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Liberal candidate Gisele Kapterian has conceded defeat in the seat of Bradfield, abandoning her court challenge to overturn the result 145 days after the federal election.Kapterian, who narrowly lost to independent Nicolette Boele, released a statement on Thursday saying she was satisfied the correct outcome had been declared in the once blue-ribbon seat, held by the Liberal party since its creation in 1949.“After a final review of the ballot papers following the two different results in Bradfield, I am satisfied that, overall, the correct outcome has been declared,” Kapterian said.“After asking the on-field decision to go to the video umpire,…

The government’s flagship NHS pledge to get back to hitting the 18-week waiting time target in England by the end of the parliament is hanging in the balance, experts say.An analysis by the Health Foundation shows, on current trends, waiting times will still be over 20 weeks by July 2029.The think-tank is warning the huge efforts being put into reducing waiting times also risks distracting from other priorities in the NHS, including improving access to GPs.But the government said it was pleased with the progress being made – and expected the pace of improvement to increase.The 18-week target requires 92%…

Sep 24, 2025, 10:37 PM ETCLEVELAND — George Valera hit a two-run homer in the third inning, Jose Ramirez had a two-run double in the seventh and the Cleveland Guardians became the first major league team to overcome a deficit of 15 1/2 games and take the lead in either division or league play, beating the Detroit Tigers 5-1 on Wednesday night.Cleveland (86-72) has a one-game lead over Detroit (85-73) with four games to play. The Guardians also have the tiebreaker by taking the season series.Editor’s Picks1 RelatedThe 1914 Boston Braves were 15 games back in the National League on…

For decades, Silicon Valley has valorized the college dropout. Founders like Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, and Mark Zuckerberg left school early to build companies and they became billionaires.  That ethos was later institutionalized through initiatives like the Thiel Fellowship, which famously pays promising students $100,000 to leave college and start companies. For many years, the famed accelerator Y Combinator also quietly reinforced that culture. While it never explicitly required students to drop out, many of its most successful alumni, including Dropbox’s Drew Houston, Reddit’s Steve Huffman, and Stripe’s John and Patrick Collison, joined the program young and left school behind…

ReutersMohammed Hajjaj said his relatives were killed when a shelter for displaced families was struckMore than 80 Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire across the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, most of them in Gaza City, local hospitals said.Women and children were among at least 20 who died when a strike hit a building and tents sheltering displaced families near Firas market in Gaza City’s central Daraj neighbourhood overnight, according to first responders.The Israeli military said it struck two Hamas fighters and that the number of casualties did not align with its own information.Meanwhile, Israeli tanks and troops continued their advance…

If you were to go back and rewatch any of Kanye West’s controversial moments from the last seven years – I’m not sure why you would, as Ye’s devolution from hallowed icon to cultural pariah has been one of the sadder pop culture stories of the decade, but let’s say you did – you would spot, lingering in the background, a kid with a camera.He’s easy to miss – scrawny, often wearing Calabasas-sized sunglasses, usually holding an iPhone or iPad, he’s nearly indistinguishable from the many fans and associates that often trail the Chicago-born rapper now legally known as Ye…

191 Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc, GTCO, has announced a profit before tax of N600.9bn for the half-year ended June 30, 2025, reflecting strong resilience in its operations even though the extraordinary fair value gains that boosted its performance in 2024 were not available this year. The profit before tax dropped by 40 per cent when compared with the same period last year, mainly because the N493.01bn fair value gains recognised in H1 2024 did not recur in H1 2025. Despite this decline, the Group’s earnings were supported by growth in its core business segments. Interest income grew by 31.5…

Turns out that European is only the second-worst thing you can be at Bethpage this week. Luke Donald and his team may have been booed at the opening ceremony on Wednesday, but the reception they got from the tens of thousands of liquored-up golf fans who had hung around to watch was a warm welcome compared to the one they gave New York state’s governor, the Democrat Kathy Hochul, who was jeered so loudly that her short speech was just about drowned out. Donald should maybe think about bringing her in as a last‑minute vice-captain, just to draw the fire…

The prime minister of Denmark, Mette Frederiksen, apologized in-person to Greenlandic women who were subjected to forced birth control.

Floating along the Colorado River, the Moab Music Festival offers some of the purest, most intense listening experiences around.