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Investors who were defrauded out of more than £1m by a former Nasa scientist will get most of their money back.John Burford, from Mansfield in Nottinghamshire, admitted defrauding 100 investors and was sentenced to two years in prison in 2025.Despite not being authorised to,...

  Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has confirmed it will officially wind down production of the entry-level Land Rover Discovery Sport in December 2026, bringing a quiet end to the rugged compact SUV's 11-year manufacturing lifecycle. While the vehicle remains active on digital configurators in select...

  TOKYO, July 28 (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar held at a one-month high on Tuesday as traders weighed a slim but lingering chance of a rate hike at the Federal Reserve's upcoming meeting, even ‌as falling oil prices eased some concerns over inflation. The dollar...

Spain and France are bracing for new heatwaves with temperatures expected to soar past 40C in some regions.Spain's national weather service says the severe weather is forecast to last until "at least" Sunday, and warns of "extreme" fire risks as firefighters continue to battle...

Israel must bring the Palestinian killer to justice while also prosecuting settlers who trespass, attack villages, or use violence against Palestinians.Palestinian terror is straight-up terror, and murder is straight-up murder.The majority of the Palestinian terror attacks on Jews in the last few days have...

Federal health officials have identified a new cyclospora outbreak stemming from an unspecified product, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Thursday. The FDA said the source of the outbreak was "not yet identified."A spokesperson for the agency told CBS News that the FDA...

First Minister John Swinney said: "This a win for Scotland and a win for the United States.""It benefits businesses and workers on both sides of the Atlantic, and not just among whisky producers, but also the businesses and communities that support the sector across...

In south-west France, authorities have evacuated around 200,000 people after wildfires ripped through the Gironde and Landes regions.In the early hours of Saturday, four towns near Bordeaux were evacuated "as a precaution". The towns were Saint-Médard-en-Jalles, Saint-Jean d'Illac, Martignas-sur-Jalles, and Saint-Aubin de Médoc, which...

  Yemen's Iranian-backed Houthi movement vowed to retaliate against Saudi Arabia on Saturday amid renewed tensions in the Middle East. Attacks on civilian targets would "not go unpunished," the Houthi-controlled Saba news agency reported, citing Houthi sources. Late on Friday, the Saudi-led military coalition said it had...

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., called it "unacceptable" Tuesday that attorney Alan Dershowitz failed to appear Monday for a scheduled transcribed interview as part of the committee's probe into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein."Your counsel failed to provide a reason for your...

Fedorov's ousting prompted six days of widespread protests, with Zelensky coming under mounting pressure to dismiss Syrskyi. Zelensky appeared to have bowed to that pressure by replacing him with Drapatyi, who is seen as a younger, more innovative commander. Drapatyi is also thought to...

Most Democrats are opposed to the supplemental funding request, and there is discontent in Republican ranks too.Some of the fiscal hawks in the Republican Party want spending cuts elsewhere to offset the budget.Either way, the House of Representatives leaves town on Thursday and the...