60 m. ago Epstein files latest: Deadline imminent for release of bombshell documents that have shaken Trump administration

Attorney General Pam Bondi has wide authority to redact information about survivors, depictions of abuse, materials that could harm ongoing investigations or compromise national security

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88 m. ago Stranded review – this Italian crime show is like Agatha Christie, Lost and The White Lotus all at once

A hotel’s worth of rich guests cut off by snow, a dead body, the mafia and some supernatural antics there’s a banquet of melodrama to feast on in this soapy foreign-language seriesThe snow is crisp and even, up in the Italian Alps: how lucky the protagonists in the new Walter Presents series Stranded are to be spending Christmas at a four-star spa resort in the beautiful Vanoi Valley! The welcome is warm, the hot chocolate is decadent and the hotel building, bedecked with giant baubles, looks like a greetings card painting. But wait! Threatening music? Characters staring anxiously into space, because they clearly have a big dark secret? A guest in a witness protection programme, and another who recognises her as the witness in the forthcoming trial of his secret mafia brother? Attenzione! This Italian-made Green, Red and White Lotus might not be such a paradise. Bad stuff is about to go down.Specifically, this is several thousand tons of snow and the side of a nearby mountain. One a...

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1 hour ago Japan clarifies nuclear weapons pledge amid security official’s comments

Japan currently hosts the largest overseas concentration of US military forces

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1 hour ago Boxing Tonight: UK start times, live stream, TV channel and fight card

Jake Paul takes on a seemingly impossible challenge tonight when he faces former two-time heavyweight world champion Anthony Joshua in a professionally-sanctioned fight

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2 h. ago Mum, 39, battling cancer hits out at 'cruel' Manchester Airport after she tried to get through security

Kelly Grigg, who has bowel cancer, says she was humiliated and made to feel 'like a villain' at security

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2 h. ago Husband and wife die in horror Sauna fire after becoming trapped inside

A couple were found unconscious in a sauna after apparently becoming trapped during a fire, with police investigating after employees said the emergency alarm had been turned off for two years

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2 h. ago Plans emerge to turn city park and ride site into new data centre

It is the second proposal for the site in the last few years

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3 h. ago UK’s largest proposed datacentre ‘understating planned water use’

Analysis suggests consumption at Northumberland site could be 50 times higher than US operator QTS estimatesThe UK’s largest proposed datacentre is understating the scale of its planned water use, according to an analysis.The first phase of construction for the hyperscale campus in Cambois in Northumberland has been given the go-ahead by the local council. The US operator QTS, which is developing the site, has promoted its “water-free” cooling system as proof of its sustainability. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Alarm raised as Scottish offshore wind risks losing out next year

Offshore wind is about to get distinctly more political, before any more turbines start turning

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5 h. ago Asian shares advance after weaker US price data push Wall Street higher, and a rate hike in Japan

Shares are moderately higher in Asia and U.S. futures are mixed after the Bank of Japan raised its key policy rate to the highest level in 30 years

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6 h. ago Ukraine deal: EU leaders agree €90bn loan, but without use of frozen Russian assets

Two-year deal will cover most of Ukraine’s needs, but will be secured against EU borrowing rather than Russian assetsEuropean Union leaders have decided to provide a massive interest-free loan to Ukraine to meet its military and economic needs for the next two years, after failing to agree on using frozen Russian assets, diplomats said in the early hours of Friday.“We have a deal. Decision to provide €90bn ($106bn) of support to Ukraine for 2026-27 approved. We committed, we delivered,” EU Council president Antonio Costa said in a post on social media. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago I'm in debt but can't stop shopping, says ALICE SNAPE. I had a credit card bill of £15,000. Then I discovered the hidden reason

As I type this ­sentence, my thoughts are ­consumed by a Nobody's Child dress. I'm meant to be writing about the thing I love most: shopping. But I can't concentrate.

Economics

8 h. ago AI data centers may have created as much pollution as New York City and used a world’s supply of bottled water in just one year

Over the past few years, Silicon Valley's AI blitz has created skyrocketing demand for high-end computation in vast dedicated data centers

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8 h. ago Coast Guard drops references to swastikas and nooses being 'potentially divisive'

References in U.S. Coast Guard policy calling hate symbols “potentially divisive” have been removed

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9 h. ago Terrifying video shows jet carrying NASCAR driver Greg Biffle and his family exploding into flames

Flight tracking data revealed the moment NASCAR star Greg Biffle's jet crashed killing seven, including Biffle and his family.

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9 h. ago Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth tells military recruiters many young Americans are ‘too fat’ or ‘too dumb’ to serve

Recruiting has been rebounding from a low ebb during the pandemic, according to data

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9 h. ago Firms could set own contactless card limits under changes planned by regulator

The Financial Conduct Authority’s rule changes will take effect from March 19.

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9 h. ago Contactless card limits AXED under new plans to change how you pay at the tills from March

SHOPPERS will soon find it easier to pay bigger amounts using contactless, under the City regulator’s plans. The current rules mean people can make payments of up to £100 per transaction when using physical contactless cards. Under changes being made next year by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), banks and payment providers with strong fraud controls will...

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11 h. ago US Justice Department sues 3 states, District of Columbia for voter data

The U.S. Justice Department has sued three states and the District of Columbia for not turning over requested voter information to the Trump administration

Politics

12 h. ago Sean Duffy’s daughter rails against TSA after she was given a pat down at airport security checkpoint

Evita Duffy-Alfonso says she almost missed her flight after waiting for the pat down since she declined to use the TSA’s body scanning technology

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