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7 Thriller Shows Without a Single Flaw

  • Collider praises seven consistently strong thriller series.
  • ‘Midnight Mass’ combines faith, guilt and horror.
  • The list ranges from satire to post-apocalyptic drama.

Collider selects seven thriller series it considers flawless, praising shows that sustain tension, remain focused on their central mysteries and deliver satisfying conclusions. Its choices span horror, dark comedy, science fiction and political drama. - 'Midnight Mass' follows a guilt-ridden ex-prisoner returning to a remote island as a…

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Norrie beats Tomic at Los Cabos Open in 50 minutes

  • Norrie beat Tomic 6-1 6-0 in 50 minutes.
  • He reached the Los Cabos semi-finals.
  • Shapovalov awaits after Norrie’s resurgence.

Cameron Norrie reached the Los Cabos Open semi-finals after beating Australia’s Bernard Tomic 6-1 6-0 in just 50 minutes. The result extends a marked turnaround for the British number two, who had arrived in Mexico on a six-match losing streak and had not won since April. Fifth seed…

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Top new prog from King Gizzard, Green Carnation, Temic and more in Prog’s brand new Tracks Of The Week

  • Prog presents six new progressive music releases for readers to hear and rate.
  • Lesoir narrowly won the previous week’s vote.
  • Voting is available at the bottom of the article.

Prog has published a new Tracks Of The Week roundup featuring six recently released progressive-leaning tracks, including music from King Gizzard, Green Carnation and Temic. Readers are invited to watch or listen to the selections and vote for their favourite. - Last week’s vote was narrowly won by…

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Sheffield proposes city-centre bus gates to prioritise public transport

  • Bus gates would prioritise buses on key Sheffield city-centre routes.
  • Cars would face restrictions at Furnival Gate.
  • The scheme supports wider transport and active-travel improvements.

Sheffield City Council plans to introduce bus gates in the city centre to give buses greater priority and improve journey reliability. The measures are intended to reduce through-traffic, support cleaner streets and make public transport a more attractive option for reaching jobs, shops and services. The gates on…

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Brit found in a suitcase in Athens may have lied about meeting up with US friends before she was found dead, say Greek cops as mystery deepens

  • Greek police are investigating a British woman’s death in Athens.
  • Her body was reportedly found in a suitcase.
  • Investigators question her claim about meeting US friends.

Greek police are investigating the death of a British woman whose body was reportedly found in a suitcase in Athens. The case has become more mysterious after investigators suggested she may have lied about plans to meet American friends before her death, raising further questions about her final…

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Horror master James Wan’s greatest movie franchise officially returns in 3 weeks

  • Sixth Insidious film releases on 21 August.
  • A mother’s link to the Further endangers her daughter.
  • Lin Shaye returns as psychic Elise Rainier.

Insidious: Out of the Further, the sixth film in James Wan and Leigh Whannell’s paranormal horror franchise, is due to arrive in cinemas in three weeks. It matters because it continues a series that has run for 15 years and returns to the Further, the demonic purgatory realm…

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Tech buyers are baking in sovereignty from day one, says Forrester

  • Sovereignty is becoming a starting point for cloud and AI procurement.
  • European firms face greater reliance on US technology suppliers.
  • EU investment aims to strengthen domestic AI and cloud capabilities.

Forrester says organisations are increasingly treating digital sovereignty as a core design requirement for new cloud and AI projects, rather than addressing it later. This matters particularly in Europe, where regulatory and geopolitical concerns are heightened by reliance on US technology providers and limited domestic hyperscale AI capacity.…

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Moreno unloads on Fauci after Senate hearing, calls him Democrats’ ‘hero’ over pandemic policies

  • Moreno criticised Fauci after he invoked the Fifth Amendment.
  • He alleged pandemic policies were about control.
  • The dispute highlights enduring divisions over COVID-19.

Senator Bernie Moreno, a Republican from Ohio, criticised Dr Anthony Fauci after Fauci declined to answer questions at a Senate hearing, invoking the Fifth Amendment. In a Fox News interview, Moreno called Fauci a Democratic “hero” and argued that his pandemic response was motivated by control rather than…

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Sainsbury’s to sell Argos to three retail veterans in £120m deal

  • Sainsbury’s will sell Argos to Swift Partners for £120m.
  • The supermarket is prioritising its food business.
  • Argos should continue trading normally during the transition.

Sainsbury’s has agreed to sell Argos for £120m to Swift Partners, a company set up by three experienced retail executives, as it seeks to concentrate investment on its core food business. The deal marks a significant reversal of Sainsbury’s 2016 purchase of Argos’s parent group for £1.3bn and…

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‘Black Zombie’ Review: An Engaging Doc on How the Flesh-Eating Hordes of Screen Fame Obscured Painful Real-Life History

  • The documentary reclaims zombies’ Haitian historical roots.
  • It critiques horror cinema’s cultural distortions.
  • US release is scheduled for 11 September.

Maya Annik Bedward’s documentary “Black Zombie” examines nearly a century of zombie cinema and argues that the genre has obscured the painful Haitian history and beliefs from which it emerged. The review finds the film engaging for treating the zombie not simply as a horror icon, but as…

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