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NFL player Travis Kelce is to host a new game show for Amazon Prime Video. Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity? will see contestants answer primary school-level trivia questions with the help of famous guests. It is a spin-off from the popular Fox series Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?, which launched in 2007. Kelce, 34, who’s also known for being Taylor Swift’s boyfriend, said he “grew up loving game shows” and the series “will definitely be entertaining”. He won the Super Bowl in February with the Kansas City Chiefs – Kelce’s third time winning the contest. “I grew…

Actor Hugh Grant has settled a privacy case against the publisher of the Sun newspaper. The star claimed journalists used private investigators to tap his phone and burgle his house, his lawyer said in court documents on Wednesday. Grant, alongside Prince Harry, was suing News Group Newspapers (NGN) for alleged widespread unlawful information gathering. The terms of the settlement have not been made public. In a statement posted on Twitter, Grant said NGN was “offering me an enormous sum of money to keep this matter out of court”. “I don’t want to accept this money or settle,” he continued. “I would…

The United States is all agog with women’s sport although the fascination has yet to extend to female golf stars despite the extraordinary feats of Nelly Korda. This might change somewhat if the 25-year-old world number one collects her fifth straight win and second major title this week. Were she to succeed in the Chevron Championship here in Texas she would emulate the great Nancy Lopez in 1978. Korda is the first American to win four consecutive tournaments on the LPGA since Lopez won five straight 46 years ago. This astonishing streak made the then rookie front page material for…

LeBron James scored 23 points as the Los Angeles Lakers beat the New Orleans Pelicans 110-106 to reach the NBA play-offs. James, 39, also chipped in with nine rebounds, nine assists and three steals to help the Lakers seal the seventh seed in the Western Conference. The Lakers face defending champions the Denver Nuggets in the first round of the play-offs. “We’ve got a good group going right now,” James said. “We understood after how we had played the last game that they were going to give us everything they had – the whole kitchen sink and the toolbox -…

The creation of sexually explicit deepfake content is likely to become a criminal offense in England and Wales as concern grows over the use of artificial intelligence to exploit and harass women. Under a draft law, anyone who creates such an image or video of another adult without their consent — even if they don’t intend to share it — would face a criminal record and an unlimited fine, the UK Ministry of Justice announced Tuesday. It is already illegal in England and Wales to share explicit deepfakes without the subject’s consent, with perpetrators facing jail time. Deepfakes are images or videos that have been manipulated,…

There comes a time when superstar players have to step up and deliver for their team. Paris St-Germain forward Kylian Mbappe may already be considered one of the best players in the world with a World Cup and five Ligue 1 trophies under his belt. But the Frenchman has yet to help his home city club win the trophy that has always eluded them – the Champions League. On Tuesday the 25-year-old scored twice as PSG beat five-time champions Barcelona 6-4 on aggregate to reach the semi-final of Europe’s top competition, where they will face Borussia Dortmund. The first was a penalty…

The bamboo and leaf-thatch shelter in the middle of a sugarcane field hardly looks like a safehouse. But that is where 23-year-old Sanjay – his choice of a pseudonym – and eight others have been hiding out since fleeing conscription across the border in war-torn Myanmar. They are now fugitives in Mae Sot, on Thailand’s western edge. They share their rudimentary home with a gaggle of ducks and chickens, and several goats. “Back home I used to feel afraid every day that they would come to take me into the army,” Sanjay says. “Even though we have very little food…

Heavy rain has battered some Gulf states, causing flash flooding across the region and leading to flights to the world’s busiest international airport being diverted. Dubai Airport said operations were “temporarily diverted” – though they have since restarted. Authorities in Oman said at least 18 people had been killed by floods. Several states recorded nearly a year’s worth of rain in a day. Unverified video from Dubai International Airport appeared to show jets leaving waves in their wake as they made their way down flooded runways. In a statement, the airport said inbound flights due to arrive on Tuesday evening…

Microsoft will invest $1.5 billion in Abu Dhabi’s G42, an artificial intelligence group that has faced questions over its ties to China. The companies will collaborate on AI and digital infrastructure, in a move that sees Microsoft’s AI empire expand into the Middle East for the first time. The move could attract sizeable scrutiny from regulators. G42 — led by Peng Xiao, a Chinese businessman and former CEO of Pegasus, a cybersecurity firm — has reportedly faced questions over its links to Beijing. In November, the New York Times reported that US officials were concerned G42 could be used to share American…

An organization that represents more than 2,000 news publishers sent letters on Tuesday to federal agencies, urging them to launch an investigation into Google after the tech behemoth began removing links to California-based news outlets. The move from Google, which drew swift backlash, came over a proposed law that would require tech companies to pay for news content. The News/Media Alliance, which represents US newspapers and online publications, said it had sent letters to the Department of Justice, Federal Trade Commission and the California Attorney General to request an investigation into whether Google broke any laws when it limited some…