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Thames Water has amended the blueprint of a planned mega-reservoir in Oxfordshire as the struggling utility tries to convince regulators that construction should go ahead amid warnings of “catastrophic consequences”.
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Oil prices have climbed above $108 a barrel after a series of drone attacks forced Saudi Arabia to close its east-west crude pipeline.
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The development minister, Kirsty McNeill, has declared herself “a huge believer in aid”, as she reaffirmed Labour’s manifesto pledge to return to a target of 0.7% of national income spending.
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Hundreds of UK hospitality businesses, backed by celebrity chefs including Angela Hartnett and Heston Blumenthal, have asked Andy Burnham to lay out plans to lower VAT for the sector, urging him to make good on his prev…
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The prime minister is to host business leaders, entrepreneurs and local mayors at Downing Street on Monday to pitch his government as a “partner for growth” that can offer a stable platform for investment and jobs in th…
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A 94-year-old woman died in a fire in an apartment building in Nizhny Novgorod. This was reported by the press office of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations’ Nizhny Novgorod Region Office.
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Rare show of unity from rival developers after safety warnings from Anthropic boss and AI researchers
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Thousands of miles of new power lines are needed to deliver climate targets and energy security, but bills will rise in the short term and opponents are mobilising
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The effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz on 28 February in the wake of the United States-Israel attack on Iran created the largest energy supply shock in history, according to the executive director of the Internat…
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China’s industrial strategy now touches almost every major sector in the economy and their underlying supply chains. These state interventions are accelerating China’s trade dominance and expanding foreign dependence on…
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Changing social trends and creative timetables are making it more likely for students to stay at home while they study. Is campus life on the way out?
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OpenAI will not go public in 2026, Sam Altman said in a Fortune interview published on Saturday, citing safety concerns over artificial intelligence.
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U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, stated that the territorial issue remains the most difficult in negotiations to resolve the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. He clarified that the parties’ positions c…
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All things being equal, pretty much any political strategist would welcome a £72m war chest; a sum higher than the combined spending of every major party at the 2024 general election. But all things are not equal, and w…
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I’m here as a friend, a neighbour and a Norman to offer a European voice, without being a candidate for anything. I’m here simply to help French people understand the role of Europe a little better.
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The CEO of the artificial intelligence company Anthropic issued a new appeal on Saturday for the AI industry to “slow down” and offered a three-part plan for doing so, saying that his company would “unilaterally” commit…
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The cryptocurrency billionaire Christopher Harborne has given £36m to Reform UK, matching a donation from fellow billionaire Ben Delo.
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“We’ve got one wall with an absolutely huge diagonal crack, through which we can see through to the other room; you could easily put your fingers in it and chunks of plaster are falling off,” says Henry Biggs, 49, from …
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The World Cup and its aftermath made clear that Fifa needs independent oversight by governments and NGOs dedicated to preserving the people’s game
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It is a particular pleasure to be here. I grew up between the port of Le Havre and the plateau of the Pays de Caux. And while my career has taken me to many other places, my attachment to Normandy has remained strong.
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Houthi rebels effectively completed a rapid push to take control of Yemen’s Red Sea coastline on Friday, tightening their grip on one of the world’s most important shipping routes and delivering a dramatic boost to thei…
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Operators blame lack of parking and councils bemoan lack of central regulation, as more than 3,000 badly parked bikes seized
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Saudi authorities said Friday drones launched from Iraq led to the temporary closure of a crucial oil export route used to bypass the lockdown of the strait of Hormuz .
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Two months before hacking Hugging Face, malicious packages authored by internal OpenAI agents were uploaded to RubyGems