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Nuria Sajjad and Selena Lau died after a car crashed into the Study Preparatory School in July 2023.

James Holder, 54, was convicted by a jury following a five-day trial.

Essa Suleiman, 45, is also accused of attempting to murder a third man on the same day.

Head coach Eddie Howe says Newcastle's owners remain "ambitious" for the club despite the Saudi Arabian PIF's decision to pull out of funding LIV Golf.

Pop star Dua Lipa is not expected to perform at the heavyweight bout between Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury later this year.

Michael van Gerwen is punched in the face by a stranger in an attack at a bar in the Netherlands.

Sir Mark Rowley says he is "disappointed" that Green Party leader Zack Polanski shared a post condemning how police used extreme force in the arrest.

A tech worker in eastern China's Hangzhou city was dismissed after his job was replaced by AI. An appeals court in the city has ruled the dismissal unlawful.

Oil prices were depressed during the first two months of the year, but suddenly spiked after the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on Feb. 28.

The move is expected to recoup millions of dollars a month for Scotland’s economy.

Under the 1973 War Powers Resolution, a U.S. president needs to withdraw troops 60 days after reporting their deployment to Congress

The yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury note — the key benchmark for U.S. government borrowing — was unchanged at 4.390%.

U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro said there is no evidence that a Secret Service shot during the incident was the victim of friendly fire.

The advisory panel wasn't convinced that a clinical trial proved that early switching to camizestrant improved long-term survival rates.

Bank of England policymakers must contend with the "most difficult combination" of economic effects, according to governor Andrew Bailey

Secretary again on the defensive as Democratic senators demand answers on Middle East conflict

Some fans camped overnight while others lined up long before 10am to get tickets to the secret show

Billionaire Mike Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter were killed in the incident

Crowds attacked Jefferson Lewis and beat him unconscious before police intervened

Macron’s response comes in the context of a fraught and tense relationship with the US president

President says US has ‘already won’ the war but he wants to win by a ‘bigger margin’

Trump said Spain had been ‘horrible, absolutely horrible’

Trump says he and Putin have discussed a temporary ceasefire marking Victory Day next month, though Ukraine wants to see the details

It all started with a handshake that left their knuckles white in 2017, Maira Butt reports

Iran has threatened retaliation if Donald Trump acts on options to reopen the conflict in the Middle East

New policy excludes continent’s sole country with formal diplomatic ties to Taiwan

Jurors were told Craig Rees submitted fraudulent Film Tax Relief and VAT claims

Stock futures edge higher after the S&P 500 hits a record to wrap April's trading: Live updates  CNBCDow surges nearly 800 points, S&P 500 posts first close above 7,200 and best month since 2020: Live updates  CNBCStock Market Today: Futures Little Changed After S&P 500, Nasdaq Set Fresh Records; Apple Rises After Strong Results  InvestopediaDow Set to Open Up After Apple Earnings Beat Expectations  Barron'sWall St futures edge up after record highs; Apple earnings, Iran conflict in focus  Investing.com

Does drinking water prevent kidney stones? Here’s what experts say.  The Washington PostKidney stone prevention: Hydration alone doesn’t work, study finds  Cleveland.comWhy drinking more water didn’t prevent kidney stones  ScienceDaily

Chris Larsen, who hails from California, plans to spend $3.5 million to help Alex Bores, a New York congressional candidate at the center of a proxy war over A.I. regulation.

The kingdom is pulling back from a costly and high-profile golf venture amid mounting financial concerns, raising questions about its plans.

Delyan Peevski was a focus of protests that led to elections in April. Can a new government shake his hold on power?

The kingdom is pulling back from a costly and high-profile golf venture amid mounting financial concerns, raising questions about its plans.

Delyan Peevski was a focus of protests that led to elections in April. Can a new government shake his hold on power?

