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Uber customers in the UK will be able to book flights on its app by the summer

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The Uber app on a smartphone shows the ability to book a flight from London to New York.
The flight booking screen in the Uber app.

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DeSantis gave a 'low-wattage' and 'horrendous' speech in London as presidential polling slides: 'Nobody in the room was left thinking, 'this man's going places.''

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Ron DeSantis.
Ron DeSantis.

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You can own a private island off the coast of Scotland for $190,000 — nearly half the median price of a home in the US

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Barlocco island
The rocky terrain is only accessible by boat or by foot during low tide.

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See inside the luxury tiny house a couple built in the mountains for $62,000

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Tiny house Lisa Tranter and Matt Hobbs
Lisa Tranter and Matt Hobbs.

The Tailored Tiny Co.

Activision Blizzard sinks 10% as the UK blocks Microsoft's $69 billion buyout on fears it could harm cloud gaming competition

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Call of Duty: Warzone

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I've been working a four-day week for years, and science proves that everyone should get on board

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Illustration of a Calendar with a Four Day work week
Shortening the workweek to four days gives employees the chance to rest and be even more productive when they are working.

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Experts say it could be even shorter

My weekend was in dire need of rescue.

Vladimir Putin is planning the best way to attack the UK by sending spy ships to map infrastructure on the British coast, British MP says

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Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the government via a video conference at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence, outside Moscow, on April 19, 2023.
Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the government via a video conference at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence, outside Moscow, on April 19, 2023.

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Gen Z is smoking and drinking less and that's cost the UK government $17 billion, says Bloomberg

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college party drinks in sippy cup on table
Some younger people are shunning alcohol or not drinking it at all.

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Millionaire and billionaire CEOs say thousands of laid-off tech staff just did 'fake work'

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Nap pods at Google's Mountain View headquarters.
Workers at Google could enjoy "nap pods" at the company's Mountain View, California, Googleplex — as seen in 2015. Now, some tech execs are questioning whether some tech workers have been really working at all.

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George W. Bush misrepresented our work at CIA to sell the Iraq invasion. It's time to call him what he is: 'A liar.'

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George W. Bush on the phone.
George W. Bush on the day of the 9/11 attacks, which were used to publicly justify the 2003 invasion of Iraq. But by many accounts, the plan to invade Iraq had already started taking shape months before.

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