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$5.1B cancellations pitched as efficiency move, though costly Trump birthday parade mulled

The US Department of Defense (DOD) has canceled contracts for "consulting and other non-essential services" in the latest round of cuts conceived by Elon Musk's DOGE unit.…

OLIVER HOLT AT AUGUSTA: One of the great rounds of Rory McIlroy's tangled love affair with Augusta National played out on a beautiful Friday afternoon in Georgia.

Aeroplane passengers will no longer need to scan their boarding passes or check in the biggest shake up to air travel in 50 years, according to the International Civil Aviation Organisation.

Activist investor finds payments groups lobbying against climate action

An activist investor has called on IBM to report on its lobbying practices, which he alleges include spending “dark money” with organizations that campaign against climate change reporting and legislation.…

Exec pay outlined in Proxy Statement, and things did not go well for either workforce or calls for climate transparency reports

Amazon exec chairman Jeff Bezos may not have a daily operational role at the cloud and e-commerce megacorp he founded, but he still got a bigger compensation package than the person currently pulling the strings from the chief executive's office.…

Emma Raducanu is in discussions to appoint a new head coach, according to a report, marking her eighth different trainer in less than four years.

Ministers are desperate to strike an agreement with Donald Trump despite his advisers warning that he will not ease tariffs on the UK.

The former prime minister said the 31-month sentence does 'huge damage to this country's global reputation as a haven for free expression'.

It came as US investment bank Goldman Sachs as well as Germany 's Deutsche Bank both downgraded forecasts for the UK amid Donald Trump 's trade war.

Antonio Baravalle, chief executive of Italian brand Lavazza, said speculation about the price of coffee on international markets has pushed the cost of beans and, by extension, the drink itself to the 'limit'.

You know the feeling when you just can't stop thinking about a warm chocolate chip cookie? Or maybe you've been obsessing over a fat, juicy burger?

The Coronation Street alum, 37, admitted he is a huge fan of Naked Attraction and the ex Conservative politician, 74, has also watched the Channel 4's X-rated dating game show.

Peter Hahn rises with the sun, bakes his own bread, works all day on his 25-acre vineyard in the Loire - mostly bent double with a pair of secateurs in his hands - and never, ever, takes a holiday.

Health Secretary Wes Streeting said last August that he wanted the political parties to 'try and work together on long-term reform' of the thorny issue.

The International Civil Aviation Organization plans to eliminate boarding passes and check-ins within three years through a new "digital travel credential" system. Passengers will store passport data on their phones and use facial recognition to move through airports, while airlines will automatically detect arrivals via biometric scanning. The system will dynamically update "journey passes" for flight changes and delays, potentially streamlining connections. "The last upgrade of great scale was the adoption of e-ticketing in the early 2000s," said Valerie Viale from travel technology company Amadeus, who noted passenger data will be deleted within 15 seconds at each checkpoint to address privacy concerns.

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Arron Banks was watching a cricket match in South Africa when Nigel Farage called to ask if he would be prepared to stand as Reform's candidate for mayor of the West of England.

Paramedics were called at 10.26am to reports a pedestrian had been critically injured after being run down near Aston Wood Golf Club, north of Birmingham.

Sean Johnson, 36, had recently moved to New York to begin his aviation career.

Maya Jama's romance with Manchester City defender Ruben Dias has turned up a notch after the couple took another major step forward, according to a report.

Multiple earthquakes have struck near a colossal 11,000-foot-tall volcano that experts have warned is 'moving closer to an eruption.' Emergency planning has been elevated in a nearby city.