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Budget 2025: Over a third of Britons think Rachel Reeves exaggerated bad news

Over a third of people think Rachel Reeves exaggerated economic bad news in the run-up to the budget – twice as many as thought...

World

Pope Leo urges Donald Trump not to try to oust Venezuelan president by force

The Pope has urged Donald Trump not to try to oust Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro using military force. Leo, the first American pontiff, said...

World

Maduro says Venezuela ready to defend itself as US considers potential land attack

Nicolas Maduro has said Venezuelans are ready to defend their country as the US considers a land attack. The president held a rally in...

World

Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan healthy but isolated in jail, his sister says

Imran Khan is suffering from isolation, his sister said, after weeks of not being able to see his family. Khan has been in jail...

Science

Indian Team Finds 53 Massive Quasars Blasting Jets Millions of Light-Years Long

Astronomers in India have identified 53 previously unknown giant radio quasars powered by supermassive black holes, each releasing enormous plasma jets reaching up to...

World

More than 800,000 young children seeing social media content ‘designed to hook adults’, figures show

Children as young as three are “being fed content and algorithms designed to hook adults” on social media, a former education minister has warned....

Business

Bank of England warns of heightened risks but trims banks’ reserve requirements

The Bank of England has warned of heightened risks to the UK’s financial system but cut the amount of money that banks need to...

World

More than 1,100 confirmed dead and 800 missing in catastrophic Asia floods

Rescue and recovery and efforts are under way in parts of South and Southeast Asia where the number of those killed in devastating floods...

World

Maduro says Venezuela ready to defend itself as US considers potential land attack

Nicolas Maduro has said Venezuelans are ready to defend their country as the US considers a land attack. The president held a rally in...

Sports

Sources: BYU coach Sitake focus of PSU search

Open Extended Reactions The Penn State coaching search, which has gone quiet in the past few weeks, has focused on BYU coach Kalani Sitake,...

Sports

Kiffin ready to make LSU nation’s ‘best program’

Dave WilsonDec 1, 2025, 06:44 PM ET Close Dave Wilson is a college football reporter. He previously worked at The Dallas Morning News, San...

Sports

Wetzel: Kiffin is no victim, and he needs to own that he just quit on a title contender

Dan WetzelDec 1, 2025, 07:00 AM ET Close Dan Wetzel is a senior writer focused on investigative reporting, news analysis and feature storytelling. Open...

Sports

Sources: Mets give D. Williams 3-year, $51M deal

Jorge CastilloDec 1, 2025, 09:40 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the Washington Wizards from 2014 to 2016 and the Washington Nationals from...

Sources: Mets give D. Williams 3-year, M deal

Sports

Orioles, closer Helsley agree to 2-year contract

Open Extended Reactions The Orioles president of baseball operations Mike Elias trawled the free agent market for a late-inning option and landed on Helsley,...

Girl dies and another seriously hurt after crash involving minibus carrying nine teenagers in Tadcaster

A girl has died and another has been seriously injured after a crash involving a minibus carrying nine teenagers. North Yorkshire Police said it...

Politics

China poses ‘real national security threats’ to UK, Starmer warns

Sir Keir Starmer has warned China poses “real national security threats to the United Kingdom”. But the prime minister also described China as a...

‘Many options’ on table for Venezuela as US mulls land attacks on drug traffickers

“Many options” are on the table to deal with Venezuelan drug gangs, the White House has said, as the US considers attacking on land....

White House issues update on Donald Trump’s health as president undergoes MRI scan

The White House has revealed details of Donald Trump’s recent medical evaluation involving a scan of his cardiovascular system and abdomen. The US president,...

Luigi Mangione shown videos of UnitedHealthcare CEO killing as defence seeks to bar evidence

Luigi Mangione has watched surveillance videos of the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson at a court appearance. Mangione has pleaded not guilty to...

Technology

Why Jim Cramer thinks the AI trade is breaking up

After years of largely trading together, stocks related to artificial intelligence and the data center are starting to move in different directions, CNBC’s Jim...