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Cleveland police chief proud of force but being 'let down' by funding - Published Cleveland Police's Chief Constable has said she is proud of her "brave" force but that it was being "let down" by the way it was funded, following a fatal crash which killed seven people including t

By Purvi Agarwal Sept 4 - Canada's main stock index closed lower on Friday as material and oil stocks declined and stronger-than-expected U.S. jobs data prompted investors to increase bets on an interest-rate hike by the Federal Reserve this month. The S&P/TSX Composite Index fel

Isak shines at last but Scherpen suffers - Ipswich v Liverpool player ratings - Published Alexander Isak's two early goals set Liverpool on the way to their first Premier League win of the season - and a first for new manager Andoni Iraola - at Ipswich Town. Here's how I rated th

The Treasury Department on Friday announced sanctions against a small Turkish investment bank and two of its subsidiaries, which the U.S. accuses of facilitating funds for an arm of Iran's Revolutionary Guard. The action against Golden Global Bank makes it the second financial in

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Trump's response is key as Argentina's Falklands demands get louder - Published The tone over the Falkland Islands dispute has been sharpening in Argentina from well before President Javier Milei's late-night national address on sanctions earlier this week. It's tempting to see a

Living in Northern California, I've seen the new Tesla Cybercabs driving around, particularly when I've been in Palo Alto (Tesla's NorCal HQ). The futuristic cars apparently have no steering wheel and no pedals - something I didn't personally notice as I watched them driving arou

Kolisi urges Boks to channel spirit of Soweto to beat All Blacks - Published Captain Siya Kolisi has called on the Springboks to summon inspiration from Soweto's pivotal part in South Africa's history as they take on New Zealand on the edge of the Johannesburg township on Saturda

A six-week-old baby girl in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, died from measles, the county coroner confirmed to local press on Friday. Stephen Diamantoni, a Republican elected coroner in 2007, told Lancaster Online that the baby died at home. “I believe it was the 18th of August,” he sai

A Washington judge on Friday said he will rule quickly on whether to dismiss a now-discredited indictment charging former U.S. Olympic canoeist David Hearn with vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool with prejudice, which would bar prosecutors from refiling charges agai

Maria Bartiromo is disputing reports that she was terminated from her longtime gig as a host of various segments for cable TV networks Fox News and Fox Business. "The irresponsible reports that have been published stating that Maria Bartiromo was fired or is no longer an employee

Treasury yields rose in trading Friday, as investors digested a stronger-than-expected jobs report for the month of August and weighed the impact it may have on the Federal Reserve's decisions on interest rates. The shorter-dated 2-year Treasury note yield, which tends to react i

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Tesla shares slid 6% on Friday after the electric vehicle maker's long-awaited Cybercab update failed to impress investors who are betting the company can become a major player in the U.S. robotaxi market currently dominated by Alphabet's Waymo. The Cybercab, which Tesla first sh

Tesla shares slid 6% on Friday after the electric vehicle maker's long-awaited Cybercab update failed to impress investors who are betting the company can become a major player in the U.S. robotaxi market currently dominated by Alphabet's Waymo. The Cybercab, which Tesla first sh

All three major U.S. indexes closed lower amid a broad selloff ahead of the three-day holiday weekend. The Labor Department's August employment report showed the U.S. economy added 162,000 jobs last month, nearly three times the 56,000 consensus, while June and July payrolls were

President Donald Trump said Friday that he plans to spend as much as $500 million from his political operation to help Republicans with about two months to go before the November midterm elections. "I think I have like close to a billion dollars in the super PAC, and I'm allocati

'I'd rather die than ring the police': Distrust and fear in Middlesbrough after A66 crash - Published It is just after 8pm in Grangetown, near Middlesbrough, and the light is fading. Two teenagers in balaclavas tear across a park on a muddy red quad bike, pulling wheelies as they

President Donald Trump on Friday doubled down on his threat to cut off trade with countries that have surpluses with the U.S. unless the Federal Reserve cuts interest rates. "What I'm saying, very simply, is that we should be paying the lowest interest rate in the world," Trump s

The Federal Communications Commission yesterday urged a court to dismiss a Disney lawsuit and let the FCC continue a proceeding that could end in the nonrenewal of ABC’s broadcast licenses. Meanwhile, two watchdog groups and individual viewers of ABC stations are trying to interv

Doubling down on India, South Korean gaming giant KRAFTON plans to invest an additional $250 Mn (₹3,300 Cr) in Indian startups over the next three to four years. Beyond gaming, KRAFTON said that the new corpus will expand its focus to emerging areas such as artificial intelligenc

Cambridge launches review into support for Jason Arday before death - Published The University of Cambridge has launched an independent review into its "decision-making and actions" in the period leading up to former professor Jason Arday's death. The review will examine the supp

By Heather Schlitz CHICAGO, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Chicago Mercantile Exchange live and feeder cattle futures turned lower on Friday in position squaring ahead of the long Labor Day weekend. CME October live cattle settled 1.35 cents lower at 212.95 cents per pound. CME October feede

WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert will retire at the end of 2026, the league announced on Friday. The decision comes as the league has experienced unprecedented growth, but Engelbert has faced criticism from some players over her leadership. A successor has not yet been named. "I

By Burton Frierson NEW YORK, Sept 4 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury yields rose on Friday after a surprisingly strong U.S. employment report led investors to increase bets on tighter policy from the Federal Reserve, thought they came off their highs as market participants prepared for

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Farage threatens to overhaul Lords and judges to meet his pledges - Published Nigel Farage has insisted a Reform UK government would deliver where other parties have failed, as he set out his priorities in his annual conference speech. He said Reform's pledges for its first 100 d

A new California law passed earlier this week creates a framework for “Independent Verification Organizations” that can test frontier AI models before they are released, thereby limiting any risks those models pose. The new law comes as the feasibility of AI oversight is in quest

OpenAI’s new AI model, Astra, is delighting its fans with its ability to complete tasks with very little human intervention. But AI safety experts want to know how it’s accomplishing these feats, a more urgent concern in the wake of OpenAI’s Hugging Face hack, which exposed human

Reed’s view Antitrust advocates on the left and the right are upset that, yet again, a big tech giant has avoided being broken up after an antitrust lawsuit. This time, it’s Google — again — that gets to stay together despite being found guilty of flouting antitrust law with its

(Bloomberg) -- Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said oil prices will nosedive to as low as $40 a barrel once the Iran conflict is over, pulling down bond yields that have lately hit the highest levels in years.“We’re going to get on the other side of this Iran conflict, and I exp