50 m. ago Carlos Alcaraz confidently sees off Jiri Lehecka to reach US Open semi

The second seed defeated Jiri Lehecka 6-4 6-2 6-4 in less than two hours.

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1 hour ago Trump fortune balloons by billions after family firm’s crypto token starts trading

World Liberty Financial’s digital token $WLFI fell in price on first day, a year after launch by Trump family and partnersThe Trump family’s cryptocurrency venture, World Liberty Financial, put its namesake digital tokens up for sale on Monday, adding some $5bn in paper value to Donald Trump’s family fortune. The token, known as $WLFI, fell in value on Monday in their first day of trading.The World Liberty tokens were sold to investors after the Trump family and its business partners last year launched the venture, a decentralized finance platform that has also issued a stablecoin, a cryptocurrency meant to maintain a specific price by tying its value to a specific asset. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Trump faces new Epstein headache as Congress returns from recess

Lawmakers plan pressure campaign for release of Epstein files as victims meet with speaker and oversight committeeUS politics live – latest updatesCongress returns to session on Tuesday, and with it will come a political headache for Donald Trump in the form of renewed attention on the investigation into the disgraced financier Jeff Epstein and his death, a subject that the president has sought to avoid in recent weeks.While the president got a month-long break from the Epstein issue when lawmakers left town for the annual August recess – with the House of Representatives wrapping up a day early because of the controversy over Epstein – the calm is likely to end quickly. On Tuesday afternoon, representatives from both parties have planned press conferences and legislative maneuvers intended to put pressure on the Trump administration for more transparency over Epstein, whose suicide while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges in 2019 has been the subject of conspiracy theories t...

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4 h. ago Hundreds of economists sign open letter backing embattled Fed Governor Lisa Cook after Trump attacks

Notable and experienced economists warn elected officials that attacks on the Fed ‘undermine’ public confidence

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4 h. ago Worries over Renfrewshire Council department's finances as predicted overspend discussed

The situation facing infrastructure, land and environment services has been flagged as a point of concern by elected members.

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4 h. ago EPA should not have been blocked from terminating green bank funds, appeals court says

A divided appeals court says a federal judge was wrong to block the Trump administration from freezing billions of dollars meant for a “green bank” aimed at financing climate-friendly projects

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5 h. ago Tour de France legend Geraint Thomas outlines plan for final race before retirement

British cycling icon Geraint Thomas starts his final race on Tuesday, and he's outlined his plan for one last race on two wheels as it heads towards his home town

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5 h. ago Man accused of marrying three women at the same time – and police warn there could be more victims

A North Carolina man is accused of marrying three women at the same time for financial and personal gain

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6 h. ago Celebrated, imprisoned, reviled, rebuilt: Fernand Pouillon, the lost architect of France

From designing enormous postwar housing projects to escaping from prison using a rope, Pouillon’s life had high drama. A new documentary charts the extraordinary rise, fall – and rise again – of France’s ‘most wanted’ creativeVariously described as an “architect, painter, novelist, communist and convicted fraudster”, Fernand Pouillon’s life was punctuated by abrupt reversals of fortune that might have sprung from the pages of Dickens or Dumas. Throughout an eventful career, he ricocheted from intoxicating success, to financial scandal, prison, exile and eventual rehabilitation.In 1985, when Pouillon was in his early 70s, he was awarded the Légion d’Honneur by President François Mitterrand. Yet just over 20 years earlier, Pouillon found himself in custody awaiting trial on charges of corruption. As a prolific architect-developer who had designed gargantuan housing schemes in France and Algeria, he was accused of funding irregularities and violating laws contrived to keep the processe...

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6 h. ago Hollywood legend died penniless and alone after decades of drug addiction

Hollywood star Bela Lugosi achieved worldwide success as the first actor to portray Count Dracula on the big screen but his life was tragically devastated by drug addiction and financial issues.

