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Gisele Pelicot rape trial: French court jails husband who organised the mass rapes of his wife

A man who repeatedly drugged his wife and invited strangers to rape her while she was unconscious has been sentenced to 20 years in...

World

Zelenskyy now voicing the reality that’s been apparent for a long time

A dramatic change in tone by Ukraine’s president – acknowledging the strength of Russia’s hold over swathes of Ukrainian territory – has coincided with...

Man, 20, in contact with Wisconsin school shooting suspect ‘planned attack on government building’

A man who was in contact with a female student who opened fire at a private religious school in Wisconsin, killing two people before...

Business

Water bills to rise by average of 36% over next five years, says water regulator Ofwat

Average water bills in England and Wales will increase by 36% over the next five years, the water regulator Ofwat has said. The rise...

Science

Boeing Starliner Astronauts’ Return Delayed Until March 2025 Following SpaceX Delay

NASA astronauts Barry Wilmore and Sunita Williams, who embarked on Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft in June 2024, will now extend their stay on the International...

Science

New discovery: Binary star system D9 orbits Sagittarius A in Milky Way

A pair of stars, designated D9, has been identified orbiting Sagittarius A, the supermassive black hole at the core of the Milky Way, according...

Science

James Webb and Chandra Capture Images of Star Clusters in Distant Galaxies

A striking new image has been captured near the edge of the Small Magellanic Cloud, a galaxy located approximately 200,000 light-years from Earth. The...

Science

SWOT Satellite Reveals Key Insights on Ohio River Basin Lakes and Reservoirs

Researchers have been provided with a detailed analysis of lakes and reservoirs in the Ohio River Basin through data collected by the Surface Water...

Politics

More action promised after police attend fewer than one in four shoplifting incidents

The policing minister has said she wants forces “to do far more” to tackle shoplifting after figures obtained by Sky News showed fewer than...

Sports

Sources: Cards’ Arenado blocks trade to Astros

Dec 18, 2024, 07:20 PM ET Open Extended Reactions St. Louis Cardinals star third baseman Nolan Arenado invoked his no-trade clause to block a...

Sports

Fried has ‘room to evolve’; Yanks not done ‘lifting’

Jorge Castillo, ESPN Staff WriterDec 18, 2024, 04:05 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the Washington Wizards from 2014 to 2016 and the...

Sports

NHL trade grades: Report cards for Kakko, Fowler, Trouba, more

Ryan S. Clark Close Ryan S. Clark NHL reporter Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. Greg Wyshynski Close Greg Wyshynski ESPN...

Sports

Sources: Salter gets shot to succeed QB Sanders

Max Olson, ESPN Staff WriterDec 18, 2024, 01:30 PM ET Close Covers the Big 12 Joined ESPN in 2012 Graduate of the University of...

Criminology student Nasen Saadi guilty of murder after stabbing woman 10 times on Bournemouth beach

A criminology student has been found guilty of the murder and attempted murder of two women on a beach in Bournemouth. Nasen Saadi, 20,...

Sports

Sooners land QB Mateer, No. 1 player in portal

Max Olson, ESPN Staff WriterDec 18, 2024, 07:36 PM ET Close Covers the Big 12 Joined ESPN in 2012 Graduate of the University of...

Sports

Bama AD tells fans to ‘fight back,’ help fund NIL

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterDec 18, 2024, 04:41 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of...

World

Volodymyr Zelenskyy admits Ukraine cannot remove Russian troops from occupied parts

Ukraine cannot remove Russian troops from the land they occupy in the east of the country and Crimea, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has admitted. While Kyiv...

World

Syria’s new leader takes on an utterly broken nation: ‘It’s all ruins – where do we even start?’

We drove the backbone of Syria, north from Damascus through Homs and Hama to Aleppo, and then south west, through the towns and villages...

Headteacher Justine Drury banned after school trip where ‘girl was blackmailed into sex and students drank’

A headteacher who was in charge of a school ski trip where a girl was said to have been blackmailed into having sex has...

Technology

Micron shares plunge on weak second-quarter guidance

Sanjay Mehrotra, CEO of Micron Technology Inc., speaks during an interview with CNBC on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in...