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Russia warns Starmer’s peacekeeping troops plan would amount...
Starmer rallies up to 20 countries to deploy troops in post-war Ukraine as Europe...
Breakthrough for long Covid patients who lost sense of...
‘I will never take my senses for granted ever again,’ one patient says
UN talks to end Cyprus crisis are ‘a waste of time’ unless...
Exclusive: UK foreign office minister Stephen Doughty will land in Cyprus on Friday...
Delivery driver and sons confront customer with metal pole...
A delivery driver and his sons confronted a customer with metal poles during a row...
Tributes to ‘most beautiful’ girl killed in house fire...
Woman arrested on suspicion of murder
‘They used us for cover and for sex’: How undercover officers...
Five women have told their stories on cameras for the first time, after being deceived...
If Trump forces Zelensky out who could be the next Ukraine...
As the Trump administration takes an increasingly aggressive line towards Zelensky...
Gisèle Pelicot named The Independent’s most influential...
The remarkable French grandmother and now global icon tops the 2025 Influence List...
Reform’s surge in polls grinds to a halt as Farage faces...
The latest Techne UK weekly tracker poll suggests that Reform UK has hit a ceiling...
Family pays tribute to ‘beautiful and determined’ girl,...
Poppy Atkinson, from Kendal, was involved in a collision with a car on Wednesday
Watch: Defence secretary holds talks in Washington on Trump’s...
Watch again as UK defence secretary John Healey and his US counterpart Pete Hegseth...
‘Violent misogyny’ of Andrew Tate ‘fuelled’ Kyle Clifford’s...
Prosecutors said Kyle Clifford searched for Tate’s podcast less than 24 hours before...
Independent Women 2025 – The Influence List
Marking International Women’s Day for a third year running, The Independent has...
Rachel Reeves budget: What’s in and out of chancellor’s...
News analysis: In less than three weeks Rachel Reeves will deliver her spring statement...
How AI uncovers new ways to tackle difficult diseases
Pharmaceutical firms are turning to AI to find new molecules that might be able...
Tech Life: Not as dead as a dodo?
How one company is trying to bring extinct animals like the dodo back to life
Will young developers take on key open source software?
The founders of important open source software are getting older, who will take...
GPs turn to AI to help with patient workload
Should more AI be used to help GPs with consultations and administrative work?
Why employees smuggle AI into work
Many staff are using AI at work without the permission of their employers.
Leaving X can be a tricky decision for brands
Many companies have left X but it's not always a simple decision.
Watch: Why Google Maps renamed the Gulf of Mexico
The Gulf of Mexico has been renamed the Gulf of America on Google Maps in the US....
Why do kindness influencers get criticised?
Kindness influencers give away money and gifts but not everyone supports their work.
Tech Life: Human life under the oceans
Plans are underway for humans to live and work in underwater habitats for long durations
Hair: 'It’s just thrown away but it's gold'
India is the world's biggest exporter of human hair but it wants more of the lucrative...
Tech Life: Decoding the brain
Could AI help people with speech loss talk by interpreting signals in their brain...
Cryptocurrency theft of £1.1bn could be biggest ever
Dubai-based Bybit said it could afford to reimburse customers and that it was working...
Will quantum computers disrupt critical infrastructure?
Quantum computers will be able to crack existing encryption and threaten critical...
Watch: A real-life flying car takes to the skies
From science-fiction to the real world, flying cars are here - but could the concept...
Apple pulls data protection tool after UK government security...
Customers' photos and documents stored online will no longer be protected by end-to-end...
Virgin Media internet restored after earlier outage
The internet giant says it has 'fully restored' services for customers affected...
List weekly accomplishments or resign, Musk tells US federal...
The weekend email comes as Elon Musk leads an effort to aggressively curtail the...
Major Asia bank to cut 4,000 roles as AI replaces humans
It makes DBS one of the first major banks to offer details on how AI will affect...
Countries compete to keep skilled young workers
EU nations hope that tax benefits might encourage young, skilled workers to stay,...
Historic visual effects studio Technicolor collapses in...
The company's UK entity has filed for administration, with 'the majority' of its...
