London, United Kingdom — On his fourth day as prime minister, Andy Burnham did not stay at Downing Street in London. Nor did he go to Manchester, the home of Number 10 North. He went to Glasgow.
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Countries accounting for almost all of the US’s trade have been hit with tariffs between 10 and 12.5 percent.
US President Donald Trump has imposed new double-digit tariffs on dozens of trading partners of the United States.
Venus is an inhospitable place, with temperatures soaring to several hundred degrees Celsius (hundreds of degrees Fahrenheit) and no oceans like those on Earth. Planetary scientists long believed Venus was geologically dormant. However, recent research indicates that Venus remains geologically "alive" and even hosts active volcanoes.
Porsche has stopped building the gas-powered version of the Macan, its bestselling compact SUV. While that's a sad fact for enthusiast drivers like us who appreciate both the Macan's practical SUV form factor and its stellar driving dynamics, there's one marque in the automotive world that sees the pending absence as an opportunity: Maserati.
Maserati's brand recognition among affluent U.S. car buyers is struggling. The Italian brand's wares are overlooked by shoppers who are more likely to choose a Porsche or a Mercedes. But Maserati's latest round of refreshed vehicles marks a new era for the automaker, one headlined by much better build quality and a renewed focus on luxury.
The Hubble Space Telescope picture of the possible runaway black hole
NASA, ESA, Pieter van Dokkum (Yale), Joseph DePasquale (STScI)
Two supermassive black holes smashing together can create another supermassive black hole that recoils at such high speeds that it launches out of its galaxy. Though this would only happen in rare instances, it provides an explanation for the recent possible sighting of such a runaway black hole.
Cockroach Janta Party protesters have stressed their demonstrations will continue until their demands have been met.
Leaders of the youth-led Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) have held talks with India’s government to try and resolve a face-off over national examination paper leaks, although they will not halt nationwide protests, a spokesperson for the group says.
Ageing well can be helped by a couple supplements
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I’m a big fan of the New Scientist podcast Change Your Mind, on which my erstwhile colleagues Cat de Lange and Helen Thomson discuss “all the brain health advice you really need to know”. One recent episode is well worth a listen if you’re interested in keeping your brain healthy. Cat and Helen invited JoAnn Manson, who is head of preventive medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Massachusetts, to the podcast to discuss her research on multivitamin supplements and brain health. She described how she and her colleagues found that people over 60 who take a daily multivitamin show significantly slower cognitive decline and age-related memory loss over two to three years.
Former Man City and Barca boss Pep Guardiola is not the clear candidate for Italian job, as Carlo Ancelotti approached.
The Italian Football Federation (FIGC) has talked to former Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola and Brazil boss Carlo Ancelotti about taking over the crisis-hit national team.
Watch: Wildfires rage across France and Spain
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