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2024-05-07T23:42:14Z

Fresh strikes by train drivers to cause more disruption for rail passengers

Fresh strikes by train drivers to cause more disruption for rail passengers - The dispute is now the longest ever in the rail industry.

2024-05-06T23:16:23Z

Lando Norris: Son of a millionaire who has the world at his feet after defying bullies

Despite few parallels in their respective sons’ routes into Formula One, Anthony Hamilton knew exactly how Lando Norris’s father was feeling on Sunday night. As the 24-year-old passed the chequered flag in Miami, Hamilton sent his fellow proud parent a text to share in the “beautiful” moment for the family. Hamilton juggled multiple jobs to help ge...

2024-05-07T08:20:14Z

Fact Check: Viral Ad Campaign On Election In The Name Of Amul Is Fake

CLAIMThe viral image shows Amul’s ad campaign on polling. An X user @SHEKARSUSHEEL posted the viral image and wrote, “Very topical , as always Jiyo Amul. The true taste of India”. (Archive Link)(Image: Newschecker)FACTAn investigation shows us that Amul disowned the advertisement and called it Fake on May 6, 2024. Taking their X handle India’s largest dairy products manufacturing company issued a notice and wrote, “We wish to inform you a fake...

2024-05-07T11:14:28Z

Gary Neville says Man Utd have 'real problem' ahead of Arsenal clash and FA Cup final

The problems are piling up for Erik ten Hag.

2024-05-06T14:47:43Z

The Latest | Stormy Daniels to return to witness stand on Thursday as court adjourns

NEW YORK (AP) — As the third week of witness testimony in Donald Trump's hush money trial takes place, all eyes are on Stormy Daniels, who took the stand Tuesday morning and recounted for jurors the lead-up to meeting Trump and a 2006 sexual encounter she has said the two engaged in. Trump denies the encounter took place. The alleged sexual encounter and the $130,000 she was paid to keep silent about it during the 2016 presidential election are...

2024-05-07T15:48:40Z

Former NUS president settles with union over antisemitism claims

A former president of the National Union of Students is said to have accepted accepted a “substantial” settlement to end her legal action against the union following her dismissal over allegations of antisemitism. Shaima Dallali was ousted as NUS UK president in November 2022 after an investigation claimed she had made “significant breaches” of the union’s antisemitism policies. But shortly before Dallali’s legal challenge was to be heard by an...

2024-05-07T16:10:48Z

Announcements on infected blood compensation expected ‘in the next few weeks’

Announcements on infected blood compensation expected ‘in the next few weeks’ - Campaigners have been fighting for compensation for decades.

2024-05-07T15:36:08Z

Mother of Manchester Arena attack victim sets off on 200-mile walk

Mother of Manchester Arena attack victim sets off on 200-mile walk - Figen Murray will spend the next 16 days walking to Downing Street where she will call for the implementation of Martyn’s Law.

2024-05-07T12:55:41Z

PSG vs Dortmund LIVE! Champions League result, match stream and latest updates today

PSG vs Dortmund LIVE! Champions League result, match stream and latest updates today - Borussia Dortmund will face either Real Madrid or Bayern Munich at Wembley on June 1

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2024-05-07T04:46:31Z

‘I will keep fighting’: Ten Hag sends defiant message after 18th defeat – the most since 1977-78

Erik ten Hag oversaw Manchester United’s 18th defeat of the season tonight – their most in a campaign since 1977/78. The 4-0 thrashing at the hands of Crystal Palace perhaps doesn’t even reflect the affairs of the game all that accurately, given that it easily could’ve been over seven from the hosts.

2024-05-06T22:21:42Z

Shooting at rapper's mansion leaves security guard with life-threatening injuries

Police are investigating a shooting at the Toronto mansion of Canadian rapper Drake.

2024-05-07T17:58:49Z

Naoya Inoue boosts claim as world’s best boxer with destruction of Luis Nery

Naoya Inoue bolstered his claim as the world’s best pound-for-pound fighter on Monday when he came off the floor to retain his undisputed junior featherweight championship with a technical knockout of Luis Nery. A sold-out crowd of around 50,000 spectators at the Tokyo Dome was stunned into silence near the end of the opening round when a heavy left hook dumped Inoue to the canvas for the first time in his 12-year professional career. But a...

2024-05-06T14:13:46Z

Spartz fends off Republican rivals to win contentious Indiana congressional primary

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Two-term U.S. Rep. Victoria Spartz won a contentious Republican primary to defend her seat just months after she decided to run for reelection in a campaign that focused attention on her opposition to sending aid to her native Ukraine. She defeated eight rival Republicans to secure her place on the ballot this fall in a solidly Republican district. The first and only Ukrainian-born House member, Spartz previously backed...