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6 h. ago Republican Thomas Massie gets the ball rolling on release of Epstein files as Congress returns to DC

Massie says he’s confident discharge petition can reach required 218 signatures to pass

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6 h. ago Jaws child star shares huge amount he still earns from movie 50 years on

Actor starred in the film for a fleeting scene 50 years ago – and has been able to retire from his earnings as an extra

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6 h. ago Netflix Stranger Things brings major Hollywood icon 'out of retirement' for final season

Netflix's Stranger Things will return later this year for its fifth and final season with one film legend set to join the team.

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6 h. ago Claims that careful easing of mortgage rules could help more first

UK Finance said its analysis suggests that a modest increase in lending, enabled by lower stress rates, could improve access to mortgages

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7 h. ago Vote in our Independent Money poll: When are you due to renew your mortgage deal?

Each week, we invite readers to share their views on the financial stories making headlines – and impacting your bank balance

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8 h. ago Rhian Sugden dazzles in lilac bra as she shows off boob reduction results

Fans can’t get enough of Rhian Sugden as she flaunts her boob reduction results in a lilac bra, with admirers gushing over her confidence, beauty, and stunning new look

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8 h. ago It’s another Labour reboot challenge: how many adults do they need ‘in the room’ before they start telling the truth? | Marina Hyde

The PM has brought in Darren Jones, whose superpower is ‘relentless delivery’. If that won’t save the world, what will? “If I hear one more of our people saying that deckchairs are being shuffled on the Titanic,” a government supporter of Keir Starmer confided to the Daily Mail, “I will scream.” No need for shrieks. The prime minister’s No 10 hokey cokey on Monday wasn’t so much shuffling the deckchairs as restructuring the deck crew and announcing that some fresh faces will enable the team to work with new focus towards their ultimate goal of reshuffling. Expect the first strategy whiteboard to be broken out 370 miles off the coast of Newfoundland.For now, hold on to your aperitifs and continue to dress for dinner, because the erstwhile chief secretary to the Treasury, Darren Jones, becomes something called chief secretary to the prime minister. To Starmer, Darren is a Mr Fixit; to many of his cabinet colleagues, he is a Mr Fuxit. That’s not the official line Downing Steet is going...

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8 h. ago Now showing: it’s Keir Starmer’s march of the ‘grownups’ – the disaster movie we’re all being forced to watch | Marina Hyde

The PM has brought in Darren Jones, whose superpower is ‘relentless delivery’. If that won’t save the world, what will? “If I hear one more of our people saying that deckchairs are being shuffled on the Titanic,” a government supporter of Keir Starmer confided to the Daily Mail, “I will scream.” No need for shrieks. The prime minister’s No 10 hokey cokey on Monday wasn’t so much shuffling the deckchairs as restructuring the deck crew and announcing that some fresh faces will enable the team to work with new focus towards their ultimate goal of reshuffling. Expect the first strategy whiteboard to be broken out 370 miles off the coast of Newfoundland.For now, hold on to your aperitifs and continue to dress for dinner, because the erstwhile chief secretary to the Treasury, Darren Jones, becomes something called chief secretary to the prime minister. To Starmer, Darren is a Mr Fixit; to many of his cabinet colleagues, he is a Mr Fuxit. That’s not the official line Downing Steet is going...

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8 h. ago Kraft Heinz to split a decade after merger in bid to revive growth

Chicago-based food group says it will split into two publicly traded companies through tax-free spin-offBusiness live – latest updatesKraft Heinz, the US company behind kitchen staples such as Philadelphia cheese and Heinz tomato ketchup, has announced plans to split into two independent businesses a decade after it was created in a mega merger.The Chicago-based packaged food group said it would separate into two publicly traded companies through a tax-free spin-off to try to reduce complexity and improve financial performance after years of falling sales. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Gen Zs won’t start taking their pension seriously until they are 34

Brits would be on track to have a ‘comfortable’ retirement if they saved an average of £275 a month into their pension from the age of 22, according to experts.

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