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‘What happened?’: No peace for Shamikh Badra, who fears for family missing in Gaza since 2023
There is a peace now, fragile and uncertain, but there are no answers.
Shamikh Badra carries on his phone a photo of his brother, Ehab, sitting, smiling with his children. For now, it’s all he has – and it might be all he ever has of the sibling he revered.
…Google parent Alphabet’s earnings disappoint Wall Street amid stiff AI competition
Shares of Google’s parent company Alphabet fell more than 6% after the company reported a slight miss in expected revenue on Tuesday. The company reported $96.5bn, compared with analyst expectations of $96.67 bn. The company surpassed investors’ expectations of $2.13 in earnings per share, however, with $2.15 in EPS.
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Donald Trump to become first sitting US president to attend Super Bowl
Donald Trump will become the first sitting US president to attend the Super Bowl when he watches Sunday’s game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles in New Orleans.
A White House official confirmed Trump’s decision to the Associated Press on Tuesday. Sitting US vice-presidents, including Al Gore and …
England set to name both Smiths in starting XV for France Six Nations clash
England are poised to select both Fin Smith and Marcus Smith in the same starting team to face France in the Six Nations this weekend. The young Northampton outside-half is in line to make his first start in the No 10 jersey with the Harlequin fly-half set to be redeployed …
Panama court is asked to cancel Hong Kong firm’s contract to run canal ports
Tariffs would be a drag, but Guinness boss still needs to find a brew for recovery
Donald Trump’s on-off tariffs are at least good for one thing: they provide struggling managements with a handy excuse to ditch their sales forecasts. Diageo, the Guinness, Johnnie Walker and Smirnoff combo, was able to cite “the current macroeconomic and geopolitical uncertainty” – exhibit A being the possible US tariffs …
Group of Labour MPs urge No 10 to be tougher on migration to fend off Reform
Labour MPs whose seats are under threat from Reform UK have set up a pressure group that will urge Keir Starmer to take a tougher stance on migration and crime, amid growing concern about the rise of the rightwing populist party.
MPs drawn from the 89 constituencies where Reform came …
AI ‘godfather’ predicts another revolution in the tech in next five years
One of the “godfathers” of modern artificial intelligence has predicted a further revolution in the technology by the end of the decade because current systems are too limited to create domestic robots and fully automated cars.
Yann LeCun, the chief AI scientist at Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta, said new breakthroughs are …
Putin orders revival of Soviet-era Eurovision rival
Vladimir Putin has ordered the revival of the Soviet-era alternative to the Eurovision song contest after Russia was banned from participating in the competition.
The Russian leader signed a decree on Monday instructing officials to revive the Intervision song contest in Moscow this year with the aim of “developing international …
Hunt: Starmer should not retaliate if Trump hits UK with trade tariffs
Keir Starmer should not retaliate if Donald Trump hits the UK with trade tariffs, the former chancellor Jeremy Hunt has warned, with ministers braced for the president’s latest round of economic measures.
The former chancellor told the Guardian the UK did not have enough economic firepower to start a trade …