1 hour ago Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro guilty of coup plot

The former president is facing a potential decades-long prison sentence for attempting to unlawfully remain in power after his defeat in the 2022 election

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2 h. ago Canada: Mark Carney announces array of national projects to ‘turbocharge’ economy

List leaves out oil pipelines and focuses on LNG expansion, mines and nuclear power as it fends off US trade warCanada’s Liberal government has said that a liquefied natural gas facility, critical mineral mines, a nuclear reactor and port expansion will mark the first wave of major national projects to “turbocharge” the country’s economy as it fends off a trade war with the United States.Notably, the list unveiled by the prime minster, Mark Carney, on Thursday does not include any new oil pipelines – projects which have proven to be deeply divisive and politically fractious in recent years. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Canada: Carney unveils array of national projects to ‘turbocharge’ economy

List leaves out oil pipelines and focuses on LNG expansion, mines and nuclear power as it fends off US trade warCanada’s Liberal government has said that a liquefied natural gas facility, critical mineral mines, a nuclear reactor and port expansion will mark the first wave of major national projects to “turbocharge” the country’s economy as it fends off a trade war with the United States.Notably, the list unveiled by the prime minster, Mark Carney, on Thursday does not include any new oil pipelines – projects which have proven to be deeply divisive and politically fractious in recent years. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro found guilty of 2022 election coup plot

The former president faces decades-long jail sentence for seeking to remain in power after losing 2022 election

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2 h. ago Canelo vs Crawford and the biggest fights of the 21st century

Terence Crawford is about to face Canelo Alvarez in the latest megafight to play out in the boxing ring

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4 h. ago Canelo vs Crawford purse: How much prize money will both fighters be paid?

Showdown in Las Vegas will be among the most lucrative in boxing history

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5 h. ago Newsboy’s horseracing tips for Friday’s four meetings, including six races live on ITV

Newsboy fancies Sweet William to win his second Doncaster Cup on Friday and also expects Revival Power to score in the Flying Childers Stakes

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5 h. ago Canelo vs Crawford undercard and running order: Who is fighting and what time does it start?

Full timings and schedule for fight night at the Allegiant Stadium

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5 h. ago BRYONY GORDON: I was at the Great North Run with Tommy Fury. Here's the truth about his bad behaviour and what happened when I found myself sitting behind him

The Great North Run is such a wonderful example of the power of running for good, writes BRYONY GORDON. But here's what I can't get over...

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5 h. ago Ryan Garcia reveals Canelo’s ‘biggest issue’ for Terence Crawford undisputed fight

Garcia has quesrioned whether the reigning undisputed champion has the same ‘intensity’ as he enjoyed at his peak

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6 h. ago Canelo vs Crawford predictions: Boxing legends and experts tip their winner for huge fight

Oleksandr Usyk, Mike Tyson, Tyson Fury and Eddie Hearn all have their say on blockbuster Las Vegas showdown

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7 h. ago Canelo Alvarez told career could be OVER after Terence Crawford fight

Canelo Alvarez puts his four super-middleweight world titles on the line against Terence Crawford in Las Vegas on Saturday night

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7 h. ago Canelo explains why he left his training camp just weeks before Terence Crawford showdown

Canelo is just days away from his ‘once in a lifetime’ fight with Terence Crawford in Las Vegas.

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8 h. ago His fatal flaw wasn't sex or even money, for all his love of whiffy billionaires. No what captivated Mandelson above all else was power: QUENTIN LETTS

Third time lucky, goes the proverb. Peter Mandelson has been re-toppled. This most vivid of political butterflies has previously, twice, escaped his critics' nets; this time it could be the end.

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10 h. ago Terence Crawford shuts down Ilia Topuria after UFC star's bold boast

UFC champion Ilia Topuria claimed he would knock out Terence Crawford if they met in a boxing ring - and the latter has now responded

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10 h. ago Is there a blueprint to beat Canelo? How Floyd Mayweather and Dmitry Bivol did it

Canelo Alvarez and Terence Crawford are days away from their ‘once in a lifetime’ clash – does the key to beating the Mexican lie in past defeats?

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11 h. ago Ford CEO lauds Max Verstappen as ‘important pillar’ for Red Bull project

Red Bull have linked up with Ford to launch their own power unit for next year’s Formula One season

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14 h. ago ‘I was lost but football gave me strength’: Afghan women refugees on their fight for recognition

Exiles from the Taliban in England and Australia are using the sport to battle prejudice and give a voice to women and girls in Afghanistan“I felt quite lost,” says the goalkeeper Elaha Safdari. “I didn’t know anyone, but little by little football gave me the strength and power to start again, to start from zero, to build, to keep going and to keep pushing myself forward.”It is four years since a 17-year-old Safdari arrived in England, part of the Afghanistan women’s development team evacuated first to Pakistan then to the UK after the US withdrawal of troops and the concession of power to the Taliban. Continue reading...

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15 h. ago What Canelo vs Crawford means for the complicated tradition of big

Ahead of a colossal clash this weekend, Alex Pattle is in Vegas to explore the heritage and future of the ‘fight capital of the world’ – amid a period in which the biggest bouts have drifted elsewhere

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15 h. ago The Man in My Basement review – Willem Dafoe is an unsettling guest in eerie psychodrama

Adapted for the screen from his own novel Walter Mosley examines power dynamics and racial tension with a deftly disquieting hand in this deeply strange parableFeature first-timer Nadia Latif here directs a deeply strange parable, almost unlocatable in meaning and tone, adapted for the screen by Walter Mosley from his own 2004 novel. It appears to be a metaphor for racism and capitalism, for exploitation and for the historically hidden violence built into the foundations of ownership. Yet how exactly the metaphor works is unclear; it is like a labyrinth in which characters and audience can get disoriented. The final shot shows someone reading Frantz Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth. I found myself thinking of Zadie Smith’s essay on Jordan Peele’s Get Out in which she references Fanon’s Black Skin, White Masks.The setting is the 90s, in which half-heard stories on the TV news about Rwanda and OJ have an unstressed racial dimension. We are in Sag Harbor in New York state, a neighbour...

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