37 m. ago Authorities arrest over 100 people on Tennessee roads in support of Trump's deportation plan

More than 100 people have been taken into custody by federal immigration officials in a joint operation with the Tennessee Highway Patrol, leaving many in Nashville’s immigrant community uncertain and worried

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43 m. ago Martin Brundle spots Max Verstappen's change in approach to 'different animal' Oscar Piastri

Max Verstappen is down in third place in the Formula 1 drivers' championship behind Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris, with Australian star Piastri leading the way

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45 m. ago ‘Ich komme!’ The smutty Eurovision songs that dodge the censors

From ensuring your swearwords are in languages other than English to outrageous euphemisms, contestants in the famously camp extravaganza have ways to avoid being toned down When the winner of this year’s Eurovision song contest is announced shortly before midnight next Saturday, it won’t be the first climax of the evening. “I’m coming / I’m coming,” a scantily clad Lithuanian will announce in the chorus of her song. Australia’s male entrant will invite listeners to “sh-sh-shake me good” so they can get “a taste of the milkshake man”. And Malta’s submission is going to prompt the audience to shout the word “Kant” – due to it sounding like a rude English term for female genitalia.After the 2024 edition of the world’s largest live music contest was largely overshadowed by political positioning over the war in Gaza, many artists at this year’s event in the Swiss city of Basel are returning to what they like to do best: celebrating the act of lovemaking in pop songs. Because even though...

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78 m. ago US Air Force creating AI chip the size of rice grain that 'mimics human brain'

Modern warfare could change forever if scientists are successful in creating a new AI chip that will be used in mini drones. Terrifyingly, it will mimic the human brain

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1 hour ago AI firms warned to calculate threat of super intelligence or risk it escaping human control

AI safety campaigner calls for existential threat assessment akin to Oppenheimer’s calculations before first nuclear testArtificial intelligence companies have been urged to replicate the safety calculations that underpinned Robert Oppenheimer’s first nuclear test before they release all-powerful systems. Max Tegmark, a leading voice in AI safety, said he had carried out calculations akin to those of the US physicist Arthur Compton before the Trinity test and had found a 90% probability that a highly advanced AI would pose an existential threat. The US government went ahead with Trinity in 1945, after being reassured there was a vanishingly small chance of an atomic bomb igniting the atmosphere and endangering humanity.In a paper published by Tegmark and three of his students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), they recommend calculating the “Compton constant” – defined in the paper as the probability that an all-powerful AI escapes human control. In a 1959 interview...

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1 hour ago ‘We’re in the Hamptons of England’: Trump sends wealthy Americans fleeing to the Cotswolds

Upmarket bucolic area notes big rise in number of US citizens scoping a plan B away from the StatesThanksgiving in the Cotswolds is no small affair. Every November, Americans flock to the English market town of Stow-on-the-Wold to collect glazed turkey breasts, green bean casserole and a traditional sweet potato dish covered in marshmallows.It is, by Jesse D’Ambrosi’s own admission, “bizarre”. The chef, owner of D’Ambrosi Fine Foods, is one of the many Americans who have made the Cotswolds their home in recent years. Here, her Thanksgiving and Fourth of July food hampers are highly coveted. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago 'Human Barbie' spends £350 on lifelike baby doll so she doesn't get empty nest syndrome (and she even dresses and feeds the toy)

Marcela Iglesias, who is originally from Buenos Aires, in Argentina, but lives in Los Angeles, labels herself as 'human Barbie' and has spent thousands on plastic surgery.

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3 h. ago Wooden spears found in a German coal mine could change the history of human hunting

This potential shift in ownership could reshape our understanding of Neanderthal capabilities

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4 h. ago You're cleaning your Tupperware wrong! Scientists reveal the simple way to remove orange stains from containers within seconds

Scientists reveal a convenient trick to help remove stubborn oil stains from plastic containers in seconds.

