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Who are The ChurnUps? Glastonbury announces mystery act for prime Pyramid Stage slot – as full-line up revealed

Glastonbury has revealed the full line-up for this year’s festival – with a mysterious act set to play a prime-time slot on the main...

Technology

ChatGPT cited ‘bogus’ cases for a New York federal court filing. The attorneys involved may face sanctions.

The Thurgood Marshall courthouse is pictured in Manhattan in New York, October 15, 2021. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Roberto Mata’s lawsuit against Avianca Airlines...

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Putin blames Ukraine for Moscow drone attack and says Kyiv is trying to ‘scare and provoke’

Russia’s Vladimir Putin has said Ukraine is trying to scare and provoke Moscow after it blamed it for a drone attack in the capital....

Technology

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes reports to prison to begin sentence

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes arrives to begin serving her prison sentence for defrauding investors in the failed blood-testing startup, at the Federal Prison Camp...

Sports

Fresh starts for DJ Uiagalelei and five other college quarterbacks

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterMay 30, 2023, 08:00 AM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. CORVALLIS, Ore....

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Treat everything said about the Russian drone attack with scepticism

It is not the first time drones have attacked Moscow. And it may not be the most significant. The drone attack on the Kremlin...

World

Crowds of visitors travel to Missouri to see and touch nun’s non decaying corpse

A nun whose body has barely decayed since her death has unintentionally attracted hundreds to the site of her burial in a small US...

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India: Man dies after ‘killer’ elephant Arikomban goes on rampage

A wild elephant that has terrorised villages and destroyed dozens of homes, shops and cars in recent months in India has killed an eleventh...

World

‘Don’t rule out’ COVID-19 lab leak theory, Chinese scientist says

The possibility COVID-19 could have leaked from a Chinese lab should not be ruled out, a former top Chinese government scientist has said. Professor...

Technology

Nvidia crosses into $1 trillion market cap before giving back gains

Nvidia hit a $1 trillion market cap at the open Tuesday before paring back gains, falling to $990 billion. Nvidia’s shares had to hold...

Nvidia crosses into trillion market cap before giving back gains

Business

Asda chairman says supermarkets owed ‘debt of gratitude’ and price capping talk is ‘rather backward looking’

Asda’s chairman has said supermarkets are owed a “debt of gratitude” as he dismissed talk of capping prices as “rather backward looking”. Stuart Rose’s...

Business

CBI board takes advice on insolvency ahead of crunch member vote

The board of the CBI has drafted in lawyers to prepare for a prospective insolvency filing ahead of a crunch vote by thousands of its members...

World

Guyana: 15-year-old girl charged as adult with murdering 19 people in school fire

A 15-year-old girl has been charged – as an adult – with murdering 19 people after she allegedly set fire to a secondary school...

Politics

COVID inquiry: Deadline extended for government to hand over Boris Johnson’s WhatsApp messages

The deadline for the government to hand over Boris Johnson’s WhatsApp messages has been delayed by the COVID inquiry. The inquiry had ordered the...

Business

Asda owners to buy EG Group’s UK and Ireland petrol stations for £2.27bn

Asda Group has said it will acquire petrol station operator EG Group’s UK and Ireland business, creating a company with combined revenues of nearly...

World

Ten people killed after ‘overloaded’ bus falls into gorge in India

At least 10 people were killed and 55 injured when a bus carrying Hindu pilgrims fell into a gorge in India. The bus skidded...

Science

A Third of Milky Way’s Planets Orbiting Most Common Stars Could Harbour Life

One-third of the planets orbiting the most common stars across the Milky Way galaxy may hold onto liquid water and possibly harbour life, according...