2024-05-08T00:49:40Z

Superman first look: James Gunn unveils David Corenswet as Man of Steel

Superman first look: James Gunn unveils David Corenswet as Man of Steel - The ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ director teased the forthcoming film with the message: ‘Get ready’

2024-05-06T17:10:51Z

Republicans doubt Greene will call for vote on Johnson's resignation, media reports

Republican lawmakers are increasingly doubtful that Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene will dare to initiate a vote on the resignation of House Speaker Mike Johnson, Axios reports. According to the agency, today, May 7, Johnson will meet again with Greene and Republican Thomas Massie. The last meeting, according to the Speaker of the House of Rep...

2024-05-07T10:48:49Z

Ukraine says it foiled attempt to assassinate Zelensky

Ukraine said Tuesday it had unravelled a Russian plot to assassinate senior Ukrainian political and military figures, including President Volodymyr Zelensky. Two Ukrainian security officials were arrested for their links to the group, which had aimed to carry out high-profile killings ahead of Russian President Vladimir Putin's inauguration on Tuesday. Tom Canetti reports. Mark Owen speaks to Iuliia Mendel, former press secretary to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy from 2019 to 2021.

2024-05-07T21:30:53Z

Katy Perry and Rihanna didn't attend the Met Gala. But AI-generated images still fooled fans

NEW YORK (AP) — No, Katy Perry and Rihanna didn't attend the Met Gala this year. But that didn't stop AI-generated images from tricking some fans into thinking the stars made appearances on the steps of fashion's biggest night. Deepfake images depicting a handful of big names at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's annual fundraiser quickly spread online Monday and early Tuesday. Some eagle-eyed social media users spotted discrepancies — and...

2024-05-07T22:04:13Z

Midges are bringing new strain of horrible disease from Europe

It can be fatal.

2024-05-07T09:22:35Z

Full extent of Max Verstappen car damage comes to light after two Miami GP incidents

It was certainly an eventful outing for Max Verstappen in Miami...

2024-05-06T15:39:47Z

At least five dead and dozens more trapped after multi-storey apartment building collapses

At least five people have died and dozens more are believed to be trapped under rubble after a multi-storey apartment building under construction in South Africa collapsed.

2024-05-07T06:19:42Z

Winner of £10,000-per-month lottery prize urged to come forward

Winner of £10,000-per-month lottery prize urged to come forward - Players should check their tickets for the Set For Life draw-based game.

2024-05-06T20:58:24Z

Jack Dorsey quits Bluesky board and urges users to stay on Elon Musk’s X

The Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey has left the board of Bluesky, the decentralised social network he helped start, and encouraged users to remain on his first site, now owned by Elon Musk and called X. Dorsey confirmed he had cut ties with Bluesky on Sunday, telling a user on X that he was no longer on the social network’s board. The announcement was apparently unexpected, since Bluesky still listed him as a board member until late on Sunday...

2024-05-07T15:04:42Z

Urgent warning over WhatsApp group scam targeting family and friends

Report anything that could be a scam.

2024-05-07T10:07:41Z

Mother of Australian surfers killed in Mexico gives moving tribute to sons at a beach in San Diego

Mother of Australian surfers killed in Mexico gives moving tribute to sons at a beach in San Diego - The mother of two Australian surfers killed in Mexico has delivered a moving tribute to her sons at a beach in San Diego

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West Ham issue statement over David Moyes exit

'The recruitment process for David’s successor has begun.'

2024-05-06T17:18:05Z

After quitting Congress, Khera joins BJP with actor Shekhar Suman

Former Congress functionary Radhika Khera, who quit the party last Sunday alleging she was tortured by her colleagues after visiting Ram temple, and actor Shekhar Suman joined BJP Tuesday. Khera, former national coordinator of Congress' media department, resigned from the party's membership Sunday, days after her altercation with another functionary at the party's Chhattisgarh office.

2024-05-07T22:02:43Z

AstraZeneca says it will withdraw COVID-19 vaccine globally as demand dips

(Reuters) -AstraZeneca said on Tuesday it had initiated the worldwide withdrawal of its COVID-19 vaccine due to a "surplus of available updated vaccines" since the pandemic. The company also said it would proceed to withdraw the vaccine Vaxzevria's marketing authorizations within Europe. "As multiple, variant COVID-19 vaccines have since been developed there is a surplus of available updated

2024-05-08T00:12:59Z

Update: Chelsea in talks for "exceptionally talented" 65m Georgiy Sudakov

He could be the missing piece for Mauricio Pochettino's side.

2024-05-07T04:30:00Z

Eliud Kipchoge feared for children’s safety after vicious trolling over Kelvin Kiptum death

Olympic marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge says he was left fearing for his children and unable to trust “even my own shadow” following unfounded online abuse linking him to the death of world record holder Kelvin Kiptum. The two Kenyans had been expected to race head-to-head for the first time at the Paris Olympics this summer, when Kipchoge is goin...

