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Wealth manager St James’s Place kicks off hunt for new chief

The executive who presided over a bitter “cruises and cufflinks” row at one of Britain’s biggest wealth managers is preparing to step down. Sky...

World

‘They set us on fire and took everything’: The harrowing stories inside Chad’s refugee camps as thousands flee Sudan

The 41-degree heat rises like steam from every rock and roof but as sunset approaches the sky breaks into a thunderstorm. A woman, deep...

Sports

Adames drilled in dugout by foul ball, exits game

ESPN News Services May 26, 2023, 09:33 PM ET MILWAUKEE — Brewers shortstop Willy Adames left Friday night’s game against the San Francisco Giants...

Sports

Boone ban: Yanks’ skip suspended for ump spats

Joon Lee, ESPNMay 26, 2023, 05:12 PM ET Close Previously a Staff Writer at Bleacher ReportCornell University graduate NEW YORK — Major League Baseball...

Sports

Marchessault surprised Panthers didn’t keep him

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNMay 25, 2023, 03:12 PM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. DALLAS — Jonathan Marchessault isn’t getting ahead of...

Sports

Bryan Harsin is back in Idaho and ‘thriving’ in his post-Auburn life

Chris Low, ESPN Senior WriterMay 25, 2023, 09:45 AM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee...

World

F-16s are heading to Ukraine – but will they pose a credible threat to the Russian Air Force?

F-16s are on the way to Ukraine. US President Joe Biden‘s approval of the move at the G7 conference will certainly provide Ukraine with...

World

The bullet in my brain: Singer Mutlu Kaya was shot in the head, but survived. Now, she has found a new voice on TikTok

“Iron Woman” is the name given to Mutlu Kaya by her almost two million TikTok followers, due to the bullet in her brain. She...

World

Papuan fighters threaten to shoot NZ pilot hostage without independence talks

Fighters in Indonesia’s Papua region have threatened to shoot a New Zealand pilot they took hostage in February if independence talks are not launched....

World

The West will be disappointed with Erdogan’s likely electoral success

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will have been Vladimir Putin’s favourite in this election. A hard truth to swallow for his Nato allies who will...

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The bullet in my brain: Singer Mutlu Kaya was shot in the head, but survived. Now, she has found a new voice on TikTok

“Iron Woman” is the name given to Mutlu Kaya by her almost two million TikTok followers, due to the bullet in her brain. She...

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Backstage With… The stars and director of new live-action The Little Mermaid

The Little Mermaid – the cartoon feature-film based on Hans Christian Andersen’s story about a mermaid desperate for life on land – was credited...

Sports

UGA extends AD, plans 2 football practice fields

Associated Press May 26, 2023, 05:56 PM ET ATHENS, Ga. — On the heels of a second straight national football championship, the University of...

Politics

Boris Johnson tells Sky News new allegations of lockdown rule breaking are ‘total nonsense’

Boris Johnson has insisted the fresh claims he broke lockdown rules are “total nonsense” and that elements of his ministerial diary were “cherry picked...

Technology

The tech trade is back, driven by A.I. craze and prospect of a less aggressive Fed

Jen-Hsun Huang, president and chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., speaks during the company’s event at Mobile World Congress Americas in Los Angeles, California,...

Technology

Facebook-Giphy sale shows how fear of regulators is slowing M&A market

The logos of Facebook and Giphy. Aytac Unal | Anadolu Agency via Getty Images In 2020, a top Meta executive explained the company spent...

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Celine Dion ‘heartbroken’ as she cancels rest of Courage World Tour

Celine Dion has said “it breaks my heart” after cancelling the remaining concerts of her world tour because of a rare neurological illness. The...

Sports

MLB’s first 40/60 player? Inside Ronald Acuna Jr.’s return to MVP form

Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterMay 26, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018...

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Phillip Schofield admits affair with much younger man – and steps down from ITV

Phillip Schofield has admitted having an affair with a much younger male ITV employee while he was still married and revealed he is stepping...

Environment

Biden Interior advances renewable energy transmission projects in Nevada

Heavy electrical transmission lines at the powerful Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System, located in California’s Mojave Desert at the base of Clark Mountain and...