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Financial Times
Starmer prepares to fight leadership bid by Streeting
Health secretary expected to resign on Thursday and seek to eject prime minister from Downing Street
Financial Times
What was in the King’s Speech?
Keir Starmer pledges ‘greater urgency’ as he sets out his legislative agenda
Financial Times
Why UK assets are attractive despite the storm
The bearish outlook may only be shortlived, presenting opportunities for longer-term investors
Financial Times
How could a challenge to Starmer’s premiership play out?
Under Labour rules, someone seeking the party leadership needs the nominations of at least 81 MPs
BBC News
Starmer warns leadership contest would 'plunge us into chaos' in pleas to ministers and MPs
Sir Keir battles to save his job, as Health Secretary Wes Streeting is thought to be plotting a leadership challenge...
BBC News
Chris Mason: Big moment ahead for Streeting to decide whether to go for it
There is a big moment coming in the next 24 hours, for Sir Keir Starmer and for would-be challengers to the prime minister.
BBC News
Watch: What next after the King's Speech?
BBC Chief Political Correspondent Henry Zeffman explains what is next for the government after the King's Speech.
BBC News
Drug addiction counsellor sentenced in Matthew Perry's overdose death
The drug counsellor was one of five people accused of supplying ketamine to Perry and exploiting his drug addiction.
BBC News
Farage faces standards probe into £5m gift from crypto billionaire
The probe will examine whether the Reform UK leader should have declared the gift from crypto billionaire.
The Economist
How the world has avoided an oil catastrophe so far
The Economist
China is pushing Donald Trump for Taiwan concessions
NYT Europe
Nigel Farage, Leader of Reform U.K., Faces Investigation for £5 Million Gift
The Conservative Party referred the case against Mr. Farage, the leader of a right-wing populist party in Britain, to a...
NYT Europe
Beware of Drunk Deer, French Police Say, Announcing Season of Inebriation
Some wild animals, eating fermented or rotten fruits, “may exhibit completely unpredictable behavior,” the police warned...
The Telegraph
Imperious Foden back to his best as City refuse to throw in the towel
Imperious Foden back to his best as City refuse to throw in the towel
The Telegraph
No more growth for UK this year, warns US banking giant
No more growth for UK this year, warns US banking giant
Wales
BBC Wales
Becoming a mum left me incontinent - we need to talk about birth injuries
Geeta Nayar, who has lived with bowel incontinence since her daughter was born, urges others not to suffer in silence.
BBC Wales
Rhun ap Iorwerth reveals ministerial team, promising 'new era' for Wales
Ap Iorwerth said it was not just a change in administration but a change of approach for governing Wales.
BBC Wales
Ex-UKIP leader in palliative care days after standing in election
Caroline Jones, who made a bid last week to return to the Senedd, has sepsis, her husband reveals.
BBC Wales
Love Island star tells followers 'you are loved' as he shares mental health challenges
Alex George said he wanted to help reduce "shame and stigma" around mental health challenges.
Sport
BBC Sport · Football
An iron fist joining a broken team: Inside Mourinho's Real return
Jose Mourinho is set to be appointed Real Madrid's new manager. Spanish football expert Guillem Balague explains why.
BBC Sport · Cricket
Durham to Bedford - Gay's 200-mile drive to tell parents of England call-up
On the day he learned he would be England’s new opener, Emilio Gay drove from Durham to Bedford to tell his parents about his...
BBC Sport · Football
Why Arsenal have fallen short in WSL and Champions League this season
Why have Renee Slegers' side not been able to get their hands on any of the season's biggest prizes?
BBC Sport · Football
Gordon agrees to Bayern move - Thursday's gossip
Bayern Munich reach Anthony Gordon agreement, Ander Barrenetxea attracting Premier League interest and Manchester United...
The Race
The shocking trait that Vasseur has driven out of Ferrari
Innovation is no longer stifled at Ferrari, which 'didn't want to be exposed' before Fred Vasseur took over
The Race
Gary Anderson on Hamilton's claim Ferrari is missing a trick
Lewis Hamilton recently referenced one area where Ferrari's 2026 F1 car is drastically different to its rivals'. Gary Anderson...
The Race
Williams's race one upgrade was two months late
Williams has been left with a backlog of upgrades that mean its planned Australian GP package has only just made it onto its F1 car
The Race · F1
The strange nature of Audi's early F1 problems
Though Audi's showing pace in its first F1 season, it's struggling not just to finish races but to even start them
Formula 1 Official · F1
Watch Round 7 of the F1 Sim Racing World Championship
Catch all the action from Round 7 of the 2026 F1 Sim Racing World Championship.
