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Jeremy Hunt considers major benefits squeeze to help slash inheritance tax

The chancellor has warned “difficult decisions” need to be made to “reform the welfare state” as he mulls introducing controversial tax cuts in next...

World

Australia says divers injured by sonar pulses from Chinese navy

Australian says divers were injured after the Chinese navy used sonar while they were in the water clearing fishing nets. Australia’s defence minister Richard...

World

Moldova’s ‘first dog’ bites Austrian president on the hand during official visit

Biting the hand of friendship took on a literal meaning during an official visit by Austria’s president to Moldova when the country’s “first dog”...

SpaceX loses contact with Starship mega rocket after explosions during second test flight

SpaceX has lost contact with its Starship mega rocket following explosions during its second test flight from south Texas. The two-stage 397ft rocket –...

Simarjeet Singh Nangpal: Pensioner and three other men appear in court charged with murder

A pensioner and three other men charged in connection with the death of a 17-year-old boy in west London have appeared in court. Poran...

Greg Brockman quits as president of OpenAI after departure of CEO Sam Altman

The co-founder and president of OpenAI has walked away from the company after its chief executive was forced out. Greg Brockman told colleagues “I...

US mother who died from ovarian cancer helps wipe out millions in medical debts

A posthumous appeal by a US woman who died from cancer has raised enough money in less than a week to wipe out million...

Business

Telegraph court showdown to be adjourned after Barclays offer Lloyds £1.16bn

A court hearing to liquidate a Barclay family holding companies in order to smooth a sale of The Daily Telegraph is poised to be...

Business

Alphabet fund spells bumper valuation for UK digital bank Monzo

Alphabet, the $1.7trn (£1.4trn) technology behemoth which owns Google, is in talks to take a stake in Monzo, one of Britain’s biggest digital retail...

Disney and Warner Bros pull ads from X after Elon Musk apparently endorses antisemitic conspiracy theory

Major US companies including Disney, Warner Bros and NBC parent company Comcast have pulled advertising from X (formerly Twitter) amid a row over Elon...

Rapper Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs settles lawsuit after singer Cassie accused him of abuse

Rapper Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs and singer Cassie have settled a lawsuit alleging abuse – one day after she sued the powerful music producer. The...

Business

Autumn statement: Jeremy Hunt signals tax cuts next week as lower inflation means economy has ‘turned a corner’

Jeremy Hunt has said there is the chance to lower taxes in the autumn statement next week, arguing the economy had “turned a corner”....

Sports

Brewers’ Woodruff tops 63 non-tendered players

Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterNov 17, 2023, 09:19 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018...

Sports

Source: Yamamoto negotiations set to start Tues.

ESPN News Services Nov 17, 2023, 02:35 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The negotiating window for major league teams to attempt to acquire Japanese...

Sports

Mariners acquire infielder Urías from Red Sox

Associated Press Nov 17, 2023, 08:58 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SEATTLE — The Mariners acquired infielder Luis Urías from the Boston Red Sox...

Politics

Autumn statement: Jeremy Hunt signals tax cuts next week as lower inflation means economy has ‘turned a corner’

Jeremy Hunt has said there is the chance to lower taxes in the autumn statement next week, arguing the economy had “turned a corner”....

Kaitlin Armstrong sentenced to 90 years in prison after murdering love rival professional cyclist Anna Moriah Wilson

A former fugitive has been sentenced to 90 years in jail after murdering her love rival in a jealous rage, before fleeing the US...

Business

Sam Altman: Boss of ChatGPT-maker OpenAI ousted by board

The chief executive of OpenAI – the firm behind viral chatbot ChatGPT – has been ousted after the board said it no longer has...

Business

Who is Sam Altman? The former OpenAI boss and ChatGPT guru who became one of AI’s biggest players

He was a tech whizz before he left primary school, dropped out of one of America’s top universities, and appeared to be spearheading a...

Sports

NHL Power Rankings: A new No. 1, plus the biggest surprises of the 2023-24 season

Kristen Shilton, ESPN NHL reporterNov 17, 2023, 06:30 AM ET Close Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. Open Extended Reactions There...