Enlarge / Eating our way to world domination. Last year, archaeologists in California made a startling announcement: they had discovered a 130,000 year-old prehistoric human campsite in the Golden State. According to currently accepted evidence, the first modern humans were just venturing out of Africa at that time, and no one would set foot in…

A « career conman » duped hotel staff into handing him almost £150,000 worth of tickets for last year’s Champions League final in Cardiff. Serial fraudster Lewis Hudson, 40, is believed to have worked with others, who police are trying to identify, to cash in on the major sporting final – one of the most prestigious events…

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Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo is confident he can keep going « for years to come » at the elite level of football. The Portugal captain, who turned 33 on Monday, has shown signs of a decline in his form this season for the first time in his glittering career. The forward has only scored eight goals…

India 303 for 6 (Kohli 160*, Dhawan 76, Duminy 2-60) beat South Africa 179 (Duminy 51, Kuldeep 4-23, Chahal 4-46) by 124 runs Live Scorecard and ball-by-ball details Virat Kohli ensured India will have some share of the silverware as he took them to unassailable 3-0 lead in the ODI series. Kohli scored his second…

The mother of James Bulger said her son’s killer has ‘rubbed salt in her wounds’ by issuing an ‘apology’ as he was locked up again for child pornography offences. Venables – who murdered James in 1993 – was today found to be a continued ‘high risk to children’ after he was caught with sickening pictures…

Stocks gave up earlier gains in choppy trade Wednesday as interest rates started to creep back to multi-year highs. The S&P 500 traded 0.1 percent lower, having risen as much as 1.2 percent. The afternoon move lower took place shortly after the 10-year Treasury yield rose on the back of a weak auction, rekindling the…

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Theresa May has stoked fears that the NHS will be “for sale” in a trade deal with the US after Brexit, after refusing to say it will be excluded from the talks. The Prime Minister was warned that a “key objective” for Washington would be gaining access to the health service, which is being opened…