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Month: January 2024

AI will affect 40% of jobs and aggravate inequality, according to the IMF.

Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the IMF, warns that “in most scenarios, AI will likely worsen overall inequality”. Ms Georgieva goes on to say that governments should address the “troubling trend” to “prevent technology from further stoking social tensions”. The…

Jose Mourinho: Roma dismisses former Manchester United and Chelsea manager and appoints Daniele de Rossi

Mourinho, 60, took over in May 2021, leading Roma to the Europa Conference League title the following year and the Europa League final in 2023. However, they are ninth in Serie A, five points behind the Champions League positions, and…

Oil prices soar as US and UK strike over Red Sea raids.

Brent crude reached $80 per barrel for the first time this year, as Iran-backed rebels threatened to retaliate against Western military action. While the price has risen, it remains below the highs hit when Russia invaded Ukraine. However, the UK…

Huge ring of galaxies defies thinking about the cosmos.

It has a diameter of 1.3 billion light-years and appears to be approximately 15 times the size of the Moon in the night sky as seen from Earth. Astronomers have named it the Big Ring, and it is made up…

Palmer’s penalty earns Chelsea a victory over Fulham.

Palmer’s reverse pass set up Raheem Sterling, who was stopped by Issa Diop inside the penalty area. Palmer took the penalty kick, sending Fulham keeper Bernd Leno the wrong way, to score his ninth goal since joining the Blues in…

Public rights of way are blocked in 32,000 sites.

However, they are fighting back, with one rambler even training as a lawyer to force councils to keep the path free. A BBC investigation discovered that councils responsible for walkways had 4,000 more access difficulties on public rights of way…

Masters 2024: To go to the semi-finals, Ali Carter defeats reigning champion Judd Trump.

At Alexandra Palace, Ali Carter defeated the defending champion Judd Trump 6-5 to go to the Masters semi-finals. Carter scored three half-centuries and a break of 103 to take a 4-2 lead in a see-saw match. Subsequently, Trump scored an…

Sports

Former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson says he has cancer and has ‘best case a year’ to live.

The 75-year-old Swede was England’s first foreign coach, leading the team to the quarterfinals of the 2002 and 2006 World Cups, as well as the 2004 European Championship. “I’m going to resist for as long as I can,” Eriksson told…

‘Football is about dreaming’: Middlesbrough stun wasteful Chelsea

Hayden Hackney scored the game’s sole goal, sliding in an Isaiah Jones cross in the first half. Cole Palmer squandered three good chances as Chelsea, which had 18 shots but only five on goal, failed to score for the sixth…

Tyrese Haliburton suffered an injury when the Indiana Pacers defeated the Boston Celtics.

Haliburton was helped off by teammates after sustaining a hamstring strain late in the second period. Bennedict Mathurin added 26 points off the bench for the Pacers, who trailed 68-59 at halftime. “We lost the best player on the team,…