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Will Sir Keir Starmer win his battle against Nimbys to deliver the growth Britain needs?

Over the last week, Sir Keir Starmer’s government has fired the starting gun on the biggest domestic fight of this parliament on his highest...

World

Doctors look for clues on why ‘super survivors’ overcome cancer in first global study

Doctors have begun the first global study of why some people with cancer beat the odds and survive so much longer than expected. Many...

World

Donald Trump warns DeepSeek should be ‘wakeup call’ for America’s AI industry

Donald Trump thinks the Chinese startup DeepSeek, which claims it has a technical advantage over US rivals, should be “a wakeup call” for American AI...

Former classmate arrested after fresh DNA link nearly 50 years after schoolgirl’s murder

DNA advances have led to an arrest which could solve the cold case murder of a 16-year-old girl at a school in Hawaii, nearly...

Business

Rightmove: ‘First drop’ in house rent prices outside London since before the COVID pandemic

The average asking price to rent a home outside London has fallen for the first time since before the COVID pandemic, according to a...

Sports

NASCAR to consider playoff format changes for ’26

Field Level Media Jan 27, 2025, 08:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions As NASCAR teams prepare to begin the new season, changes to the...

Sports

Sources: Cubs finalizing trade for reliever Pressly

Jesse RogersJan 26, 2025, 05:17 PM ET Close Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions CHICAGO...

Sports

Orioles agree to 1-year deal with OF Carlson

Associated Press Jan 27, 2025, 03:57 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BALTIMORE — The Baltimore Orioles agreed to terms with Dylan Carlson on a...

Technology

Google says it will change Gulf of Mexico to ‘Gulf of America’ in Maps app after government updates

The Gulf of Mexico as seen on Google Maps. Source: Google Maps Google said Monday it will change the name of the Gulf of...

Politics

Heathrow expansion ‘won’t go ahead’ if it doesn’t meet climate targets, Ed Miliband says

Ed Miliband has said the expansion of Heathrow and other airports “won’t go ahead” if they don’t meet the UK’s emissions targets – putting him on...

World

‘I am scared’: Inside Congolese city overrun by rebels as echoing blasts and crack of bullets force families to hide

Congolese soldiers solemnly moved through the streets of downtown Goma – with white bands around their heads and their hands empty of guns. They...

Technology

Amazon taps Whole Foods CEO to oversee grocery business

Whole Foods Market CEO Jason Buechel speaks onstage during the 2023 Concordia Annual Summit. Leigh Vogel | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Amazon...

Technology

Nvidia calls China’s DeepSeek R1 model ‘an excellent AI advancement’

Jensen Huang, co-founder and chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., during a news conference in Taipei, Taiwan, on Tuesday, June 4, 2024. Nvidia is...

Business

DeepSeek: US tech stocks tumble on fears of cheaper Chinese AI

US tech firms exposed to big artificial intelligence (AI) investments are seeing their shares take a hammering over the emergence of a low-cost Chinese...

Technology

Apple turns its AI on by default in latest software update

Tim Cook, chief executive officer of Apple Inc., greets customers during the first day of in-store sales of Apple’s latest products at Apple’s Fifth...

Sports

Are the Dodgers two playoff teams in one? We split them in half to find out

Bradford DoolittleJan 27, 2025, 07:00 AM ET Close MLB writer and analyst for ESPN.com Former NBA writer and analyst for ESPN.com Been with ESPN...

Sports

NASCAR’s Johnson becomes majority team owner

Associated Press Jan 27, 2025, 10:58 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Seven-time NASCAR champion 1 Related Gallagher retained some shares in the NASCAR team...

Sports

LaJoie to run limited slate with RWR, be analyst

Associated Press Jan 27, 2025, 10:39 AM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NASCAR driver Corey LaJoie will run a limited Cup Series...

Business

Hobbycraft-owner Modella circles WH Smith high street chain

The owner of Hobbycraft is among a pack of suitors circling WH Smith, the 233-year-old high street chain which has been put up for...

Science

T Tauri Star Dimming Event: Astronomers Study Future Disappearance

The bright protostar T Tauri, situated 471 light-years away in the Taurus constellation, is expected to vanish from view for decades. This dimming phenomenon,...