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Gas prices dip below $4 but inflation remains stubbornly high

Gasoline prices fell below $4 a gallon Tuesday for the first time in three months — but the overall cost of living remains stubbornly high.

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Pentagon chief Hegseth calls US House impeachment effort a ‘farce’

Hegseth condemns impeachment resolution against him as 'sabotage', defending his actions and policy decisions.

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Six Nations and Sanzaar face new battle with World Rugby in bid to scrap relegation

F10 unions fear financial loss if they play in second tier Promotion/relegation set for 2030 Nations Championship The Six Nations and Sanzaar are facing another battle with World Rugby over a desire from some unions to ensure that none of them can be relegated from the Nations Championship. As reported last week by the Guardian, the 10 leading unions have set up a new company, F10, to run the Nations Championship and sell their broadcast and commercial rights for all competitions other than the World Cup, which remains the property of the global governing body, World Rugby. Continue reading...

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Six Nations and Sanzaar face new battle with World Rugby in bid to scrap relegation

F10 unions fear financial loss if they play in second tier Promotion/relegation set for 2030 Nations Championship The Six Nations and Sanzaar are facing another battle with World Rugby over a desire from some unions to ensure that none of them can be relegated from the Nations Championship. As reported last week by the Guardian, the 10 leading unions have set up a new company, F10, to run the Nations Championship and sell their broadcast and commercial rights for all competitions other than the World Cup, which remains the property of the global governing body, World Rugby. Continue reading...

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Sisters in Sweat: how a former Spurs player got 20,000 Indian women into sport

A dinner-party question, a Sunday kickabout and an idea that snowballed. Nine years on, Tanvie Hans and Swetha Subbiah have taken sporting sisterhood to 10 cities On a breezy evening in 2017, as conversations flowed and so did the drinks at a dinner party, Tanvie Hans was asked an all-too-familiar question at the table: “Hey, can you teach me how to play football?” For the Indian-born British footballer, who played professionally in England, it was an easy yes. Continue reading...

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Sisters in Sweat: how a former Spurs player got 20,000 Indian women into sport

A dinner-party question, a Sunday kickabout and an idea that snowballed. Nine years on, Tanvie Hans and Swetha Subbiah have taken sporting sisterhood to 10 cities On a breezy evening in 2017, as conversations flowed and so did the drinks at a dinner party, Tanvie Hans was asked an all-too-familiar question at the table: “Hey, can you teach me how to play football?” For the Indian-born British footballer, who played professionally in England, it was an easy yes. Continue reading...

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Liberals like Messi but authoritarians prefer Ronaldo: how politics shapes sporting choices | Sean Ingle

Sport has long been regarded as great unifier but there is evidence that this era of hyper-partisanship may change that Over the weekend, President Trump floated his latest wild idea: that the man behind the Ultimate Fighting Championship and Power Slap, the ethically dubious “sport” where competitors take turns smacking each other with an open palm, could be his new White House press secretary. Trump’s post on Truth Social was about as subtle as a slap to the face. He Trump wanted the UFC chief executive, Dana White, whom he hailed as a “violent Fighter and Warrior”, to take the job. And for

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Liberals like Messi but authoritarians prefer Ronaldo: how politics shapes sporting choices | Sean Ingle

Sport has long been regarded as great unifier but there is evidence that this era of hyper-partisanship may change that Over the weekend, President Trump floated his latest wild idea: that the man behind the Ultimate Fighting Championship and Power Slap, the ethically dubious “sport” where competitors take turns smacking each other with an open palm, could be his new White House press secretary. Trump’s post on Truth Social was about as subtle as a slap to the face. He Trump wanted the UFC chief executive, Dana White, whom he hailed as a “violent Fighter and Warrior”, to take the job. And for

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Nvidia spy scandal fuels debate over chip exports to China

US lawmakers call for tighter restrictions on chip sales amid inquiry into Nvidia CEO's relationship with alleged spy.

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Shower orgasms, golf carts, spread-eagled on the stairs – it’s the 10 best Rivals sex scenes so far

From naked tennis to Richter-scale juddering near wildfowl, Jilly Cooper’s bonkbuster features a whopping 33 romps. Ahead of season two’s return this week, gird your loins as we celebrate the busiest buttocks in Rutshire Rejoice! Rejoice! Five months after it staggered off with its leotard around its ankles, Rivals has returned with six more bundles of ineffably filthy joy. Let perms be unconfined. What is Rivals about? Some say the bonkbuster is a fond take on the shoulder-padded excesses of the late 1980s. Others that this adaptation of the late Jilly Cooper’s Rutshire Chronicles is a flambé

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Shower orgasms, golf carts, spread-eagled on the stairs – it’s the 10 best Rivals sex scenes so far

From naked tennis to Richter-scale juddering near wildfowl, Jilly Cooper’s bonkbuster features a whopping 33 romps. Ahead of season two’s return this week, gird your loins as we celebrate the busiest buttocks in Rutshire Rejoice! Rejoice! Five months after it staggered off with its leotard around its ankles, Rivals has returned with six more bundles of ineffably filthy joy. Let perms be unconfined. What is Rivals about? Some say the bonkbuster is a fond take on the shoulder-padded excesses of the late 1980s. Others that this adaptation of the late Jilly Cooper’s Rutshire Chronicles is a flambé

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Australia tightens AI oversight rules after OpenAI government breach

The decision comes after ​an OpenAI agent breached ​an Australian government website in June.

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New Knesset speaker could be key to ousting Netanyahu as Israel’s PM

Opposition politicians get first chance to take control of levers of power, even as they struggle to form government

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Mortgage holders’ confidence crashes to lowest level since 1994 as year that ‘feels like a recession’ looms

Westpac survey results signal growing sense of ‘helplessness’ while Jim Chalmers faces growing pressure to rein in government spending

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