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How people are coping with the floods: Carpets, furniture and food destroyed as homes deluged under feet of water

People whose homes have been destroyed by the floods sweeping across parts of the UK over the past couple of days have been telling...

Boy, 14, stabbed to death on bus in Woolwich, southeast London

A 14-year-old boy has been stabbed to death on a bus in Woolwich, in southeast London. Police were called at around 2.30pm to reports...

Technology

Hims & Hers donates $1 million to Trump’s inauguration fund

Hims & Hers Health has donated $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration fund, CNBC confirmed Tuesday. The company, which offers a range of...

Hims & Hers donates million to Trump's inauguration fund

Sports

NHL Awards Watch: The MVP race tightens up — and adds more contenders

Greg Wyshynski, Senior NHL writerJan 7, 2025, 07:00 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions Some NHL awards...

Science

Lunar Temperature Fluctuations: Understanding the Moon’s Extreme Conditions

The surface temperature of the moon experiences extreme variations, making it one of the harshest environments in the solar system. During lunar daylight, temperatures...

Science

SpaceX Launches 24 Starlink Satellites to Expand Global Internet Coverage

The first Starlink mission of 2025 was successfully launched by SpaceX from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on January 6, 2025, at 2:13...

Business

Rising evidence of price hike threats as Next is latest to warn of challenges

There is mounting evidence that consumers are facing hikes to bills on many fronts after Next became the latest to warn of price rises...

World

French far-right politician Jean-Marie Le Pen has died

Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of the French far-right National Front party, has died aged 96. Le Pen shook the French political establishment when...

Science

India Delays First Space Docking Test of SpaDeX Satellites Until January 9, Requires ‘Further Validation’

India’s Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has postponed its first-ever attempt at space docking mission to January 9, 2025, citing the need for additional validation....

World

At least 95 people killed as 7.1 magnitude earthquake hits China near Tibet holy city of Shigatse

At least 95 people have died and many are feared trapped after a strong earthquake in China, according to state media. It struck in...

World

‘Je Suis Charlie’ was the slogan after 2015 Charlie Hebdo attack – a decade on, has anything changed?

The resonance of the name Charlie Hebdo still rings loudly, a decade after the horrific attack on its offices. But the questions it raised...

World

Nine people dead after strong earthquake in China

At least nine people have died in a strong earthquake in China. The 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck in a mountainous area in the autonomous...

Business

Higher prices for 2025 as Christmas trading fails to meet expectations – BRC says

Shop prices will rise in 2025 as the key Christmas trading period failed to meet retailers’ expectations, according to industry data. Shop sales grew...

Business

Energy bills could rise more as continent effectively rationing gas with storage levels low

Here’s a quiz question: how much would you say the supply of non-Russian gas to Europe (including the UK) has gone up since the...

Sports

Reds acquire infielder Lux from champion Dodgers

Jeff Passan, Senior MLB InsiderJan 6, 2025, 06:38 PM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most...

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Sources: Royals, Lorenzen agree on one year, $7M

Jeff Passan, Senior MLB InsiderJan 6, 2025, 07:24 PM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most...

Sources: Royals, Lorenzen agree on one year, M

Sports

Wife of late Padres owner sues for control of team

Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterJan 6, 2025, 04:52 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018...

Technology

Shares of Tencent fall 5% in Hong Kong after U.S. designates it as a Chinese military company

Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images Shares of Chinese tech heavyweight Tencent Holdings tumbled 5.3% in Hong Kong after the company was added...

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Castroneves to attempt Daytona 500 qualifying

Associated Press Jan 6, 2025, 03:41 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Four-time Indianapolis 500 winner Helio Castroneves will attempt to make...

Technology

UFC’s Dana White joins Meta’s board weeks before Trump takes office

Mark Zuckerberg posing with UFC president Dana White during a UFC Fight Night event. Jeff Bottari | Ufc | Getty Images Dana White, CEO...