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Firefighters to vote on strike action after rejecting 5% pay offer

Firefighters will start voting on strike in the latest industrial dispute over below-inflation pay offers. The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) said the “historic ballot” comes...

Politics

Online Safety Bill: Social media sites will no longer have to take down ‘legal but harmful’ material in amendment

Social media sites will no longer have to take down material designated “legal but harmful” as part of the government’s proposed plans for online...

Sports

Making the perfect offseason moves for five of MLB’s most interesting teams

7:00 AM ET There isn’t really such thing as a perfect offseason. A front office can dream of all the right moves to fill...

Business

Mortgage approvals dive in the wake of Truss mini-budget chaos

The number of mortgages approved by lenders plunged to their lowest monthly level in more than two years during October, according to data from...

England’s route to World Cup glory: If they beat Senegal, who could the Three Lions face next?

England will be hoping to finally end more than half a century of World Cup heartache by bringing home football’s most sought-after trophy from...

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Will Smith’s ‘deepest hope’ Emancipation film crew won’t be ‘penalised’ over his Oscars slap

Will Smith said his “deepest hope” is that his infamous Oscars slap does not see the crew behind his new film “penalised” in the...

Business

EasyJet eyes stronger bookings ahead as disruption hammers profits

EasyJet says it is expecting to build on a strong summer, despite pressures on consumer budgets, after COVID and post-pandemic disruption pushed it to...

Trump urged to apologise for dining with Kanye West – and Holocaust-denying white nationalist

Former US vice president Mike Pence has criticised Donald Trump for dining with a Holocaust-denying white nationalist and the rapper formerly known as Kanye...

Elon Musk hits out at Apple – and claims tech giant threatened to block Twitter from App Store

New Twitter owner Elon Musk has hit out at Apple – claiming it has threatened to block his social network from its app store...

World

The protesters on streets across China know what will follow for them

The pictures we have been seeing from China have been astonishing. People using loudhailers to demand democracy – others calling for freedom, their faces...

World

Shocking picture shows three stowaways rescued after spending 11 days on rudder of oil tanker

The Spanish coastguard says it has rescued three migrants who stowed away on the rudder of a tanker that arrived in the Canary Islands...

Environment

‘It’s going to be terrible for me’: Two-thirds of adults worry they cannot afford Christmas dinner

Two-thirds of adults are worried that they will not be able to afford Christmas dinner, according to a survey. The survey, commissioned by the...

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Jennifer Lopez says romance with Ben Affleck has a ‘would-never-happen-in-Hollywood ending’

Jennifer Lopez has spoken about her journey from heartbreak to ‘real love’ with Ben Affleck, saying their whirlwind romance is the “most would-never-happen-in-Hollywood ending”....

Sports

Auburn hires Freeze, ‘the best fit,’ as next coach

4:10 PM ET Hugh Freeze has agreed to a deal to become Auburn‘s next head football coach, the school announced Monday. Auburn administrators, including...

Sports

Top draft prospect Fashanu will return to Penn St.

4:30 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN Penn State left tackle Olu Fashanu told ESPN he’s returning to school next year, a surprising move in NFL...

Sports

Rhule’s Huskers deal worth $74M over 8 years

5:46 PM ET Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. — Matt Rhule said he had plenty of options after he got fired by the 1 Related...

Rhule's Huskers deal worth M over 8 years

Sports

Who passes, who fails? Grading all 32 NHL teams at the quarter mark of 2022-23

7:00 AM ET There is no official “quarter mark” of the NHL season, but now that 31 out of 32 teams have played 20...

Politics

Rishi Sunak declares ‘golden era’ between UK and China over as he calls for new approach

Rishi Sunak has said the “golden era” between the UK and China is over as he called for a new approach to the Chinese...

Technology

How FTX ‘death spiral’ spelled doom for BlockFi, according to bankruptcy filing

The BlockFi logo on a smartphone arranged in the Brooklyn borough of New York, on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg |...

Environment

Anonymous tip-off line launched for people to report corrupt or abusive Met Police officers

Britain’s biggest police force has launched an anonymous hotline for people to report corrupt or abusive officers. The Metropolitan Police has been heavily criticised...