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Energy bill plan could use HMRC income data to target support

Arsenal control title race as Manchester United fall into bottom three

Business owner earning £6,000 a month tackles £70,000 debt

Suspected Krakow gunman dies after attack that killed six

Nvidia chief faces inquiry after disclosing affair with suspected Chinese agent

Carrick backs Dalot after hostile reception from Manchester United fans

Comet returns as online electrical marketplace 14 years after collapse

Jon Tickle Reunites with Big Brother Co-Stars Following MND Diagnosis

Ted Scheinman’s Journey Through Depression and Electroconvulsive Therapy

Climate Change Extends U.S. Allergy Season by Weeks, Worsening Health Risks

Opti Digital Launches NEXA, an AI-Powered Intelligence Layer

PM Albanese Affirms Budget Savings as Dutton Nominated for War Memorial Council

GCC States Sign Landmark Agreement to Complete Gulf Railway Network by 2030

US and China Officials Hold Frank Trade Talks Ahead of APEC Summit

Parched and desperate for rain, Kazakhstan turns to cloud-seeding

There were only arid steppes in sight when a small plane took off from an airport in southern Kazakhstan, embarking on a delicate mission: bringing rain for the scorched earth below.

UK 'joke' candidate Binface pushes serious point about politics

British politics has a long-cherished reputation for attracting the weird and wonderful.

The perfect storm that turbocharged Venezuela's twin quakes

A dangerous cocktail of tectonic positioning, loose earth and shoddy construction contributed to the unprecedented damage caused by Venezuela's twin earthquakes, experts say.

New Zealand PM Luxon survives leadership challenge months from election

New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said he had the "full support" of his ruling National Party on Wednesday after surviving a leadership challenge called with less than three months until a general election.

2.4 million girls banned from Afghan schools since Taliban return: UNESCO

Around 2.4 million girls in Afghanistan have been denied access to secondary education since the Taliban returned to power in 2021, the United Nations said Tuesday, urging an end to such "discrimination".

Cuba celebrates Castro's 100th as his revolution faces its toughest test

As Cuba marks 100 years since Fidel Castro's birth, Cubans are questioning the promises of the socialist revolution he led for nearly half a century, and asking whether his successors are up to the job.

Colombians dig through rubble as quake death toll surpasses 240

Rescuers, soldiers and volunteers searched through collapsed apartment blocks and office buildings Tuesday across western Colombia, racing to find survivors after the country's strongest earthquake in a century killed at least 241 people and left many more homeless.

Defending champion Shelton rolls into Montreal semis

Ben Shelton took another step toward defending his ATP Montreal Masters title on Tuesday with a 6-3, 6-1 quarter-finals hammering of Jakub Mensik for his 10th straight victory in Canada.

Fermi Names Lee McIntire as Chief Executive Officer

Engineering executive with more than 40 years of experience building and operating complex global industrial and governmental projects at Bechtel, CH2M Hill, and TerraPower