2 h. ago Cuts to world’s biggest malaria fund risk a million more deaths – including 750,000 children

The Global Fund pays for more than half of the world’s malaria treatment and prevention

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7 h. ago Internet down: Many of the world’s biggest apps and websites break in hours

Snapchat to the UK tax authority were affected by the problems

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9 h. ago Phil Jones makes bold claim about Man United's status with Real Madrid comparison

Manchester United have struggled in recent years, but Phil Jones still thinks they are the biggest club in England - if not the world - for a number of reasons.

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20 h. ago What’s gone wrong at WPP? The crown slips at the world’s biggest advertising group

Exodus of big clients, falling profits and dire forecasts raise prospect of a once ‘unthinkable’ breakupA dark joke is doing the rounds in adland that Wire and Plastic Products, the Kent-based basketmaker that Martin Sorrell bought 40 years ago as a vehicle to build a global advertising giant, might outlast WPP.For decades the financial success and dominance of WPP – its 100,000 employees service global clients from Ford to Coca-Cola – has been the corporate manifestation of Britain’s shining reputation for creative advertising. Continue reading...

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65 h. ago 4 Rejections, 1 bribe: The true, chaotic story of The Beatles breaking the US

They conquered the world and even today remain the biggest band in music history but behind the seamless story of Beatlemania, the Fab Four’s rise to global fame was a lot more complex and fraught

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3 d. ago Diwali 2025 in Scotland: When is the Festival of Light, how it's celebrated and Scottish Diwali events

It’s one of the world’s biggest religious celebrations.

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3 d. ago Budget airline launches 'futuristic' new cabins with extra legroom, spacious seating and power outlets

The 'world's biggest budget airline' has revealed the revamped interiors of its economy planes, complete with extra legroom and a 'futuristic' design.

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3 d. ago Inside the world’s biggest airport set to open by 2030 – with 185million passengers a year

NEW images have revealed what the world's biggest airport will eventually look like. Located in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, King Salman International Airport is set to surpass all other airports in size, including the current biggest airport in the world which is also in the country. The 22sqm airport will feature six runways - up from...

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4 d. ago ‘It’s been a shock’: Taylor Swift fans flock to see German museum’s Ophelia

Depiction of Shakespeare character by Friedrich Heyser believed to have inspired pop superstar’s new music videoA 200-year-old museum in Germany has found itself in the eye of a storm of delighted Taylor Swift fans when it emerged that one of the probable inspirations for the music video of her new song The Fate of Ophelia was hanging on its wall.In the opening scene of the clip for the first song on Swift’s blockbuster new album The Life of a Showgirl, one of the world’s biggest pop stars assumes the role of the tragic Shakespearean character. The video, released earlier this month, was watched more than 27m times on YouTube in the first three days. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Spotify partnering with multinational music companies to develop ‘responsible’ AI products

Market-leading music streamer collaborating with the Sony, Universal and Warner music groups to create new AI featuresSpotify has announced it is teaming up with the world’s biggest music companies to develop “responsible” artificial intelligence products that respect artists’ copyright.The market-leading music streamer is collaborating with the Sony, Universal and Warner music groups – whose combined rosters feature artists including Beyoncé, Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift – to create new AI features. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago MI5 faces ‘new era’ tackling terrorism and rise in state threats

Security Service chief Sir Ken McCallum said the ‘more hostile world’ had forced the biggest shift in MI5’s mission since September 11 2001.

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4 d. ago New Music Friday: The Last Dinner Party, Tame Impala, Sudan Archives and more big releases this weekend

Something for the weekend? Our pick of some of this weekend’s biggest album releases from the musical world.

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5 d. ago BREAKING: UK strikes 'heart' of Putin's war machine with major sanctions against Russian oil

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper told MPs the government was directly targeting Rosneft and Lukoil - two of the world’s biggest energy companies - to ramp up pressure on Moscow

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5 d. ago Stansted Airport shares warning ahead of train strike action in coming days

Industrial action is set to impact routes to London Stansted Airport on two specific dates

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6 d. ago Trump says list of ‘Democrat programs’ to be released on Friday as shutdown drags into third week – live

President says programs to be cut are ‘never going to come back’ as Congress remains at an impasse on stopgap funding bill to reopen governmentJohnson says ‘I don’t have anything to negotiate’ as US shutdown drags onChina has hit back at accusations from the US that it is trying to hurt the world economy, as the trade war between the world’s two biggest economies appeared to re-escalate, amped up by aggressive rhetoric on both sides.China’s commerce ministry said on Tuesday that the US was “threatening to intimidate” with the prospect of new tariffs on Chinese exports, “which is not the right way to get along with China”. Its spokesperson said that China would “fight to the end” in trade talks. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago House speaker defends White House using research funding to pay military during government shutdown – live

Mike Johnson says Trump administration has ‘every right’ to move around ‘duly appropriated dollars from Congress to Department of Defense’China has hit back at accusations from the US that it is trying to hurt the world economy, as the trade war between the world’s two biggest economies appeared to re-escalate, amped up by aggressive rhetoric on both sides.China’s commerce ministry said on Tuesday that the US was “threatening to intimidate” with the prospect of new tariffs on Chinese exports, “which is not the right way to get along with China”. Its spokesperson said that China would “fight to the end” in trade talks. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago House speaker defends administration’s move to keep military paid during government shutdown – US politics live

Mike Johnson says Trump administration has ‘every right’ to move around ‘duly appropriated dollars from Congress to Department of Defense’China has hit back at accusations from the US that it is trying to hurt the world economy, as the trade war between the world’s two biggest economies appeared to re-escalate, amped up by aggressive rhetoric on both sides.China’s commerce ministry said on Tuesday that the US was “threatening to intimidate” with the prospect of new tariffs on Chinese exports, “which is not the right way to get along with China”. Its spokesperson said that China would “fight to the end” in trade talks. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Jude Bellingham's furious dad confronted same man who called Erling Haaland a 'burden'

Erling Haaland and Jude Bellingham are two of the biggest names in world football but each found themselves tangled at Borussia Dortmund at one point or another

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6 d. ago House speaker says shutdown ‘barreling towards one of longest on record’ as it enters day 14 – US politics live

Mike Johnson speaks on federal government shutdown as it enters 14th day with little end in sightChina has hit back at accusations from the US that it is trying to hurt the world economy, as the trade war between the world’s two biggest economies appeared to re-escalate, amped up by aggressive rhetoric on both sides.China’s commerce ministry said on Tuesday that the US was “threatening to intimidate” with the prospect of new tariffs on Chinese exports, “which is not the right way to get along with China”. Its spokesperson said that China would “fight to the end” in trade talks. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Brits will suffer highest inflation of the world's biggest economies, IMF warns

The International Monetary Fund has upgraded its forecast for the UK economy this year, but says inflation will be higher than it thought

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