The al-Qaida leader spent the last weeks of his life less than 500 meters from the pool and bar where British diplomats relaxed on their tours of Kabul. The bright house where Ayman al-Zawahiri was reportedly killed by a drone strike while on his balcony is in the very heart of the Afghan capital. By …
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A diver attacked by a shark off the UK coast was injured in the leg and had to be taken to hospital, according to the coastguard. A rescue team received the victim at Penzance Harbor in Cornwall on Thursday after the suspected shark bite. Shark attacks in UK waters are rare, and this would be …
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Music entrepreneur Jamal Edwards died of a heart attack after taking cocaine and drinking alcohol, a coroner has concluded. Edwards, a YouTube star who helped launch the careers of Ed Sheeran, Dave and Skepta, died in February aged 31. An inquest at West London Coroner’s Court on Tuesday concluded that the cause of death was …
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Long-running topical comedy show Mock the Week is to end on BBC Two after 17 years, the corporation has announced. The next eight episodes of the popular show, which will air in the autumn, will be the last and mark the end of the show after 21 series and more than 200 episodes, hosted by …
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Lewis Hamilton was involved in a failed takeover of Chelsea from the Premier League Seven-time British Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton has joined the ownership group of three-time Super Bowl winners the Denver Broncos. Hamilton has been brought into the group by Walmart boss Rob Walton, who is in the process of completing a $4.65bn …
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Uber shares rose more than 13% after better-than-expected results. The numbers suggest a path for Uber to be profitable, despite inflationary pressures and persistent driver shortages in some cities, said Dan Ives, an analyst at Wedbush Securities. “Simply put, despite rising ride share prices in the U.S. and Europe, it’s clear that consumers are still …
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After Saturday afternoon’s clash at the King Power, it’s hard to brand the Community Shield as a glorified friendly. In years past, managers have approached the Premier League curtain-raiser with caution, keen not to attract any unnecessary injury concerns, and that conservative mindset often led to low-scoring affairs. Until Liverpool’s 3-1 triumph against the reigning …
Liz Truss has been forced to reverse plans to cut civil service pay outside London after an angry outcry from Tory MPs and the Tory Mayor of Tees Valley. Rishi Sunak’s campaign called the policy a “dramatic U-turn [which] reveals more than a change of heart” and said it could come at a high cost …
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The number of people crossing the Channel in small boats to seek refuge in the UK hit a record for the year on Monday as Border Force staff prepared for thousands more arrivals this summer. The Ministry of Defense said 696 made the journey on 14 small boats on Monday. There were 460 arrivals on …
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A shark has reportedly bitten a diver in Cornwall and had to be rescued by coastguards in the worst such attack in British waters since 1847. The woman was helped by coastguards after the shark bit her leg during a snorkeling trip run by a local tour company. The trip had been organized to give …
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