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British households have been told to brace for a surge in inflation and multiple interest rate hikes this year after surging oil and gas prices sparked by Donald Trump’s war on Iran. Tehran has launched a series of retaliatory strikes on energy sites in the Gulf since the conflict began, and has throttled the key…
The government’s ‘one in, one out’ swap deal with France has so far returned 75 migrants, while 51 people have arrived in the UK under the scheme. Under the pilot scheme, enacted in August, the UK returns asylum seekers who cross the English Channel via small boat but accepts in exchange the same number of…
INDIAN WELLSΒ βΒ When Learner Tien began working with Michael Chang midway through last season, the partnership immediately drew buzz. Chang, the Hall of Famer who won the 1989 French Open at age 17 and later rose to No. 2 in the world, has rarely taken on coaching roles since retiring from the tour. But the opportunity…
Sir Keir Starmer has said he “will not yield” over his support for Greenland amid Donald Trump’s threat of tariffs. Speaking at Prime Minister’s Questions, Sir Keir said: “Threats of tariffs to pressurise allies are completely wrong. “But I do want to be clear with the House: I will not yield, Britain will not yield…
The last time Eric Idleβs βMonty Python and the Holy Grailβ spoof musical βSpamalotβ landed at a major L.A. venue a decade ago, he played the showβs tweedy historian, who sets the scene for the Arthurian legend with a seriousness entirely unfit for the absurdist romp to follow. It was a perfect role for the…
The parents of teenagers who killed themselves after interactions with artificial intelligence chatbots testified to Congress on Tuesday about the dangers of the technology. “What began as a homework helper gradually turned itself into a confidant and then a suicide coach,” said Matthew Raine, whose 16-year-old son Adam died in April. “Within a few months,…
Chocolate-flavour bars and smaller packs appear here to stay despite the fall of cocoa costs to a near three-year low and a 20% drop in the sugar price. It was last year, during near-record-high cocoa prices, that customers began noticing smaller packs and the phrase “chocolate flavour” bar, as the cocoa content dropped to such…
There are one-day high school girlsβ basketball events scheduled for Saturday and Monday that should produce good games involving top teams. First up is an event at Mira Costa on Saturday. JSerra, Flintridge Prep, St. Anthony, Birmingham and Palisades lead the teams scheduled to play. Then on Monday, Rosary in Fullerton will host eight games…
British actor Samantha Eggar, the Oscar-nominated star of films including βThe Collector,β βDoctor Dolittleβ and David Cronenbergβs βThe Brood,β has died. She was 86. Eggar died Wednesday evening, her daughter Jenna Stern announced Friday on Instagram. Stern said her mother died βpeacefully and quietly surrounded by familyβ and recalled being by the actorβs side βtelling…
The Coca-Cola Company is brewing up a sale of Costa, Britainβs biggest high street coffee chain, more than six years after acquiring the business in a move aimed at helping it reduce its reliance on sugary soft drinks. Sky News can exclusively reveal that Coca-Cola is working with bankers to hold exploratory talks about a…
