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Go fourth and prosper: Why Texas Tech’s aggressiveness should be the norm in college football

Bill Connelly, ESPN Staff WriterJun 22, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. In a roundabout way, Texas...

Politics

Inflation: Halving price growth ‘hard but not impossible’, says Rishi Sunak

Halving inflation by the end of year is “hard but not impossible”, the prime minister has said, in a comment on his pledge earlier...

World

Hunt for missing submersible ‘still active search and rescue’ mission, says operation leader

The head of the search operation for the missing Titan submersible has said that it is still an active search and rescue mission. That...

World

Titanic sub search: Fate of missing Titan submersible’s passengers may rest on one man

If the submersible now missing in the icy seas of the North Atlantic is still intact, the fate of the five men inside may...

World

Evan Gershkovich: Wall Street Journal reporter accused of spying in Russia loses appeal against pre-trial detention

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has had a fresh appeal against his pre-trial detention on charges of espionage rejected by a Moscow court....

World

Restaurant explosion kills 31 people in northwest China

A massive cooking gas explosion at a barbecue restaurant in northwestern China has killed 31 people and injured seven. The blast happened at around...

Business

Interest rate hits ‘shock’ 5% after 0.5 percentage point increase

The Bank of England has shocked economists and investors by raising interest rates half a percentage point to 5% – the highest level since...

Business

Mortgage crisis: PM and chancellor face conundrum as rates rise – and there’s no silver bullet to end the crisis

The prime minister and his chancellor find themselves in something of a conundrum. They have committed themselves to halving inflation this year – without...

Business

HS2 ‘pause’ designed to save money is costing the taxpayer more than £360m, leaked govt briefing reveals

Delays to HS2 announced by the government earlier this year in order to help ‘balance the books’ are likely to cost the taxpayer at...

Sports

What’s next for the Senators after sale to Michael Andlauer?

Kristen Shilton, ESPN NHL reporterJun 22, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. Selling the Ottawa Senators...

Sports

Wild West: D-backs up, Dodgers down in MLB Power Rankings

Jun 22, 2023, 07:00 AM ET They’ve been ahead in the standings for a while — now the Arizona Diamondbacks have at last leapfrogged...

Rishi Sunak promises economy ‘going to be OK’ after shock rates rise and he is ‘100% on it’

“I am totally, 100% on it – and it’s going to be OK,” Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said this afternoon, following a shock interest...

Business

Scale of rate hike is shock therapy for UK’s inflation problem

Blimey. The Bank of England was always going to increase its Bank rate this month. But every economist had expected only a quarter percentage...

Evan Gershkovich: Wall Street Journal reporter accused of spying in Russia loses appeal against pre-trial detention

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has had a fresh appeal against his pre-trial detention on charges of espionage rejected by a Moscow court....

Titanic sub search: Hunt for missing vessel turns critical as former passenger describes vessel’s ‘issues’

Oxygen on the missing Titanic submersible is expected to run out in hours, with hopes of finding the five people on board starting to...

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Ava Max slapped in face and scratched in the eye by man who runs on stage during her LA show

Ava Max says she was hit so hard by a man who rushed the stage in Los Angeles that she suffered a scratch to...

World

Titanic sub search: Hunt for missing vessel turns critical with oxygen supply due to run out just after midday

Oxygen on the missing Titanic submersible is expected to run out in hours, with hopes of finding the five people on board starting to...

World

Titanic sub search: Fate of missing Titan submersible’s passengers may rest on one man

If the submersible now missing in the icy seas of the North Atlantic is still intact, the fate of the five men inside may...

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David Furnish condemns ‘homophobia’ in Schofield coverage and hints at husband Elton John’s last UK show

David Furnish is well known as a gay rights campaigner, AIDS activist and of course Sir Elton John’s husband. In conversation with Sky’s Beth...

Interest rate hits ‘shock’ 5% after 0.5 percentage point increase

The Bank of England has shocked economists and investors by raising interest rates half a percentage point to 5% – the highest level since...