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Spiking to be made a criminal offence under new law – with up to 10 years in prison

Spiking will become a criminal offence with a possible 10-year prison sentence under a new law, the government has announced. It said in a...

Jenny Hall: Drones deployed to look for missing runner – as police tell public not to join search

Specialist drones have been deployed to look for a missing runner as police warn volunteers not to join the search. Jenny Hall, 23, was...

Canada’s PM Justin Trudeau hits out at Donald Trump after ice hockey win

Canada’s prime minister has hit out at Donald Trump’s comments about annexing the country, saying “you can’t take our country, and you can’t take...

Donald Trump hits back at ‘terrible’ Volodymyr Zelenskyy and calls him a ‘dictator’ amid US-Russia talks

Donald Trump has said Volodymyr Zelenskyy “better move fast or he is not going to have a country left” as peace talks between the...

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Hamas names six Israeli hostages to be released on Saturday

Hamas has named six Israeli hostages who are set to be released on Saturday while Israel is expected to release more than 600 Palestinian...

Sports

‘It ain’t over yet’: Why Mookie Betts was dead set on returning to shortstop

Alden GonzalezFeb 21, 2025, 08:00 AM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A....

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Who are the locks, maybes and rising stars for Team USA at the 2026 Olympics?

Greg WyshynskiFeb 20, 2025, 11:35 PM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions Like every American hockey player over...

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Man found guilty of attempted murder over Salman Rushdie attack

A man has been found guilty of attempted murder over an attack on author Sir Salman Rushdie. The 77-year-old British-American writer was stabbed multiple...

Technology

Tesla recalls more than 375,000 vehicles in U.S. due to failing power-assisted steering systems

Tesla models Y and 3 are displayed at a Tesla dealership in Corte Madera, California, on Dec. 20, 2024. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images...

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Man seriously injured after stabbing at Berlin Holocaust memorial

A man has been seriously injured after a stabbing at the Berlin Holocaust memorial. Police said on X that a man had been “seriously...

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Pope Francis not at risk of death, but he’s ‘not out of danger’ – doctors treating him give update

Pope Francis is “not out of danger” and will remain in hospital for at least one more week, doctors treating him have said. However,...

Science

ISRO Unveils World’s Largest 10-Tonne Vertical Mixer for Solid Propellants

A significant advancement in India’s space technology has been achieved with the development of a 10-tonne vertical planetary mixer, the largest globally for solid...

Passengers ‘dropping like flies’ after suspected norovirus outbreak on P&O cruise ship

Passengers have reported a suspected norovirus outbreak on a P&O cruise ship off the coast of Belgium. One passenger on the P&O Iona told...

Science

NASA Lowers Risk of Asteroid 2024 YR4 Impact, Now Just 0.28 percent Chance

Concerns regarding asteroid 2024 YR4 have diminished, as NASA has revised the probability of its impact on Earth in 2032 from 1 in 32...

Science

Blue Origin NS-30 Crew Announced: Everything You Need to Know

The next suborbital space tourism mission by Blue Origin, known as NS-30, is set to take place at an undisclosed date. This will be...

Science

SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Debris Falls Over Europe, Crashes in Poland

A bright fireball streaked across the European sky on February 19, as debris from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket made an uncontrolled reentry. Reports...

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Hostage’s body not returned as remains ‘mixed’ in rubble, Hamas says – with Netanyahu warning group ‘will pay’

Hamas says the remains of Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas appear to have been mixed with other human remains in what it claims was an...

World

German election: From AI influencers to Russian disinformation, the far-right is getting a leg up online

Voters in Germany are being exposed to copious far-right narratives online from AI-generated content and Russian disinformation campaigns. Experts monitoring social media say Russian-based...

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Buses explode in Israel – as military blocks entry to some areas of West Bank

Three buses have exploded near Tel Aviv in what Israeli police called a “terror incident”, as they search for suspects. Two of the blasts...

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Ukraine needs ‘reliable and clear’ security guarantees to end war, Zelenskyy tells Trump envoy

Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he told Donald Trump’s Ukraine envoy his country needs a “reliable and clear system of security guarantees” before a peace deal...