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6 h. ago Matheus Cunha 'hijack' explained as contract offer can scupper Man United transfer plan

Latest Manchester United news and transfer rumours including reports on Matheus Cunha and Vanja Milinkovic-Savic

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6 h. ago The Liver King – this hilarious exposé is like Tiger King but with way more genital eating

The sly wit of this documentary shines through as it follows a toxically masculine fitness influencer who consumes so many raw animal organs you can almost taste the salmonella. It is frequently hilariousFor many young men, masculinity is sold as an obsession with protein, and a personality that answers the question “What if WWE was real, and all the time?” Which brings us to Netflix’s explosive new documentary. Untold: The Liver King (out Tuesday 13 May), real name Brian Johnson, is a fitness influencer who promotes “ancestral living” as the solution to enervating modernity. This includes a great deal of hollering and extreme workouts, saying the word “alpha” a lot, plus eating a carnivorous diet of raw animal organs, including an unfeasible amount of genitals.Liver King angry that people addicted to phones. Works with marketing agency to pump out stunt videos specifically designed for them. Opening shot shows Liver King pulling truck on chain. Famous caveman activity. Meanwhile, o...

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6 h. ago Buck up, Michelle Obama – nothing is more fabulous than an empty nest | Kathy Lette

The former US first lady says she’s in counselling after her daughters left home. She and Barack should run around the house naked. Yodelling. With antlers on their headsYour kids are the greatest love affair of your life, and that love is unconditional Although wait, on second thoughts, there are a few conditions. No child must ever be allowed to take up the bagpipes, drums or descant recorder. Come meal times there are two options – spag bol or adoption. No mother should have to teach a child to drive while simultaneously going through the menopause. And, most important of all, progeny must be out the door by 24.Without a doubt, the two nicest words in the English language are “empty” and “nest”. And yet my kitchen is constantly full of female friends weeping into their wine about how much they will miss their kids when they leave for university, flat shares or gap year travels.Kathy Lette is a comedy writer and novelist. Her latest book is The Revenge Club Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Dianaworld review: For Diana fans to enjoy — but not to trust

Generally when I’m reviewing a book on a subject I’ve written about, I turn to the index as soon as I’m bored to see if I’m quoted, so I can skip to the scintillating bits. No need to, here; I rock up in the very first paragraph of the introduction: “Of the various titles that Diana Spencer collected during her life, it is the unofficial one of ‘the People’s Princess’ that has most come to encapsulate her reputation. The origins of the term are contested. Many have claimed that Tony Blair’s spin doctor, the shrewd, calculating Alastair Campbell, invented it. Others have said it derived from Anthony Holden, a royal biographer and translator of ancient Greek poetry and Italian opera. Julie Burchill, a republican iconoclast perhaps best known for her writing about pop music, asserts that it was in fact she who bestowed the title upon Diana in a laudatory article about the princess published in 1992.”

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6 h. ago Money and mental health: What to do if you're struggling with debt

Multi award-winning Chartered Financial Planner, Certified Coach, author of The Money Plan, and Sunday Mirror columnist

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6 h. ago Curtis and AJ Pritchard take on their biggest challenge yet for heartbreaking reason

Strictly Come Dancing professional AJ Pritchard and Love Island star Curtis Pritchard will be taking on their biggest challenge yet - as they plan to run next year's London Marathon for Marie Curie

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6 h. ago Thousands of civil servants to be moved out of London under fresh reform plan

Thousands of civil servants to be moved out of London under fresh reform plan  The Guardian

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7 h. ago 'Cheap' weekly activity 'slows down' brain ageing and may cut dementia risk

Scientists at the Norweigan University of Science and Technology stressed an important message about preventing cognitive decline

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8 h. ago Surprising hack for protecting your house plants from flies loved by ITV icon

TV quiz icon and Oxford scientist, Darragh Ennis, shares his top tip for banishing pesky black flies from your houseplants, and it’s much easier than you would think

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9 h. ago Why two top Welsh private schools suddenly and unexpectedly plan to close after decades

Oakleigh House has educated children for more than a century and St Clare's for more than 85 years, now both schools propose to shut in the face of uncertain economic times and falling birth rates

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9 h. ago Arsenal transfer news: Mikel Arteta makes summer statement as two signings 'confirmed'

Arsenal plan to act in the transfer window after failing to act when required to support Mikel Arteta this season, as they attempt to improve their results for 2025/26

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