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China relaxes COVID rules even further, in sign it is preparing its people to live with the disease

China will now allow people with asymptomatic COVID-19 or mild symptoms to quarantine at home in another relaxation of its rules. Most COVID cases...

Politics

Abolishing House of Lords would spark ‘fundamental challenges’, Speaker warns

The Speaker of the Lords is set to condemn Labour’s plans to abolish the second chamber, claiming changing it to a fully elected House...

World

Big win for Joe Biden as Democrats land outright majority in the US Senate, NBC News projects

Democrat Raphael Warnock has been re-elected to the US Senate in a crucial win for President Joe Biden, NBC News has projected. His expected...

World

Argentina’s vice president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner jailed for corruption – but won’t actually go behind bars

Argentina’s Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has been sentenced to jail for corruption – but is currently immune from actually going behind bars...

Business

Which supermarkets have seen their prices rise most during the cost of living crisis?

The price of own-brand and budget products in supermarkets has been rising far faster than premium and branded items during the cost of living...

Sports

Avalanche C MacKinnon likely to miss four weeks

8:21 PM ET Colorado Avalanche star center Nathan MacKinnon will miss approximately four weeks with an upper-body injury, the team announced on Tuesday night....

Environment

Strep A: Pharmacies warn of penicillin shortage as parents urged not to self-diagnose their children

A senior pharmacist says a penicillin shortage is leading to fears that some prescriptions will not be filled as seasonal sickness levels continue to...

Sports

Four-down territory: QB Daniels to transfer again

12:50 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN West Virginia quarterback JT Daniels is again in search of a new home. Sources told ESPN that Daniels intends...

Sports

UVA grants posthumous degrees to slain players

9:09 AM ET The University of Virginia has awarded posthumous degrees to honor Devin Chandler, Lavel Davis Jr. and D’Sean Perry, who were shot...

Sports

UNLV names Arkansas DC Odom as next coach

5:24 PM ET Adam Rittenberg Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Chris Low Close ESPN...

Sports

Kaplan: Jason Robertson’s superstar rise, trade targets and other rumblings around NHL

8:10 AM ET Welcome to December in the NHL, where parity reigns more than ever and no lead is safe. And while I’ve heard...

World

Ukrainians fight Russian mercenaries and plummeting temperatures in the Battle for Bakhmut

Standing by a makeshift stove at the bottom of a bitterly-cold ditch, the Ukrainian troops enjoyed a quick tea break. Suddenly there was a...

World

Ukrainians fighting Russian mercenaries and plummeting temperatures in the Battle for Bakhmut

Standing by a makeshift stove at the bottom of a bitterly-cold ditch, the Ukrainian troops enjoyed a quick tea break. Suddenly there was a...

Technology

MongoDB stock jumps 27% after cloud database company shows surprise adjusted profit

Dev Ittycheria, CEO of MongoDB Adam Jeffery | CNBC MongoDB shares rose 27% in extended trading on Tuesday after the database software maker surprisingly...

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Avatar is back after 13 years – but will the sequel live up to the original?

Thirteen years on, James Cameron’s mega-budget Avatar sequel opens in cinemas next week, hoping to illicit that same appetite in cinemagoers for the 3D...

Donald Trump firm guilty of defrauding tax authorities for more than 15 years

Donald Trump’s real estate company has been found guilty of running a criminal scheme to defraud tax authorities for more than 15 years. The...

Technology

Tim Cook says Apple will use chips built in the U.S. at Arizona factory

Apple CEO Tim Cook confirmed that Apple will buy U.S.-made microchips at an event in Arizona on Tuesday, where President Joe Biden also spoke....

Politics

Onshore windfarm ban to be lifted in government U-turn

The government has U-turned over its ban on onshore wind by saying turbines could be installed if the projects gain the support of local...

Politics

Thousands of ambulance workers in England and Wales to strike on two days in December

More than 10,000 ambulance workers across nine trusts in England and Wales will strike on 21 and 28 December, the GMB union has confirmed....

Politics

Baroness Michelle Mone takes a leave of absence from House of Lords amid PPE contracts controversy

Tory peer Baroness Michelle Mone is taking a leave of absence from the House of Lords with immediate effect. Baroness Mone, who is at...