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MLB Power Rankings: Are the Yankees back? And which NL power is on the rise?

May 18, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Seven weeks into the season, we’re still seeing dominant performances from a number of American League teams, with...

Business

Artificial intelligence to hit workplace ‘like a freight train’, energy boss warns

The government must act to prepare for artificial intelligence (AI) to hit the workplace “like a freight train”, the boss of one of Britain’s...

Technology

OpenAI launches ChatGPT app for iOS, Android coming soon

Samuel H. Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, speaks to media after meeting Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the Prime Minister’s office in Tokyo...

Technology

Meta pulls the curtain back on its A.I. chips for the first time

an hour ago 19 hours ago Investors have been closely watching Meta’s investments into AI and related data center hardware as the company embarks...

Environment

Train strikes: 20,000 RMT railway workers to walk out on eve of FA Cup Final

RMT members working for 14 train companies will stage a fresh strike on 2 June in their long-running dispute over pay, jobs and conditions,...

Train strikes: 20,000 RMT railway workers to walk out on eve of FA Cup Final

RMT members working for 14 train companies will stage a fresh strike on 2 June in their long-running dispute over pay, jobs and conditions,...

Sports

How 11 first-year coaches are navigating recruiting and the portal: Who’s making progress and who has work to do

Tom VanHaaren, ESPN Staff WriterMay 18, 2023, 08:00 AM ET Close ESPN staff writer Joined ESPN in 2011 Graduated from Central Michigan After college...

Business

Cost of Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral and lying in state revealed

The funeral of Queen Elizabeth II and the period of mourning cost the UK government an estimated total of £162m, according to the Treasury....

Business

Why addressing sewage spills was not a priority for the water industry or for Ofwat

Many people will wonder what has taken the water industry so long to address the issue of sewage spills in waterways. One of the...

Business

Princess of Wales’s parents’ party supplies firm sold after brush with insolvency

The online party goods supplier founded by the Princess of Wales’s parents has been sold after it failed to avoid collapsing into administration. Sky...

Rishi Sunak: I’ll win the next election and stay on as PM

Rishi Sunak has confidently backed himself to remain prime minister for another term as he insisted the Conservatives were on track to win the...

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Paul Cattermole: S Club 7 singer died from natural causes, coroner says

Paul Cattermole, the singer with pop band S Club 7 who died last month aged 46, died from natural causes, a coroner has announced....

Politics

‘Increase in water bills’ to pay for £10bn investment, says industry chief

A £10bn investment from water companies to stop sewage spills will be paid for by customers through “modest increases to their bills”. Ruth Kelly,...

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Alec Baldwin’s next movie is about a tragic shooting set at height of the Vietnam War

Just days after wrapping on the ill-fated film Rust, Alec Baldwin has reportedly signed on to his next film. He will join the cast...

TikTok: Montana becomes first US state to ban video-sharing app on personal devices

Montana has become the first state in the US to ban Chinese-owned popular video-sharing platform TikTok from personal devices. The state’s Republican governor Greg...

Business

BT to slash workforce by up to 55,000 before 2030, with AI replacing 10,000 jobs

BT has revealed plans to significantly reduce the number of people working for the telecoms group as part of efforts to cut costs and...

Environment

Wildfires burn millions of acres in Canada, send oil prices higher

A smoke column rises from wildfire EWF031 near Lodgepole, Alberta, Canada May 4, 2023. Alberta Wildfire | Reuters Wildfires burning across western Canada have...

Environment

Dutch claim international first as North Sea offshore wind farms powered down to protect migratory birds

Wind turbines in the North Sea, off the coast of the Netherlands. As more wind farms are developed, the interaction between turbines and birds...

Politics

Conservative Party has ‘great opportunity’ despite local election losses and infighting, says Grant Shapps

The Tories have a “great opportunity” with a mood of “steely determination”, cabinet minister Grant Shapps has told Sky News, despite a local election...

Politics

Nurses will hold out for double-digit pay rise, says union leader

Pat Cullen, the general secretary of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN), has called on Health Secretary Stephen Barclay to restart pay negotiations with...