2024-05-07T10:05:26Z

Kyren Wilson’s hard-earned World Championship glory is a win for snooker’s lost generation

Kyren Wilson’s hard-earned World Championship glory is a win for snooker’s lost generation - The 32-year-old won his first snooker world title after resisting the spirited comeback of Welshman Jak Jones at the Crucible Theatre

2024-05-06T21:46:18Z

Dmitry Khoroshev named as alleged leader of ransomware gang LockBit

The alleged leader of what was once the world’s largest ransomware outfit, LockBit, has been named as Russian national Dmitry Khoroshev by the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA), after the seizure of the criminal gang’s infrastructure. Khoroshev, who lived his online life under the name LockBitSupp, has been sanctioned by the UK, US and Australia as a result of the unmasking. He was so certain of his anonymity that he once offered a $10m (£8m)...

2024-05-07T17:35:07Z

Tom Stoltman Takes Back the World's Strongest Man Crown

"The Albatross" wins his third title in four years.

2024-05-07T09:38:00Z

Elizabeth Holmes has more months shaved off prison sentence, records show

Elizabeth Holmes has more months shaved off prison sentence, records show - Holmes, 40, was convicted in January 2022 on four counts of fraud and conspiracy

2024-05-07T00:41:30Z

Game Of Thrones star Ian Gelder dies aged 74

Game Of Thrones star Ian Gelder dies aged 74 - The British actor was diagnosed with bile duct cancer in December.

2024-05-07T22:42:16Z

Weightlifter Oleksandr Pielieshenko becomes first Olympian to die in Ukraine war

Weightlifter Oleksandr Pielieshenko becomes first Olympian to die in Ukraine war - A Ukrainian Olympian has died during the conflict with Russia

2024-05-07T09:02:46Z

Red Bull’s immediate Adrian Newey action, Verstappen damage discovered – F1 news round-up

With a memorable Miami Grand Prix in the books, here is your fresh batch of key Formula 1 headlines...

2024-05-06T21:40:38Z

Judge in Trump’s classified documents case cancels May trial date

No new trial date has been set.

2024-05-07T21:41:38Z

Kate Winslet stars as war photographer who washed in Hitler’s bath

Looking every inch the battle-hardened foreign correspondent, this is Kate Winslet as World War Two photographer Lee Miller. These are the first images of the Oscar-winning British actress in Lee, the upcoming biopic of the courageous Miller, whose celebrated escapades included bathing in Hitler’s bath in the last days of the war. The film is based...

2024-05-04T15:25:14Z

David Beckham says documentary director was ‘angry’ over viral ‘be honest’ scene

David Beckham said the director of his Netflix documentary was supposedly “very angry” after he interrupted his wife Victoria during filming, which led to the viral “be honest” moment. The British football star, 49, appeared alongside filmmaker Fisher Stevens, producer Josh Battsek and editor Michael Harte at an Emmys For Your Consideration event a...

2024-05-07T13:36:04Z

No, ‘hundreds’ of bodies of NATO soldiers were not repatriated from Ukraine

Misinformation regarding NATO and Ukrainian allies have seen a spike in recent months on social media, following Emmanuel Macron’s comments on sending western ground troops to fight in Ukraine. We tell you more in this edition of Truth or Fake.

2024-05-06T20:41:40Z

KTM Is Finally Bringing Back a Street Superbike With the 990 RC R

This is not a drill, people!

2024-05-07T17:30:54Z

Russian speedboat hit in Crimea, new Patriot missiles delivered to Ukraine - Monday brief

Yesterday, on May 6, 2024, Ukrainian soldiers hit a Russian boat in Crimea. And Spain has already delivered missiles for the Patriot system to Ukraine. Read more about what happened on Monday, May 6. Russia's war against Ukraine: Latest ・Russians sink barges to protect remaining ships in Sevastopol Bay ・Russia attempts to advance towards Kurakhove ...

2024-05-07T13:04:13Z

Russia threatens to strike British military sites over Cameron’s Ukraine weapons pledge

Russia threatens to strike British military sites over Cameron’s Ukraine weapons pledge - British ambassador called to the foreign ministry in Moscow

2024-05-06T20:06:06Z

Carpetright to axe over 25% of head office staff

One of Britain's biggest carpet retailers is axing more than 25% of its head office staff as it grapples with a protracted downturn in trading.

2024-05-07T09:35:19Z

Netflix is removing all of these movies and TV shows this month

Netflix is removing all of these movies and TV shows this month - Catch them before they vanish from your watchlist

2024-04-30T10:26:24Z