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Truss hands government job to Sunak ally in bid to heal divisions in Tory party

Liz Truss has handed a government job to a Rishi Sunak ally in a move that appears to signal her intention to bridge the...

Environment

Police hunting man who threw acid over TV presenter Katie Piper

Police are urgently hunting the man who threw acid over television presenter Katie Piper after he was recalled to jail for breaching his licence...

Sports

NHL roundtable: Breakout stars, teams that will shock, Avs’ repeat chances

Oct 8, 2022 ESPN staff Opening night of the 2022-23 NHL season is on Oct. 11, with a doubleheader slated to be broadcast by...

Sports

UGA reclaims No. 1 spot as Bama slides to third

1:48 PM ET Associated Press Georgia took back the No. 1 spot in The Associated Press college football poll from Alabama on Sunday after...

Sports

Rutgers dismisses offensive coordinator Gleeson

3:55 PM ET Pete ThamelESPN Rutgers dismissed offensive coordinator Sean Gleeson on Sunday, the school announced. The move was made in an attempt to...

Sports

Tide survive Aggies in sloppy affair minus Young

Oct 8, 2022 TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Despite being without its Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback and turning the ball over four times, No. 1 Alabama hung...

Sports

Musgrove, Padres blank Mets, prevail in Game 3

10:15 PM ET NEW YORK — Starter Joe Musgrove dominated the New York Mets, who mustered one hit out of the entire evening, as...

Sports

Chapman off Yanks’ roster after missing workout

11:46 AM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Chapman had disrupted an already depleted bullpen when he went on the injured list from Aug....

Sports

Cashman: ‘Pot of gold’ awaits free agent Judge

2:14 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Brian Cashman realizes Aaron Judge struck gold with his record-setting season, raising the price for the...

World

Putin’s accusation of Ukrainian terrorism over bridge attack ‘cynical’, Zelenskyy adviser says

Accusing Ukraine of terrorism after the explosion on the Crimean bridge is “too cynical even for Russia”, an adviser to Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said....

Technology

Why Silicon Valley is so excited about awkward drawings done by artificial intelligence

Zoom In IconArrows pointing outwards Stable Diffusion’s web interface, DreamStudio Screenshot/Stable Diffusion Computer programs can now create never-before-seen images in seconds. Feed one of...

Sports

Bell wins Charlotte; Larson bumped from playoffs

6:31 PM ET Associated Press CONCORD, N.C. — It was a race of desperation. For Christopher Bell, who had to win Sunday to stave...

Environment

Chants of ‘one solution, revolution’ after London concert by Iranian singer evacuated over bomb threat

A concert by Iranian singer Dariush in London was cancelled after a bomb threat was made and the venue was evacuated. No explosive device...

Fake heiress Anna ‘Delvey’ Sorokin says she got ‘exactly what I wanted’ with release from jail

Anna “Delvey” Sorokin, the con artist who swindled Manhattan’s elite by posing as a German heiress, says she got “exactly what I wanted” after...

Environment

Milk protests: Police arrest more than 100 people during weekend of environmental activism in London

More than 100 people have been arrested by the Metropolitan Police after a weekend of protests by environmental groups in the capital. Officers in...

Environment

Allianz Chief Economic Adviser El-Erian believes core inflation ‘is still going up’

Heidi Gutman | CNBC Ahead of the release of the latest consumer price index reading this week, Allianz Chief Economic Adviser Mohamed El-Erian told...

World

Ukraine war: Empty stomachs and suspicion – A liberated town that’s finally giving up its secrets

The hunger is sharp in Lyman but the instinct to survive, even sharper. It’s been exceptionally honed in those Lyman residents who’ve remained through...

Politics

Nadhim Zahawi warns Tories ‘dither or delay will end in defeat’ as he urges party to unite

Cabinet minister Nadhim Zahawi has warned restive Tory MPs that “dither or delay will end in defeat” as he appealed for unity just over...

Technology

The first crop of space mining companies didn’t work out, but a new generation is trying again

Just a couple of years ago, it seemed that space mining was inevitable. Analysts, tech visionaries and even renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson predicted...

Business

Former Wasps chief spearheads bid for stricken Premiership Rugby club

A former boss of crisis-hit Wasps is spearheading a takeover bid for the Premiership Rugby club that could save it from the threat of...