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Can Kemi Badenoch unite the right in Britain?
After a brutal election defeat, the Conservatives are now fighting with Reform to defend their place as the UK’s main opposition partyFinancial Times - 10m -
Elon Musk’s Dishonest Demagogy on Grooming Gangs
The billionaire is exploiting old atrocities to undermine his enemies.The New York Times - 2h -
What we're hearing in the transfer window: Liverpool, Man United, Olmo latest
The January transfer window is now open but what are our reporters hearing about potential deals?ESPN - 3h -
The Memecoin Shenanigans Are Just Getting Started
The market for absurdist cryptocurrencies mutated into a hundred-billion-dollar phenomenon in 2024. Yes, things can get even more deranged.Wired - 17h -
'Musk turns on Farage' and 'big freeze hits Britain'
Elon Musk's calls for Nigel Farage to be replaced as Reform UK leader, and weather disruption leads the papers.BBC News - 1d -
Chinese robot vacuum cleaner company reveals model with an AI-powered arm
Chinese robot vacuum cleaner company Roborock says its new model has an artificial intelligence-powered folding arm for removing socks and other obstacles.CNBC - 1d -
And the first albatross in Sentry history at Kapalua goes to...
Taylor Pendrith recorded an albatross, the first in Sentry history at Kapalua, on the fifth hole on Sunday.Yahoo Sports - 1d -
‘It makes you feel like a kid again’: snowed in at Britain’s highest pub
Drinks flow and friends are made as people hunker down overnight at the Tan Hill Inn in North Yorkshire. “Do you want a shot?” asks Katy Sherrington from Durham, offering up a tiny glass of a pink ...The Guardian - 1d -
Connor Bedard Is In Pursuit Of Blackhawks History
Connor Bedard is in pursuit of an incredible record in the Chicago Blackhawks history books.Yahoo Sports - 1d -
As the Taliban open their doors to tourism, they are closing windows on women | Catherine Bennett
Specialist travel companies are using euphemisms to avoid the gender apartheid. Having denied Afghan women jobs, education and free movement, ordered them to be totally covered, banned them from ...The Guardian - 1d -
Britain's first supermarket petrol station - when fuel cost just 15p a litre
An archivist says the petrol station's electronic payment system could not keep up with demand.BBC News - 1d -
Saturday Sessions: Franz Ferdinand performs "Audacious"
The band Franz Ferdinand formed in Glasgow, Scotland in 2002, then released their self-titled debut album two years later. Their fame skyrocketed, and in the past 20 years, they've released five ...CBS News - 2d -
Why does Britain face flight chaos during bad weather?
Delays and cancellations related to British weather may become more common.BBC News - 2d -
'Like a cat toying with a mouse' - but Littler's victory was far from inevitable
Why Luke Littler's historic world title win at Ally Pally felt 'inevitable', even if it wasn't.BBC News - 3d -
Several new members of Congress will make LGBTQ history
Three history-making, newly elected lawmakers representing the LGBTQ community will be sworn in to the 119th Congress Friday.ABC News - 3d -
These three LGBTQ women just made congressional 'herstory'
Delaware’s Sarah McBride, Washington’s Emily Randall and Texas’ Julie Johnson made LGBTQ history when they were sworn in to the 119th Congress on Friday.NBC News - 3d -
Chiefs open practice window for starting cornerback Jaylen Watson, per report
Watson was placed on injured reserve after an injury in Week 7CBS Sports - 3d -
Source: Chiefs open return window for CB Watson
The Chiefs opened the practice window for cornerback Jaylen Watson, who has been out with a broken ankle.ESPN - 3d -
Star-studded transfer window on tap with free agency pending for Mohamed Salah, Trent Alexander-Arnold, more
Elsewhere in today's edition of the Golazo Starting XI, will Christian Pulisic return for Milan?CBS Sports - 3d -
Burglars are scoring big when athletes aren't home
Uptick in break-ins rattles players and causes leagues to scramble for help.ESPN - 3d -
