Great Britain have yet to announce their squad for the UCI Road World Championships in Zürich but a number of riders have confirmed that they’re hoping to put on the national team kit later this month. The Worlds kick off in just over a fortnight with the elite individual time trial events held on Sunday...
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Britain’s CMA finds Google is using anti-competitive practices in ad tech – UPI.com
Britain’s Competition and Markets Authority Friday provisionally found that Google has abused its dominant market positions by using publisher and server buying tools to restrict competition in the technology advertising market. The CMA said Google is using anti-competitive practices to give itself an unfair advantage in ad tech. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License...
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Russian state television threatens to nuke Britain
Andrei Gurulev made the remarks on Russian state television (Picture: Rossiya-1) Russia state TV has yet again threatened a nuclear attack on Britain to ‘sink it beneath a raging radioactive tsunami’. Reservist general and hardline MP Andrei Gurulev remarked ‘Swim, swim, swim’ as he demanded the use of Moscow’s unique Poseidon high-speed underwater atomic drone....
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UK watchdog accuses Google of anti-competitive behaviour in digital ads biz
3 min read Last Updated : Sep 06 2024 | 6:02 PM IST Google was slammed on Friday by UK regulators who say it’s taking advantage of its dominance in digital advertising to thwart competition in Britain, ratcheting up pressure that the tech giant is facing on both sides of the Atlantic over its...
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Incredible scenes in Sahara Desert as it is battered by ‘highly unusual’ rain
The Sahara Desert is being bettered by torrential rain in highly unusual weather conditions for the area. The Sahara is the world’s largest hot desert, with one of the harshest climates. The average annual temperature is 30C, although the mercury is recorded to have previously gone as high as 58C. The area receives little rainfall...
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ParalympicsGB roundup: Coutya helps Britain pass Tokyo gold standard
Wheelchair fencer Dimitri Coutya propelled Great Britain beyond their gold medal haul from Tokyo by becoming a double Paralympic champion in Paris. The 26-year-old claimed the men’s individual épée category B title to back up Wednesday’s evening success in the foil event. Success for Coutya at the Grand Palais pushed ParalympicsGB on to 42 golds...
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Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky accuses Britain of slowing delivery of long-range missiles
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Britain needs to strike migrant deal with Paris, says French MP
Britain and France should strike an immigration deal that creates safe routes and sets up return arrangements, according to a French National Rally (RN) MP from the Calais region, speaking after 12 people drowned trying to cross the English Channel illegally this week. Christine Engrand, whose constituency includes part of the coastline where people smugglers...
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Germany considers sending migrants to Rwanda after UK ditches own plan
Germany is considering sending asylum seekers to Rwanda – weeks after the UK ditched its own plan. People deported from Germany could be sent to the same accommodation originally intended for the UK’s now-abandoned deportation scheme, the country’s migration minister Joachim Stamp suggested. However, the German Ambassador to the UK, Miguel Berger, said the asylum...
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Harvey Weinstein won’t face charges of indecent assault in Britain
Disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein won’t face charges of indecent assault in Britain, prosecutors announced on Thursday. The Crown Prosecution Service, which in 2022 authorized two charges of indecent assault against Weinstein, said it decided to discontinue proceedings because there was “no longer a realistic prospect of conviction.’’ “We have explained our decision to all parties,’’ the...
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Inside world’s most overcrowded city in one of the ’most dangerous’ countries
Global population growth peaked in the 1960s at over 2 percent per year, according to ourworldindata.org. Since then, rates have more than halved, falling to less than 1 percent. Within the world’s areas, however, population trends continue to change, increasing in some regions while decreasing elsewhere. Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, is believed to be the most...
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Germany could adopt Rwanda plan paid for by UK
Under Mr Stamp’s proposal, the asylum procedures in Rwanda would be conducted under the supervision of the United Nations. “We currently have no third country that has come forward, with the exception of Rwanda,” he said in a podcast by Table Media, published on Thursday. Mr Stamp, a member of the junior coalition FDP party...