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Welfare versus warfare: Sir Keir Starmer’s unresolved question – and why the PM’s pinned his hopes on economic growth

Welfare versus warfare: for decades, it’s a question to which successive prime ministers have responded with one answer. After the end of the Cold...

Jay Slater took ecstasy and cocaine before he went missing – but did not steal a Rolex watch, inquest hears

British teenager Jay Slater had taken ecstasy, cocaine and possibly ketamine – but did not steal a Rolex watch as he claimed on Snapchat...

Business

Trade war uncertainty prompts halt to eurozone rate cuts

The European Central Bank (ECB) has kept its core interest rates on hold after seven successive cuts, citing uncertainty over the threatened US trade...

Sports

NHL Power Rankings: Summer storylines for all 32 teams

Open Extended Reactions The compressed NHL schedule for the end of the Stanley Cup playoffs, draft and free agency means that the majority of...

World

Eleven civilians killed as Thailand and Cambodia exchange fire in escalating border dispute

Eleven Thai civilians and a soldier have been killed in clashes between Thailand and Cambodia, officials have said, as long-standing tensions in disputed border...

Venezuelan scarred after being sent to maximum security prison by Trump administration

Arturo Suarez cries as he hugs his family for the first time in months. His sister’s modest home in Caracas, Venezuela’s capital city, is...

World

Venezuelan scarred after being sent to maximum security prison by Trump administration

Arturo Suarez cries as he hugs his family for the first time in months. His sister’s modest home in Caracas, Venezuela’s capital city, is...

World

Gaza faces ‘man-made’ mass starvation due to Israeli aid blockade, World Health Organization says

The chief of the World Health Organization (WHO) has said Gaza is suffering “man-made mass starvation” because of an Israeli blockade on aid to...

World

UK and India about to sign landmark trade deal but not everyone’s happy

As India and Britain look set to sign a free trade agreement (FTA), some industries are disappointed and want a level playing field. The...

World

Syria’s new president has won over Trump but his chequered past is still causing concern

It is no secret that Donald Trump wants the Nobel Peace Prize. But the very man who could help him achieve this is also...

Politics

Welfare versus warfare: Sir Keir Starmer’s unresolved question – and why the PM’s pinned his hopes on economic growth

Welfare versus warfare: for decades, it’s a question to which successive prime ministers have responded with one answer. After the end of the Cold...

Sports

FSU QB Castellanos standing firm on Bama jab

David HaleJul 23, 2025, 11:22 AM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware. Open Extended Reactions...

Sports

Oregon’s Lanning: Tighten CFP to wrap by Jan. 1

Adam RittenbergJul 23, 2025, 12:44 PM ET Close College football reporter; joined ESPN in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Open Extended Reactions LAS VEGAS...

Off-the-shelf medical tests are failing to back up accuracy promises with evidence, study finds

Off-the-shelf medical tests that promise to diagnose conditions ranging from vitamin deficiencies to cancer are lacking evidence to back up their accuracy, a study...

Doctors go on strike for five days – here’s everything you need to know

Doctors in England and Wales go on strike for five days from Friday, with warnings it could lead to patient harm in emergency departments....

Sports

Pasquantino: Want Lugo to stay in Royals blue

Jesse RogersJul 23, 2025, 06:58 PM ET Close Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions CHICAGO...

Sports

Clean slate: Rockies get 1st shutout in 221 games

ESPN News Services Jul 23, 2025, 07:29 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DENVER — The Colorado Rockies ended a dubious streak by recording a...

Sports

Ohtani ties Dodgers’ mark with HR in 5th straight

ESPN News Services Jul 23, 2025, 05:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani homered for the fifth consecutive game on...

‘Everyone’s on edge’: Epping braces for another hotel protest

Tracey’s cheese toastie is getting cold. She’s explaining to me how hacked off she is about the asylum hotel in Epping, there is a...

Technology

Google’s $85 billion capital spend spurred by cloud, AI demand

Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet Inc., during Stanford’s 2024 Business, Government, and Society forum in Stanford, California, April 3, 2024. Justin Sullivan | Getty...