The rare spectacle will take place just after sunset on Friday

Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Venus, Neptune, Mercury and Saturn to line up for last time until 2040

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Government HR agency ‘does not have any authority whatsoever’ to carry out mass firings, U.S. District Judge William Alsup says from bench

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Members of Congress earn $174,000 per year, the same salary since 2009

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Fenerbahce manager Jose Mourinho has been given a four-match ban and fined by the Turkish Football Federation following his comments about Turkish referees after a match at Galatasaray on Monday

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Attorney General has alleged FBI didn’t turn over all documents in its possession

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Senegal’s government has signed an agreement with separatist rebels to bring peace in its southern region, where an armed rebellion has been raging for over 40 years over calls for independence

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The British prime minister has been more barn owl than barn stormer in the White House – but it worked, writes World Affairs Editor Sam Kiley

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Caroline Goyder described Trump as a “silverback” while she said Starmer looked more like a boy on his first day of school.

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‘There was a waiver for Ebola, but USAID funds have never been back online,’ a current official said

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Police at the University of Virginia say a stabbing suspect has been arrested, and one person has been taken to a hospital

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Billionaire’s plea came hours before FAA announced a recruitment drive for entry-level positions

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Woman’s attorney says controversial brothers are not afraid of her, but of her testimony

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Major refugee aid groups say President Donald Trump’s administration appears to be trying to circumvent a federal court ruling this week that blocked his efforts to suspend the nation’s refugee admissions program

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Oregon authorities say the state's DMV has resumed automatic voter registrations

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Royal London obtained figures relating to inherited state pension entitlements when someone’s spouse dies.

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TUC urges workers to finish their shifts on time and take breaks.

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Even if the slimmed down project is delivered it will ‘bring very poor value for money’, damning report finds

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Leading nurses have called for reform to the way nurses in GP surgeries are paid.

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Apple and Electrical Safety First found the metal during an investigation of counterfeit and lookalike power adapters.

Fausto Puglisi offered a grand tour of Pompeii in his latest collection for Roberto Cavalli presented Thursday during Milan Fashion Week

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Humphries, who also won the opening night in Belfast, is seven points clear of Littler.

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Boris Spassky, a Soviet-era world chess champion who lost his title to American Bobby Fischer in a legendary 1972 match that became a proxy for Cold War rivalries, has died in Moscow

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Bush Hager has been married to Henry Chase Hager since 2008

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Lawyers for aid groups argue the administration is trying to get around court orders by cancelling contracts altogether

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The Foxes were beaten at West Ham.

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Cousins of Erik and Lyle Menendez spoke out to criticize the Los Angeles district attorney’s recent decision to oppose a new trial for Lyle and Erik Menendez, who have spent nearly 30 years in prison for the 1989 killing of their parents

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The agency’s forecasting can mean the difference between life and death for those caught in the path of the storm

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Group of conservative influencers were given access to a binder of the ‘Epstein Files’ before members of congress or the public

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Meeting between the Labour prime minister and US president touched on Ukraine, tariffs, trade deals, the Chagos Islands, Nato and a historic state visit invitation from King Charles

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Federal health officials are trying to tell if this year's harsh flu season led to an increase in a rare but dangerous brain complication in children

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The U.K. prime minister’s attitude toward Russia is a stark contrast from the U.S. president’s

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Pop legends Elton John and Paul McCartney are among a host of artists warning that proposed changes to copyright law could make it impossible for creatives to earn a living

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Galatasaray outlined their intention to ‘initiate criminal proceedings concerning the racist statements made’

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Jason Kilburn now hopes to get his daughter, whose real name is Caroline, a proper birth certificate

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Authorities have confirmed the deaths of the actor and his wife are being treated as ‘suspicious’

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The owners of an island volcano in New Zealand where 22 tourists and local guides died in an eruption had their criminal conviction for failing to keep visitors safe overturned by a judge on Friday

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West Ham 2-0 Leicester: Tomas Soucek was gifted a goal on his 30th birthday and Jannik Vestergaard scored an own goal

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Donald Trump cut off The Independent's White House correspondent Andrew Feinberg as he pressed Sir Keir Starmer about the US president’s desire to make Canada the 51st state.

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‘I have an interview to do with the UK prime minister today,’ Bret Baier said. ‘I don‘t know what he is doing.’

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