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OPEC+’s mixed messages, recession fears make it too early to buy the dip on our oil stocks

A slide in crude oil prices has weighed on the Club’s three energy holdings. But given the uncertainty around OPEC+’s output policy ahead of...

Business

Amazon to pay millions to settle Alexa and Ring doorbell privacy claims

Amazon and a subsidiary have agreed to pay millions to settle two separate privacy cases against its Alexa and Ring doorbell devices. Both cases...

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Phillip Schofield: Timeline of ITV departure after colleague affair and Holly Willoughby ‘rift’

Phillip Schofield has left ITV and will not present The British Soap Awards after admitting to an affair with a younger colleague. Schofield revealed...

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This Morning: Key extracts from ITV chief executive’s letter to culture secretary on Phillip Schofield departure

ITV has asked a barrister to carry out an external review of Phillip Schofield’s departure from This Morning. The development was announced by the...

Technology

OpenAI is pursuing a new way to fight A.I. ‘hallucinations’

OpenAI is taking up the mantle against AI “hallucinations,” the company announced Wednesday, with a newer method for training artificial intelligence models. The research...

Technology

China’s Oppo debuts ‘mixed reality’ headset as Apple, Microsoft explore similar devices

The Oppo MR Glass Developer Edition will be available for developers in China in the second half of the year. Oppo Chinese electronics giant...

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ITV announces external review over Phillip Schofield’s departure from This Morning

ITV has instructed a barrister to carry out an external review of the facts following Phillip Schofield’s statement and departure from This Morning, chief...

Sports

College football’s most intriguing September games, coaches under pressure and exciting newcomers

We’re less than 100 days away from the start of the 2023 college football season, and the full September schedule is being released. So...

Politics

Boris Johnson hands COVID material to Cabinet Office in ‘full and in unredacted form’

All of Boris Johnson’s WhatsApp messages and notebooks that have been requested by the COVID inquiry have been handed to the Cabinet Office in...

Environment

England ‘not ready’ to respond to extreme heatwaves this summer – and resources are at ‘breaking point’

England is “not ready” to respond to extreme heatwaves this summer and ministers must implement a national strategy, researchers have said. In addition to...

England ‘not ready’ to respond to extreme heatwaves this summer – and resources are at ‘breaking point’

England is “not ready” to respond to extreme heatwaves this summer and ministers must implement a national strategy, researchers have said. In addition to...

Court rules woman, 73, who took part in Charles Manson killings should be released on parole

A 73-year-old woman who took part in two killings on the orders of cult leader Charles Manson in 1969 should be released from prison...

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Alec Baldwin has hip replacement surgery: Actor given new ‘quality of life’ after suffering ‘intense chronic pain’

Alec Baldwin has had hip replacement surgery after suffering “intense chronic pain,” his wife says. The 65-year-old US actor, who has been in the...

Technology

MLB will broadcast San Diego Padres games after Diamond Sports stops payments

Daniel Camarena of the San Diego Padres hits a grand slam during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals at...

Science

NASA Panel to Hold First Public Meeting on UFO Study; Report Expected Soon

A NASA panel formed last year to study what the government calls “unidentified aerial phenomena,” commonly termed UFOs, was due to hold its first...

Technology

Amazon workers walk out over ‘lack of trust’ in leadership

Amazon workers gather for a rally during a walkout event at the company’s headquarters on May 31, 2023 in Seattle, Washington. David Ryder |...

Ron DeSantis calls Trump’s COVID lockdown criticisms ‘ridiculous’ at his first US presidential campaign event

Ron DeSantis has begun his bid to become the Republican candidate for US president by claiming he is America’s saviour and calling some of...

Business

Members of scandal hit-CBI begin confidence vote on lobby group’s future

CBI members are to begin voting today on the future of the business lobby group, following a series of scandals. The organisation was plunged...

Sports

Conn Smythe Watch: Counting down the MVP leaders as Stanley Cup Final begins

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNMay 31, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Either the Vegas Golden Knights or the Florida...

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World’s biggest investment fund says firms mismanaging climate risk could face exclusion from next year

Norway’s sovereign wealth fund was established in the 1990s to invest the surplus revenues of the country’s oil and gas sector. Bloomberg | Bloomberg...