Formula 1 Official
Watch R7 Qualifying from the Sim Racing World Championship
The second half of the 2026 F1 Sim Racing World Championship season kicks off with Round 7 – the Belgian Grand Prix.
ESPN Cricinfo
Kohli's ninth IPL hundred powers RCB to the top
Kohli's unbeaten 60-ball 105 was a vintage effort in a run-chase and halted KKR's four-match winning streak
ESPN Cricinfo
Free-falling PBKS in desperate need of points against MI
Punjab Kings were on top of the points table for the longest time; now they are clinging on to fourth place
Science
New Scientist
Neanderthals treated a dental cavity by drilling into the tooth
A Neanderthal tooth shows clear signs of human intervention to treat bacterial decay, showing that the earliest dentistry...
New Scientist
Arctic fires are releasing carbon stored for thousands of years
A study of soils around the Arctic and boreal forests has found that some wildfires are releasing carbon stored over...
New Scientist
Asteroid to miss Earth by a quarter of the length from us to the moon
Asteroid 2026JH2 will zoom past Earth at a distance of only 90,000 kilometres next week. It has enough mass to wipe out a...
New Scientist
Why autism pioneer Uta Frith wants to dismantle the spectrum
After a career spent grappling with the neural underpinnings of autism, Uta Frith is unwavering in her controversial call to...
Nature
Stereoelectronic manipulation of ligands for perovskite solar cells
Nature, Published online: 13 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10626-0 Stereoelectronic manipulation of ligands for perovskite...
Nature
The hunt for the next antibiotics
Nature, Published online: 13 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01424-9 To battle antibiotic resistance, researchers are leaving...
Nature
Red-light therapy is all the rage — does it work?
Nature, Published online: 13 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01547-z There are a multitude of red-light emitting consumer...
Nature
Pristine Antarctic ice records the Solar System’s travels
Nature, Published online: 13 May 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01505-9 Rare isotopes hint at when the Solar System entered the...
Technology
The Verge
Trump administration defends right to ban content moderation experts from US
The Trump administration is fighting for the right to keep some social media moderation advocates out of the US. On Wednesday,...
The Verge
YouTube is courting creators — and sponsors — with streaming shows
In the ongoing fight for content and talent, YouTube is pitching itself as the connector between the creators and advertisers...
The Verge
AMD’s best CPU tech for gamers is coming to workstations too
For the first time, AMD is including its 3D V-Cache tech in its commercial workstation processors with a refreshed line of...
The Verge
The crypto Clarity Act returns to the Senate this week. The banks are already trying to kill it.
Hello and welcome to Regulator, the newsletter for Verge subscribers that goes into tech shenanigans that take place in the...
Techcrunch
Notion just turned its workspace into a hub for AI agents
Notion’s new developer platform lets teams connect AI agents, external data sources, and custom code directly into their...
Techcrunch
Musk’s xAI is running nearly 50 gas turbines unchecked at its Mississippi data center
Gas turbines at xAI's Colossus 2 data center have drawn a lawsuit over the company's use of "mobile" gas turbines as power plants.
Techcrunch
Anthropic’s Cat Wu says that, in the future, AI will anticipate your needs before you know what they are
The head of product for Claude Code and Cowork says that the next big step for AI is proactivity.
Techcrunch
This is what some the world’s largest banks of malware look like stacked as hard drives
What would some of the world's largest repositories of malware look like if they were stacked as hard drives, one on top of the other?
Wired
Everyone at the Musk v. Altman Trial Is Using Fancy Butt Cushions
The plaintiffs and defense have rested their cases, as well as their rear ends.
Wired
Instagram’s New Instants App Is a Snapchat Clone for Thirst Traps
Instagram’s Instants app lets you send disappearing photos—and it’s probably where your horny friends will post spicy pics.
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Linux gaming is faster because Windows APIs are becoming Linux kernel features
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Setting up a free *.city.state.us locality domain (2025)
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MacBook Neo Deep Dive: Benchmarks, Wafer Economics, and the 8GB Gamble
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In-person examinations at Princeton will be proctored starting July 1
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A History of IDEs at Google
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Computer science
Interpretable EEG Microstate Discovery via Variational Deep Embedding: A Systematic Architecture Search with Multi-Quadrant Evaluation
Computer science
Mechanism Design for Quality-Preserving LLM Advertising
Economics
The Value of Information: A Puzzle
Congenital Heart Block