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Pétanque player, 81, ‘kills 68-year-old opponent with metal ball after “huge rivalry”

By OLIVIA ALLHUSEN, FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER Published: 04:31 EDT, 19 June 2026 | Updated: 10:58 EDT, 19 June 2026 <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- -->

Pétanque player, 81, ‘kills 68-year-old opponent with…

By OLIVIA ALLHUSEN, FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER Published: 04:31 EDT, 19 June 2026 | Updated: 10:58…

Gary Lineker to make shock ITV World Cup appearance as axed…

By MIKE KEEGAN, CHIEF SPORTS REPORTER Published: 13:39 EDT, 19 June 2026 | Updated: 13:46…

Park Plaza hotels owner receives another takeover offer and…

By ANGHARAD CARRICK, BUSINESS NEWS EDITOR Updated: 06:03 EDT, 19 June 2026 <!--

Days Of Our Lives star Deidre Hall ‘slaps’ Today…

Deidre Hall 'slapped' Craig Melvin during a live TV interview on the Today show, but it was done all in jest.The…

Terrifying stomach cancer explosion sweeps the US: After…

Just three months before she died from stomach cancer at just 36, influencer Carly Douglas shared a tearful but…

Child genius claims he was recruited into a secret program…

A former gifted child has come forward with claims that he was removed from public school and secretly trained…

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Park Plaza hotels owner receives another takeover offer and could join London market

By ANGHARAD CARRICK, BUSINESS NEWS EDITOR Updated: 06:03 EDT, 19 June 2026 <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- --> <!--

SMALL CAP MOVERS: Ascent Resources braces for its day of reckoning

In football, they say it's the hope that kills you. Fans of Ascent Resources will be secretly praying this isn't the case.Living up to its name, Ascent shares jumped 50 per cent this week, with the tribunal for its Energy Charter Treaty…

Premier Inn owner Whitbread eyes bumper summer as UK bookings boom

By JANE DENTON, MONEY REPORTER Updated: 17:00 EDT, 18 June 2026 <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- The

Iran reaps a peace dividend – but can we really expect it to remain peaceful? asks ALEX

Football fever, by-elections and central bank decisions have obscured the baffling outcomes of President Trump’s accord with Iran.Instead of reflecting the military advantage won because of the US-Israel bombing campaign, designed to…

NatWest boss Paul Thwaite becomes latest bank chief to admit that some jobs in the

By JOHN-PAUL FORD ROJAS, DEPUTY BUSINESS EDITOR Updated: 06:59 EDT, 18 June 2026 <!-- --> <!-- --> <!-- --> <!--

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