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Alternative healer Hongchi Xiao jailed over woman’s death at slapping therapy workshop

An alternative healer has been jailed for 10 years over the death of a diabetic woman who stopped taking her insulin at his slapping...

Science

Hubble Offers Closest Look at Quasar 3C 273, Reveal Hidden Structures

Astronomers have obtained the closest look yet at a quasar, using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope to study the enigmatic 3C 273, located 2.5 billion...

Barnaby Webber’s mother welcomes murder sentencing review in wake of Nottingham attacks

A mother whose teenage son was killed in last year’s Nottingham attacks has welcomed a “long overdue” review of murder sentencing in the UK,...

Business

Guardian signs controversial deal to sell The Observer to Tortoise Media

The owner of The Guardian is pressing ahead with the sale of the world’s oldest Sunday newspaper to a fledgling digital media company, just...

Politics

Starmer says he can’t rule out further tax rises before next election

Sir Keir Starmer has said it is not his “plan” to increase any more taxes before the next election – but he cannot categorically...

Elon Musk spent more than quarter of a billion dollars helping Donald Trump win US election

Elon Musk spent more than $250m (£196m) helping Donald Trump win this year’s US election, Sky News’ US partner NBC News reports. Part of...

World

Russia’s ability to outmatch Ukraine with artillery on battlefield significantly reduced

Russia’s ability to outmatch Ukraine with artillery barrages on the battlefield has significantly reduced to just 1.5 Russian rounds for every Ukrainian shell fired back,...

World

South Korea’s ruling party leader calls for suspension of president over martial law attempt

South Korea’s president needs to be removed from power after his shock decision to impose martial law this week, the country’s ruling party leader...

Politics

Keir Starmer may not be the best storyteller but he will be ultimately judged on his government’s delivery

A film set location, a big budget production, an audience bussed in – the prime minister’s Plan for Change speech had all the hallmarks...

Politics

Missions, first steps and milestones: How Sir Keir Starmer’s priorities have changed since last year

Sir Keir Starmer’s promises to the British people have been evolving since he first outlined his “five missions” in February 2023. In public, Downing...

Politics

Tory government would axe ‘unsustainable’ triple lock on pensions, shadow chancellor says

Shadow chancellor Mel Stride has suggested a future Conservative government could axe the triple lock on pensions. In a controversial move that prompted Labour...

Politics

Milestones or millstones for Keir Starmer?

👉 Click here to listen to Electoral Dysfunction on your podcast app 👈 As Sir Keir Starmer sets out the “six milestones” his government...

Business

The electric shock behind Europe’s stuttering EV future – and how China has leapfrogged major car-exporting nations

Across Europe, car companies are cutting jobs and shutting factories – to the extent that some question their very existence. So it’s worth asking...

Sports

Sources: Belichick speaks with UNC about opening

Chris Low, ESPN Senior WriterDec 5, 2024, 06:19 PM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee...

Sports

Georgia eyes RB Etienne return in SEC title game

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterDec 5, 2024, 02:16 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of...

Sports

Big beef: No space for Bevo at SEC title game

Dave Wilson, ESPN Staff WriterDec 5, 2024, 06:01 PM ET Close Dave Wilson is a college football reporter. He previously worked at The Dallas...

Sports

St. Pete OKs bonds for new $1.3B Rays ballpark

Associated Press Dec 5, 2024, 09:13 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The The Rays have said it was impossible to...

St. Pete OKs bonds for new .3B Rays ballpark

Sports

A’s clear last big hurdles for $1.75B Vegas stadium

ESPN News Services Dec 5, 2024, 07:33 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LAS VEGAS — The Las Vegas Stadium Authority approved lease, non-relocation and...

A's clear last big hurdles for .75B Vegas stadium

Sports

Dodgers’ Freeman recovering from ankle surgery

Dec 5, 2024, 08:01 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman had surgery on his right ankle “consisting of...

Sports

League-worst Blackhawks fire coach Richardson

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNDec 5, 2024, 05:15 PM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions The league-worst Chicago Blackhawks fired...