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European football: Mbappé eases Real Madrid past Valencia to move joint top

Valverde opens scoring in 3-0 victory for Real Madrid Bayern beat Mainz but Neuer’s record-breaking day turns sour Kylian Mbappé scored for the seventh match running as Real Madrid pulled provisionally level on points with La Liga leaders Barcelona after a 3-0 win at 10-man Valencia on Saturday. Reigning champions Barça visit Atlético Madrid, third, on Sunday, aiming to move back clear of the chasing pack. José Mourinho’s Madrid largely dominated at Mestalla stadium as they secured an eighth win in a row across all competitions. Continue reading...

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European football: Mbappé eases Real Madrid past Valencia to move joint top

Valverde opens scoring in 3-0 victory for Real Madrid Bayern beat Mainz but Neuer’s record-breaking day turns sour Kylian Mbappé scored for the seventh match running as Real Madrid pulled provisionally level on points with La Liga leaders Barcelona after a 3-0 win at 10-man Valencia on Saturday. Reigning champions Barça visit Atlético Madrid, third, on Sunday, aiming to move back clear of the chasing pack. José Mourinho’s Madrid largely dominated at Mestalla stadium as they secured an eighth win in a row across all competitions. Continue reading...

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Can't cook or shower: Indonesians take aim at data centres

Cooking and bathing became difficult when taps ran dry in Batam, an Indonesian island where residents are protesting as data centres spring up to power the global artificial intelligence boom.

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'Last generation': Kristallnacht survivor, 94, bears witness

For George Shefi, a 94-year-old survivor of Nazi Germany's "Kristallnacht", bearing witness to the pogroms targeting Jews is his final "mission" -- all the more urgent in the face of a renewed wave of…

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Pakistan-built robots serve taste of future to Karachi diners

Wheeling its way between dining booths at a neon-lit restaurant in Pakistan's Karachi megacity, a robot waitress drops off a fresh pizza to an awaiting family.

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Defiant Khawaja defends re-igniting ball-tampering scandal

Usman Khawaja insisted Sunday he did not "throw anyone under the bus" by claiming the entire Australian team was in on the 2018 "Sandpapergate" plot and defended taking eight years to go public.

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Lando Norris claims F1 São Paulo GP pole as ‘crazy’ rain disrupts qualifying

McLaren driver fastest ahead of Mercedes duo Antonelli to start on front row alongside Norris Mastering the most treacherous of conditions at Interlagos, Lando Norris had the edge to take pole position for McLaren at the São Paulo Grand Prix, having bested a downpour that tested every driver. But with more rain predicted for the race on Sunday, it remains wide open from the front to the very back of the grid. After a qualifying session that took two and a half hours to complete because of delays caused by the heavy rain, Norris came out on top but the grid will be marked by a very mixed-up for

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Lando Norris claims F1 São Paulo GP pole as ‘crazy’ rain disrupts qualifying

McLaren driver fastest ahead of Mercedes duo Antonelli to start on front row alongside Norris Mastering the most treacherous of conditions at Interlagos, Lando Norris had the edge to take pole position for McLaren at the São Paulo Grand Prix, having bested a downpour that tested every driver. But with more rain predicted for the race on Sunday, it remains wide open from the front to the very back of the grid. After a qualifying session that took two and a half hours to complete because of delays caused by the heavy rain, Norris came out on top but the grid will be marked by a very mixed-up for

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Real Madrid beat Valencia as Spanish football honours De Miguel

Real Madrid pulled level with La Liga leaders Barcelona with a 3-0 win at Valencia on Saturday, as Spanish football paid tribute to Jesus de Miguel.

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Truro City game at Folkestone called off after Yassine En-Neyah has medical emergency in warm-up

The National League South match was postponed but on Saturday night the player was ‘stable and chatting’ in hospital

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Standing in the way of slop bowls: the woman blocking food delivery robots

Semi-retired professor Carolyn Marvin became a local celebrity facing down Philadelphia’s growing robot delivery army: ‘It’s my first amendment right to protest’ “One of you needs to be on the lookout for cops, while I block the robot, OK?” It is a crisp fall morning in Philadelphia. Tucked away in a dingy alley, opposite a garage called Patriot Parking, 78-year-old Carolyn Marvin is laying out some ground rules for a robot-disrupting expedition. Once a suitable target is identified, we will follow it to a busy sidewalk and Marvin will stand in front of the robot, blocking its way. The photogr

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Standing in the way of slop bowls: the woman blocking food delivery robots

Semi-retired professor Carolyn Marvin became a local celebrity facing down Philadelphia’s growing robot delivery army: ‘It’s my first amendment right to protest’ “One of you needs to be on the lookout for cops, while I block the robot, OK?” It is a crisp fall morning in Philadelphia. Tucked away in a dingy alley, opposite a garage called Patriot Parking, 78-year-old Carolyn Marvin is laying out some ground rules for a robot-disrupting expedition. Once a suitable target is identified, we will follow it to a busy sidewalk and Marvin will stand in front of the robot, blocking its way. The photogr

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Great British Railways: new dawn for a new network but with plenty of old problems to fix

Experts predict a baptism of fire for GBR in 2027, with likely issues ranging from clapped-out trains and track to extreme weather-related stress The glad tidings brought by the minister were that the wait was almost over: the establishment of Great British Railways could be wrapped up by Christmas, at least in law. But with a renationalised industry facing fresh storms in 2027, some in the railway world are wondering if they should be careful what they wish for. The legislation that will rip up how rail has been run, anticipated for the best part of a decade, is being chewed over in its final

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Great British Railways: new dawn for a new network but with plenty of old problems to fix

Experts predict a baptism of fire for GBR in 2027, with likely issues ranging from clapped-out trains and track to extreme weather-related stress The glad tidings brought by the minister were that the wait was almost over: the establishment of Great British Railways could be wrapped up by Christmas, at least in law. But with a renationalised industry facing fresh storms in 2027, some in the railway world are wondering if they should be careful what they wish for. The legislation that will rip up how rail has been run, anticipated for the best part of a decade, is being chewed over in its final

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