68 m. ago AI superintelligence will demolish society as we know it in one year, tech CEO proclaims

Dario Amodei is urging governments to wise up quickly and figure out how daily life will work when Artificial Intelligence is 'better than all of us at everything'

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89 m. ago US health official quits after reported clashes with RFK Jr over measles

Tom Corry, a top spokesperson at the health and human services department, abruptly resigned on FridayA top spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services has abruptly resigned from the department, just two weeks after starting the job and as the country grapples with an escalating measles outbreak.Tom Corry, who served as assistant secretary of public affairs at HHS, said on Monday that he resigned on Friday effective immediately. Continue reading...

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99 m. ago Pete Wicks takes a swipe at his ex Maura Higgins after she kissed Danny Jones at BRIT Awards afterparty

On Saturday Maura was seen sharing a 'drunken kiss' with McFly's Danny - who has been married to his wife Georgia for over a decade -  as they attended Universal Music's BRIT Awards afterparty.

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1 hour ago Chipotle says it will absorb any tariff price increases and not pass them to consumer

Fast food chain says its costs would only increase by 0.6 percent under Trump’s proposed tariffs

Economics

2 h. ago White House directs officials to draft proposal to lift US sanctions on Russia

Sources say work on so-called ‘options paper’ comes as Trump seeks to restore Moscow ties and end Ukraine warThe United States is drawing up a plan to potentially give Russia sanctions relief as Donald Trump seeks to restore ties with Moscow and stop the war in Ukraine, a US official and another person familiar with the matter told Reuters.The White House has asked the state and treasury departments to draft a list of sanctions that could be eased for US officials to discuss with Russian representatives in the coming days as part of the administration’s broad talks with Moscow on improving diplomatic and economic relations, the sources said. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Saks Fifth Avenue's Personal Shopping and Styling Service Lands at the London West Hollywood

Saks Fifth Avenue's Personal Shopping and Styling Service Lands at the London West Hollywood  TheWrap

Economics

3 h. ago Best gifts for mum 2025: Thoughtful and personalised present ideas she will love (nearly) as much as you

Discover the top mum-friendly gifts of 2025 that will delight her beyond measure, from personalised treasures to luxurious indulgences.

Politics

3 h. ago DOGE is claiming credit for ‘canceling’ contracts that were ended decades ago

There were errors in DOGE’s top five largest cancelled contracts, all of which have been scrubbed from its website

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3 h. ago Casey Anthony joins TikTok to announce new career as ‘legal advocate’

Florida mother acquitted of killing her only child says she’ll ‘advocate for my daughter’ and promotes SubstackCasey Anthony, the Florida mother controversially acquitted of killing her only child in one of the state’s most notorious murder cases more than a decade ago, has launched a new career as a legal advocate.Anthony, who failed to report the disappearance of her two-year-old daughter Caylee for months in 2008, appeared on TikTok over the weekend advertising her new role, in which she said she would be “a proponent for the LGBTQ community [and] women’s rights”. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Tinseltown's tradwife makeover: What the return of TRUE Oscars glamour reveals about Hollywood in the age of Trump, writes fashion insider JANE TIPPETT

After almost two decades of red-carpet dressing that has at times seemed as much about pushing boundaries, aesthetic or otherwise, as it does about looking good, something has shifted.

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4 h. ago Pete Wicks takes a swipe at his ex Maura Higgins after she kissed Danny Jones at BRIT Awards afterparty

On Saturday Maura was seen sharing a 'drunken kiss' with McFly's Danny - who has been married to his wife Georgia for over a decade -  as they attended Universal Music's BRIT Awards afterparty.

Events

4 h. ago Spain’s rewilding of Iberian lynx at risk after lobbying by hunters and farmers

Regional governments bow to pressure from agricultural industry, often amplified by far-right Vox partyOnly last year it was hailed as a conservation success story: the Iberian lynx, which had been close to extinction, had sprung back to life thanks to a two-decade-long effort to expand the population.Now, however, that progress is at risk after several regional governments in Spain acceded to pressure from farmers and hunters to block the reintroduction of the species into the wild. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Iconic UK high street name could disappear as all 500 stores set to be sold

A 230-year-old high street chain is in talks to sell its 500 street stores, meaning it could relinquish the rights to its brand name

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5 h. ago EDF customer who had more than £40,000 stolen from savings account after the energy firm gave his phone number to scammers is offered £50 as a 'goodwill gesture to close the case'

The man had the life-changing sum taken after the energy giant gave out the personal information when the fraudsters passed security using his name and email address.

Economics

5 h. ago Kroger CEO resigns over ‘personal conduct’ after four decades at grocery chain

Kroger said the alleged misconduct had nothing to do with its financials and did not involve any other Kroger employees

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5 h. ago ‘That’s not me’: Blatter and Platini restate innocence in Swiss fraud case

Pair cleared in 2022 but federal prosecutor appealedFormer Fifa president tells reporters: ‘I am very positive’Sepp Blatter, the former president of Fifa, and Michel Platini, the France great and former president of Uefa, have restated their innocence in relation to allegations of fraud when appearing on Monday in a Swiss court.The pair were cleared of fraud in July 2022 at a lower Swiss court following a seven-year investigation into a payment of 2.2m Swiss francs (£1.7m) from Fifa to Platini with Blatter’s approval in 2011, for consultancy work a decade earlier. The Swiss federal prosecutor has appealed against that decision, leading to a new hearing at the extraordinary appeals chamber of the Swiss criminal court in Muttenz, near Basel. The prosecutor asked for the judgment to be set aside in full. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Government responds as thousands call for personal tax allowance rate changes

A petition to raise the personal tax allowance to £20,000 has received a response from the Treasury as it nears 170,000 signatures

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6 h. ago Jack Vettriano: ‘His paintings are like a double cheeseburger in a greasy wrapper’

The Scot painted singing butlers, ‘broads’ in bras and tough guys in suits, in works critics found lurid, chintzy, devoid of irony and often sexist. But they were also hugely popular – showing the power of ‘I get it’ artJack Vettriano: a life in picturesIn 1992, Jack Vettriano’s painting The Singing Butler was rejected by the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. Anyone who has seen some of the dross picked for display in the RA’s annual open submission collision of amateur artists and big stars in recent decades will be thinking: “Ouch, must’ve been a real dud.” But The Singing Butler not only wasn’t a dud, it went on to become one of the most ubiquitous and – whisper it – iconic British paintings since the second world war.And that tells you a lot about the Scottish artist, who has died at the age of 73. The art establishment has always despised him, but the rest of the world – if you can accept some awkward, problematic conception of “ordinary people” – absolutely lapped up his art. H...

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6 h. ago Two dead after car driven into pedestrians in German city Mannheim weeks after Munich attack

Several people were injured and one person is in custody, Mannheim police confirmed

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6 h. ago UN human rights chief ‘deeply worried by fundamental shift’ in US

Volker Türk alarmed at growing power of ‘unelected tech oligarchs’ and warns gender equality is being rolled backThe UN human rights chief has warned of a “fundamental shift” in the US and sounded the alarm over the growing power of “unelected tech oligarchs”, in a stinging rebuke of Washington just weeks into Donald Trump’s presidency.Volker Türk said there had been bipartisan support for human rights in the US for decades but said he was “now deeply worried by the fundamental shift in direction that is taking place domestically and internationally”. Continue reading...

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