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Police called to pony and trap races near presenter’s pub

PA Media/Neil Robinson Jeremy Clarkson acquired the pub last year Police warned people to avoid the area around Jeremy Clarkson’s pub on Saturday morning because of pony and trap races nearby. The former Top Gear presenter’s establishment, known as The Farmer’s Dog, in Asthall, near Burford in Oxfordshire, opened to the public in August. Due […]

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Inside the race for Greenland’s mineral wealth

Adrienne Murray Business reporter Reporting fromQaqortoq, Greenland BBC Mining firm boss Eldur Olafsson says Greenland can supply the minerals the West needs for “decades” President Donald Trump has said he thinks the US will gain control of Greenland, underlining his persistent claim on the Arctic island, on one occasion pointing to “economic security” as the […]

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How Sam Altman Sidestepped Elon Musk to Win Over Donald Trump

At President Trump’s inauguration, Sam Altman, the chief executive of OpenAI, was relegated to the overflow room while other tech billionaires like Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg took prime spots on the dais under the Capitol rotunda. But days earlier, before flying into Washington, Mr. Altman was on the phone with Mr. Trump, preparing an […]

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Man United loanee Antony scores first Real Betis goal

Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Feb 8, 2025, 08:53 AM ET Manchester United winger Antony continued his fine start to life on loan at Real Betis with his first goal for the LaLiga side during Saturday’s game at Celta Vigo and won MVP for the second game in a row. The 24-year-old opened the scoring at […]

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Delaware Law Has Entered the Culture War

The clubby insular world of corporate law has entered the culture war. First, Elon Musk started railing against Delaware, which for more than a century has been known as the home of corporate law, after the Delaware Chancery Court chancellor, Kathaleen McCormick, rejected his lofty pay package last year. Eventually he switched where Tesla is […]

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Will a third airport runway help UK growth?

Theo Leggett Business correspondent Getty Images The expansion of Heathrow Airport has been backed by Chancellor Rachel Reeves, who is hoping investment in a third runway, along with a series of other transport projects, will drive economic growth in the UK. Reeves has said expansion of the UK’s biggest airport is “badly needed” and could […]

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The Best and Worst Super Bowl Commercials, Ranked

Here is my annual critical ranking of the Super Bowl commercials. This is the pregame edition, with all the available national ads that I could track down; the list will be updated after Sunday’s game. The trends so far? Nothing controversial, as you would expect, but also — and perhaps for associated reasons — very […]

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A Swearing Expert Discusses the State of Profanity

Cursing is coursing through society. Words once too blue to publicly utter have become increasingly commonplace. “Language is just part of the whole shift to a more casual lifestyle,” said Timothy Jay, a professor emeritus of psychology at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts in North Adams, Mass. Dr. Jay has spent a career studying […]

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Judge blocks Trump plan to put thousands of staff on leave

Getty Images A judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump from placing 2,200 workers at the US Agency for International Development (USAID) on paid leave, hours before it was due to happen. Judge Carl Nichols issued a “limited” temporary restraining order, in response to a last-minute lawsuit filed by two unions trying to save the […]

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