44 h. ago Wall Street and European markets finish week on a high after US jobs report

FTSE 100 records its longest winning streak as Washington releases better-than-expected hiring figuresMarkets on both sides of the Atlantic rose on Friday after hiring in the US slowed less than expected in April, offering a glimmer of hope that the world’s largest economy was in a better-than-feared position to withstand the fallout from Donald Trump’s tariffs.On Wall Street the S&P 500 was up 1.5% and the Dow Jones rose 1.3% by early afternoon on Friday, while European markets closed sharply higher after official figures showed the US workforce grew by 177,000 last month. Continue reading...

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57 h. ago Nigerian autistic teen sets world painting record and spotlights the disorder

A 15-year-old autistic Nigerian has set a Guinness World Record for the world’s largest art canvas in a bid to raise awareness for autism

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57 h. ago ‘World’s largest’ electric ship measuring 130 metres launched by Tasmanian boatbuilder

Manufacturer Incat built Hull 096 to run between Buenos Aires and Uruguay, dubbing it the ‘most complex’ project it has ever undertakenAn Australian boatbuilder has launched what it describes as the world’s largest battery-power ship, describing it as a “a giant leap forward in sustainable shipping” and the “most important” project it has ever done.Incat, a manufacturer based in Tasmania, constructed the ship – called Hull 096 – after being contracted by the South American ferry operator Buquebus to build a vessel to run between the Argentinian capital, Buenos Aires, and Uruguay. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Ikea to open Oxford Street store amid ‘rejuvenation’ of shopping area

The world’s largest furniture retailer has taken over the former Topshop base in London to open a three-floor outlet selling around 6,000 items.

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4 d. ago The 2025 London Marathon Overtook New York City for the Largest Marathon Ever

The 2025 London Marathon Overtook New York City for the Largest Marathon Ever  Runner's World

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4 d. ago The fearless women risking it all to rid Ukraine of Russia's landmines: The Mail meets brave volunteers combing for explosives in the world's largest minefield

Dressed in an armoured vest and explosive-proof helmet Nika, 39, looks almost unrecognisable from her carefree pre-war self.

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5 d. ago Beaver filmed farting on riverbank so massive trump doesn't create water bubbles

Beavers, which are the world's second largest rodent, have been reintroduced into parts of the Britain for the first time in four centuries in a bid to restore ecological order

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5 d. ago The Latest: America’s allies and partners approach China to hedge their bets

As President Donald Trump’s trade war locks the world’s two largest economies on a collision course, nations are being forced to choose between China and the United States

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6 d. ago World's largest and oldest occupied castle has over 1,000 rooms and is in the UK

Windsor Castle, situated in Berkshire, has been home to British kings and queens for nearly 1,000 years - it's the oldest and largest occupied castle in the world

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9 d. ago ‘It shapes the whole experience’: what happens when you build a city from wood?

Transforming a former industrial area in Sweden will bring psychological benefits for future residents and reduce construction’s climate impactAlthough activity is high, it is surprisingly quiet inside the construction site of a high school extension in Sickla, a former industrial area in south Stockholm that is set to become part of the “largest mass timber project in the world” according to the Swedish urban property developer Atrium Ljungberg.Just a few months remain until students enter the premises, but there is no sound of drilling or pounding against concrete walls. The scent of wood is unmistakable, and signs of the material can be spotted everywhere – from glulam (glued laminated timber) columns and beams in the building’s frame to cross-laminated timber (CLT) slabs in the floors, ceilings and staircases. CLT, made by gluing together layers of planed wood into panels, offers strength and rigidity comparable to concrete but is significantly lighter and quicker to build with....

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1 week ago Trump’s war with Fed threatens lasting damage to Treasuries, say investors

Big investors warn of risks to world’s largest and most liquid bond market from US president’s attacks on central bank

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1 week ago Scottish whirlpool that nearly killed George Orwell is world’s third largest

St Columba believed the whirlpool was created by God to "make seafarers pray harder”

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1 week ago Global study on Covid vaccine safety falls victim to Trump cuts

Groundbreaking project has produced some of the world’s most comprehensive studies on vaccine efficacy and safetyThe largest ever global study into the safety of Covid-19 vaccines has been terminated just 13 months shy of completion, after becoming caught up in the Trump administration’s sweeping funding cuts.The Global Vaccine Data Network, which was established in 2019 by the New Zealand-based vaccinologist Helen Petousis-Harris and the US-based vaccinologist Steven Black, has already produced some of the world’s most comprehensive studies on vaccine efficacy and safety, based on data from more than 300 million people. Continue reading...

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1 week ago The Latest: Treasury secretary says trade war with China is not ‘sustainable’

U.S. markets opened with big gains Wednesday amid clear signs of relief after President Donald Trump said he would not attempt to fire the head of the Federal Reserve and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he expects a “de-escalation” from unsustainable tariffs against China in the trade war between the world’s two largest economies

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1 week ago Trump says China tariffs will drop ‘substantially – but it won’t be zero’

US president says tariffs on imported goods will come down from 145% rate but insists ‘we’re doing fine with China’Donald Trump said during a White House news conference that high tariffs on goods from China will “come down substantially, but it won’t be zero”.Trump’s remarks were in response to earlier comments on Tuesday by treasury secretary Scott Bessent, who said that the high tariffs were unsustainable and that he expects a “de-escalation” in the trade war between the world’s two largest economies. Continue reading...

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1 week ago US Treasury secretary says trade war with China is not 'sustainable'

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a Tuesday speech that the ongoing tariffs showdown with China is unsustainable and expects a “de-escalation” in the trade war between the world’s two largest economies

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1 week ago Ben Shephard leaves Cat Deeley blushing with VERY rude joke as she crams an entire apple and three Wagon Wheels into her mouth on This Morning to compete with world record holder

The pair were joined by Marie Pearl Zellmer Robinson, from Alaska , on video call to talk about her recent Guinness World Record for the world's largest mouth gape for a female.

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1 week ago Nicola Sturgeon to appear at 'world's largest philosophy festival' ahead of book launch

The former SNP leader will join Jeremy Corbyn on the line-up for the the How The Light Gets In event.

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1 week ago A sequoia forest in Detroit? Plantings to improve air quality and mark Earth Day

Arborists are hoping to transform vacant land on Detroit’s eastside by planting giant sequoias, the world’s largest trees

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2 w. ago 'World's largest gold deposit' worth £61billion could be terrible news for Donald Trump

A huge gold deposit discovered in China could hold an eye-watering £61billion worth of gold which could tip the balance of global power, amid Trump's tariff chaos

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