Britain’s economic gloom is overdone
The government can tackle bad vibes with a positive vision for growthFinancial Times - 3d -
‘Just a dishonest window cleaner’? Britain’s history of audacious cat burglars
£10m north London heist was a reminder of a time before security cameras when cat burglars were at work in high society. It was one of the stories of Christmas: the audacious theft of more than ...The Guardian - 3d -
When History Rhymes
We cover the surprising parallels between Donald Trump and a president from the past.The New York Times - 3d -
Curry makes history as Warriors rout 76ers
Stephen Curry sets a new three-pointer record as the Golden State Warriors defeat the Philadelphia 76ers 139-105 in the NBA.Yahoo Sports - 3d -
Britain's 'oldest' barrister still loves job at 90
Noel Philo continues to prosecute and defend criminal cases at Lincoln Crown Court.BBC News - 3d -
The looming battle over Britain’s wind farms
The Labour government wants to ramp up renewables. But many local residents are up in arms about plans for pylons and cables in sensitive sitesFinancial Times - 4d -
At Lorna Simpson’s Show, a Constellation of Galactic and Human History
In celestial hues the artist’s turn to the cosmos, and abstraction, bring us back to vital matters on earth.The New York Times - 4d -
Premier League January transfer window opens
The Premier League transfer window opened on Wednesday, giving clubs the opportunity to improve their squads for the remainder of the 2024-25 season.ESPN - 4d -
Live ones go in paper bags, dead ones in the freezer: the volunteers saving birds that fly into windows
Across Toronto, a team sets out at dawn to rescue migrating birds that have collided with buildings, and keep a record of the thousands each year that don’t make it. Every morning at dawn, a dozen ...The Guardian - 4d -
Threadbare facilities, high mortality, cats in the corridors: the realities of life for new Rohingya mothers in Cox’s Bazar
In the world’s largest refugee site, a lack of healthcare coupled with rising gang violence makes the journey to motherhood a perilous one. Photographs by Thomas Cristofoletti/Ruom for the ...The Guardian - 5d -
Jocelyne Wildenstein, socialite known for extreme cat-like plastic surgery, dies at 84
Known as ‘one of the jet set’s most outrageous characters’, Wildenstein died in Paris hotel aged 84. The Swiss socialite and cosmetic surgery aficionado Jocelyne Wildenstein, sometimes known as ...The Guardian - 5d -
CCTV shows how burglar carried out £10m jewellery heist
The BBC has obtained exclusive footage of a burglary targeting a socialite's north London mansion.BBC News - 5d -
'The scene was just horrific' - witnesses tell of carnage
Revellers had been celebrating the new year when a driver ploughed his pick-up truck into a large crowd.BBC News - 5d -
Scandinavians came to Britain long before Vikings and Anglo-Saxons, finds study
Genetic analysis of Roman soldier or gladiator buried in York reveals 25% of his ancestry came from Scandinavia. People with Scandinavian ancestry were in Britain long before the Anglo-Saxons or ...The Guardian - 5d -
L.A. pet owners warned against raw food as bird flu confirmed in cat
The H5N1 bird flu virus has been found in samples of Monarch Raw Pet Food, and a cat that ate the food is confirmed to have been infected.CBS News - 5d -
What happens during a transfer window? And are there any rules?
BBC Sport looks at the January transfer window. What happens during a transfer? Who gets the money? When does the window for English clubs open and close?Yahoo Sports - 5d -
Many great prime ministers overcome a shaky start – but Keir Starmer’s window is closing fast | Anthony Seldon
Successful PMs learn on the job, and Labour’s leader needs to start 2025 by showing his party and the country he has done so. The dismissive verdicts and dire polls after Keir Starmer’s first few ...The Guardian - 5d -
FBI seizes most homemade explosives in agency history
Federal prosecutors say FBI agents recovered a stash of more than 150 homemade explosives at a home in Virginia.CBS News - 6d
