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Sir Keir Starmer will encourage Shabana Mahmood to run for election as his deputy within Labour to see off Left-wing candidates, party insiders suggest. The new Home Secretary, who is a devout Muslim, is seen by many Starmer loyalists as the perfect choice to replace Angela Rayner and to get ahead of challenger running on a pro-Palestinian platform. The Prime Minister will almost certainly face a challenge to his authority from the Left of the Labour Party when nominations open for the deputy leadership. Left-wing MPs are expected to rally around a candidate who will urge Sir Keir to get...

A brunette bombshell has been left bereft after interviewing for 50 jobs and failing to find gainful employment. Alê Gaúcha, 21, has been pounding the pavement looking for a role as a nanny after finishing up a childcare course three years ago — but she says she’s realized that her curves have drawn more attention than her qualifications. “I would go in confident, present my certificates, talk about everything I had learned, but no one ever got back to me,” Gaúcha told NeedToKnow. “At first, I thought it was due to lack of experience, but after so many attempts, I...

The European Commission on Friday fined Google €2.95 billion for abusing its dominant position in the advertising technology industry. This decision comes amid serious trade tensions with the US administration over tech regulation. The EU antitrust enforcer on Friday walloped US tech giant Google with a €2.95 billion fine for self-preferencing its ad exchange tool “AdX”, while dominating the market with its publisher ad server and its ad buying tools. “Google must now come forward with a serious remedy to address its conflicts of interest, and if it fails to do so, we will not hesitate to impose strong remedies,”...

N.C. research would have provided crucial data on understudied effects of the burgeoning industry on predominantly Black, Indigenous and Latino residents.The Trump administration has cancelled a $417,000 federal grant that would have funded research on the social and economic impacts of biogas production from industrialized swine operations in North Carolina.Over several years, scientists from RTI International in Durham and the Gillings School of Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill had planned to continuously monitor the air, and periodically sample rivers, streams, and private drinking water in Duplin and Sampson counties. The study would also have...

In an unhinged statement, former Congressman Joe Kennedy III attacked his cousin and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, claiming he has chosen to “dismiss science, mislead the public, sideline experts and sow confusion.” “Robert Kennedy Jr. is a threat to the health and wellbeing of every American,” the statement read. Joe Kennedy further called for RFK’s resignation from the agency. The comments come one day after RFK’s explosive Senate Finance Committee hearing, where he held his own against the relentless Democrats on the committee. Full statement below: [Robert Kennedy Jr. is a threat to the health and...

In fiery Senate testimony this week, US Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr once again set his sights on the nation's top public health agency, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). His appearance came days after he suddenly fired the new CDC director, Susan Monarez, provoking a group of senior staff to resign in protest. At the hearing, when asked for an explanation, Kennedy claimed he had asked Ms Monarez if she was a "trustworthy person" and she had replied "no", to some disbelief from his opponents in the room. He then admitted he had once described the CDC...

CHICAGO (Reuters) -A normally raucous, colorful parade to mark Mexican Independence Day in Chicago turned quiet and nervous on Saturday as U.S. President Donald Trump signaled he intended to ramp up deportations in the nation's third-largest city. In a break from traditional celebrations, twirling folklorico dancers decked in glimmering jewelry and billowing, multi-colored dresses distributed "know your rights" pamphlets to sparse crowds in the city's historically Mexican Pilsen neighborhood. "This place would normally be packed," Eddie Chavez, a lifelong Pilsen resident, said while waving a Mexican flag in a lone row of lawn chairs along the parade route. "Now it's...

“Portland, it’s unbelievable what’s going on in Portland. The destruction of the city. I’m going to look at it now,” Trump said in a Friday new conference.

China said on Friday (Sep 5) it would impose temporary anti-dumping duties on European Union pork imports, delivering another blow to shaky ties between the economic powerhouses as Brussels vowed to protect its producers. The two sides have navigated a challenging relationship in recent years, complicated greatly by Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Chinese authorities launched the probe into European pork imports last year during scrutiny by Brussels of Beijing's state subsidies for the domestic electric vehicle industry. The investigation has "preliminarily determined that imports of relevant pork and pig by-products originating in the European Union are being dumped", a...

As the country experiences record tourism in 2025, Greece is taking stronger measures to protect its natural and cultural treasures. With millions of visitors flocking to its beaches and islands, authorities have decided to crack down on practices that threaten fragile ecosystems and historic landmarks. Tourists who remove pebbles, shells, or other items from protected beaches will now face up to €1,000 in fines. These elements are a vital part of the ecosystem, helping prevent erosion and supporting local marine life. While collecting a few seashells as souvenirs might seem harmless, over time, the practice can significantly damage delicate coastal...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump, once a casino owner and always a man in search of his next deal, is fond of a poker analogy when sizing up partners and adversaries. … Seven months into his second term, he has accumulated presidential power that he has used against universities, media companies, law firms, and individuals he dislikes. A man who ran for president as an angry victim of a weaponized “deep state” is, in some ways, supercharging government power and training it on his opponents. And the supporters who responded to his complaints about overzealous Democrats aren’t recoiling. They’re...

