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Chris Hemsworth has told Sky News that finding out he had a greater chance of developing Alzheimer’s disease was a “gear shift” in his life motivations.During a genetic test in season one of Limitless: Live Better Now, the Australian actor discovered that he is, biologically, eight to 10 times more likely than others to have the brain disorder during his lifetime as he carries two copies of the APOE4 gene. He had first taken part in the National Geographic show to be its “guinea pig” and face new experiences that challenge the body and mind.But after having the test, the…

At least two people were killed and two others are reported to have died after wildfires tore across southern Europe.Fast-moving flames, fanned by strong winds, crossed scrub-covered hillsides in the Keratea region of Greece, getting close to residential areas around 25 miles southeast of Athens on Friday. One man was found dead in Keratea during an evacuation, the Fire Service said.Ukraine war latest – peace deal close – Trump Two Vietnamese tourists died after falling in the water amid strong winds on the tourist island of Milos in the Cyclades, France24.com said, quoting the Coastguard.Authorities said 190 firefighters, using planes…

Sir Martin Sorrell, the advertising mogul, has received a number of merger approaches for S4 Capital, the London-listed marketing services group he founded seven years ago.Sky News can reveal that Sir Martin has been contacted in recent weeks by potential suitors including One Equity Partners, a US-based private equity firm which focuses on acquiring companies in the healthcare, industrials, and technology sectors. This weekend, analysts suggested that One Equity would seek to combine S4 Capital with MSQ, a creative and technology agency group it bought in 2023.Further details of the possible tie-up were unclear on Saturday, including whether a formal…

Wembley Stadium is investigating claims up to 200 people were able to sneak into its Oasis concerts without tickets.Oasis played the iconic London venue on five nights between 25 July and 3 August as part of their Live 25 reunion tour. Tickets sold out in hours after the band announced they would be reuniting 16 years after their dramatic split in 2009. Huge demand saw the final cost of attending one of the gigs surge, sparking controversy over dynamic pricing and a lack of transparency.But according to reports in The Sun, some people paid £350 each to be smuggled into…

Retired astronaut and the commander of the famous Apollo 13 mission, Jim Lovell, has died aged 97.Lovell was one of NASA’s most-travelled astronauts in the agency’s first decade and flew four times – on Gemini 7, Gemini 8, Apollo 8 and Apollo 13. Lovell helped turn the failed Apollo 13 moon mission into a triumph after managing to get back to Earth safely following an oxygen tank explosion. He was supposed to have become the fifth man to walk on the moon but the flight was thrown into jeopardy by the sudden explosion – which occurred when the spacecraft was…

The owners of Visma, one of Europe’s biggest software companies, are close to hiring bankers for a £16bn flotation that would rank among the London market’s biggest for years.Sky News understands that Visma’s board and shareholders have convened a beauty parade of investment banks in the last fortnight ahead of an initial public offering (IPO) likely to take place in 2026. Citi, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley are understood to be among those in contention for the top roles on the deal, City insiders said on Friday.Several banks are expected to be appointed as global coordinators on the…

Actor Gina Carano has settled her lawsuit with Disney and Lucasfilm after claiming she was wrongfully dismissed from The Mandalorian for expressing her political opinions.Carano was fired in February 2021 after starring as Rebel ranger Cara Dune in two series of the Disney+ Star Wars series The Mandalorian. According to court documents, it came after the 41-year-old referenced the Nazis’ treatment of Jewish people while discussing current political differences in the US.At the time, production company Lucasfilm said in a statement that her “social media posts denigrating people based on their cultural and religious identities are abhorrent and unacceptable”.But late…

GPT-5, the long-awaited upgrade to the ChatGPT AI chatbot, has been released by its maker OpenAI.It has been one of the most highly anticipated launches in Silicon Valley after OpenAI’s first offering ChatGPT – powered by its GPT-3 model – kick-started the current AI boom in late 2022. “GPT-3 sort of felt like talking to a high school student,” said Sam Altman, OpenAI’s chief executive.”GPT-4, maybe it was like talking to a college student. But with GPT-5, now it’s like talking to an expert, a PhD-level expert in anything, any area you need, on demand.” At the launch event, OpenAI…

The economy is stagnating and job losses are mounting. Now is the time to cut interest rates again. That was the view of the Bank of England’s nine-member rate setting committee on Thursday. Well, at least five of them.The other four presented us with a different view: Inflation is above target and climbing – this is no time to cut interest rates. Who is right? All of them and none of them.Central bankers have been backed into a corner by the current economic climate and navigating a path out is challenging.The difficulty in charting that route was on display as…

Oasis provided the most “ground-shaking” performance at Edinburgh’s Murrayfield Stadium when they last performed there in 2009, according to analysis of seismic data.The Gallagher brothers’ last Scottish gig has topped the chart for the most powerful seismic concert at the venue in the past 20 years, the British Geological Survey (BGS) said. Oasis’ June 2009 gig beat the Red Hot Chili Peppers in June 2004, Kings of Leon in June 2011 and Taylor Swift in June 2024 – when measuring the peak earthshaking power of each event. Image: Noel Gallagher. Pic: PA The measurements were taken from a seismic monitoring…