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This race car is made from plant fibers, volcanoes, … and seawater?
Lola Cars, the storied British constructor rebuilding itself after a 2022 bankruptcy, is producing a fresh run of 16 continuation examples of its 1965 T70S sports racer, and what makes them notable is not the retro styling but the sustainable materials used to build them. Executive innovation director Matt Faulks told Ars Technica that the…
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6 Perfect Movies That Are 80 Minutes Long or Less
The Passion of Joan of Arc, Before Sunset, and The Nightmare Before Christmas are among the best movie masterpieces that run about 80 minutes.
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The Mound: Omens of Cthulhu revives Left 4 Dead formula from Zeno Clash creators
Rock Paper Shotgun previews The Mound: Omen of Cthulhu, a Lovecraftian extraction game from Chilean studio Ace Team, the developers behind Zeno Clash, The Eternal Cylinder and Clash: Artefacts of Chaos. Set in the 17th century, it casts four crucifix-wielding, musket-armed Spanish explorers who venture into a monster-filled jungle in search of loot, with the…
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Marine Le Pen convicted but may still contest presidency wearing electronic tag
The Paris appeal court has upheld Marine Le Pen’s conviction for misusing EU funds but shortened her sentence in a way that clears the path for her to stand in the April 2027 French presidential election. A five-year ban on holding public office was reduced and backdated to March 2025, with the court deeming that…
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Balogun ruling risks turning football into a cesspit
Uefa vice-president Laura McAllister has warned that football risks becoming “an absolute cesspit” of political interference after Fifa suspended a one-game ban for USA striker Folarin Balogun at the 2026 World Cup. Balogun had been due to miss the last-16 tie against Belgium following his red card against Bosnia-Herzegovina, but was allowed to play after…
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Extra public transport services will run in Sheffield this summer as excitement builds for Tramlines Festival
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John Lewis to shut in-store services, putting hundreds of jobs at risk
John Lewis has begun a redundancy consultation that puts around 200 jobs at risk as it plans to close in-store desks providing gift wrapping and foreign exchange services. The move matters because it touches the kind of hands-on customer service the retailer has long been known for, and it comes just as the chain was…
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USMNT dazzle in home World Cup before Belgium end their run
Fox News’s OutKick published an opinion piece counting down its five most memorable moments from the United States men’s national team’s run at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, hosted on home soil. The article was prompted by the team’s tournament exit, a 4-1 defeat to Belgium late on Monday night in Seattle, but its overall…
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Trump reignites feud with Meloni over photo jibe before NATO summit
US President Donald Trump has intensified a public feud with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in the days before a NATO summit in Turkey, posting a photo of her on Truth Social with the caption “RESTRAINING ORDER NEEDED”. The spat matters because Meloni has been one of Trump’s closest allies in Europe, and the friction…
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Braun promoted to co-president of country label Triple Tigers Records
Raffaella Braun has been appointed co-president of Nashville-based country label Triple Tigers Records, whose roster includes Russell Dickerson, Scotty McCreery, Shane Profitt and Ian Munsick. Previously the label’s vice-president of radio promotion, she takes over from Kevin Herring, who stepped down on Monday 6 July and will stay on as an adviser for an unspecified…