 January, hours after being rushed to hospital. She has been buried next to her son Benjamin Keough, who died in 2020. Alanis Morissette and Axl Rose performed at the ceremony – which was attended by crowds of mourners…

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Pakistan power outage: Mass outage cuts power to most of Pakistan  A massive power cut swept Pakistan Monday morning, following a breakdown in its national electricity grid, the energy ministry said. Power was out in all the country’s major cities, including the biggest city Karachi, the capital Islamabad as well as Lahore and Peshawar. The power minister said the grid failure followed a “frequency variation” in southern Pakistan. He insisted this was “not a major crisis” and power would be back soon. In a statement, Power minister Khurrum Dastagir said that at about 07:30 local time, the grid “experienced a…

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California gunman, 72, found dead after killing 10 The gunman – who killed 10 people at a ballroom dance studio near Los Angeles – has been identified by police as Huu Can Tran, 72. He was found dead in a white van, hours after the mass killing, with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The shooting took place as celebrations for Lunar New Year had been underway in Monterey Park. Ten people were injured in the shooting and seven remain in hospital, some in a critical condition, the sheriff said in a news conference. Police have not yet identified the motive.  He…

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Jacinda Ardern resigns – her legacy and what comes next New Zealand’s prime minister Jacinda Ardern shocked the world on Thursday when she announced her resignation. The soon-to-be-former-PM cited ‘burnout’ as the reason for her stepping down. During her six years in office, she led New Zealand through many crises – including the Christchurch shooting, the White Island volcano eruption and the Covid-19 pandemic. It was the pandemic that thrust Ardern onto the global stage, with her quick reaction to Covid she managed to keep the death rate very low in New Zealand. And in all her crises she led…

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Sunday Papers – King’s coronation plans & David Carrick case leaves confidence in cops at ‘breaking point’ The Sunday papers report on a variety of topics, including the King’s upcoming coronation and Nadhim Zahawi’s tax error. The David Carrick case is another lead for several of the papers.  The Observer reports Nadhim Zahawi is “fighting for his political life” because of his tax affairs. Whilst the Sun on Sunday reports that the current row has cost him a knighthood. Mr Zahawi says he made mistakes but they were not deliberate and all his taxes have been paid, The Sunday Times…

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