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ICJ asked to broaden definition of genocide over ‘collective punishment’ in Gaza

Ireland is to ask the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to broaden its definition of genocide – claiming Israel has engaged in the “collective...

World

Virus most likely to cause next pandemic ‘could be passed to humans’ from horses, study finds

Bird flu can infect horses without causing any symptoms, according to new research, raising fears that the virus could be spreading undetected. It’s another...

World

It’s still 2024, but scientists are already confident 2025 will be in top three warmest on record

It is not even Christmas yet: trees are still being decorated, turkeys are yet to be defrosted and Christmas puddings remain intact. But though...

World

Saudi Arabia confirmed as hosts for 2034 World Cup

Saudi Arabia has been confirmed as the host nation for the 2034 football World Cup. Also confirmed were the hosts for the 2030 World...

Sports

Belichick returns to coaching, this time at UNC

Dec 11, 2024, 05:28 PM ET Open Extended Reactions In one of the most stunning and compelling moves in college football history, six-time Super...

Father and stepmother of 10-year-old Sara Sharif found guilty of her murder at Surrey home

Sara Sharif’s father and stepmother have been found guilty of murdering the 10-year-old before fleeing to Pakistan. Sara died on 8 August last year...

Sara Sharif murder is ‘heartbreaking reminder’ of ‘profound weaknesses’ in child protection

We have been here before and each time we have said “never again”. Reacting to the verdicts, the children’s commissioner for England Dame Rachel...

Technology

OpenAI says ChatGPT suffers outage, company working on fix

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman visits “Making Money With Charles Payne” at Fox Business Network Studios in New York on Dec. 4, 2024. Mike Coppola...

Technology

ServiceTitan prices IPO at $71, above expected range, after slow stretch for tech offerings

Vahe Kuzoyan, left, and Ara Mahdessian, the founders of ServiceTitan. ServiceTitan ServiceTitan, a provider of cloud software to contractors, priced its IPO at $71...

ServiceTitan prices IPO at , above expected range, after slow stretch for tech offerings

Sports

The Hoodie’s a Heel: Can the NFL’s greatest coach fix UNC’s tarnished legacy?

Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterDec 11, 2024, 06:35 PM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010,...

Sports

Bill Belichick to North Carolina?! What does this mean for college football?

Dec 11, 2024, 05:54 PM ET Open Extended Reactions 1 Related However, the bigger picture of Belichick’s ability to recruit high school prospects and...

World

The Syrians who rose up in 2011 now struggling to believe they can return to the scene of Assad’s unbridled slaughter

The last time I came to Homs, I crossed the border from Lebanon on the back of a motorbike. I recall ducking beneath somebody’s...

Technology

Alphabet and Tesla reach fresh records, joining Amazon and Meta and pushing Nasdaq past 20,000

Tech stocks on display at the Nasdaq. Peter Kramer | CNBC Alphabet and Tesla climbed to fresh records on Wednesday, closing at all-time highs...

Business

Rhetoric rises in famer inheritance tax row – with neither side seemingly prepared to budge

Labour’s rural problem has reared its head once more. This time, the government is facing down fierce opposition over changes to inheritance tax. Unless...

Hannah Kobayashi: Missing woman whose father took his own life after trying to find her ‘found safe’

The family of a woman whose father took his own life after she went missing say she has been found alive. Hannah Kobayashi flew...

Technology

Facebook, Instagram and other Meta apps go down due to ‘technical issue’

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta Platforms, during the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, on Sept. 25, 2024. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg...

Politics

Cost of assisted dying ‘could be tens of thousands of pounds’ per person

The cost of assisted dying in the UK could mean it ends up being only be for the wealthy, a specialist lawyer has told...

Politics

Lord Timpson having ‘conversations’ about public sector hiring more ex-prisoners

Prisons minister Lord James Timpson has told Sky News that he is having “a conversation” with parliament and the public sector about hiring more...

World

Saudi Arabia confirmed as hosts for 2034 World Cup

Saudi Arabia has been confirmed as the host nation for the 2034 football World Cup. Also confirmed were the hosts for the 2030 World...

Luigi Mangione: Police say fingerprints of US gunman suspect match those found near New York crime scene

Police say fingerprints of the man suspected of shooting dead a US health insurance boss match those found near the crime scene in New...