Tesla shares slump after European sales fall
Shares in the US electric carmaker dropped after European sales halved in January.
What Apple pulling Advanced Data Protection means for you
The tech giant's decision has prompted questions and concerns about reduced protections...
Tech Life: Could AI pick the next James Bond?
With Amazon in charge of James Bond, could they use AI for scripts and casting?
Crypto sleuths join hunt for $1.5bn stolen in biggest ever...
ByBit is offering financial rewards to anyone who can spot criminals attempting...
Apple AI tool transcribed the word 'racist' as 'Trump'
Experts have questioned the company's explanation that it is due to the two words...
What an AI-generated video of Gaza reveals about Trump...
The US president sparked a social media frenzy when he posted a video of Gaza generated...
Alexa relaunched with ambition to be 'your best digital...
It is available from March and included in a Prime subscription - or $19.99 to non-members.
Amazon joins quantum race with 'cat qubit' powered chip
The prototype chip it dubs Ocelot follows similar announcements by Microsoft and...
US intelligence head 'not told' about UK's secret Apple...
Tulsi Gabbard said she was seeking further information from the FBI and other US...
Lloyds Bank says app issues fixed after payday IT issue
Technical issues have affected UK banking app users on payday for the second-month...
Can AI help modernise Ireland's healthcare system?
Ireland is investing billions of euros to revamp its healthcare service - will AI...
WhatsApp says it has resolved technical problem
Thousands of users reported problems on Friday, but the Meta-owned company says...
Microsoft announces Skype will close in May
The internet chat and phone service, which is owned by Microsoft, made the announcement...
Hegseth orders pause in US cyber-offensive against Russia
The reported directive from the defence secretary comes during an American push...
TikTok investigated over use of children's data
It will look into how the social media platform uses the data of 13 to 17-year-olds...
Crypto prices rally after Trump backs five coins for 'crypto...
Trump named five cryptocurrencies he wanted in a potential national reserve so the...
Tech Life: The doctor will see you now
Find out how holoportation 3D telemedicine technology is helping patients in Ghana.
Apple takes legal action in UK data privacy row
The tech giant is appealing a government order for access to customers' private...
Hellblade 2 leads the way at Bafta Games Awards
Astro Bot, Still Wakes the Deep and Thank Goodness You're Here! complete a varied...
US charges Chinese hackers who targeted dissidents
The Justice Department said Chinese agencies paid as much as $75,000 (£58,200) for...
UK competition watchdog drops Microsoft-OpenAI probe
Digital rights campaigners say it shows the regulator has given into Big Tech and...
I wish my job didn't exist - the team that has to find...
Mabel works for a firm that trawls the internet looking to remove the worst indecent...
Banks to pay customers millions after month's worth of...
MPs have discovered banking services went offline for more than 800 hours over a...
SpaceX rocket explodes, raining debris from sky for second...
It grounded flights in Orlando, Miami and Palm Beach after debris concerns from...
Why did Trump just establish a crypto strategic reserve?
The reserve will hold cryptocurrency forfeited to the government in criminal or...
Deep-sea mining tech advances but doubts remain
Despite opposition investors are still looking at deep-sea mining technology.
Medical Plane That Crashed in Philadelphia Lacked Cockpit...
Federal investigators announced that a key piece of machinery appeared to have stopped...
As Trump Seeks New Air Force One Planes, Security Requirements...
Some Boeing staff will no longer need a high-level security clearance to help build...
2 Texas Lottery Wins Prompt Investigations and Stir Public...
One jackpot winner spent $25 million on nearly every possible number combination,...
Trump and Johnson Push a Stopgap Spending Bill to Avert...
Republicans are pitching the strategy as a way of avoiding a politically damaging...
Justice Barrett May Have the Crucial Vote in Trump Cases
She was the only member of the court appointed by the president to vote against...
Government Watchdog Ends Fight to Keep His Job After Trump...
Hampton Dellinger, the head of the Office of Special Counsel, has been a critical...
Trump Is Said to Be Preparing Executive Order That Aims...
Without Congress, President Trump cannot dismantle the agency. No modern president...
Trump Administration Says Maine Broke Law by Allowing Transgender...
