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Palantir soars 14% on software vendor’s inclusion in S&P 500

Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir Technologies, walks to the morning session at the Allen & Co. Media and Technology Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho,...

Three key challenges for Kamala Harris: Biden’s shadow, Trump’s ‘comrade’ attacks and her interview problem

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris face intense scrutiny in the remaining two months of the US election campaign. Ever since Ms Harris became the...

US Election: Three key challenges for Donald Trump in US election

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris face intense scrutiny in the remaining two months of the US election campaign. It all but seemed certain the...

Army veteran’s ‘gift of a second chance’ after world’s first whole-eye transplant

An army veteran who received the world’s first whole-eye transplant has said he has been given “the gift of a second chance”. Aaron James,...

Business

Chancellor appeals to Labour MPs for support on eve of winter fuel payment vote

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has made a last ditch attempt to convince her MPs it is the right decision to cut winter fuel payments for...

Business

Post Office scandal appeals process ‘unacceptable’, Horizon victim says

A victim of the Post Office Horizon scandal has told Sky News that plans for a new appeals process are “unacceptable” on several fronts....

Kate’s most personal video yet shows never before seen affection and what really matters to her

It is the most personal of videos. The Princess of Wales welcoming us into what is usually the family’s private sanctuary, filmed near their...

Sports

From prep to draft to trades: How to win your league

Victoria Matiash, Fantasy HockeySep 9, 2024, 09:00 AM ET Close ESPN.com Fantasy Contributor since 2010 Part-time anchor at NEWSTALK1010 Open Extended Reactions Here we...

World

Great white shark hunt ends without success after ‘needle in a haystack’ search off Irish coast

A major US-led search for what would be the first ever great white shark recorded in either Irish or British waters has concluded without...

World

Pope Francis visits East Timor as part of his longest overseas journey

Pope Francis has arrived in East Timor as part of his longest overseas journey yet to four countries across Southeast Asia and Oceania. He...

World

Hollyoaks star Ali Bastian diagnosed with breast cancer

Actress Ali Bastian says she has been diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer and is receiving chemotherapy ahead of a mastectomy and radiotherapy. The...

Princess Kate has finished chemotherapy and says she is ‘focused on staying cancer free’

The Princess of Wales has said her focus is to “stay cancer free” after finishing chemotherapy treatment. She made the announcement in her most...

Politics

Ministers will not soften blow for pensioners no longer receiving winter fuel payments, No 10 says

Ministers are not looking to soften the blow for 10 million pensioners who will no longer receive winter fuel payments, the prime minister’s spokesman...

World

Typhoon Yagi: At least 59 killed in Vietnam

At least 59 people have died in Vietnam after the most powerful typhoon to hit the southeast Asian country in decades made landfall. Dozens...

World

Japan: Controversial dolphin hunting season under way despite opposition

Japan’s controversial dolphin hunting season has begun, despite opposition from around the world. The hunt, which started last week and lasts about six months...

World

Hollyoaks star Ali Bastian diagnosed with breast cancer

Actress Ali Bastian says she has been diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer and is receiving chemotherapy ahead of a mastectomy and radiotherapy. The...

World

Great white shark hunt ends without success after ‘needle in a haystack’ search off Irish coast

A major US-led search for what would be the first ever great white shark recorded in either Irish or British waters has concluded without...

Technology

Battery giant Northvolt to lay off staff in huge cost-cutting drive amid EV market slowdown

A Northvolt building in Sweden, photographed in February 2022. Mikael Sjoberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Northvolt, a key battery producer for Europe’s electric...

Schools closed and people urged to ‘lock doors’ as search for Kentucky gunman enters third day

Schools have been closed and people urged to “lock doors” in the southern US as the search for a gunman who opened fire at...

Environment

U.S. crude oil rebounds more than 1% after worst week since 2023

U.S. crude oil futures rebounded more than 1% on Monday after posting the worst week since October 2023. The U.S. benchmark, West Texas Intermediate,...