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Small Asteroid 2024 RW1 Burns Up Over Luzon, Spotted Just Hours Earlier

On September 4, a small asteroid named 2024 RW1 burned up in the atmosphere above Luzon Island, Philippines. As per the Catalina Sky Survey,...

Politics

Offenders could serve sentence in Estonian prisons to ease overcrowding

The government is not ruling out sending offenders to Estonia as a means of alleviating severe overcrowding on the UK prison estate. Sky News...

Politics

Electoral Dysfunction: Why Tories need to get used to opposition quickly – and the ‘surprise’ in the leadership contest

Former Tory MP Ruth Davidson said she was surprised by early results in the race to replace Rishi Sunak as Conservative leader. Priti Patel...

World

Kenya: At least 17 students killed in school fire

At least 17 students have been killed after a fire in a school dormitory in Kenya. The number of dead may rise, police said,...

Business

Economy needs ‘£1trn investment over 10 years to achieve 3% growth rate’

The UK economy would need investment of £1trn pounds over a decade for an annual growth rate of 3% to be achieved, according to...

Sports

Chapman’s bet on self yields $151M Giants deal

Jeff Passan, ESPNSep 5, 2024, 01:59 AM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity...

Chapman's bet on self yields 1M Giants deal

Sports

Rizzo touts love for Cubs, fans in Wrigley return

Associated Press Sep 5, 2024, 07:05 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Anthony Rizzo doesn’t feel a sense of closure for his first trip to...

Sports

Pirates designate Germán day after Cubs shelling

ESPN News Services Sep 5, 2024, 08:34 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PITTSBURGH — 1 Related Germán, who spent his first six major league...

Sports

NCAA settlement on hold as judge urges revisions

Dan Murphy, ESPN Staff WriterSep 5, 2024, 09:21 PM ET Close Covers the Big Ten Joined ESPN.com in 2014 Graduate of the University of...

Sports

Big 12’s discussions to add UConn have stalled

Pete Thamel, ESPNSep 5, 2024, 12:18 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Big 12’s conversations about potentially adding UConn as a member have stalled,...

Politics

Home secretary to chair summit on smuggling gangs following deaths in Channel

The home secretary will meet with ministers and members of law enforcement for an operational summit that will set out the government’s plan to...

Technology

Salesforce to acquire startup Own for $1.9 billion in cash

Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce.com, speaks during a keynote at the Dreamforce 2023 conference in San Francisco on Sept. 12, 2023. Marlena Sloss |...

Salesforce to acquire startup Own for .9 billion in cash

Technology

Broadcom says it will sell $12 billion in AI parts and custom chips this year

Broadcom CEO Hock Tan. Lucas Jackson | Reuters Broadcom reported fiscal third-quarter results on Thursday that beat Wall Street expectations for revenue and earnings....

Broadcom says it will sell billion in AI parts and custom chips this year

World

First picture of 14-year-old Colt Gray suspected of killing four in Georgia school shooting

Police have released a picture of a teenager suspected of shooting dead four people in the US state of Georgia. Two teachers and two...

First picture of 14-year-old Colt Gray suspected of killing four in Georgia school shooting

Police have released a picture of a teenager suspected of shooting dead four people in the US state of Georgia. Two teachers and two...

More than 300 bodies found in Oldham mass grave – most belonging to babies and children

More than 300 bodies have been discovered in a mass grave in Oldham, with the majority belonging to babies and children. The 12x12ft grave...

Sports

Family ties, Patrick Mahomes comps (kind of) and the true freshman QB Nebraska has been waiting for

Max Olson, ESPN Staff WriterSep 5, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Covers the Big 12 Joined ESPN in 2012 Graduate of the University of...

Technology

Thoma Bravo founder vows to ‘never touch’ crypto again after disastrous bet on FTX

A little over three years ago, private equity investor Orlando Bravo called FTX the “most cutting-edge, sophisticated cryptocurrency exchange in the world,” as his...

Politics

Tragedies like Grenfell cannot be completely avoided, says Sir Tony Blair

Sir Tony Blair has warned that tragedies such as the Grenfell Tower fire cannot be completely avoided. The former prime minister, who left office...

Business

New Body Shop owner lines up financing as rescue deal looms

The new owners of The Body Shop are lining up tens of millions of pounds in new financing as they finalise a deal to...