22 m. ago Chief of UK’s leading AI institute resigns after staff unrest and funding fears

Dr Jean Innes publicly announced she was stepping back as chief executive on Thursday.

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27 m. ago Trump set to host US tech leaders at Rose Garden – minus Elon Musk

Tesla CEO’s absence is marked departure from his constant presence at the White House in early days of Trump 2.0When Donald Trump hosts leaders from the US’ biggest tech companies at a lavish Rose Garden dinner on Thursday night, there will be one notable absence. Elon Musk, once inseparable from Trump and a constant, contentious presence in the White House, will not be in attendance.The dinner, which will include Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, Microsoft’s Bill Gates, Apple’s Tim Cook and OpenAI’s Sam Altman, is exactly the type of event where Musk would have sat at Trump’s right hand only a few months ago. Instead, the Tesla CEO stated on his social media platform X that he was invited but could not make it. He said he planned to send a representative. He spent the day on X posting a familiar stream of attacks on immigration and trans people. Continue reading...

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73 m. ago Inside the final days of Daniel Levy's Tottenham reign: The crucial summit that sparked his fall, how Joe Lewis' allies took control and the club's brand new power brokers revealed

MATT BARLOW: News of Levy stepping down as executive chairman after nearly a quarter of a century would have had some sections of the fanbase reaching for champagne.

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76 m. ago Rugby League star drinks toilet water then references it in celebration

Brisbane Broncos star Reece Walsh, 23, pulled a handful of water from his toilet and drank deeply multiple times in a disturbing video he posted to TikTok before his club stepped in

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85 m. ago Home Office wins right to challenge Palestine Action terror ban appeal

Huda Ammori, Palestine Action’s co-founder, is taking legal action against the Home Office over the decision to proscribe the group

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86 m. ago Trump ignites culture war with extraordinary plan to ban transgender Americans from owning guns

President Donald Trump's Justice Department could take a huge step to address gun violence that goes against decades of precedent set by previous Republican administrations.

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89 m. ago Epping Council applying to Supreme Court over asylum seekers at The Bell Hotel after legal challenge rejected

The legal challenge, which centred around migrants being housed at The Bell Hotel, was rejected by the Court of Appeal

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2 h. ago Angela Rayner's position hangs in the balance as stamp duty row deepens

Deputy PM Angela Rayner's political future hangs in the balance amid an ethics probe into her admission she underpaid stamp duty on the seaside home in Hove

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2 h. ago Kim Novak, 92, narrowly avoids a tumble as she steps off a boat in Venice with a helping hand

Kim Novak made sure to avoid any ill-fated tumbles as she gracefully stepped off a boat in Venice with four helping hands at her assistance on Thursday.

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2 h. ago Two men arrested in relation to racist abuse sent to England’s Jess Carter during Euros

Abusive social media messages were directed at the England defender

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2 h. ago Trump’s nominee to join Fed says president ‘entitled’ to take policy views

Stephen Miran tells Senate banking committee that he views central bank independence as ‘paramount’

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3 h. ago Tottenham bombshell as chairman Daniel Levy leaves club after 25 years

Club shake-up takes biggest step yet in bid to “deliver long-term sporting success”

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3 h. ago President of Northwestern University quits amid layoffs forced by Trump cuts

Michael H Schill led the institution for three years, during which Trump administration slashed nearly $800mThe president of Northwestern University said Thursday that he was stepping down amid a turbulent period marked by clashes with Republican lawmakers and steep federal funding cuts under the Trump administration that forced widespread layoffs.Michael H Schill, who has led the institution for three years, has been under heavy scrutiny in conservative circles this year. The Trump administration slashed nearly $800m in research funding after sustained criticism from Republicans. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Domhnall Gleeson: Don’t expect comeback of The Office in new spin

Gleeson, 42, best known for About Time, now stars in the mockumentary series The Paper, a spin-off from the American sitcom The Office.

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3 h. ago Tottenham fans make feelings clear immediately after Daniel Levy exit confirmed

Daniel Levy has made his exit from Tottenham after stepping down as the club's chairman after 25 years in charge of the Lilywhites and it has prompted a big reaction

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3 h. ago Government to challenge decision to allow legal action over Palestine Action ban

Huda Ammori, Palestine Action’s co-founder, is taking legal action against the Home Office over the decision to proscribe the group.

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3 h. ago Who is Peter Charrington? New Tottenham chief who has replaced Daniel Levy

Spurs chairman stepped down after a quarter-century at the helm

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3 h. ago Tottenham make shock Daniel Levy announcement as Man United and Man City watch on

Daniel Levy has stepped down as Tottenham chairman after 25 years in the job, with the Premier League club confirming the news on Tuesday evening

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3 h. ago The Guardian view on Xi, Putin and Kim: heed China’s statement of intent, but don’t take it as fact | Editorial

Images of the autocrats at Wednesday’s military parade reflected the shifting global order. But Donald Trump is hastening Beijing’s riseOn Wednesday morning, Beijingers living near Tiananmen Square were issued with cold breakfast packs and ordered to refrain from cooking, lest smoke from stoves cloud the skies above the mammoth military parade. China’s Communist party goes to extraordinary lengths to ensure that nothing obscures the message of such performances – in this case, that Xi Jinping is reshaping the global order and that China is, in his words, “unstoppable”.The parade marked 80 years since the end of the second world war, positioning China as the critical force in victory in the east then, and a force to be similarly reckoned with today as “humanity is again faced with the choice of peace or war, dialogue or confrontation, win-win or zero-sum”, in Mr Xi’s words. China is “not afraid of bullies”. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Daniel Levy statement in full as Tottenham confirm new ownership structure

Daniel Levy has stepped down as chairman of Tottenham with immediate effect, with the departing chief playing a key role in appointing new Spurs head coach Thomas Frank following the departure of Ange Postecoglou

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