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Under authoritarian President Xi Jinping, Beijing has continued to expand its reach into the South China Sea - strategically vital and resource-rich waters

Gwyneth Paltrow sounded as if her blood was boiling when she looked back on the viral ski crash trial she was subjected to in 2023 on a recent podcast appearance.

Kneecap provoked condemnation in Parliament over footage of their gigs now probed by police - plus calls for them to be axed from this year's Glastonbury Festival .

Ikea's new Oxford Street store opens this week, selling its trademark low-cost furniture but shoppers should hang on to items - they could be worth thousands in future.

Greece is one of Europe's leading tourist destinations with more than 35 million travellers holidaying there in 2024. Find out how to escape the crowds...

A white rescue cat named Bobble has undergone life-changing surgery after years of sun exposure left her with skin cancer so severe that vets were forced to amputate both of her ears.

Olly Murs wowed fans with his incredible body transformation ahead of his tour. Helping him achieve his fitness goals was his long-time personal trainer who revealed how he did it.

New submitter LDA6502 writes: The Republican chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee is proposing a new annual federal vehicle registration fee of $200 for full EVs, $100 for hybrid EVs, and $20 for combustion vehicles. The tax would be tied to inflation, would be collected by the states, and would expire in 2035. Critics of the proposal note that it could result in low mileage EVs paying a far higher tax rate than heavy ICE trucks and SUVs. Ars Technica notes that the bill "exempts commercial vehicles, which should see a rush from tax avoiders to register their vehicles under their businesses [...]." Farm vehicles will also be exempt from the tax. "The Eno Center for Transportation calculates that this new tax will contribute an extra $110 billion to the highway Trust Fund by 2035 but that cuts to other taxes and more spending mean that the fund will still be $222 billion short of its commitments -- assuming that this added fee doesn't further dampen EV adoption in the U.S., that is."

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Polling yesterday suggested Nigel Farage's party is on course to have two mayors, in Lincolnshire and Hull, with Labour pushed into third place in both.

A friend found the 65-year-old woman lying near her vehicle with five deep wounds caused by a blunt object at her home in the village of Tremolat.

'An album by me,' she wrote on her website of the project. 'Produced by me and Jim-E Stack.'

Ignore the subsequent declarations of both sides that they are on the same page as far as Net Zero is concerned. They aren't. Sir Tony knew exactly what he was doing.

Best-selling author Julia Donaldson is collaborating with German illustrator Axel Scheffler to bring another version of the children's classic to life.

After 10 consecutive quarters of rising AI-related investment, Microsoft has put on the brakes, spending over $1 billion less than the previous quarter (source paywalled; alternative source). Despite the slight slowdown, Microsoft posted stronger-than-expected results with $70 billion in revenue and $25.8 billion in profit. The New York Times reports: In the first three months of 2025, Microsoft spent $21.4 billion on capital expenses, down more than $1 billion from the previous quarter. The company is still on track to spend more than $80 billion on capital expenses in the current fiscal year, which ends in June. But the pullback, though slight, is an indication that the tech industry's appetite for spending on A.I. is not limitless. Overall, Microsoft's results showed unexpected strength in its business. Sales surpassed $70 billion, up 13 percent from the same period a year earlier. Profit rose to $25.8 billion, up 18 percent. The results far surpassed Wall Street's expectations. "Cloud and A.I. are the essential inputs for every business to expand output, reduce costs, and accelerate growth," Satya Nadella, Microsoft's chief executive, said in a statement.

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After all, it's not been just any old hack, it is a hack on M&S - and thus more significant and unsettling, especially now the Metropolitan Police are involved.

For now it's a potential bug-finder and friend to defenders

RSAC  Former NSA cyber-boss Rob Joyce thinks today's artificial intelligence is dangerously close to becoming a top-tier vulnerability exploit developer.…

It takes a particular sort of genius to decode the rules of ITV 's insanely convoluted brain-twister.

It follows criticism of Rachel Reeves - including by fellow Labour MPs - for accepting free VIP seats at a pop concert while planning massive cuts to benefits and public spending.

Merseyside Police said armed police were called to Whitefield Drive in Westvale, Kirkby, at about 8.25pm on Wednesday following reports of two teenagers being stabbed.

Last night, Jewish leaders wrote to organisers of the Glastonbury Festival demanding the rap group be 'immediately removed' from this year's line-up.