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Women’s Super League 2026-27 preview No 1: Arsenal
Arsenal begin the 2026-27 Women’s Super League season with a heavily reshaped squad, following a trophyless campaign that left the club hungry for silverware. Eleven players have departed, including club legends Beth Mead and Katie McCabe, who have moved to Manchester City and Chelsea respectively, while seven new signings arrive, among them Spain full-back Ona…
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Dutch regulator fines Uber $966m for automating driver suspensions
The Dutch Data Protection Authority has fined Uber €825m ($966m) for deactivating drivers’ accounts using automated systems without adequately informing them or allowing meaningful human review, in a decision dated 17 August. It is the second-largest penalty ever issued under the EU’s GDPR, behind only a €1.2bn fine imposed on Meta by Ireland in 2023,…
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Ex-W.A.S.P. Guitarist CHRIS HOLMES On His Prostate Cancer Battle: ‘The Last Two Weeks I Went Through Probably One Of The Sickest Times I’ve Ever Been In My Life’
Former W.A.S.P. guitarist Chris Holmes has issued a video update thanking fans for donating to a GoFundMe campaign supporting his cancer treatment, revealing that recent hormonal therapy left him severely ill. The 68-year-old, who has lived in Cannes, France, with his wife Catherine since 2014, is undergoing treatment for prostate cancer just four years after…
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Rayner faces donation row as Harry and Meghan plan UK return
Angela Rayner has faced criticism after the parliamentary register recorded a £20,000 donation from Signum Global Advisors LLP towards her staffing costs. The payment was received and accepted on 8 July and registered on 24 July. Reporting has described the firm as working with oil-sector interests, prompting opponents to question the consistency of the Housing…
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Hunt second in Diamond League 200m as White wins
Amy Hunt finished second in the women’s 200m at the Lausanne Diamond League, continuing her strong form after a record-breaking European Championships in Birmingham. The British sprinter crossed the line in 22.32 seconds, narrowly beaten to first by American Kayla White, with the result reinforcing Hunt’s status as one of the standout performers of the…
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Russian double-tap drone strike kills 14 in Ukrainian mall, officials say
A Russian “double-tap” drone strike on a shopping centre in Kryvyi Rih, central Ukraine, has killed at least 14 people and injured 121, according to local officials. President Volodymyr Zelensky, whose home town is Kryvyi Rih, condemned the daytime attack as “absolutely cynical and despicable”, saying it was carried out in two waves, with the…
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McClenaghan seventh in European pommel horse final
Olympic champion Rhys McClenaghan finished seventh in the pommel horse final at the European Gymnastics Championships in Zagreb, falling short of a fourth European title. The 27-year-old Northern Irishman was seeking a strong return following shoulder surgery, having previously placed sixth at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham in his first major event since the injury.…
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Fighter jets help destroy Russian drone boat near European offshore gas platform
Romania’s military said it destroyed a Russian-made explosive drone boat found near the Neptun Deep gas platform in the Black Sea, using F-16 fighter jets to disable it with cannon fire before army specialists carried out a controlled detonation. The incident, which Romania’s president blamed directly on Russia, is the second suspected Russian drone incursion…
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Homeland security cybercops say patch TrueConf (Russia’s Zoom) if you’re using it
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has ordered federal agencies to patch two actively exploited vulnerabilities in TrueConf, a Moscow-based video conferencing platform often described as a Russian alternative to Zoom. The move follows reports that compromised TrueConf servers were being used to distribute malware to meeting participants, raising concerns given the software’s…
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Germany investigates Russia links to weapons cache discovered in woods, reports say
German authorities are investigating suspected Russian links to a cache of guns discovered in woods near Berlin last year, which intelligence officials believe was intended for use in assassinations. Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt confirmed federal prosecutors are investigating a suspect held in Romania on suspicion of espionage and preparing a serious act of violence, though…