2 h. ago Harvard says it won't abandon ‘core’ principles to meet Department of Education demands

Harvard University has responded to threats from the Education Department to halt grant funding to the Ivy League school

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5 h. ago Emma Raducanu outclassed by Coco Gauff but ‘heading in right direction’ ahead of French Open

Gauff returned to the Italian Open quarter-finals with a 6-1 6-2 against Raducanu in the battle of former US Open champions

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5 h. ago Emma Raducanu’s Italian Open run screeches to halt against Coco Gauff

Fourth seed overwhelms British player in 6-1, 6-2 winAmerican wins last four games to go throughDuring her encouraging journey to the second week of the Italian Open, Emma Raducanu demonstrated her quality and fighting spirit across three wins against solid top 100 opponents.The best players in the world, however, present a completely different challenge. This was reinforced on a difficult Monday afternoon as Raducanu was outclassed by a supreme performance from the fourth seed Coco Gauff. Fresh off her run to the final of the Madrid Open, Gauff played another brilliant match in a contest between two former US Open champions to reach the quarter-finals in Rome with an emphatic 6-1, 6-2 win. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago ‘Cheap foreign labour’ – this is how Keir Starmer denigrates the migrant carers looking after your loved ones

The government’s claims about immigration driving down wages are so demonstrably untrue, it’s hard to feel the appropriate level of outrage I would love to know what exactly happens, in the top-level meetings where the prime minister decides to be even tougher on immigration. Is there anyone in there saying: “This will not halt Reform. This will not make Reform less obnoxious. This will not make them more moderate, and it will not stop people voting for them. All it will do is make your own supporters despair.” If there is, are they screaming it, or whispering it, with a thousand-yard stare?It’s bad enough that the government has swallowed this anti-immigrant rhetoric wholesale; that it’s decided to land its misdirected toughness on the care workers is dumb on so many levels. First, Starmer’s claim that that migrant care workers are “cheap foreign labour”. Pause to note how extraordinary it is, to hear this kind of denigratory language coming from a human-rights lawyer. It is also u...

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6 h. ago Valiant Emma Raducanu outclassed by Coco Gauff in Italian Open round of 16 defeat

The match was just Raducanu and Gauff’s second career meeting

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6 h. ago Emma Raducanu vs Coco Gauff LIVE: Italian Open result as Gauff races to dominant win in last

Gauff was in impressive form as she knocked Raducanu out of the Italian Open with a 6-1 6-2 victory in Rome

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7 h. ago Emma Raducanu vs Coco Gauff LIVE: Score and latest updates from Italian Open

Former US Open champions clash on clay for a place in the quarter-finals in Rome

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7 h. ago Carlo Ancelotti confirmed as first foreign manager of Brazil men’s team

Real Madrid head coach to start Seleção job on 26 May Brazilian FA hails ‘the coming together of two icons’Carlo Ancelotti has been confirmed as the next manager of the Brazil national team. The Brazilian football confederation (CBF) has announced that Real Madrid’s Italian head coach, one of the most successful managers in the history of European club football, will take up the position from 26 May.The appointment had been widely predicted, with it also expected the 65-year-old would be leaving his post at the Bernabéu at the end of the Spanish domestic season. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Carlo Ancelotti appointed Brazil manager as Real Madrid exit date confirmed

Italian to leave the Bernabeu and take Selecao reins this month, with Xabi Alonso lined up as his replacement

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8 h. ago Coco Gauff vs Emma Raducanu LIVE: Updates and latest score from Italian Open last

Former US Open champions clash on clay for a place in the quarter-finals in Rome

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8 h. ago BREAKING: Carlo Ancelotti 'appointed Brazil manager' as Real Madrid exit date confirmed

Carlo Ancelotti will leave Real Madrid at the end of the La Liga season and the Italian has agreed to take his first job in international management with Brazil

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8 h. ago Emma Raducanu and Jack Draper's feelings on each other become clear as his words say it all

Emma Raducanu is one of the biggest stars in British sport having won the US Open in 2021 - but the 19-year-old has faced criticism for breaking a Wimbledon rule

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9 h. ago Davide Ancelotti unmasked as Rangers next manager candidate gets seal of approval from Scot who knows him best

The 35-year-old son of the legendary Italian boss is the latest name in the frame for the Ibrox gig

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9 h. ago Coco Gauff vs Emma Raducanu LIVE: Latest score and updates from Italian Open

Former US Open champions clash on clay for a place in the quarter-finals in Rome

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9 h. ago Amanda Knox reveals why she is grateful she was wrongly convicted of Meredith Kercher's murder

Ms Kercher, 21, from Coulsdon in south London, was found stabbed to death in her bedroom at the apartment shared with Ms Knox in the Italian town Perugia in 2007.

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10 h. ago Amanda Knox says she is GRATEFUL she was wrongly convicted of Meredith Kercher's murder

Ms Kercher, 21, from Coulsdon in south London, was found stabbed to death in her bedroom at the apartment shared with Ms Knox in the Italian town Perugia in 2007.

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10 h. ago Emma Raducanu and Coco Gauff's true feelings after rivalry 'hatred' claim

Emma Raducanu and Coco Gauff are set to renew their rivalry at the Italian Open on Monday – having last faced off at the 2023 Australian Open, where the American emerged victorious

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11 h. ago What’s better than a cafe, wilderness retreat or spa? A silent cafe, wilderness retreat or spa | Emma Beddington

Imagine going somewhere and not having to hear all about a stranger’s toxic boyfriend, pitch deck or hernia opDemand for silent experiences is on the rise: apparently silent book clubs, a concept launched in San Francisco in 2012, are spreading like quiet wildfire, with “1,600 chapters in 54 countries”, according to the BBC, including about 100 in the UK. In the same article, Eventbrite reported a 460% increase in silent book events organised at the beginning of 2025 compared with the same period in 2024.Silent cafes – sacred safe spaces where you won’t have to hear about anyone’s transversal skill set, toxic boyfriend, pitch deck or hernia op – are proliferating, too. The algorithm thinks, correctly, that I would enjoy a silent reading cafe in Tokyo and there are silent cafes in Osaka, China and Turkey. Silent travel was decreed a “top travel trend” last year by Condé Nast Traveller, spanning everything from full-on week-long retreats and a certified “wilderness quiet park” in Ecua...

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12 h. ago Emma Raducanu vs Coco Gauff LIVE: Italian Open latest score and updates from blockbuster last

Raducanu and Gauff meet for just the second time with a place in the Italian Open quarter-finals on the line

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12 h. ago Andy Murray admitted Jack Draper act is 'sign of weakness' as tennis star shares anger issue

Jack Draper has opened up about his temper in the wake of his Italian Open meltdown, with the young British star perhaps needing to heed the words of Andy Murray

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