The Japanese marque’s ‘e-Power’ system promises to imbue this new hybrid with ‘EV-like smoothness’, and does a respectable job of it, writes Sean O’Grady

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December might be the most wonderful time of the year – but it’s also the most exhausting. Lydia Spencer-Elliott speaks to VIP night owls about the sneakiest ways to leave the party early this festive season

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The actor who gave us Jack Bauer talks to Louis Chilton about his new Christmas comedy ‘Tinsel Town’, the ‘ironic’ state of modern television, and why his acting style is so starkly different from that of his father

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The World Health Organization says Israel’s bombardment in Gaza for the past two years has left tens of thousands of Palestinians with life-changing injuries, including at least 6,000 people with amputations

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Record floodwaters are slowly receding in Washington state after triggering evacuations, inundating communities and prompting dramatic rescues from rooftops and vehicles

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Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose mistaken deportation helped galvanize opposition to President Donald Trump’s immigration policies, has been released from immigration detention, and a judge has temporarily blocked any further efforts to detain him

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A foundation in her name said she was detained at a memorial for a human rights lawyer recently found dead under disputed circumstances

Myanmar’s military government has acknowledged there was an airstrike on a general hospital in western Rakhine state, which a local rescuer and media reports said killed over 30 people, including patients, medical staff, and children

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Iran has introduced a new pricing tier for its subsidized gasoline, marking the first price adjustment since 2019

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Fighting along the Thai-Cambodian border has forced hundreds of thousands of Thai villagers to flee since Monday

Former U.S. Sen. Doug Jones has launched his campaign for Alabama governor

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A federal judge says the Justice Department violated the constitutional rights of a close friend of James Comey and must return to him computer files that prosecutors had hoped to use for a potential criminal case against the former FBI director

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Researchers have dated vertebrae from a massive prehistoric shark thought to have ruled the waves off northern Australia back to further in the Cretaceous period than was previously known

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Utah has repealed a collective bargaining ban that prevented labor unions serving teachers, firefighters, police and other public employees from negotiating on behalf of their workers

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The Los Angeles Angels’ president says the fatal overdose of pitcher Tyler Skaggs was tough for the baseball club and he wished he knew sooner about drug use by the player and one of the team’s employees

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The president has made a string of demeaning comments to female reporters in recent weeks, including calling a reporter a ‘piggy’

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The couple tied the knot earlier this year at a private ceremony in California after dating since 2023.

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The federal government’s crackdown on commercial driver’s licenses for immigrants has now found problems in eight states in the wake of several deadly crashes

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The ‘Pulp Fiction’ creator said recently that he ‘doesn’t care’ for the ‘Scooby-Doo’ star

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The program comes as the Trump administration has sought to leverage data from across the government to speed up deportations

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Donna Olshan, the founder and president of Olshan Realty, called the expectations that a mass of wealthy individuals would leave the city "pretty ridiculous"

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The crooner is featured on Pentatonix’s new single ‘I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm’

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Martin Compston said Sir Billy is “the best at being Scottish”, which is why he is “globally loved”.

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Resorts such as Beitostolen, Geilo, and Pyha have been ranked among the most affordable European ski trips

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