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A worker unloads boxes from an Amazon delivery van in San Francisco on Oct. 24, 2024.David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesAmazon is expanding its rapid delivery machine to more rural corners of the U.S.The company said Tuesday it plans to bring same- or next-day delivery to more than 4,000 smaller cities, towns and rural communities across the country “for the first time” by the end of this year.The move is part of a previously announced small-town expansion that will see Amazon spend roughly $4 billion by the end of 2026 to triple the size of its rural delivery…

It’s hard to imagine London without the mighty riverside citadels of Tate Modern and Battersea power station, or bereft of the ornate Victorian market halls of Smithfield and Billingsgate. It is equally difficult to picture Yorkshire without its majestic sandstone mills, Grimsby without its fishing docks, or parts of Liverpool without their streets of terrace houses. Yet all these things could have victims of the wrecking ball, if it weren’t for one small band of plucky activists. You may not have heard of Save Britain’s Heritage, or Save as it likes to style itself. But the tiny charity, which celebrates…

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Hearing loss can make life difficult and lead to social isolation. But with extremely loud devices in our pockets, and earbuds in near-constant use, we are at more risk than ever. How can you take care of your ears to avoid problems?Looking after your ears is for life, not just old age“People tend to think it’s a bit of fun if someone mishears,” says Kevin Munro, a professor of audiology and director of the Manchester Centre for Audiology and Deafness at the University of Manchester. From a young age it became apparent that Munro could not hear in his right…

Zak Crawley’s half-century helps England reach 140-0 in the final afternoon session of the first Test against India, with the home side set 371 to win at Headingley.

The Caribbean has no shortage of stunning beaches so it says something when one ranks supreme among them all. The World’s 50 Best Beaches just released its rankings for the best global beaches and one stunning spot off the Dominican Republic ranked No. 6 in the world—and No. 1 in the Caribbean. Learn more. Soft white sand, a lush palm grove, and clear blue water await at Canto de la Playa, an under-the-radar spot that was recently named the No. 1 beach in the Caribbean by The World’s 50 Best Beaches. Located on Saona Island, just off the ​​southeastern end…

The sentence sees most opposition leaders behind bars as the ruling Georgian Dream squeezes critics and rivals.A Georgian court has sentenced an opposition leader to seven months in prison, as a crackdown by the governing party on its rivals continues. The Tbilisi court imposed the sentence on Giorgi Vashadze, a leader of the Strategy Builder party, on Tuesday for failing to cooperate with a commission investigating abuse of power by a former government. The jailing means that nearly all of the country’s major pro-European opposition figures have now been imprisoned. The crackdown has increased accusations against the ruling Georgian Dream…

Airlines have been cancelling or rerouting flights to and from the Middle East amid the conflict between Israel and Iran.Qatar’s Hamad International Airport airport, a critical hub in the region, temporarily halted operations on Monday before reopening.Flights were temporarily paused at Dubai airport in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as passengers were told to expect further delays and cancellations.More than a dozen airlines cancelled flights to parts of the region after tension mounted in recent days.On Monday, Qatar briefly closed its airspace before Iran fired missiles at a US military base in the country, in what it said was retaliation…

For the fortunate among us, the Covid lockdowns have, years later, become a memory – if not distant, then certainly ever-so-slightly faded. We have had a few years now, to get out there, to rebuild careers and relationships, to travel, to live in the world again. That’s not the case for everyone. Award-winning composer Jessica Curry, who crafted the beguiling, elegiac soundtracks to games such as Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture and Dear Esther, has only just emerged. Diagnosed with a degenerative disease in her mid-20s and seriously immunocompromised as a result of her condition, she began isolating at the…

Sean CoughlanRoyal correspondentFOSTER + PARTNERSThere will be a bridge with a reinforced glass balustrade, evoking a tiaraThe winning design for the national memorial for Queen Elizabeth II will feature a bridge with a balustrade made of glass, new gates and commemorative gardens. The design will also feature her husband Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, alongside a traditional, large statue of the late Queen overlooking the Mall.Lord Norman Foster’s design team has been announced as the winner of the competition for a memorial to honour Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, to be built in St James’s Park in central London.The translucent bridge…