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Timing, luck or talent - what makes a billionaire?

Timing, luck or talent - what makes a billionaire?

2 years ago 574

Complex life on Earth may be much older than thought

Complex life on Earth may be much older than thought

2 years ago 599

Number of plastic bags found on UK beaches down 80% since charge introduced

Number of plastic bags found on UK beaches down 80% since charge intro...

2 years ago 714

Global use of China’s yuan up sharply, beating pound and yen on internationalisation index

Global use of China’s yuan up sharply, beating pound and yen on intern...

2 years ago 446

Widely advertised hormone test unreliable as fertility prediction tool for women, researchers say

Widely advertised hormone test unreliable as fertility prediction tool...

2 years ago 549

Janet Andrewartha, Australian actor in Neighbours and Prisoner, dies aged 72

Janet Andrewartha, Australian actor in Neighbours and Prisoner, dies a...

2 years ago 723

'Sports tourism' is huge. But the Summer Olympics caused travel to Paris to plummet

'Sports tourism' is huge. But the Summer Olympics caused travel to Par...

2 years ago 592

Lee Kiefer writes herself into fencing history with masterclass in all-American final

Lee Kiefer writes herself into fencing history with masterclass in all...

2 years ago 858

Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple review – seeing Springsteen’s sidekick take on apartheid is an air-punch moment

Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple review – seeing Springsteen’s sidekick take...

2 years ago 657

Saucy! Secrets of the British Sex Comedy review – a cheeky look at cinema’s wild sexploitation craze

Saucy! Secrets of the British Sex Comedy review – a cheeky look at cin...

2 years ago 472

83-year-old missing since CrowdStrike outage cancelled flight, police launch search

83-year-old missing since CrowdStrike outage cancelled flight, police ...

2 years ago 488

Trump stops short of establishing a bitcoin strategic reserve

Trump stops short of establishing a bitcoin strategic reserve

2 years ago 506

Zookeeper viciously mauled to death by raging mother hippo when he tries to feed calf: reports

Zookeeper viciously mauled to death by raging mother hippo when he tri...

2 years ago 648

Xi Jinping’s visit to Brazil raises ‘high expectations’ for agribusiness, aviation deals

Xi Jinping’s visit to Brazil raises ‘high expectations’ for agribusine...

2 years ago 435

Brazil’s vice-president on 50 years of China ties and boosting trade amid fairness rows

Brazil’s vice-president on 50 years of China ties and boosting trade a...

2 years ago 505

Manchester United agree fee for Bayern Munich defender Noussair Mazraoui

Manchester United agree fee for Bayern Munich defender Noussair Mazrao...

2 years ago 446

USWNT thrash Germany to book spot in quarter-finals at Paris Olympics

USWNT thrash Germany to book spot in quarter-finals at Paris Olympics

2 years ago 539

Eurosport drop Olympics commentator Bob Ballard for sexist remark about swimmers

Eurosport drop Olympics commentator Bob Ballard for sexist remark abou...

2 years ago 631

‘All-out war is coming’, vows Israel as Netanyahu in crunch meeting over ‘imminent’ strikes on Hezbollah amid WW3 fears

‘All-out war is coming’, vows Israel as Netanyahu in crunch meeting ov...

2 years ago 703

Kudos to China for helping open the door to Palestinian unity

Kudos to China for helping open the door to Palestinian unity

2 years ago 558

Rachel Reeves paves way for cuts and tax rises to fill shortfall left by Tories

Rachel Reeves paves way for cuts and tax rises to fill shortfall left ...

2 years ago 570

Global leaders try to dissuade Israel from increasing attacks on Lebanon

Global leaders try to dissuade Israel from increasing attacks on Leban...

2 years ago 480

Firefighters battle California’s seventh largest wildfire on record as thousands under threat

Firefighters battle California’s seventh largest wildfire on record as...

2 years ago 557

Thousands battle US wildfires as smoke puts millions under air quality alerts

Thousands battle US wildfires as smoke puts millions under air quality...

2 years ago 629

Murray saves five match points to keep career alive in Olympic doubles

Murray saves five match points to keep career alive in Olympic doubles...

2 years ago 504

Adam Peaty falls agonisingly short in bid for third 100m breaststroke title

Adam Peaty falls agonisingly short in bid for third 100m breaststroke ...

2 years ago 640

Marchand wins France 400m IM Olympic gold, Peaty fails three-peat in Paris

Marchand wins France 400m IM Olympic gold, Peaty fails three-peat in P...

2 years ago 462

Trump says he may have gotten ‘worse’ after shooting as he calls Harris a ‘lunatic’ and ‘evil’: Live updates

Trump says he may have gotten ‘worse’ after shooting as he calls Harri...

2 years ago 631

Kemi Badenoch enters Tory leadership race as Suella Braverman rules herself out

Kemi Badenoch enters Tory leadership race as Suella Braverman rules he...

2 years ago 460

Ilhan Omar says Trump is ‘losing his memory’ after he confuses her with Rashida Tlaib

Ilhan Omar says Trump is ‘losing his memory’ after he confuses her wit...

