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Seven dead in petrol station blast in Donegal

Seven people have now been confirmed dead following an explosion at a petrol station in Donegal. A further eight people are being treated in...

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Viola Davis on pushing for bold roles and The Woman King being her ‘magnus opus’

Her latest film is the true story of a fierce group of female warriors who protected a West African Kingdom in the 1800s, given...

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Rail strikes: Saturday 8 October disruption and which lines are affected – including some Overground and Tube services

Commuters will face another day of travel disruption with more rail strikes planned on 8 October – bringing a halt to many services as...

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North-South divide in opioid and painkiller prescribing with high use in England’s most deprived areas

A North-South divide over the prescription of high dose opioids and other painkillers has been revealed by Sky News research. The findings are being...

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Eurovision: Next year’s song contest to be held in Liverpool, BBC announces

Liverpool will host next year’s Eurovision Song Contest, the BBC has announced. It beat off Glasgow to win the chance to host the show,...

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Only around one in five trains to run during today’s rail strike

Rail passengers are in for more travel chaos as only around one in five trains are set to run today due to another strike....

Sports

Phils rally to take Game 1 as Cards implode in 9th

8:09 PM ET ST. LOUIS — Jean Segura‘s career spanned 11 seasons and 1,328 games before he finally reached the postseason, the longest active...

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Ramirez’s response lifts Guardians to Game 1 win

2:46 PM ET CLEVELAND — When the Ramirez, batting right-handed, went deep to the opposite field off Rays starter Shane McClanahan as the home...

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Mets include Marte, Alvarez on postseason roster

12:32 PM ET NEW YORK — When the Mets kick off their playoff run against the San Diego Padres on Friday night, Starling Marte...

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Ukraine war: Under the threat of a nuclear strike and a long looming winter, indomitable Ukrainian spirit holds

There are a quite shocking number of Russian corpses left in the wake of the Ukrainian blitz on their eastern front. Kyiv’s troops are...

World

Three people killed in explosion at service station in Ireland

Three people have been killed in an explosion at a service station in Co Donegal, Ireland. The explosion happened just after 3pm at the...

Sports

NASCAR teams decry ‘broken’ economic model

2:47 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The most powerful teams in NASCAR warned Friday that the venerable stock car racing series has...

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What happened during the Cuban missile crisis – and why is it being compared to Russia’s war in Ukraine?

US President Joe Biden has been overheard saying that Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine carries the greatest risk of nuclear weapons being used since...

Technology

Tesla stock had its worst week since March 2020 during a ‘very intense 7 days’ for Elon Musk

Elon Musk Mike Blake | Reuters Tesla shares dropped nearly 16% during what CEO Elon Musk called a “very intense 7 days indeed” to...

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Eurovision: Next year’s song contest to be held in Liverpool, BBC announces

Liverpool will host next year’s Eurovision Song Contest, the BBC has announced. It beat off Glasgow to win the chance to host the show,...

How Nazanin is using her freedom to fight for those still being oppressed by the Iranian regime

I first met Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe shortly after she was released from prison in Iran and reunited with her husband Richard and daughter Gabriella. We...

Entire police department at centre of Texas school shooting suspended

The school district at the centre of the mass shooting at a primary school in Uvalde, Texas, has suspended its entire police force. Following...

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Ron Insana: It’s time to use an ‘all of the above’ energy policy to break up the OPEC+ cartel

An Austrian soldier guards the entrance to the OPEC headquarters on October 4, 2022 on the eve of the 45th Meeting of the Joint...

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Why this investor doesn’t back companies that use carbon offsets

Zachary Bogue, co-managing partner for DCVC, speaks during the Future of Innovation: Spotlight on Artificial Intelligence Conference in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Thursday,...

Business

Kwarteng rules out wholesale reforms to bank ‘firewall’ regime

Kwasi Kwarteng, the chancellor, has ruled out tearing up the regime put in place to segregate high street lenders’ investment banking arms that was...