The Green party leader reshared a post on social media criticising officers for kicking the Golders Green attack suspect in the headWomen will be massively underrepresented on ballot papers across the UK next week, campaigners say, with research revealing that almost twice as many men as women are standing as candidates across the local, mayoral and devolved elections.Democracy campaigners say men of all political stripes are likely to dominate local government, with women’s views on issues from social care to bin collections sidelined by the huge gap between the numbers of male and female candidates. Continue reading...

The US president said he would carry out of a review of US military presence in Europe after public criticism of the US-Israeli war on IranIn more serious news, the European Union’s mammoth trade deal with South American bloc Mercosur provisionally enters into force today, despite a pending court ruling on its legality, AFP noted.The agreement to create one of the world’s biggest free-trade zones was sealed in January after more than 25 years of intermittent negotiations. Together, the EU and Mercosur account for 30 percent of global GDP and more than 700 million consumers. Continue reading...

While Charles and Camilla were on a three-line whip, MPs watched the excruciating discomfort of civil servants We don’t often get to see senior civil servants out and about in the wild. They are kept away from the public gaze, sat behind a desk trying to persuade their ministers not to do something too catastrophic to their government department. Quite why they have been been made a knight or a dame just for doing their jobs is one of life’s mysteries. The rest of us have to make do with the occasional email from the boss. But in the last week, two top civil servants have been reluctantly made to give evidence on Keir Starmer’s decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as US ambassador before the foreign affairs select committee and very instructive it has been, too. Not least to see how much they dislike any extra attention from the public. Their obvious discomfort at being held to account was excruciating to watch. Continue reading...

Islamabad has reportedly switched to lower-profile role but believes peace can make progress without face-to-face meetingsPakistan is passing proposals between Iran and the US to keep talks alive behind the scenes and inch towards a peace agreement, officials and experts say.Pakistani officials say that they are conscious of the fact that at stake is not only regional peace, but the health of the global economy and the livelihoods of millions of the poorest people in the world – including in Pakistan, whose monthly energy import bill has almost tripled as a result of the war. Continue reading...

Analysis finds real wages fell 12% since 2019, with inequality widening in the US beyond global levelsCEO pay increased 20 times faster than worker pay around the world in 2025, according to a new analysis from Oxfam and the International Trade Union Confederation, the world’s largest trade union federation.When adjusted for inflation, global worker pay declined 12% between 2019 and 2025, the equivalent of 108 days of free work during that time period. In comparison, CEO compensation increased by 54% between 2019 and 2025. Continue reading...

Essa Suleiman, 45, faces three counts after two men injured in north London and ‘another man attacked in a different location’Essa Suleiman has been charged with attempted murder after two Jewish men were stabbed in Golders Green, north-west London, the Metropolitan police has said.The 45-year-old faces three counts of attempted murder and one count of possession of a bladed article in a public place. Continue reading...

Profits ahead of expectations but almost half of £283m impairment charge follows forecast reassessmentBusiness live – latest updatesNatWest said the economic fallout from the conflict in the Middle East could cost it £140m amid slowing growth and rising inflation even as it reported profits ahead of expectations.Overall, the FTSE 100 lender booked a £283m impairment charge and said that almost half of that was because of a reassessment of its economic forecast to “reflect increased geopolitical risk and weaker equity markets”. Continue reading...

A tech worker in eastern China's Hangzhou city was dismissed after his job was replaced by AI. An appeals court in the city has ruled the dismissal unlawful.

As US-UK relations nosedive, questions are mounting over whether Trump might shift Washington's position on the islands.

Who profits big from the war on Iran?

Brent crude futures hit $126.41 on Thursday - a 5 percent rise for the week.

Inflation has robbed them of a third of their income since the post-2009 global financial crisis, statistics show.

As companies pour billions into AI, the fight for workers’ rights is being rewritten as a fight for the right to work.

Egypt international Mohamed Salah set to return for Liverpool before the season ends as Anfield exit looms.

The Iranian Merchant Mariners Syndicate blamed US and Israeli attacks on Iran's ports and commercial fleet for deaths.

Labour Day marches are being held as Iran war and rising energy prices threaten the global economy.