December 9, 2024 - Brief Briefing

Avs continue goalie overhaul, trade for Blackwood

Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterDec 9, 2024, 04:40 PM ET Close Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. Open Extended Reactions The...

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Avs continue goalie overhaul, trade for Blackwood

Business

Bankers to scrutinise public sector spending to ‘bring private sector into the heart of government’

Bankers are to review state spending as part of a push to bring the private sector “into the heart of government”. External oversight is...

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Bankers to scrutinise public sector spending to 'bring private sector into the heart of government'

World

Egypt accuses Israel of ‘exploiting power vacuum’ after seizing Golan Heights buffer zone

Israeli troops have seized a demilitarised buffer zone in the Golan Heights in a move that has been criticised by Egypt and Qatar. Israel‘s...

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Egypt accuses Israel of 'exploiting power vacuum' after seizing Golan Heights buffer zone

World

Haiti gang ‘massacres around 180 people over witchcraft fears’

Around 180 mostly elderly people have been killed in Haiti after they were reportedly suspected of witchcraft. Gang leader Monel “Mikano” Felix ordered the...

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Haiti gang 'massacres around 180 people over witchcraft fears'

World

Taylor Swift wraps her record-breaking Eras Tour in Vancouver

It’s taken a whopping 632 days to complete and generated billions of dollars as it travelled the globe, but now Taylor Swift’s Eras tour...

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Taylor Swift wraps her record-breaking Eras Tour in Vancouver

World

Israel ‘more optimistic than before’ on prospect of Gaza hostage deal

Israel has said it is “more optimistic than before” about the chance of reaching an agreement over hostages held in Gaza. Foreign minister Gideon...

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Israel 'more optimistic than before' on prospect of Gaza hostage deal

Sir Keir Starmer puts UK economy first as he defies critics of Saudi Arabia trip

Sir Keir Starmer has said UK economic growth was his “number one mission” as he defended his trip to Saudi Arabia and the United...

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Sir Keir Starmer puts UK economy first as he defies critics of Saudi Arabia trip

Brian Thompson killing: Suspect arrested in connection with shooting of US healthcare boss

A man has been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare chief executive Brian Thompson, New York City Police Department (NYPD) has...

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Brian Thompson killing: Suspect arrested in connection with shooting of US healthcare boss

Golden Globes: Eddie Redmayne and Keira Knightley among British stars nominated for awards

Eddie Redmayne and Kiera Knightley are among a host of British stars nominated for next year’s Golden Globe Awards. Redmayne starred in Sky Atlantic’s...

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Golden Globes: Eddie Redmayne and Keira Knightley among British stars nominated for awards

Business

‘Very symbolic and important’ first meeting of chancellor and EU finance ministers since Brexit – Eurogroup president Paschal Donohoe says

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said she is “overwhelmed” by the response to the UK’s first attendance at an EU finance ministers’ meeting since Brexit....

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'Very symbolic and important' first meeting of chancellor and EU finance ministers since Brexit - Eurogroup president Paschal Donohoe says

Technology

Oracle shares slide on earnings and revenue miss, disappointing forecast

Oracle Chair and Chief Technology Officer Larry Ellison speaks at the Oracle OpenWorld conference in San Francisco on Sept. 16, 2019. Justin Sullivan |...

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Oracle shares slide on earnings and revenue miss, disappointing forecast

Technology

Amazon is bringing Intuit QuickBooks software to its millions of third-party sellers

Sasan Goodarzi, president and CEO of Intuit Inc. and Andy Jassy, CEO of Amazon. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon has...

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Amazon is bringing Intuit QuickBooks software to its millions of third-party sellers

Politics

Home Office pauses decisions on Syrian asylum claims following fall of Bashar al Assad

The government has paused all decisions on Syrian asylum claims following the rapid fall of the Assad regime over the weekend. The Home Office...

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Home Office pauses decisions on Syrian asylum claims following fall of Bashar al Assad

World

Who are the different rebel groups in Syria – and what territory do they control?

Syrian rebels have brought 24 years of Bashar al Assad’s dictatorship to an end in a single week. Led by the former al Qaeda...

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Who are the different rebel groups in Syria – and what territory do they control?

Business

New Sky and Warner Bros Discovery deal means free access to new streaming service for customers

Audiences in the UK and Ireland will be able to continue viewing popular American shows after Sky extended and expanded its deal with Warner...

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New Sky and Warner Bros Discovery deal means free access to new streaming service for customers

Technology

OpenAI releases Sora, its buzzy AI video-generation tool

OpenAI said Monday it’s releasing its buzzy AI video-generation tool, Sora, later in the day. The AI video-generation model works similarly to OpenAI’s image-generation...

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