
Chris Mason: Elections this week a smorgasbord of competitiveness
The scale of these elections looks set to vividly expose the breadth of Labour’s vulnerabilities, Chris Mason writes.
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The scale of these elections looks set to vividly expose the breadth of Labour’s vulnerabilities, Chris Mason writes.

Kimi Antonelli’s first season in F1 showed occasional promise, but nothing that suggested this was going to come next, writes Andrew Benson.
“Vibe coding just got a whole lot more adorable,” writes Engadget:OpenAI introduced AI-generated pets to the Codex app, its agentic tool that helps with coding. These “optional animated companions” don’t do any coding themselves, but serve as a floating overlay that can tell you what Codex is working on, notify you when Codex completes a task or whether it needs your input on something. The new...

GameStop’s chief executive Ryan Cohen told the Wall Street Journal that he sees potential to make eBay a much bigger rival to Amazon.

On ‘Star Wars day’, researchers more than double the number of potential known ‘circumbinary’ planets like the fictional Tatooine, home to Luke Skywalker
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Astronomers have discovered 27 new potential planets that orbit two stars, like the fictional desert planet Tatooine from the...

A lack of defence funding and surging costs of a pint of beer are prominent stories on Monday’s papers.

The long-time champion of Trump and former New York mayor is in hospital, according to his spokesman.

Hantaviruses are usually spread by exposure to urine, saliva or feces from infected rodents, such as rats or mice. Hantavirus infections are rare but can cause deadly respiratory infections.
The Associated Press reports:On a March afternoon, artificial intelligence detected something resembling smoke on a camera feed from Arizona’s Coconino National Forest. Human analysts verified it wasn’t a cloud or dust, then alerted the state’s forest service and largest electric utility. One of dozens of AI cameras installed for the utility Arizona Public Service had spotted early signs of...

Unwitting donors hand over money to save suffering animals but Ugandan con artists pocket the cash.

Beyoncé, who last attended the Met Gala in 2016, is returning as a co-chair of fashion’s biggest night.

As unpredictable as elections may be, the best outcome for voters in the 4 November local government elections would be an electoral system which incentivises and rewards candidates for consistent engagement with communities rather than media engagement for their political party

Ordinary Iranians tell of worry about increased repression by authorities after the war is over.

Two European summits are being held in a country long considered Russia’s closest ally in the region.

Delayed coal closures are keeping ageing power stations online — raising questions about who is shaping the energy transition and at what cost

Vinicius Jr scores twice as Real Madrid beat Espanyol 2-0 to keep Barcelona waiting to win the La Liga title ahead of next week’s El Clasico.

Thousands of patients will be offered a new injectable form of an immunotherapy drug that takes minutes.

Local politicians say the move is in line with the Dutch capital’s environmental targets.

Match of the Day pundits Alan Shearer and Micah Richards believe Benjamin Sesko’s goal against Liverpool should not have stood after it brushed his fingers, saying under the laws of the game it should have been a handball.

What impact might shortages have on our summer holidays – and what could be done about it?

Big Dog Ranch Rescue made deal to buy 1,500 dogs from Ridglan Farms, a Wisconsin breeding and research facility
The first beagles removed from a Wisconsin dog breeding and research facility that was the site of recent protests seemed to know right away that they were safe.
“They started within an hour or so coming up to us, wanting attention. Some crawled in people’s laps. Every single one...