22 m. ago Trump announces the US will build tiny cars which he says are ‘really cute’

Donald Trump wants America to start making tiny cars which he described as 'really cute and beautiful' despite safety concerns from federal transport regulators

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30 m. ago Build your bank balance back up after Christmas and have a richer 2026

MoneyMagpie Editor and financial expert Vicky Parry warns that Christmas can set you up for a debt-filled New Year – here’s how to avoid it

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38 m. ago Frank Gehry: maximalist master who created instant icons like the Bilbao Guggenheim

He made buildings that looked like slouching drunks and quarrelling couples but it was the Spanish museum that secured his ‘starchitect’ status – a creation that became something of a curseFrank Gehry once had a cameo in The Simpsons in which he designed buildings by scrunching up pieces of paper. There was a bit more to it than that, but from Prague to Panama City, his scrunched contours were instantly recognisable, expressed in an exuberant parade of buildings that cranked and slumped as if hit by a wrecking ball, or crashed and whirled like dervishes, defying laws of gravity and structural logic. Though Gehry, who has died aged 96, came of age in the era of modernism, it was as if he were physically incapable of drawing a straight line.In his prime, Gehry’s architecture was a rebuff to modernist imperators such as Mies van der Rohe and his po-faced injunction, “less is more”. The American postmodern theorist and architect Robert Venturi turned it on its head, quipping “less is a ...

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39 m. ago “Everyone else has one” Parents race to find safer first phones as kids demand mobiles younger than ever

The playground pressure is real. Kids want phones in Year five. Parents want peace of mind. Safer first-phone SIMs promise independence without a ticket to the adult internet.

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88 m. ago Pictured: Girlfriend, 33, 'left to freeze to death' on Austrian mountain by her boyfriend in

Kerstin Gurtner, 33, froze to death on Grossglockner, Austria's highest peak, last January after being allegedly 'abandoned' by her boyfriend Thomas Plamberger, during a night-time ascent.

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1 hour ago 'I’m a vet I have the tools to chop you up into little pieces,' spat lovelorn killer

Kenny Fandrich was trying to build a new future, but he couldn’t escape the past. Now a trial has found his killer was the man his wife cheated on him with

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2 h. ago M61 LIVE traffic updates as queues build amid crash with lanes shut on motorway

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2 h. ago ‘My legacy is not Charlie Kirk’: the university president building a culture of peace after violence

Astrid Tuminez, Utah Valley University’s first female leader, had to pivot from personal tragedy to address ‘a wounding that happened to all of us’Astrid Tuminez was on her way to Rome, the trip a kind of pilgrimage after months of grief. Her husband, Jeffrey Tolk, had died suddenly earlier in the year, and the loss had left her carrying a weight she couldn’t set down. “I felt darkness and a rage I’d never known before. It was like a tectonic shift in my reality,” she said.Tuminez imagined quiet days walking through old churches, sitting in dim chapels in Rome. As part of her spiritual healing, she hoped her schedule held a meeting with Pope Leo. But as her flight landed in Atlanta for a short connection, her phone lit up. One sentence, again and again: “Charlie has been shot.” Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Gen Z office survival guide: how to overcome telephobia and get up early

Experts advise younger workers to practice phone calls with friends and embrace adventure of small talkIf you are a millennial, part of gen X or a boomer, you probably do not give a second thought to picking up the phone to talk to someone or chit-chatting beside the office water cooler. But for gen Z, those common workplace moments are a huge source of anxiety.According to a study released this week, early mornings, working with older colleagues and making small talk are just some of the things employees born between 1997 and 2012 dread. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Maduro says the real reason for Trump’s Venezuela fixation is oil – is he right?

The South American country facing a huge US military buildup has almost a fifth of known global reservesVisual guide to US military presence in the CaribbeanVenezuela’s dictator, Nicolás Maduro, says the real motive behind the massive US military buildup in the Caribbean is oil: his country has the largest proven reserves in the world.The US state department denies this, insisting that the airstrikes on boats that have killed more than 80 people and the vast military deployment off South America are part of a campaign against drug trafficking. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Inside Manchester's 'wildest Christmas do' as glam guests Coleen Rooney, Alex Gerrard and Charlotte Dawson let loose

Coleen Rooney didn't let a foot injury get in way of the celebrations as she joined a host of glamorous guests at the flamboyant festive bash - we've got all the pictures

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3 h. ago 10 people shot dead and multiple injured in South African hostel

A mass shooting has taken place at a hostel in South Africa with 10 people confirmed dead and more than 10 injured in the early hours of the morning, according to police.

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3 h. ago ‘I climbed a building to get this shot of Egyptian fishermen with sardines’: Ahmad Mansour’s best phone picture

How the photographer captured this split image of sardine fishermen taken from aboveFreelance photographer Ahmad Mansour was visiting Al Max, a fishing neighbourhood in Alexandria, Egypt, when he took this image on his mobile phone. Mansour was there with friends, documenting the area and the fishermen who resided there.“The sun was bright and it was very loud; the water was running strongly and the men were shouting,” Mansour says. “I climbed a small building to reach this vantage point above the men with the sardines. I love the top view angle; I’d been inspired by another image that was split that way and it suited the colours to balance them like this, too.” Continue reading...

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3 h. ago 10 dead and multiple injured in 'mass shooting' at South African hostel

Police have confirmed that 10 people were shot dead at Saulsville Hostel in Atteridgeville, west of Pretoria, South Africa, while more than 10 others were injured and taken to hospital. Gunfire is understood to have broken out around 4am.

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4 h. ago Experts say whether charging phone overnight damages the battery

Is it true, or is it a myth?

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4 h. ago First picture of man who died in Scots home as tributes paid to 'gifted musician'

A 52-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the death, which is under investigation.

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4 h. ago First picture of 'gifted musician' who died in Scots home as man charged

A 52-year-old man has been charged in connection with the death and will appear in court on Monday.

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4 h. ago Cops 'made me edit phone data' used to convict two men of Essex Boys murders

The new evidence will further fuel speculation that Michael Steele and Jack Whomes were wrongly convicted of the killings of three drug dealers shot dead in a Range Rover in a crime that became known as the "Essex Boys" murders after a 2000 film of the same name

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4 h. ago Aston Villa vs Arsenal LIVE: Premier League match stream, latest team news, lineups, TV, prediction

Third host first as Gunners look to build on five-point title lead in lunchtime kick-off

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4 h. ago Dramatic moment armed police swoop on 'cowardly' knife killer who stabbed three before dumping blade down drain

Kane Kotwica (pictured), 39, stabbed Matthew Cainey to death and wounded two others in a drug and booze-fuelled stabbing spree on May 28 this year.

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