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‘It allows us to do our job’: Ukrainian artillery team buoyed by fresh ammunition after costly wait on frontline

Sat in a makeshift shelter on the outskirts of a frontline town in eastern Ukraine, the soldier – callsign “Zaur” – shared some rare,...

Business

Rapid steps needed for Britain to compete in green industrial revolution – IPPR says

Britain has a chance to compete in the green industrial revolution, but only if the government takes rapid steps to help shore up its...

Business

Landlords ‘holding parliament hostage’ over threat of selling up – as peers urged to ‘rescue’ Renters Reform Bill

Landlords have been accused of “holding parliament hostage” with the threat of selling up to stop tenants’ rights from being strengthened. A fresh row...

Business

Record 3.1 million food bank parcels handed out in a year, says charity

A record 3.1 million emergency food parcels have been handed out in just a year, according to a charity. The Trussell Trust says 3,121,404...

World

France prisoner escape: Day of blockades in French prisons as inmate called ‘The Fly’ freed in armed ambush

A suspected drug boss nicknamed “The Fly” is at the centre of police manhunt after escaping from a prison van in France. Two prison...

Business

Boeing could face prosecution in US over 737 MAX plane crashes which killed 346

A new twist in the safety crisis engulfing Boeing could see the airline prosecuted over the 737 MAX 8 crashes in 2018 and 2019...

Sports

Astros RHP Blanco ejected after glove inspection

Associated Press May 14, 2024, 09:56 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HOUSTON — Astros starter Ronel Blanco was ejected at the start of the...

Sports

Mizuhara pleads not guilty in procedural step

ESPN News Services May 14, 2024, 03:14 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — The former interpreter for Defense attorney Michael G. Freedman...

Sports

Giants say Lee has structural damage in shoulder

ESPN News Services May 14, 2024, 10:56 PM ET Open Extended Reactions San Francisco Giants outfielder Jung Hoo Lee suffered structural damage in his...

Sports

Swayman backs up vow as Bruins force Game 6

Associated Press May 14, 2024, 10:13 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SUNRISE, Fla. — Jeremy Swayman said the series would return to Boston. And...

Michael Cohen tells trial he lied and bullied for ex-president and was ‘knee deep’ in Trump ‘cult’

Michael Cohen said he had been “knee deep into the cult of Donald Trump” as he testified for a second day in the ex-president’s...

Politics

Age limits to be imposed on school sex education for first time, reports

Age limits are set to be imposed for the first time on when children can be taught sex education, according to reports. Under the...

World

Senegalese families mourning deaths of hundreds of young men trying to reach Europe

In a half-built home off the busy beaches of the fishing town Mbour, relatives and neighbours gather to grieve without a body to bury. ...

Sports

Tavares rescues Canada in OT victory over Austria

ESPN News Services May 14, 2024, 06:43 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PRAGUE — Canada squandered a five-goal lead in the third period before...

Sports

Rangers’ Trouba earns Messier Leadership Award

Associated Press May 14, 2024, 07:47 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — From one former New York Rangers to a current one,...

Politics

UK to spend £140m on aid to Yemen to help ‘most desperate people in the world’, deputy foreign secretary says

The UK will spend £140m next year helping starving people in Yemen who are suffering one of the most “acute humanitarian crises in the world”,...

Politics

Landlords ‘holding parliament hostage’ over threat of selling up – as peers urged to ‘rescue’ Renters Reform Bill

Landlords have been accused of “holding parliament hostage” with the threat of selling up to stop tenants’ rights from being strengthened. A fresh row...

Technology

OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever says he will leave the startup

OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever said Tuesday that he’s leaving the Microsoft-backed startup. “I am excited for what comes next — a project that is...

Technology

Google CEO Pichai says company will ‘sort it out’ if OpenAI misused YouTube for AI training

Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai speaks at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation CEO Summit in San Francisco on Nov. 16, 2023. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg...

Politics

Children ‘blackmailed into stripping for strangers’, says Tory MP who wants to ban smartphones for under-16s

Children are being “blackmailed into stripping for strangers” through their smartphones, a prominent Conservative MP has warned amid a debate on young people’s mental...