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The government has announced eight young futures hubs in areas with high anti-social behaviour.

The government has announced eight young futures hubs in areas with high anti-social behaviour.

The US-Israeli assault on Iran is being sold by the US as a defensive manoeuvre. However, it functions as something far more revealing: a maintenance operation for a global system that can no longer sustain itself and is increasingly reliant on violence. The Strait of Hormuz can be regarded as a pressure valve for the …

A number of underperforming international car brands are likely to either exit the mainland Chinese market or scale down operations, as losses mount due to falling sales and shrinking market share. Carmakers delivering fewer than 1,000 units a month already faced a do-or-die situation in the world’s largest automotive market because the weak sales were not enough to cover their manufacturing and operating costs, according to analysts. Some carmakers are likely to follow Skoda, Volkswagen’s...

Chinese tech companies are engaged in a public war of words as they compete to capitalise on US start-up Anthropic’s decision to pull its industry-leading Claude models from open-source AI agent tool OpenClaw. The development comes as AI agents have triggered a huge increase in demand for AI tokens – the core metric of AI usage – raising questions about the long-term ability of industry players to meet this demand amid a growing global crunch in computational power. On Sunday, Anthropic...

Dorset Police said the event drew about 2,000 people and more than 100 vehicles.

American Sha-Carri Richardson overcomes a disadvantage of up to 10 metres to become only the third woman to win the Stawell Gift from the back of the field.

American Sha-Carri Richardson overcomes a disadvantage of up to 10 metres to become only the third woman to win the Stawell Gift from the back of the field.

American Sha-Carri Richardson overcomes a disadvantage of up to 10 metres to become only the third woman to win the Stawell Gift from the back of the field.

American Sha-Carri Richardson overcomes a disadvantage of up to 10 metres to become only the third woman to win the Stawell Gift from the back of the field.

Southeast Asia’s largest low-cost carrier AirAsia X said on Monday it was raising ticket prices by as much as 40 per cent and cutting routes to cushion the impact of the war on Iran, but stressed demand for flights remained high. The Malaysia-based no-frills airline said about 10 per cent of its overall flights had been cut so far. It has raised fuel surcharges by about 20 per cent, while fare prices have increased between 31 per cent and 40 per cent. Average jet fuel costs have soared to about...

Iran and the US have been presented with a two-tier proposal that includes the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, according to reports