After issuing an executive order barring transgender athletes from participating...
Adnan Syed Will Not Return to Prison, Judge Rules
A judge reduced his sentence to time served in the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee, ending...
Trump Suspends Mexico and Canada Tariffs on USMCA Goods...
Many imports from Canada and Mexico will be exempt from tariffs, as the president...
Elon Musk Proposes Privatizing Amtrak, Calling Rail Service...
Amtrak, after investing more than $4 billion in a year to improve its creaky infrastructure...
Trump Says Future Job Cuts Will Be Done With ‘Scalpel’...
President Trump’s decision to reel in some of Elon Musk’s indiscriminate approach...
House Censures Al Green for Heckling Trump During Speech...
Ten members of his party joined Republicans in voting to officially condemn the...
‘I’m Freaking Out’: New Texts Detail Key Minutes of Idaho...
Newly released messages reveal that two roommates in the home where four college...
U.S. and Ukrainian Officials to Meet Next Week About Path...
The officials plan to meet next week to discuss the first steps of an agreement,...
Gavin Newsom Splits With Democrats on Transgender Athletes:...
The remarks by Gov. Gavin Newsom of California, a potential White House hopeful,...
Senators Call for Investigation of Acting U.S. Attorney...
Democrats wrote to the governing body of the D.C. Bar that Ed Martin, President...
Judge Blocks Trump’s Funding Freeze, Saying White House...
The judge had already ruled that the administration was not complying with his previous...
Trump Ramps Up Attacks on Law Firms With Order Targeting...
The order against the firm, which did work for Democrats during the 2016 campaign,...
Marshals Escort DOGE Team Into African Aid Agency
A day earlier, U.S. African Development Foundation workers had refused entry to...
South Carolina Inmate Set to Be Executed by Firing Squad
The last time such an execution took place was in 2010, in Utah. The inmate chose...
Two Army Soldiers Are Accused of Selling Military Secrets
One of the soldiers was accused in a federal indictment of selling sensitive information...
Immigration Judges and Court Staff Take Payout Offers to...
The judges, who are part of the Justice Department, make decisions about asylum...
Trump’s Tariffs by Whim Keep Allies and Markets Off Balance
Investors sent stock prices down on Thursday amid the uncertainty over what President...
Judge Reinstates NLRB Member Fired by Trump
The ruling, which the Trump administration immediately moved to appeal, was a rebuke...
State Dept. Plans to Close Diplomatic Missions and Fire...
American officials, including in the C.I.A., are concerned about mass closures hampering...
Trump Administration Prepares to Revive and Expand Travel...
President Trump’s first-term policy grew out of his 2015 campaign call to bar Muslims...
Why Do Republicans Want to Dismantle the Education Department?
President Trump’s fixation reinvigorated the debate over the role of the federal...
Sweeping Tariffs Threaten to Undo a 30-Year Trade Alliance
The stiff tariffs President Trump briefly imposed on Mexico and Canada this week...
Why is VAT being added to private school fees?
The government says the rule change will raise £460m extra to spend in state schools...
The free childcare now available to working parents
Parents in England can now access 15 hours of free weekly childcare for children...
First 750 schools named for free breakfast clubs
From April, a pilot scheme will offer free breakfasts for 180,000 pupils before...
How will new Ofsted school ratings work?
The system is changing after the death of head Ruth Perry highlighted the pressure...
Thousands more university jobs at risk, union warns
The University and College Union says 5,000 jobs are already being cut and the sector...
Secondary school places 2025: When do parents find out?
Parents will soon find out which schools their children will be attending from September...
Is the UK becoming less attractive for students?
The UK has been one of the most popular destinations for international students...
Loss of Latin a 'tragedy' for state sector pupils
Teachers and academics in the shadow of Hadrian's Wall hit back against the axing...
Welsh teacher shortage limiting subjects on offer
Wales' chief inspector of education says recruitment problems are affecting pupils'...
Doctors back total ban on smacking children in England
Smacking is legal in some cases in England and Northern Ireland, but is banned in...
'Real buzz' around World Book Day spuds
Families are asked to decorate potatoes instead of little people this World Book...