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Former PM Rishi Sunak has been hired by tech giant Microsoft. The ex-Tory leader, who remains an MP in parliament, has joined the Seattle-based tech firm as a paid part-time senior adviser and will give the company “high-level strategic perspectives on macro-economic and geopolitical trends” as well as how these “intersect with innovation, regulation and…
JABALIYA, Gaza StripΒ βΒ The trailer creaked under the weight of mattresses, blankets, tents, a gas cylinder, weathered plastic barrels, burlap sacks of clothes, plastic chairs, gardening tools, various kitchen utensils and a toy tricycle β the collective belongings of Mohammad Abu Warda and his family. Abu Warda, 34, tugged at the ropes securing the load, and…
Paramount, backed by billionaire Larry Ellison and his family, has officially opened the bidding for rival Warner Bros. Discovery β a potential massive merger that would dramatically change Hollywood. Warner Bros. Discoveryβs board rejected Paramountβs initial bid of about $20 a share, but talks are continuing, according to two people close to the companies who…
Sir Keir Starmer will on Monday join world leaders at a historic summit in Egypt to witness the signing of the Gaza peace plan to end two years of conflict, bloodshed and suffering, that has cost tens of thousands of lives and turned Gaza into a wasteland. Travelling over to Egypt, flanked by his national…
If you plot the origins of the greatest inventions in history, you start to notice a pattern: The light bulb, the phonograph, the airplane, air conditioning, the zipper, the microwave, lasers, transistors, the personal computer, the internet, GPS, the smartphone β¦ No country on Earth has as rich a history of modern invention as this…
A look at the top 25 high school football teams in the Southland: Rk. School (record) result; Next game; last week ranking 1. ST. JOHN BOSCO (7-0) def. Orange Lutheran, 48-0; vs. Santa Margarita at Trabuco Hills, Friday; `1 2. SIERRA CANYON (7-0) def. Chaminade, 45-14; vs. Sherman Oaks Notre Dame, Friday; 2 3. CORONA…
One of the world’s largest real estate investors is in advanced talks with a London-listed group about a Β£1bn logistics deal – weeks after the duo were embroiled in a public bidding war for another industrial property group. Sky News has learnt that Blackstone, the American private equity behemoth, is nearing an agreement to sell…
As a court battle continued over whether President Trump can legally deploy the National Guard in Illinois, a brawl broke out Saturday night between protesters and state police at an immigration detention facility near Chicago. The protest, which had largely been a peaceful gathering of a few hundred people at the facility in Broadview, quickly…
After last weekβs worrisome Season 51 debut with Bad Bunny, it seemed like a 50/50 chance on whether the second episode of the season with guest host and beloved βSaturday Night Liveβ alum Amy Poehler would turn things around. Would the writing feel sharper and less obvious in the hands of a veteran sketch performer?…
A man has been charged with stalking and possession of a flick knife after allegedly targeting Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey and his family. Inigo Rowland, 58, of Surbiton, south London, was arrested last Monday, but it was only made public on Sunday. He appeared at Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday and was remanded…
