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The prime minister warns that El Niño-triggered heavy rains are likely to continue into May. Source link

Angela van den Bogerd says she was not trying to “suppress” Horizon remote access. Source link

Are they really that practical and useful? Source link

Mrs Justice Collins Rice says the actor’s comments were “gross, groundless and indefensible”. Source link

Around 160 long-finned pilot whales have washed up on the coast at Dunsborough, 285 kilometres (177 miles) south of Perth in western Australia. According to Parks and Wildlife Service South West (PWS), 28 whales have died.Pia Courtis, from PWS said in a statement that a number of rescue agencies were trying to help but “unfortunately the outcome for our pilot whales once they strand on the beach is generally not good.”She added that there were two other pods – one made up of 20 whales and another pod of 100 – which she expected might also reach the shoreline. The…

However, inflation is yet to fall back to the Federal Reserve’s 2% target, and on Thursday, figures from the US Department of Commerce showed that inflation increased by 3.4% in the first three months of 2024. This is compared to an increase of 1.8% in the final three months of 2023. Source link

In a complaint to the EU, email firm Tuta says it suddenly became much less visible in Google search. Source link

New York court states disgraced Hollywood film mogul did not receive a fair trial. Source link

The Moulin Rouge became famous for it’s can-can dance and topless dancers, with an early edition of the Oxford Companion to Music calling the can-can “a boisterous and latterly indecorous dance, exploited in Paris for the benefit of such British and American tourists as will pay well to be shocked”. Source link

Sainsbury’s response has been to focus heavily on its food, which accounts for about three-quarters of its business, and it said it has spent £780m over the past three years on keeping prices low, including promotions such as Nectar prices and price-matching budget chain Aldi. Source link