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Manchester: Teenage boy dies after being stabbed

A teenage boy has died of his injuries after being stabbed in Manchester. Police officers were called shortly after 4.15pm on Thursday to reports...

Sports

Inside Connor Bedard’s first season: How the first overall pick has lived up to the hype

Emily Kaplan, ESPNApr 4, 2024, 07:31 AM ET Close Emily Kaplan is ESPN’s national NHL reporter. Open Extended Reactions Connor Bedard‘s remarkable rookie season...

Politics

Civil servants threaten to stop work over arms sales to Israel

Civil servants overseeing arms exports to Israel have requested to “cease work immediately” over fears they could be complicit in war crimes in Gaza....

Business

Dutch bank ING is key lender to Thames Water parent as cliff-edge looms

The Dutch banking giant ING has been thrust into a pivotal role in determining the future of stricken Thames Water’s parent company amid growing...

Business

Tube strikes called off, but walkouts on rail still set to go ahead – full list

Tube strikes planned for Monday and next month have been called off, the Aslef union announced. The walkouts had been planned for 8 April...

PC Sharon Beshenivsky stopped in terror then collapsed on the floor – how fatal armed robbery unfolded

PC Sharon Beshenivsky had only been a police officer for nine months when she responded to an alarm call at a travel agent in...

World

Israel-Hamas war: Gaza’s morgue network has effectively collapsed – how are they recording their dead?

During the first months of the war in Gaza, deaths were counted through a network of computers connecting morgues across the territory. It was...

Environment

U.S. crude oil breaks $86 as tensions mount between Israel and Iran

A Mobil gas station in Los Angeles, California, US, on Tuesday, April 2, 2024. US crude futures hit $85 a barrel in New York...

U.S. crude oil breaks as tensions mount between Israel and Iran

Environment

The rally in oil cannot be ignored — here’s what it means for stock market investors

U.S. oil prices have climbed to their highest level since late October, as the rally in the key commodity becomes something equity investors cannot...

Business

Vodafone and Three merger in doubt amid price hike concerns

A planned merger between Vodafone and Three is in doubt after the competition watchdog said it would launch a major investigation into the deal....

Business

Horizon IT scandal: Post Office officials knew of instruction for Fujitsu to remotely change sub-postmaster accounts 10 years ago, leaked recordings suggest

The Post Office’s IT helpdesk was instructing Fujitsu, the maker of faulty accounting software, to change sub-postmaster accounts more than a decade ago, according...

World

Christian B trial: Witness claims he tipped off Madeleine McCann’s parents about main suspect in 2008

A witness against the main suspect in the Madeleine McCann case claimed he tipped off her parents about him – a year after she...

World

Taiwan earthquake: ‘Terrifying’ aftershocks strike as scared locals sleep in tents – and search for missing continues

“Terrifying” aftershocks have led to people sleeping in tents as the search for missing people continues following Taiwan’s strongest earthquake in 25 years. More...

World

Taiwan: Videos capture moment earthquake struck – with huge landslide and shaking bridge

A series of videos have captured the moment Taiwan was struck by its most powerful earthquake in more than two decades. Several people have...

Sports

Rangers-Devils opens with 5 fights, 8 ejections

Associated Press Apr 3, 2024, 08:35 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — The New York Rangers and New Jersey Devils started Wednesday...

Business

‘I stepped in front of a minicab’: The devastating impact of crippling tax demands from HMRC

Tens of thousands of people are facing crippling tax demands from HMRC for tax their employers failed to pay. It’s an injustice that has...

Sports

Astros ace Verlander set for rehab start Sunday

Associated Press Apr 3, 2024, 09:39 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HOUSTON — Astros ace Justin Verlander is scheduled to make his first rehabilitation...