16 h. ago 'Busk stops' are being installed in a Welsh city to get people to sing more

The council is hoping that new signs will encourage people to busk across the city

Politics

41 h. ago Natanael Cano expands his sound with new album, 'Porque La Demora'

Natanael Cano explores new musical styles in his latest album, "Porque La Demora."

Politics

48 h. ago Photos show Russia's latest large missile and drone attack on Kyiv

Russia pounded Ukraine’s capital with yet another large missile and drone attack overnight into Thursday, killing at least two people and causing fires in areas across the city, a day after the heaviest aerial attack of the three-year war so far.

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51 h. ago Russia hits Kyiv with more missiles and drones, causing fires and injuring at least 10

Ukrainian officials say that Russia pounded the capital with yet another mass missile and drone attack, causing fires across the city and injuring at least 10 people a day after the heaviest aerial attack of the war so far

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3 d. ago Marseille fire forces hundreds to evacuate, destroys homes and grounds flights

Fire has brought many of the city’s services to a halt, with all flights cancelled at Marseille airportA fast-moving wildfire on the outskirts of France’s second-largest city, Marseille, has destroyed homes and forced hundreds of people to evacuate, as a heatwave and dangerous fire conditions grip the Mediterranean.Interior minister Bruno Retailleau said the fire around Marseille could be contained overnight if the gale-force winds fanning the flames weaken, as expected. So far, 400 people had been evacuated, around a dozen houses destroyed and 63 others damaged, he said. He added about 100 people had also suffered light injuries, including from emergency services. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago One man gored and others bruised in Spain’s bull running festival

Thousands of people line the Spanish city’s narrow streets each year for the centuries-old tradition of running with bulls

Politics

4 d. ago People are turning city's ugly street boxes into something completely different

From astronauts to mermaids and swans, graffiti hotspots are getting a facelift

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5 d. ago Israeli strikes kill at least 38 in Gaza as ceasefire talks reach critical point

Benjamin Netanyahu travels to Washington as momentum gathers in negotiations for a US-sponsored deal Israeli warplanes launched a wave of strikes in Gaza on Sunday, killing at least 38 Palestinians, according to hospital officials, as talks over a ceasefire in the devastated territory reached a critical point.Officials at Nasser hospital in the southern city of Khan Younis said 18 people were killed by strikes in al-Mawasi, a nearby coastal area that is crowded with tented encampments of those displaced by fighting elsewhere. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Ben Stokes’ waning influence with the bat on display in England’s soggy defeat | Andy Bull

Captain was bamboozled by Jadeja’s bowling before falling to Washington Sundar in crushing second Test loss to IndiaIt was raining hard in Birmingham on Sunday morning. A weight of great black clouds broke over the city while it was feeling its way into the day. On the streets people pressed themselves together under the cover of bus stops and awnings: revellers off to the Queens Heath pride festival, heavy metal lovers making their way home after Black Sabbath’s farewell gig at Villa Park the previous evening, and cricket supporters bound for the ground, most of them with last-minute tickets, split between anxious Indian and wry English fans, the only people in the city who were happy enough to be getting wet.The bad weather was about the only way England were going to get out of this match with a draw. A team who have spent three years learning how to do the improbable were in no position at all to attempt the unremarkable and bat out the match, even after the rain had washed out ...

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7 d. ago Pope Leo XIV resumes the tradition of taking a summer vacation. But he's got plenty of homework

Pope Leo XIV is starting a six-week vacation this weekend at the papal summer retreat south of Rome

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7 d. ago Texas' Guadalupe River bursts banks and drowns multiple people as city begins to disappear underwater

Evacuations are under way for locals living along the river, with authorities warning the of a 'dangerous' and potentially 'life-threatening' floods.

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7 d. ago A multistory building collapse in Pakistan's port city of Karachi kills at least 6 people

Officials say a multistory building has collapsed in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi, killing at least six people and injuring several others

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8 d. ago Russian drone attack on Kyiv injures 14, triggers multiple fires, mayor says

Railway infrastructure was also damaged in the attack, the latest in a series of intensifying Russian assaults on the Ukrainian capitalAt least 14 people have been injured in an overnight drone attack on Kyiv that also damaged railway infrastructure, and set buildings and cars on fire throughout the city, the mayor has said, while separate explosions were reported in a city near Moscow.The attack was the latest in a series of Russian airstrikes on Kyiv that have intensified in recent weeks and included some of the deadliest assaults of the war on the city of three million people. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Myth of mysterious 'Red door' in Scots city that has sparked fear among people

Scotland is full of strange and colourful urban legends like the Catman of Greenock and the Gorbals Vampire

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8 d. ago Finnish media says several people have been stabbed in the southern city of Tempere

Finnish public broadcaster Yle has reported that several people were stabbed near a shopping center in the southern city of Tempere

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8 d. ago Major incident as man with axe injuries multiple train passengers in mass stabbing

A crazed man brandishing an axe caused uproar after he injured four people while stuck on a train heading to a major city, with police and emergency services stopping the service

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9 d. ago Salford is building a massive landmark which could change how thousands of people get around

It could change how thousands of people get around the city.

Politics

9 d. ago The tension has been escalating – PFA chief feels strike threat not gone away

Many players will have shortened off-seasons due to the Club World Cup.

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9 d. ago The Bezos wedding was a study in disingenuous billionaire behavior | Katrina vanden Heuvel

The event of the oligarchical season showcased the carelessness of a couple who claim to care about the climateIf last week was the best of times for Zohran Mamdani and the working people of New York City, it was the worst of times for the billionaires who spent a small fortune trying to stop him from securing the city’s Democratic mayoral nomination. The media mogul Barry Diller, to name just one, donated a cool $250,000 to Andrew Cuomo’s campaign, only to see the disgraced former governor lose by a decisive margin.But Diller would soon be able to drown his disappointment in Great Gatsby-themed cocktails as he joined Tom Brady, Ivanka Trump and at least three Kardashians for the cheeriest event on this season’s oligarchic social calendar: the Venetian wedding of the former TV journalist Lauren Sánchez and the Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. Continue reading...

Society

1 week ago Singer, 11, launches Busk Stop for musicians to perform in shopping centre

Rachel Ronnie was the first to perform at the dedicated space within the Buchanan Galleries in Glasgow.

Economics