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Decision exposes embattled airline to mammoth compensation bill in major win for the Transport Workers Union

EU unveils ‘revolutionary’ laws to curb big tech firms’ power::Digital Markets Act aims to allow more competition and let consumers delete preloaded phone apps

Airbnb bookings dry up in New York as new short-stay rules are introduced | Under the new restrictions, short-term renters will need to register with the city and must be present in the home for th…::Under the new restrictions, short-term renters will need to register with the city and must be present in the home for the...

The Nice Matin newspaper quoted unnamed insiders as saying that some restaurants in St-Tropez, a favoured summer haunt of celebrities and the international jet set for more than half a century, had taken to checking customers’ names against their database and refusing reservations if a previous visit was not felt to have...

Temperatures in Death Valley, which runs along part of central California’s border with Nevada, reached 128F (53.3C) on Sunday at the aptly named Furnace Creek, the National Weather Service said.

Elizabeth Warren calls Vance faux populist while party says he will ‘take women back decades’ on abortion...

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Exit poll predicts Labour will win 410 seats, securing a majority of 170, to the Conservatives’ 131

The newly required course emphasizes de-escalation and non-threatening conduct for officers...

Cities in midwest and north-east brace for heatwave with some to experience highs of 105F – 25 degrees above normal...

An Italian lorry driver has described the UK’s new post-Brexit controls as a “mess” after his lorry was held at a government-run border post for more than two days....

Millions of Americans are sweltering as experts warn early heat could herald next record-smashing summer...

The Hitler-Trump analogy is controversial. “Some of Trump’s critics – including Biden’s campaign – argue that Trump’s incendiary rhetoric and authoritarian behavior justify the comparison,” the Politico website observed recently. “Meanwhile, Trump’s defenders – and even some of his more historically-minded...

International far-right leaders, including France’s Marine Le Pen, Hungary’s Viktor Orbán, Italy’s Giorgia Meloni and Argentina’s Javier Milei, came together in Madrid to rail against socialism and “massive illegal migration” three weeks before hard-right parties are expected to see a surge in support in June’s...

Republican Glenn Youngkin also vetoed bills related to maintaining access to contraception, saying they were ‘not ready’...