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1. Good work-life balance tops wish-list when looking for new job, survey suggests

   The research underscores the importance of ‘softer’ work benefits, travel franchise company Travel Counsellors said.

2. Wife of LA Clippers owner and billionaire Steve Ballmer steps in to save NPR with $80M

   NPR also received an anonymous $33 million donation in April

3. North Korea launches ballistic missiles toward sea

   South Korea says North Korea has launched multiple ballistic missiles toward the North’s eastern waters

4. Tucker Carlson’s son leaves JD Vance’s team amid his dad’s growing feud with Trump, report says

   Buckley Carlson had worked as Vice President JD Vance’s deputy press secretary

5. No way Lammy wasn’t told Mandelson failed vetting, says former foreign secretary

   Exclusive: In an interview with The Independent, former foreign secretary James Cleverly sets out the reasons why ministers must have known Peter Mandelson had failed his security vetting

6. Photos show Obama and Mamdani reading to preschoolers in the Bronx

   Former President Barack Obama and New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani visited a child care center in the Bronx, where the pair read to preschoolers and joined them in a singalong.

7. Three sentenced for luxury car insurance scam involving person wearing bear suit

   A biologist reviewing footage of the ‘attack’ concluded that it was ‘clearly a human in a bear suit’

8. Queen Elizabeth II’s official biographer named as acclaimed historian

   Historian Anna Keay confirmed as Queen Elizabeth II’s official biographer

9. US Coast Guard spots overturned vessel near Saipan during search for missing ship with 6 on board

   The U.S. Coast Guard says an airplane search crew has spotted an overturned ship matching the description of a cargo vessel that went missing with six people on board near the western Pacific territory of Saipan

10. Michael Carrick revels in Manchester United’s hard-fought win at Chelsea

    Matheus Cunha struck the winner in the first half as the Red Devils moved 10 points clear of the struggling Blues.