2 years ago 651

Russia claims two new villages in Donetsk region as forces push towards city of Pokrovsk

Russia claims two new villages in Donetsk region as forces push toward...

2 years ago 600

Harris campaign brands Trump and Vance ‘weird’ as Democrats prepare for party convention: Live updates

Harris campaign brands Trump and Vance ‘weird’ as Democrats prepare fo...

2 years ago 612

Watch: Moment Robert Downey Jr revealed at San Diego Comic Con

Watch: Moment Robert Downey Jr revealed at San Diego Comic Con

2 years ago 531

Ping-pong the latest vehicle for China’s continuing face-off with Taiwan

Ping-pong the latest vehicle for China’s continuing face-off with Taiw...

2 years ago 754

US discusses Ukraine peace with India amid reports of Modi’s planned visit

US discusses Ukraine peace with India amid reports of Modi’s planned v...

2 years ago 592

‘Face of Games’ Leon Marchand gets Paris jumping by storming to medley gold

‘Face of Games’ Leon Marchand gets Paris jumping by storming to medley...

2 years ago 511

Will President Nicolas Maduro win another term in Venezuela?

Will President Nicolas Maduro win another term in Venezuela?

2 years ago 469

Elon Musk shares manipulated video of Kamala Harris in apparent violation of X’s policies

Elon Musk shares manipulated video of Kamala Harris in apparent violat...

2 years ago 484

Kamala Harris allies deploy new Trump attack line: he is ‘just plain weird’

Kamala Harris allies deploy new Trump attack line: he is ‘just plain w...

2 years ago 456

Democrats are hard selling Kamala Harris’ message that Trump and Vance are ‘weird’

Democrats are hard selling Kamala Harris’ message that Trump and Vance...

2 years ago 607

Jordan’s Umm al-Jimal village added to UNESCO heritage list

Jordan’s Umm al-Jimal village added to UNESCO heritage list

2 years ago 572

Team USA Olympic schedule: Key competitions and days from gymnastics, basketball to swimming

Team USA Olympic schedule: Key competitions and days from gymnastics, ...

2 years ago 473

Bangladesh students vow to resume protests unless leaders freed

Bangladesh students vow to resume protests unless leaders freed

2 years ago 447

Elon Musk shares deepfake Harris video, violating X rules

Elon Musk shares deepfake Harris video, violating X rules

2 years ago 448

Fears of escalation after rocket from Lebanon kills 12 at Golan soccer field

Fears of escalation after rocket from Lebanon kills 12 at Golan soccer...

2 years ago 462

Thousands mourn children killed in Golan Heights strike

Thousands mourn children killed in Golan Heights strike

2 years ago 473

Edna O’Brien, Irish literary giant who wrote ‘The Country Girls, dead at 93

Edna O’Brien, Irish literary giant who wrote ‘The Country Girls, dead ...

2 years ago 439

IDF shows rocket that killed 12 kids matches Iranian-made Hezbollah weapon

IDF shows rocket that killed 12 kids matches Iranian-made Hezbollah we...

2 years ago 718

Poll: Favourability rating of Kamala rises to 43% from 35% a week ago

Poll: Favourability rating of Kamala rises to 43% from 35% a week ago

2 years ago 512

'66% of Harris' $200m fund-haul in 1st week of campaign came from first-time donors'

'66% of Harris' $200m fund-haul in 1st week of campaign came from firs...

2 years ago 448

Ex-home secretary Patel, ex-business minister Badenoch declare Tory party leadership bids

Ex-home secretary Patel, ex-business minister Badenoch declare Tory pa...

2 years ago 484

Venezuelans choose between another prez term for Maduro or a big change

Venezuelans choose between another prez term for Maduro or a big chang...

2 years ago 430

Shanghai museum opens for felines amid rising 'cat parents'

Shanghai museum opens for felines amid rising 'cat parents'

2 years ago 543

Japan’s Coco Yoshizawa, 14, wins street skateboard gold at Paris Olympics

Japan’s Coco Yoshizawa, 14, wins street skateboard gold at Paris Olymp...

2 years ago 538

Kamala Harris joins TikTok and mocks Trump with ‘Bye Bye Bye’ video with Lance Bass

Kamala Harris joins TikTok and mocks Trump with ‘Bye Bye Bye’ video wi...

2 years ago 430

Hezbollah evacuates positions in Lebanon ahead of expected Israel raids

Hezbollah evacuates positions in Lebanon ahead of expected Israel raid...

2 years ago 451

An activist tried to take down trafficking on Pornhub. Did she do more harm than good?

An activist tried to take down trafficking on Pornhub. Did she do more...

2 years ago 411

Judo competitor refuses to shake Israeli athlete’s hand, yells ‘Allah Akbar’ at Paris Olympics — then gets instant karma

Judo competitor refuses to shake Israeli athlete’s hand, yells ‘Allah ...

2 years ago 723

What is Hezbollah and will it go to war with Israel?

What is Hezbollah and will it go to war with Israel?

2 years ago 473

Canada cuts Priestman funding as minister says spy scandal has embarrassed nation

Canada cuts Priestman funding as minister says spy scandal has embarra...

2 years ago 462