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By BEN SHIMKUS, US CONSUMER REPORTER and REUTERS Published: 17:21 BST, 19 September 2025 | Updated: 19:01 BST, 19 September 2025 TikTok, China’s gigantic social media app with 170million active users in the US, might soon be in an American company’s hands. While no company has signed an official deal, Wall Street is leaving bread crumbs about who could be the owner. On Friday, President Donald Trump hailed what he called progress on a TikTok deal with Chinese President Xi Jinping, after the leaders both spoke on the phone for two hours. On Truth Social, Trump said they ‘made progress on many very…
NATO has scrambled jets to intercept three Putin warplanes over Estonia – as Russia begins threatening Finland ‘in the same way it did Ukraine before the war’, amid fears it is ‘laying the groundwork for justifying an invasion’. The defensive alliance rushed to mobilise duty warplanes today to repel the Russian jets which violated its member’s airspace amid an increasingly tense atmosphere on the bloc’s eastern flank. And Estonia has now formally requested a NATO Article 4 consultation over the incident – a discussion between allies if any believe ‘the territorial integrity, political independence or security of any of the Parties is…
By HUGO DUNCAN Updated: 16:12 BST, 19 September 2025 The founder of Deliveroo is stepping down following its £2.9billion takeover by a US rival.Will Shu, who set up the business in London in 2013, will quit the job of chief executive when the acquisition by DoorDash is completed early next month.The deal is set to hand Shu, 49, a windfall of £178million from his 6.6 per cent stake in Deliveroo, while staff who collectively own around 36million shares will share a £65million pot.However, the 180p a share sale price is well below the 390p they listed at in London in…
By SONIA HORON, US SENIOR SHOWBUSINESS REPORTER Published: 18:36 BST, 19 September 2025 | Updated: 18:49 BST, 19 September 2025 Taylor Swift announced she will be releasing a surprise movie in theaters to celebrate her upcoming new album, The Life of a Showgirl. The superstar, 35, is planning a theatrical event to coincide with the October 3 launch of her 12th studio album.’I hereby invite you to a *dazzling* soirée, The Official Release Party of a Showgirl: Oct 3 – Oct 5 only in cinemas!’ she shared via an Instagram post on Friday.’You’ll get to see the exclusive world premiere of the…
It sounds like something from the latest science fiction blockbuster. But scientists in Massachusetts have revealed the terrifyingly high odds a black hole will explode in the next 10 years.In a new paper, they say there’s a 90 per cent chance of at least one black hole exploding by 2035. If and when it happens, telescopes positioned in space and here on Earth should be able to capture the event – which fortunately won’t be dangerous for Earthlings.’We’re not claiming that it’s absolutely going to happen this decade,’ said lead study author Michael Baker, an assistant professor of physics at UMass Amherst. ‘But there could be…
Robert F Kennedy Junior’s hand-picked vaccine advisory panel has voted to revise the recommendation for major childhood vaccines.In a decision Thursday, the panel voted 8-3, with one abstention, that children aged four and under should no longer be offered the combined measles-mumps-rubella-varicella (MMRV) vaccine.Instead, it said that the children should be given the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) and varicella, or chickenpox, shots separately.The move does not amount to a withdrawal of approval for either vaccine, which are both still recommended to prevent the potentially fatal diseases.But it is likely to leave parents struggling to secure the combined shot for young…
By ERIN DEBORAH WAKS, TRAVEL WRITER Published: 14:33 BST, 19 September 2025 | Updated: 14:33 BST, 19 September 2025 Thrill seekers, keep an eye out – because there’s a brand new attraction coming to the UK next year.A toboggan ride – costing around £1.2 million to build – is set to be unveiled at the Cairngorms mountain range in Scotland in summer 2026.The new attraction, which will start to undergo planning and building works in the next few weeks, will be the newest addition to the east Highlands landscape.It is due to be the longest of its kind in the…
A Virginia preschool teacher was fired after footage caught her allegedly tying a toddler to a chair in a private school classroom.The unidentified teacher’s assistant was seen on surveillance footage tying the one-year-old to a chair using a blanket at VINCI School Alexandria North – a private preschool and elementary school.A Virginia Department of Social Services inspected the school on August 21 after receiving a self-report on forbidden actions from the daycare’s licensing office, AXLNow reported. The report obtained by the outlet alleged that the assistant tied the child up during lunch time around 11.40am on August 13 in the Junior…
Four British tourists have been arrested in Thailand for allegedly robbing an American lawyer at gunpoint for his luxury Audemars Piguet watch.Brits Hussain Meer, 26, Mir Wayne Carew, 25, Yanne Sarkawt, 25, and Malique Kai Walters, 27, allegedly knocked Ibrahim Iyun to the ground before emerging from an SUV in Phuket on Thursday.They then allegedly pointed a gun and knife at the terrified victim and ripped his gold $75,000 timepiece from his wrist before speeding away.Shocking footage shows the moment a blue Ford Everest rams Ibrahim’s motorcycle, sending him sprawling on the wet pavement. Two men then emerge from the SUV…
Saturday November 1 – all 3pm unless statedBrighton & Hove Albion v Leeds UnitedBurnley v ArsenalCrystal Palace v BrentfordFulham v Wolverhampton WanderersNottingham Forest v Manchester United17:30 Tottenham Hotspur v Chelsea (Sky Sports)20:00 Liverpool v Aston Villa (TNT Sports)Sunday November 214:00 West Ham United v Newcastle United (Sky Sports)16:30 Manchester City v AFC Bournemouth (Sky Sports)Monday November 320:00 Sunderland v Everton (Sky Sports)Saturday 8 November12:30 Spurs v Man Utd (TNT Sports)Everton v FulhamWest Ham v Burnley17:30 Sunderland v Arsenal (Sky Sports)20:00 Chelsea v Wolves (Sky Sports)Sunday November 914:00 Aston Villa v AFC Bournemouth* (Sky Sports)14:00 Brentford v Newcastle (Sky Sports)14:00 Crystal…