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Margaret Thatcher , who would be 100 today, was the target of many impersonators over the years. There was Janet Brown's eerily accurate impression.

Today's disputes have revolved around requests to free senior Hamas commanders as well as Marwan Barghouti, a prominent Palestinian prisoner, amid the peace deal to end the conflict.

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs officials were paid to play football, volleyball and petanque during working hours.

Once simply a plaza in front of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, this spot will forever be a reminder of two years of unceasing anguish, pain and desperation for the families of those taken.

With global warming on track to climb past 1.5°C (2.7°F), scientists say that warm water coral reefs are now passing their thermal tipping point.

With tourism figures down and tourist board Visit Cornwall no more, could the Harry Potter series, coming in 2027, help a new audience fall in love with the region?

Flights to some of Europe's most 'magical' Christmas markets have been significantly reduced, offering UK travellers the ultimate festive experience for less this winter. 

The Polar Vortex is a large circulation of winds 30 miles above ground level in the stratosphere, and can impact winter weather by strengthening or weakening.

The move has been championed by Green councillor Sally Noble, the local authority's environment lead, who said it was 'cost-effective' compared to replacing the bins themselves.

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck are reportedly on good terms following their surprise reunion at the New York City premiere of Kiss of the Spider Woman.

The Wall Street Journal marvelled at AMD's "game-changing deal" this week with OpenAI, calling it "the culmination of an extraordinary, decade-long turnaround effort, solidifying AMD's status as Nvidia's most legitimate competitor." Shortly after taking charge of the company in 2014, [CEO] Su implemented a systematic plan to eat Intel's lunch, which she accomplished by going after Intel's main product lines while it was bogged down by manufacturing problems. Now, Su has set her sights on Nvidia, the $4.5 trillion chips behemoth led by her cousin, Jensen Huang. Some analysts believe that if Su can sign up more big customers for its AI chips, AMD could join the $1 trillion valuation club before too long. "With this, it's natural to ask: Did AMD just say checkmate to Nvidia?" asks the Motley Fool investment site. But their answer seems to be "no"... AMD has increased its push into the AI market over the past few years, launching the AMD Instinct line of accelerators, and in the latest quarter, predicted its MI350 series would drive revenue growth in the second half of the year. Some analysts have said that AMD's innovations position it to compete with Nvidia's Blackwell architecture and chip — released late last year — but Nvidia's commitment to release upgrades on an annual basis could keep it a step ahead when it comes to overall GPU performance and therefore revenue. Big tech companies are looking for the most powerful compute available — and so far, they know they can find that at Nvidia... [AMD's deal this week] is indeed an interesting operation, ensuring the company a major position in this infrastructure scale-up phase. [Nvidia CEO] Huang has said AI infrastructure spending may reach $4 trillion by the end of the decade, and this represents an enormous opportunity for chip designers such as AMD and Nvidia. So, the OpenAI deal is positive for AMD — but I wouldn't say it's negative for Nvidia. This chip giant signed its own deal with OpenAI last month, and it involves the deployment of 10 gigawatts of Nvidia systems across data centers... A quick comparison of the two deals: The Nvidia-OpenAI agreement involves more gigawatts, and Nvidia isn't giving up a stake in its business — on top of this, though Nvidia is offering OpenAI funding, this will result in revenue growth as OpenAI returns to Nvidia to order GPUs. This pretty much guarantees that Nvidia will be the chip designer to benefit the most as OpenAI expands — and AMD isn't about to step ahead of the market leader. All of this means that, yes, AMD should score a win thanks to its agreement with OpenAI and this may boost its growth in the market. But the chip designer can't say "checkmate" to its bigger rival as Nvidia is perfectly positioned to maintain its lead over the long term.

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Reports emerged last week the UK National Screening Committee will advise the Government to dismiss proposals to offer men most at risk of the disease an NHS test due to cost concerns.

Punk rock was wasted on teenagers. What it needs is a revival by a bunch of narky menopausal women. And that is the vision of Sally Wainwright, the brilliant writer of Happy Valley.

Nicole Kidman recently announced her split from husband Keith Urban after 19 years of marriage.

Asked about her trademark style, she'd claim that the hat hid her 'thin, stringy' hair and the sweaters were worn as sunblock.

Keith Urban's guitarist Maggie Baugh has whipped her fans into a frenzy by sharing a song with very telling lyrics, as she and Nicole Kidman's ex fuel romance rumours.

Jeremy Clarkson has revealed he was rushed to hospital hours after branding the NHS a 'creaking old monster'. 

The TV and stage star, 51, is gearing up to make a return to the music scene but this time with an Ibiza-inspired twist.

Experts and women's rights groups are concerned that the digital cards could allow people to pick their preferred gender instead of recording birth sex.

Photographs show a far larger team of security guards outside the Stock Exchange Hotel - seemingly called in from an agency since the former footballer's comments.