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Iran had been scheduled to train in Tucson, Arizona, but a move has long been a possibility because of security concerns amid the war, which was triggered by joint US-Israel strikes in February.

The victims, believed to be a 71-year-old man and wife, were allegedly stabbed to death.

Demi Moore turned heads in a bizarre look as she joined Eva Longoria and Penelope Cruz at the 79th Cannes Film Festival's closing ceremony on Saturday.

The Golden Globe winner, 40, spoke about meeting the British musician during a Q&A in Los Angeles with former castmate Rita Wilson to promote her new memoir Famesick.

Officers were called on Saturday to reports that a man had fallen from the building on Charles Street at around 4pm. He was later pronounced dead at the scene.

Boss Kenton Jarvis said that the extended closure meant there was 'a lot of backed up production that will start flowing' when shipments are allowed through the waterway.

Rachel Reeves' scheme to put a cap on the price of essential foods in supermarkets showed how little she understands how the economy works.

Edwards is in talks with Channel 4 to tell his side of the story after he was convicted of possessing indecent images of children, it has been reported.

"The numbers show that layoffs in the U.S. are roughly at or below levels from before the pandemic," reports the Washington Post, "although they are higher than in 2022 when businesses snapped up workers as the economy roared back to life... "A different measure that accounts for the growing U.S. workforce shows that layoffs affected about 1.2% of employed people in March, a number that has been steady for years outside of the pandemic..." In the technology industry, where Meta and other companies are regularly announcing job cuts, the layoff picture is complex. There has been a marked increase in layoffs in recent months in what the Labor Department calls the information industry, which includes employment of software developers and other tech workers. But Matthew Martin, senior U.S. economist at the research and consulting firm Oxford Economics, noted that hiring has also increased in that category, which includes media and entertainment. The combination of hiring minus layoffs in the information industry is effectively a wash, Martin said. Layoffs at Big Tech companies like Meta and other high-profile employers don't necessarily reflect what is happening in the country, Martin said, and draw far more attention than what may be slow and steady workforce growth. "There's a lot more headlines about job cuts than there are [about] expansion plans by businesses," he said. In his view, technology companies may be pushing out some workers and replacing them with people who have different skills as they respond to the demands of AI. It's true that businesses in some industries are devoting enormous sums of money and attention to AI. It's changing how some people work and a minority of American businesses are rolling out AI tools. But it's also become a trend for bosses to blame layoffs on the productive capabilities of AI and its ability to replace workers, even when job cuts may have little to do with the technology. Sam Altman, CEO of ChatGPT-maker OpenAI, has taken note of the pattern that he and others call "AI washing," essentially a high-tech form of whitewashing... "You know something is happening all the time when they have a word for it," said Gautam Mukunda, who teaches leadership at the Yale School of Management... AI-related employment changes are tiny so far, said Nathan Goldschlag, director of research at the Economic Innovation Group, a Washington think tank. He pointed to a recently published analysis of Census Bureau surveys, which found more than 95 percent of businesses that use AI said it hasn't changed their staff sizes — and AI-related employment increases were more common than decreases.

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Kash Patel's FBI is officially on the hunt for the bureau's ultimate physical specimens.

Idris Elba has put the rumours to bed once and for all as he claimed he has never been a contender for the role of James Bond, despite years of rumours. 

Long-time Slashdot reader UnknowingFool shares this report from the BBC: Air France and Airbus have been found guilty of manslaughter over a 2009 plane crash which killed 228 people. The Paris Appeals Court found the airline and aircraft manufacturer "solely and entirely responsible" for the incident, in which flight AF447 from Rio de Janeiro to Paris crashed into the Atlantic Ocean. The passenger jet stalled during a storm and plunged into the water, killing all on board. A court had previously cleared the companies in April 2023, but they were found guilty on Thursday after an eight-week trial. Both have repeatedly denied the charges and say they will appeal... The companies have been asked to pay the maximum fine — €225,000 ($261,720; £194,500) each — but some victims' families have criticised the amount as a token penalty... In 2012, French investigators found a combination of technical failure involving ice in the plane's sensors and the pilots' inability to react to the aircraft stalling led to it plunging into the sea. The captain was on a break when the co-pilots became confused by faulty air-speed readings. They then mistakenly pointed the nose of the plane upwards when it stalled, instead of down. Investigators concluded the co-pilots did not have the training to deal with the situation. Pilot training has since been improved and the speed sensors replaced.

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Essex Police are appealing for help to find a man reported missing from Wickford.

Essex Police are appealing for help to find a man reported missing from Wickford.

Detectives are still searching for Holly Collinson, 29, after she was reported missing by her family in Leicestershire on Friday, April 10.

The Free Software Foundation announced this week that "its global call for free software supporters to organize LibreLocals this May resulted in free software supporters organizing forty-six LibreLocal events on six continents thus far." (And new dates and locations are being added daily.) The FSF invited free software supporters to organize in-person community meetups in their area during May 2026, or LibreLocal month, to bring people together to swap ideas, learn from each other, and celebrate free software. People were encouraged to organize events grounded in freedom to help spread the free software philosophy.... "The success of these LibreLocals speaks to how many people globally are interested in free software and ready to build community, and it demonstrates the strength of our movement" [said FSF executive director Zoë Kooyman]. "People getting together like this also proves how computer freedom and digital rights are on people's minds. When we reject freedom-restricting software and promote software that respects user rights, it helps further so many other basic rights...." The FSF has financially supported some of the events, but notes organizers are going above and beyond to create noteworthy events by any measure, and is impressed with the global network taking shape. "The energy we feel from all organizers is extremely motivating and we look forward to seeing LibreLocal events spread even wider over the next years! We want to support these initiatives even more, so we'll be looking to build a network of sponsors for future iterations as we work towards May 2027," says Heshan de Silva-Weeramuni, FSF program manager... William Goodspeed, the organizer behind the Beijing LibreLocal, reported that their meetup was double the size of last year's, and a number of very rich collaborative projects have emerged among the attendees. Discussing the value of connecting people, de Silva-Weeramuni notes: "Free software supporters know that connecting with each other leads them to learn, experiment, and create great things that protect our individual and shared rights. The extraordinary contributions that free software has made to the world were born through such collaborations between like-minded people towards a freer society. This same global spirit of collectively building a better future is one of the inspiring things that we have once again seen unfold through this year's many LibreLocals."

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The Spaniard, who also coached the likes of Real Madrid, Everton and Newcastle, was appointed in October on a two-and-a-half-year deal. He led them to a fourth-place finish in the league.

A CCTV camera captured the moment that Marius Grancea and two other men jumped out of a white Ford Transit van before throwing piles of waste on to Weighton Road, in Harrow on April 18, 2025.

The broadcaster, who are the rights holders of the competition in the United Kingdom, are understood to have left UEFA frustrated with their decision to charge viewers to watch the game.

George Russell edged his Mercedes teammate Kimi Antonelli to win the sprint race at the Canadian Grand Prix.