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Snooker fans fuming as refunds denied after O’Sullivan game ends early

Some fans paid £115 for their seats: ‘It’s pretty much daylight robbery’

The Independent UK

Move fast and destroy things: 100 chaotic days of Elon Musk in the White House

From mass firings to unprecedented influence, Musk has left little of the federal government untouched in Doge role

The Guardian - US

Mark Allen on verge of World Championship exit despite firing 147 at Crucible

Allen made 147 in the 13th frame but trails Chris Wakelin 12-4.

The Independent UK

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Everglades restoration would protect Florida Keys while scientists watch drought conditions

The Everglades is more than just swamps, fan boats and alligators and restoration efforts impact more than the land between Florida’s east and west coasts

The Independent UK

Why Elon Musk installed his top lieutenants at a federal agency you probably haven't heard of

The General Services Administration has a key role in the Trump administration’s quest to slash costs and bring the federal government to heel

The Independent UK

Behind the Black Ball Final and how snooker’s greatest game gripped a nation

A final mismatch 40 years ago produced one of snooker’s greatest matches

The Independent UK

Historic Crucible deserves due respect as memories of past tournaments linger

Players criticised the venue during the opening days of last year’s event.

The Independent UK

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Susan Egelstaff: 40 years since the epic Taylor-Davis final and it remains magical

It's 40 years since Dennis Taylor defeated Steve devoid 18-17 in the greatest World Snooker Championship final ever. Four decades on, it remains as…

The National (Scotland)

Ditching fossil fuels would improve energy security for most countries, new research finds

Euronews

Musk's DOGE Team Emerges From The Shadows

It has worked in the shadows for months, but Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has now offered the first peek behind the curtain of the government cost-cutting drive it launched on behalf of US President Donald Trump.

International Business Times

Musk defends Doge and cuts on Fox News: ‘Almost no one has gotten fired’

Doge members, including Airbnb co-founder, aired their vision for federal government to be ‘Apple Store-like’

The Guardian - US

Meet the cost-cutting engineer who runs the day-to-day operations of DOGE and is a ‘blind servant’ to Musk

Elon Musk once compared Steve Davis to chemo: ‘A little chemo can save your life; a lot of chemo could kill you’

The Independent UK

These are Elon Musk’s top lieutenants, including at DOGE

Musk relies on a small number of executives to help him lead his six companies—and cut government spending.

Fortune

The top power players at Elon Musk’s tunnel firm The Boring Company

Elon Musk also runs five other companies and the federal government's DOGE program. Here's the key lieutenants he relies on at Boring Company.

Fortune

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No one seems to know who's legally in charge of DOGE

Who’s really in charge of the Department of Government Efficiency? Even the White House and DOGE employees don't seem to know.

The Guardian - US

Who is helping Elon Musk gut the US government?

The billionaire’s cost-cutting ‘Doge’ staff includes wealthy executives, far-right ideologues and young engineers

The Guardian - US

Doge v USAid: how Elon Musk helped his acolytes infiltrate world’s biggest aid agency

Exclusive: Takeover of USAid agency by Doge operatives seen as pilot for large-scale overhaul of federal government

Fortune

Steve Davis was Elon Musk's chief cost-cutter at X and the Boring Company. DOGE might be his next big project

Former coworkers describe Davis's ruthless focus on efficiency, which could be perfect for cutting government bloat.

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The Independent UK

Isolated Chicago communities secure money for a coveted transit project before Trump takes office

Decades after a former Chicago mayor pledged to extend transit to the city’s far South Side, the federal government is committing to the massive project just before President Joe Biden leaves office

The Independent UK

In Florida, a race is on to save the Everglades and protect a key source of drinking water

For decades, largescale engineering projects for development and agriculture drained and partitioned south Florida's Everglades, a vast wetlands landscape home to endangered and threatened species and a vital source of drinking water for millions of Floridians

The Guardian - UK

Terry Griffiths obituary

Welsh snooker player who won the world championship at his first attempt in 1979

The Independent UK

Ronnie O’Sullivan: ‘I wish I was more like Hendry and Davis’

Exclusive: The greatest snooker player of all time tells Luke Baker why he is still envious of his rivals, whether it’s possible to stop the decline he feels he’s in and where the sport’s next star is coming from

Louder

“The interesting thing about going mad is you don’t realise you are… I think I’d become unbearable to live with”: Kavus Torabi’s new solo album brought him back from insanity in an almost religious way

The Banishing is the triumphant result of Gong and Utopia Strong member’s mental battle, loss of his family, support from his friends and a “heroic dose of magic mushrooms”

MusicRadar

"I remember thinking, 'that thing doesn't even have a keyboard, so where are the sounds coming from?'”: Snooker legend Steve Davis on how he ended up going down the modular synth rabbit hole

Multiple world championship winner has swapped pockets for sockets with his 'interesting' new hobby

The Independent UK

Snooker mourns Ray Reardon after his death at the age of 91

The Welshman was nicknamed “Dracula” because of his distinctive hairstyle.

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