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Donald Trump allowed back on Facebook and Instagram after two-year ban

Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts will be reinstated after a two-year suspension following the 6 January insurrection. Facebook parent Meta said in a...

Environment

Norway’s fossil fuel bonanza stokes impassioned debate about how best to spend its ‘war profits’

Norway is making more money from oil and gas exports than ever. Ole Berg-rusten | Afp | Getty Images Norway’s skyrocketing oil and gas...

Environment

The NHS in numbers: How much is a typical worker paid – and what does an A&E visit cost?

Winter pressures, an ageing population, strikes, staff shortages and COVID backlogs have left the NHS in crisis. Reports of ambulances queuing to get into...

Environment

Fathers ‘constantly fighting the NHS’ to get severely disabled sons the care they need

A father of four has said he is “constantly fighting the NHS” to get the care his two severely disabled sons need – and...

Sports

Audit: LSU accidentally overpaid Kelly $1M in ’22

8:43 PM ET Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. — LSU accidentally overpaid Tigers football coach Brian Kelly by $1 million during the first year...

Audit: LSU accidentally overpaid Kelly M in '22

Environment

NHS crisis: ‘Over my dead body’ – Proposals to make some patients pay for care spark backlash

The NHS winter crisis has been a struggle for patients and staff alike – but it has also prompted a long overdue and necessary...

NHS crisis: Charging patients who can afford it – or free for all? Future of health service sparks fierce debate

The NHS winter crisis has been a struggle for patients and staff alike – but it has also prompted a long overdue and necessary...

Technology

Facebook and Instagram will reinstate Trump after two-year ban

An image of President Donald Trump appears on video screens before his speech to supporters from the Ellipse at the White House in Washington...

Technology

Snapchat’s role in fentanyl crisis probed during House roundtable: ‘It’s a Snap-specific problem’

Snap-owned Snapchat, and its role in the fentanyl crisis, was the focus of a House roundtable hosted by the Energy and Commerce Committee on...

Environment

Chevron announces $75 billion stock buyback, dividend boost

Chevron last month reported its second-highest quarterly profit ever. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images Energy giant Chevron announced a $75...

Chevron announces billion stock buyback, dividend boost

Business

London estate agent Dexters swoops on rival Marsh & Parsons in £25m deal

A London-based estate agent chaired by the former Sainsbury’s chief Justin King is on the brink of a deal to buy rival Marsh &...

Technology

IBM tops revenue estimates, says it will cut 3,900 jobs

IBM CEO Arvind Krishna speaks at a panel session at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 17, 2023. Stefan Wermuth |...

Pensioners and new mums relieved to get treatment as NHS struggles with strikes and surging infections

Baby Shylo is just a few hours old. She was born three weeks prematurely in Coventry Hospital and is one of the National Health...

Politics

Westminster Accounts: Speakers call for overhaul of All-Party Parliamentary Groups

Parliament’s reputation is being put at risk by groups of MPs that can be funded by lobbyists, according to a rare joint letter from...

Politics

Matt Hancock: Man arrested on suspicion of assaulting ex-health secretary in Tube station

A man has been arrested on suspicion of assaulting former health secretary Matt Hancock in a Tube station, British Transport Police have said. The...

Blow to Putin as both Germany and US confirm they will send tanks to Ukraine

Germany will supply Ukraine with 14 Leopard 2 tanks and has given allies permission to send theirs too – despite threats from Russia –...

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Justin Bieber sells his back catalogue for £162m

Justin Bieber has sold his share of the rights to his music for a reported $200m (£162m). Hipgnosis Songs Capital, which now owns the...

Virginia teacher shot by six-year-old student texted loved ones to say school was failing to act

The teacher who was shot by her six-year-old student texted a loved one to say the boy was armed and school officials were failing...

Royal Air Force grounds its entire fleet of fast jet training aircraft due to engine problem

The Royal Air Force has grounded its entire fleet of fast jet training aircraft because of an issue with an engine, Sky News can...

Technology

Tesla reports record revenue and beats on earnings

Tesla founder Elon Musk attends Offshore Northern Seas 2022 in Stavanger, Norway August 29, 2022. Carina Johansen | NTB | via Reuters Electric vehicle...