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Internet users likened the looming, concrete and granite building to something seen in the Star Wars cinematic universe, a cartoon lair - and even a trash can.

The former Love Island star, 26, is gearing up for the second series of her award-winning Prime Video docuseries Behind It All.

It is the first new station on the line for more than a century

The IMF has issued a stark warning over soaring global government debt, saying it is on track to exceed 100% of GDP by 2029. Semafor: Such a ratio would be the highest since 1948, when large economies were rebuilding post-war. Today, "there is little political appetite for belt-tightening," The Economist wrote: Rich nations are reluctant to raise taxes on their beleaguered electorates -- but they're facing pressure to spend more on defense, and on social services for aging populations. Higher long-term bond yields, meanwhile, suggest investor wariness over governments' balance sheets. In the short term, the debt concerns manifest in political disruption: France's budget fight recently toppled another government, while the US federal shutdown highlights the tension between new spending demands and deficit reduction.

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During last night's episode of Location, Location Location, Phil Spencer, 55, successfully helped Dave and Kinga in their quest for a property in Leeds.

Mohamed Samak (left), 43, is accused of stabbing interior designer Joanne (right), 49, in front of a young child at their home in Droitwich Spa, Worcestershire on July 1 last year.

CRM messiah preaches data discipline while rivals chase LLM miracles

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff has warned investors to beware "false prophets" peddling AI salvation, as the CRM giant bets on its "agentic enterprise" vision to drive annual revenue past $60 billion by 2030.…

ESG kicked like a 'toxic political football' amid greenwashing

canalys emea forum 2025  US President Donald Trump released a wrecking ball that smashed through environmental, social, and governance (ESG) policies stateside – and it's now swinging across the Atlantic, according to analysts.…

She said she was 'smiling on the outside but screaming on the inside'

Strange white balloons have appeared over multiple US states, stirring fresh fears of surveillance from above.

During an emotional interview on Piers Morgan Uncensored, airing today on YouTube , Flintoff was asked about the boxer's recent death and said he felt 'guilt' that no-one knew how Hatton was feeling.

China now generates well over twice as much electricity as the United States. The country's economy has become substantially larger than America's in real terms, measured at purchasing power parity, economist Paul Krugman wrote this week. The Trump administration has moved aggressively against renewable energy development. It rolled back Biden's tax incentives for renewables through the One Big Beautiful Bill. The administration is attempting to stop a nearly completed offshore wind farm that could power hundreds of thousands of homes. It canceled $7 billion in grants for residential solar panels. A solar energy project that would have powered almost 2 million homes was killed. The administration canceled $8 billion in clean energy grants, mostly in Democratic states, and is reportedly planning to cancel tens of billions more. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said solar power is unreliable because "you have to have power when the sun goes behind a cloud and when the sun sets, which it does almost every night." California has already integrated substantial solar power into its grid through battery storage technology. Republican support for higher education has collapsed over the past decade, according to polling data. The administration has also targeted vaccines and research in multiple areas. Krugman argues that by 2028 America will have fallen so far behind China that it is unlikely to catch up.

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Analysis suggested that the tax - advocated by left-wing Labour MPs and campaigners - could prompt people to move abroad or shift money into 'less productive' assets.

Are you a good liar? It's been the question on everyone's lips as the nation has been gripped by the conniving contestants in The Celebrity Traitors.

Who needs enemies when you have friends like Xi?

China's cyberspies quietly broke into a Russian IT service provider in what researchers say is a rare example of Beijing turning its digital gaze on Moscow.…

With each passing day, you may feel like you're getting further past your peak. But panic not - as a new study suggests your best days may still lie ahead of you.

Heather Pinchbeck has been charged over the provocative chats and could now end up in prison herself if convicted.

Warts often appear without warning: suddenly rough, raised bumps on fingers, hands, or feet that seem impossible to shift.

On December 27, 2023, Lila Marsland's family were told by doctors at Tameside General Hospital that she had tonsillitis before she passed away from meningitis just hours later.

South Korea's government has stripped AI-powered textbooks of their official status after a single semester of use. The textbooks were introduced in March for math, English, and computer science classes as a flagship initiative under former President Yoon Suk Yeol. Students and teachers complained about technical problems, factual inaccuracies, and increased workload. The government spent more than 1.2 trillion won ($850 million) on the program. Publishers invested around 800 billion won ($567 million). The textbooks were reclassified as supplementary material. Adoption rates dropped from 37% in the first semester to 19% in September. Only 2,095 schools now use them, about half the number from earlier in the year.

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