[Catholic Caucus] Italian bishop celebrates Mass for LGBT pilgrimage in Rome’s Church of the GesùBishop Francesco Savino, vice president of the Italian Bishops’ Conference, celebrated Mass at the Church of the Gesù on Saturday for LGBT pilgrims in Rome for the Jubilee of Hope.An Italian lay association organized the international pilgrimage, which included a morning Mass celebration inside the mother church of the Society of Jesus in Rome and a St. Peter’s Basilica Holy Door pilgrimage in the afternoon.More than 1,000 pilgrims from around the world attended the Mass concelebrated by approximately 30 priests, including American Father James Martin, SJ,...

New York — As President Donald Trump tried to push candidates out of the New York City’s mayoral race, a longtime state senator called on other Democrats to put aside differences with Zohran Mamdani, who has roiled the party since his stunning win in June’s mayoral primary. “Whether you agree with every one of his policy proposals or not,” wrote state Sen. Liz Krueger in her Friday statement endorsing Mamdani, “there is simply no question that he is committed to serving the interests of regular New Yorkers, not his own interests and especially not the interests of Donald Trump, who...

Actress Mia Farrow raged over a drug boat strike that killed eleven Tren de Aragua terrorists who were en route to the United States, bizarrely accusing President Donald Trump of “murder.” “Trump is now doing extra judicial killings,” Farrow claimed in a Thursday post on the leftist echo chamber social media platform BlueSky. Trump is now doing extra judicial killings. He ordered a boat on the high seas bombed. Killed 11 people. We have not been shown any proof they were drug smugglers It was murder. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/u… — Mia Farrow (@miafarrow.bsky.social) September 4, 2025 at 9:49 PM

Former President Joe Biden has decided to build his presidential library in his home state of Delaware, and is set to start a fundraising push to fund the effort soon, according to a senior member of the Joe and Jill Biden Foundation. The effort is expected to be a heavy lift, as presidential libraries carry hefty price tags totaling into the hundreds of millions of dollars. Biden will start fundraising later than his predecessors and the donor requests come as Democrats continue to grapple with their path forward and where to invest money. The library will be a key part...

OpenAI continues the push toward an artificial intelligence future. After the launch of GPT-5, the company announced a new initiative Thursday to certify people in AI use, partnering with retail powerhouse Walmart to make it happen.In a release, OpenAI CEO of Applications Fidji Simo wrote, "Studies show that AI-savvy workers are more valuable, more productive and are paid more than workers without AI skills. That’s why, earlier this year, we launched the OpenAI Academy, a free online learning platform that has helped connect more than 2 million people with the resources, workshops and communities they need to master AI tools."Now...

The Labour Government is set to close down migrant hotels and house residents in former military barracks in a fresh bid to take control of the small boats crisis. The new policy, which will see the closure of dozens of asylum hotels, will be announced within days by Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, The Telegraph reports. Keir Starmer has faced criticism in recent weeks over his immigration policies after new official figures showed asylum seeker claims hitting a record high, with more migrants being housed in hotels compared with a year ago. The plan to move migrants into military accommodation comes...

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff has made himself a cheerleader for AI’s potential to disrupt work while also laying off staff.SAN FRANCISCO — One gray morning this week, a crowd of parents and baby-laden strollers gathered for a sing-along in Salesforce Park, five acres of public green space on the roof of the Salesforce Transit Center in the shadow of the 1,000-foot Salesforce Tower.Among them was a local dad and software engineer who had learned days earlier that Salesforce was laying him off. The $240 billion cloud software company told 262 employees in San Francisco they were being let go, according...

CATO, N.Y. -- Federal agents forced open the doors of a snack bar manufacturer and took away dozens of workers in a surprise enforcement action that the plant's co-owner called “terrifying.” Video and photos taken at the Nutrition Bar Confectioners plant Thursday showed numerous law enforcement vehicles outside the plant and workers being escorted from the building to a Border Patrol van. Immigration agents ordered everyone to a lunchroom, where they asked for proof the workers were in the country legally, according to one 24-year-old worker who was briefly detained.

Director of the National Institutes of Health Jay Bhattacharya yesterday claimed that the First Amendment is a “dead letter”. Speaking at the National Conservatism Conference in Washington DC, the former Stanford professor warned that America’s constitutional protections for free expression dissolved during the Covid pandemic and remain unenforceable even today. “The First Amendment still doesn’t apply in practice,” he said. “Free speech rights exist right now only because the administration has chosen to allow them, not because the First Amendment is protecting us.” Bhattacharya, best known for co-authoring the 2020 Great Barrington Declaration, said his own experience during the pandemic...