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In a cut-and-paste narrative we've seen a thousand times before, a grizzled has-been makes an unlikely comeback. But in F1 it's told with such high-octane energy that it barely matters.

Health experts from the World Health Organization have revealed the exact number of alcoholic drinks it takes to increase the risk of colon cancer, which is surging in young Americans.

At a glitzy fundraising gala for one of Labour 's rising stars on Monday night, the mood was buoyant. The party faithful cheered speakers including Lord Mandelson...

In recent years, fans were aflutter over the fact the 50-year-old had developed a fuller figure than the one he had at the height of his Titanic stardom.

British troops went to Northern Ireland to save lives. Today, prosecutors pursue them for doing just that. To understand how we reached this appalling state of affairs, we must return to the beginning.

Johnny Mercer, the architect of the Legacy Act, took aim at the former troops who have left Northern Ireland veterans exposed. It comes as former SAS soldiers face possible murder charges.

The 56-year-old Brit was one of two women killed after a gas canister exploded at the Casa Javi bar in San Pedro del Pinatar in Murcia last Thursday.

Daniel Park, 32, was found unresponsive inside the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles Tuesday morning.

Sally Morris reviews the best Children's Books out now.

Gardening is meant to be a relaxing pursuit, but after the death of his wife, Carl discovered the trials and tribulations that come hand in hand with curating nature.

This week, Jeffery Deaver answers our burning questions, what is he reading, what book would he take to a desert island, what gave him the reading bug, what left him cold?

Sara Lawrence reviews the best Debut novels out now.

We all know about their infamous feuds with Blur, the band and between themselves. But in his new book, John Robb lifts the lid on what it is really like being a Gallagher.

Anthony Cummins reviews the best Literary Fiction out now.

Barry Turner reviews the best Classic Crime out now.

Labour's civil war over welfare has been a slow-motion car crash which was visible from space for months.

Facing mounting competition from autonomous taxi services like Waymo, Uber is in early talks to help fund Travis Kalanick's potential acquisition of Pony.ai's U.S. subsidiary (source paywalled; alternative source). If completed, the deal would reunite Kalanick with Uber (now under CEO Dara Khosrowshahi) and position Pony.ai to operate independently of its Chinese parent amid rising U.S. regulatory pressures. The New York Times reports: The company, Pony.ai, was founded in Silicon Valley in 2016 but has its main presence in China, and has permits to operate robot taxis and trucks in the United States and China. The talks are preliminary, said the people, who were not authorized to speak about the confidential conversations. Mr. Kalanick will run Pony if the deal is completed, they said. It is unclear what role, if any, Uber would take in Pony as an investor. Financial details of the potential transaction could not be determined. Pony went public last year in the United States, raising $260 million in a share sale. Its market capitalization stands around $4.5 billion. If the deal goes through, Mr. Kalanick, 48, will remain in his day job running CloudKitchens, a virtual restaurant start-up that he founded after leaving Uber in 2017. He would also work more closely with Dara Khosrowshahi, who took over as Uber's chief executive after Mr. Kalanick's ouster. The discussions are the starkest sign yet that Uber is under pressure from Waymo, the driverless car unit spun out of Google, and other autonomous car services. When Mr. Kalanick was Uber's chief executive, the company tried developing autonomous vehicle technology. It then bought Otto, a self-driving trucking start-up run by Anthony Levandowski, a former Google engineer. Google later sued Mr. Levandowski for theft of trade secrets and sued Uber to bar it from using its self-driving technology. Under Mr. Khosrowshahi, Uber has taken a different tack to self-driving cars. The company has struck roughly 18 partnerships with autonomous vehicle companies like Wayve, May Mobility and WeRide to bring pilot programs for driverless car services into Europe, the Middle East and Asia. The goal, Mr. Khosrowshahi has said in podcast interviews, has been to put "as many cars on Uber's network as possible." He has maintained that while autonomous vehicles are growing steadily, ride-hailing networks will have both human and robot drivers for years.

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Never has a game celebrated the good ol' postie as Death Stranding 2 does.

Whether you're a footie fan or have an aspiring Lioness in your life, the UEFA Women's Euro 2025 giant, double-sided wallchart, in association with Pepsi, is the ultimate guide to the tournament.

President Donald Trump announced on he knows who is behind the leak of a classified intelligent assessment that cast doubts on the success of his Iran airstrikes.