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After decades of failed appeals, execution warrant was signed in June despite objections to planned lethal drugA Utah man who killed his girlfriend’s mother by slashing her throat was put to death by lethal injection

Diversification plan and growing consumer confidence prompts £1m profit for courier in first half of yearBusiness live – latest updatesDeliveroo has reported its first half-year profit, as the UK food delivery company hailed early signs

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Detroit rally draws 15,000 people and high energy despite Gaza protesters and medical incidents from summer heatKamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota’s governor, Tim Walz, continued their swing-state tour with rallies in rural Wisconsin

South African government joins row over Chidimma Adetshina’s heritage with suggestion mother may have committed identity theftSouth Africa’s national beauty pageant has been thrown into turmoil, after the government accused the mother of a contestant