33 m. ago How the biggest winner from UK and US foreign aid cuts will be China

As countries lose vital foreign aid from the UK and US, some fear governments could turn to China to seek funding packages saddled with unsustainable debts

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39 m. ago Gene Hackman and wife Betsy Arakawa found dead in their home in Santa Fe

The Oscar-winner was 95 years-old and starred in multiple classic movies including ‘The French Connection’ and ‘Unforgiven’

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47 m. ago Mikel Arteta's Arsenal issue laid bare as Forest boss Nuno delivers damning assessment

Mikel Arteta's Arsenal failed to score for the second Premier League game in a row as their attacking shortcomings were laid bare against Nottingham Forest on Wednesday

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56 m. ago Gene Hackman's reclusive life away from spotlight before tragic death alongside wife

Gene Hackman, one of Hollywood’s most acclaimed actors, chose a reclusive life away from the limelight before his tragic passing.

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65 m. ago Pokemon Trading Card Game 'never been more popular in the UK', marketing boss confirms

EXCLUSIVE: Peter Murphy, Senior Director of Marketing at The Pokemon Company International, revealed to Daily Star that the franchise's long-running Trading Card Game has never been more popular

Economics

71 m. ago Thousands of women losing jobs every year for getting pregnant, study shows

A report estimated that as many as 74,000 women are forced to leave their job every year because they are pregnant or on maternity leave, a number that has almost doubled in a decade

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73 m. ago Gene Hackman family: How he met wife, kids and retirement before tragic end

Mystery currently surrounds the death of the two time Oscar winner, found with his wife and dog, with no cause of death having currently been revealed by the Sherriff’s department

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76 m. ago Gene Hackman's frail last sighting as Oscar winner turned into recluse in final years

Hollywood legend Gene Hackman was last seen with his wife Betsy, 63, grabbing coffee in New Mexico before the couple's shocking deaths that have been announced today

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92 m. ago Breakthrough for diabetes treatment as new online tool could help millions with condition

Experts believe the 'personalised' device could be a 'game-changer'

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99 m. ago Superman star Gene Hackman found dead alongside wife and dog at Santa Fe home

The two-time Oscar winner and author was confirmed dead alongside his wife and their dog on Thursday.

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2 h. ago The Trade™, three weeks on: Dončić, Davis and the art of the NBA breakup

As much as the basketball itself has started to round into shape for the Lakers and Mavs after the biggest trade in NBA history, the wounds have only just begun to heal“A lot of emotions, not much sleep I’m just glad it’s over.” Those were 25-year-old Slovenian basketball phenom Luka Dončić’s succinct and surprisingly vulnerable initial thoughts on Tuesday night after his first rendezvous with his former team, the Dallas Mavericks, when his Lakers hosted them in Los Angeles. It was a highly anticipated game, the culmination of weeks of NBA drama following the biggest blockbuster trade in league history, when Dončić was traded for 10-time All-Star Anthony Davis. Davis was sidelined on the bench with an adductor strain on Tuesday, which slightly dampened the dramatic potential. But with both Mavericks general manager Nico Harrison and minority owner Mark Cuban joining Lakers GM Rob Pelinka and owner Jeanie Buss in attendance, the tension was palpable. There’s really no such thing as a...

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2 h. ago Couple visit Europe’s cheapest and priciest pint destinations in one weekend

A British couple who went on three extreme day trips across two continents, back-to-back, checked out the priciest and cheapest pint destinations and found one clear winner

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3 h. ago Running Point review – you’ll be desperate for Kate Hudson’s basketball comedy to end

This tale of a girlboss battling the sporting world’s patriarchy is a real grind. Perhaps it’d be funny if you care deeply about the sport but shouldn’t a comedy be able to make you laugh regardless?Are you in the mood for a basketball comedy that has some leaden jokes and some even more leaden things to say about sexism and prejudice in the US industrial sports complex? Of course you’re not. Nobody is. But it’s here, it stars Kate Hudson and it’s called Running Point so let’s deal with it.Hudson plays Isla Gordon, one of four siblings whose father owned the Los Angeles Waves basketball team. Despite being the only one of Daddy Gordon’s children who is knowledgable about the game, she has been overlooked all her life. Why? Because she is a girl and the rest of them are boys! Cue a cutesy flashback in which a child actor delivers a Sorkinesque monologue about the team’s chances and her recommended player trades while trotting beside her father down a corridor of power, before having ...

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3 h. ago Pokemon fans only just realising where Pikachu's name really comes from

Pikachu, the adorable yellow Pokemon, is one of the most recognisable video game characters of all time - but many fans are only just realising the hidden meaning behind its name

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8 h. ago The mothers left distraught after the NHS removed their daughters' healthy breasts because the girls said they were transgender

Two years after her daughter was given a double mastectomy at the age of 24 by the NHS to remove her healthy breasts - in order to 'change gender' - Jane is still absolutely 'livid'.

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10 h. ago Only 5% of UK medical school entrants are working class, data shows

Sutton Trust says underrepresentation of poorer students is ‘outrageous’ but number has doubled in 10 years to 2022Students from working class backgrounds still only make up 5% of entrants to medical schools across the UK, a proportion that has doubled over the past decade, analysis has found.The research, conducted by the Sutton Trust and University College London (UCL), looked at almost 94,000 applicants to UK medical schools between 2012 and 2022, which represent almost half of all UK medical applicants. Continue reading...

Culture

10 h. ago The Vivienne's father pays heartbreaking tribute as Drag Race UK winner is honoured with Icon Award at inaugural Metro Pride ceremony

The drag queen, whose real name was James Lee Williams, died suddenly last month at the age of 32.

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10 h. ago Grace Clinton shows a glimpse of England’s future and helps banish ghosts against Spain | Jonathan Liew

Midfielder is rich in potential and opened the doors against world champions to offer her team a dizzyingly high ceilingThe final whistle blows and players gather in the centre circle. Enmities are buried and old bonds reforged, pleasantries and shirts are swapped. Chloe Kelly is wrapped in the shirt of Leila Ouahabi. Likewise Jess Park and Laia Aleixandri. Sixty yards away, meanwhile, Grace Clinton is already on her lap of honour. She has resolved, with her characteristic speed of thought, that this shirt is going nowhere.And if this was a game that seemed to arrive wreathed in ghosts of the past – Sydney, the pain, the bitter aftermath – then somehow it ended on a more optimistic, forward-looking note. This is an England team that have spent the past 18 months in varying states of entropy, labouring against the sort of opponents they should be swiping aside with a flick of the hand, torn between the Plan A that no longer works and the Plan B that does not yet exist. Continue readi...

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10 h. ago Jim Goodwin insists Dundee Utd denied 'perfectly good goal' and VAR cost them more than points in Hibs defeat

Sam Dalby's effort would have put United 2-1 up but Goodwin can;t see the handball it was ruled out for

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10 h. ago England proved they can compete with world's best after beating Spain, insists Sarina Wiegman

Lionesses boss believed pressing game was key to narrow win over Spain at Wembley

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