Plaid Cymru win Caerphilly by-election in humiliation for Labour
Plaid Cymru have won the by-election in the Senedd seat of Caerphilly for the first time. The Welsh nationalist party secured 15,960 votes –...
Applied Materials lays off 4% of workforce
Signage outside Applied Materials headquarters in Santa Clara, California, U.S., on Thursday, May 13, 2021. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Chip...
Microsoft AI chief says company won’t build chatbots for erotica
Mustafa Suleyman CEO and co-founder of Inflection AI speaks during the Axios BFD event in New York City, U.S., October 12, 2023. Brendan Mcdermid...
Jordan laughs at NASCAR’s claims in antitrust feud
Associated Press Oct 23, 2025, 04:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLOTTE, N.C. — NASCAR and two of its teams returned to court Thursday...
Caerphilly by-election: Could Reform’s hopes of a famous victory in be dashed by a rival political party?
In 1645, the stronghold of Caerphilly’s famous medieval castle was besieged and captured by the forces of Oliver Cromwell. And as the polls closed...
Putin criticises Trump’s sanctions on oil firms – as Russian jets ‘briefly enter NATO airspace’
Vladimir Putin has described Donald Trump’s sanctions against two major oil firms as an “unfriendly act”. However, the Russian president has insisted the tightened...
Defiant Putin insists Trump’s sanctions on oil companies won’t affect Russia’s economy
Vladimir Putin has described Donald Trump’s sanctions against two major oil firms as an “unfriendly act”. However, the Russian president has insisted the tightened...
Govt forced to water down affordable housing targets as London property market ‘in crisis’, minister says
The London property market is in crisis with “nothing like enough new homes being built”, forcing the government to water down targets for affordable...
Apple begins shipping American-made AI servers from Texas
Workers at a factory in Houston, Texas build servers for Apple. Apple Apple has started shipping advanced servers for artificial intelligence applications out of...
Google and Anthropic announce cloud deal worth tens of billions of dollars
Anthropic and Google officially announced their cloud partnership Thursday, a deal that gives the artificial intelligence company access to up to one million of...
Trump White House ballroom financed by Big Tech and these other corporate donors
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks holding a photos of the new ballroom during a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval...
PM has ‘confidence’ in Jess Phillips after grooming survivors demanded her resignation
Sir Keir Starmer has backed his under-fire safeguarding minister to continue leading the government’s efforts to set up a national inquiry into grooming gangs...
Downing Street refuses to make time for MPs to debate Prince Andrew’s conduct amid growing calls by MPs
The government is refusing to make time in parliament for MPs to debate the conduct of Prince Andrew amid a flood of new allegations...
Former faith minister urges government to adopt Islamophobia definition in full
A long-awaited definition of Islamophobia is expected within weeks – and a former faith minister is urging the government to adopt it in full....
English water firms get lowest environmental rating since records began
English water companies have collectively been given the lowest environmental rating by the Environment Agency (EA) since records began. Companies were ranked on a...
Autistic volunteer told he could no longer work for Waitrose hired by Asda
An autistic man who was told he could no longer stack shelves at Waitrose when he asked to be paid has been offered a...
Trump’s Russia oil sanctions could just be starting as low prices leave room to escalate
President Donald Trump could further rachet up sanctions against Russia’s oil sector, with an expected global surplus of crude next year leaving the U.S....
Physicists Reveal a New Type of Twisting Solid That Behaves Almost Like a Living Material
The discovery of “rotating crystals” marks a major leap in physics and materials research. These unusual solids, composed of spinning particles, behave almost like...
James Webb Telescope Finds Early Universe Galaxies Were More Chaotic Than We Thought
The James Webb Space Telescope has revealed that galaxies in the early universe were far more chaotic and unstable than once believed. A new...
Power of Russia sanctions lies in US financial system that greases the wheels
US sanctions against Russia’s two largest energy companies, the state-owned Rosneft and privately held Lukoil, are perhaps the most significant economic measures imposed by...