The iconic BT Tower in London is set to become a hotel, if its new owner gets its way. BT Group revealed on Wednesday that it had agreed to sell the 177 metre-tall (581-ft) tower in the West End to MCR Hotels for £275m. The grade II listed communications tower, the telecoms firm explained, had
The road to Kassala is infamously hard to traverse. It has seen little maintenance over the years and during these times of war, it is ungovernable. Trenches cut across the tarmac from one stretch of mountainous desert to another. The hoods of SUVs disappear into them and send passengers flying out of their seats as
Like it did with passenger EV rebates back in December, Germany has decided to pull the plug on subsidy programs for electric semi trucks and city buses. What happens to the nation’s commercial EV market now? If you’re a regular Electrek reader, you probably believe that Germany acted prematurely when it cut its EV subsidy
A SolarEdge Technologies logo is seen on a smartphone and a PC. Pavlo Gonchar | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images SolarEdge‘s stock tumbled Tuesday after the company gave weak guidance for the first quarter, as the residential solar market continues to face headwinds from high interest rates and depressed demand. SolarEdge expects revenues
Two men have been charged with murder in connection with a fatal shooting following the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory parade. A woman was killed and 22 other people were injured in the 14 February shooting, in Kansas City, Missouri. Dominic Miller and Lyndell Mays have been charged with second-degree murder and other gun-related
Petrochemicals billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe has completed the purchase of a 27.7% stake in Manchester United through his INEOS conglomerate – enabling him to take control of football operations from the owning Glazer family. The deal ends a protracted saga that has engulfed United for 15 months without the full sale fans had been demanding
A former YouTuber who gave parenting advice online has been jailed for up to 30 years after she admitted to physically and emotionally abusing her children. Ruby Franke, a mother of six from Utah who gave parenting tips via a once-popular video blog called “8 Passengers”, convinced her two youngest children that they were evil,
Iga Swiatek might be best known for her prowess on the clay and at Roland Garros, but it’s Doha where she has become virtually unbeatable. The world No. 1 has now claimed the title in the Qatar capital for three consecutive years. With her 7-6 (8), 6-2 victory over Elena Rybakina on Saturday in the
Feb 19, 2024, 03:33 PM Open Extended Reactions Sam Costelow started in Wales’ narrow defeat to Scotland. (Photo by Ian Cook – CameraSport via Getty Images After a weekend off following the first two sets of fixtures, the Six Nations returns on Saturday with Ireland seeming in all-conquering form, England unbeaten and Wales still looking for
Inspired by the lives of some of the biggest names in fashion, Apple TV+ has released a new series centred around some of the star designers who lived in Paris during the Second World War. It stars Ben Mendelsohn as fashion designer Christian Dior and Juliette Binoche as the matriarch of the House of Chanel,
Believe it or not, electric bikes offer more exercise than pedal bikes on average. That fact might sound strange (and has been known to let the steam out of some fitness riders’ lycra outfits), but the science is clear. Now let’s talk about the “how” and “why”. Study after study have shown that people who
Four films about The Beatles are in the works – with each star getting a biopic to share their side of the story of the band that changed the world. The project marks the first time Apple Corps Ltd and The Beatles – Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Ringo Starr, and the families of John Lennon
In this article ADBE Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT David Wadhwani, senior vice president of digital media for Adobe, speaks during the launch of Adobe Creative Cloud and CS6 in San Francisco on April 23, 2012. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Adobe on Tuesday launched an artificial intelligence assistant in its
File photo showing an international oil tanker passes through the Suez canal in Ismailia, Egypt. Scott Nelson | Getty Images U.S. crude oil futures hovered near three-month highs Tuesday as the conflict in the Middle East rages on. The West Texas Intermediate contract for March fell 4 cents, or 0.05%, to $79.15 a barrel. The
Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterFeb 20, 2024, 09:05 AM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun Open Extended Reactions The PFL’s 2024 regular season will kick off April 4 in San Antonio with fights at heavyweight and in its new women’s flyweight division, officials announced Tuesday.
Patients and their families can request a rapid second opinion from April if they are worried about a condition getting worse, as the NHS rolls out Martha’s Rule in England. The escalation process will instigate an urgent review by a different critical care team in the hospital and will be available 24/7. It can be
The Body Shop has announced it is closing half of its stores in the UK – including seven today and cutting 40% of roles at its London-based head office. It comes after the embattled retailer entered administration last week, putting more than 2,000 jobs at risk. The Body Shop has roughly 200 outlets across the
Three people have been charged with criminal damage after a Greenpeace protest at Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s home. A statement from North Yorkshire Police said the man and two women facing the charges were Mathieu Soete, 38, Amy Rugg-Easey, 33, and Alexandra Wilson, 32. It comes after the climate change group carried out a demonstration
Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterFeb 19, 2024, 11:19 PM ET Close Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year Open Extended Reactions DAYTONA BEACH, Florida — They don’t call it the Fair American Race. They do not call it the Satisfying American Race, the
In this article NVDA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, arrives for the Inaugural AI Insight Forum in the Russell Building on Capitol Hill on Sept. 13, 2023. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images When Nvidia reports fiscal fourth-quarter earnings after the market close Wednesday, it will
Labour has called for an “immediate ceasefire” in Gaza for the first time, saying the situation there is “intolerable”. The party leadership has been under pressure to back an immediate end to the fighting in the strip, with Sir Keir Starmer previously only calling for a “sustainable ceasefire” or “humanitarian pauses”. Shadow foreign secretary David
Washington’s unwavering diplomatic support for Israel at the UN has put the US in an increasingly isolated position as many of the world’s countries have called for an end to the fighting in Gaza. President Biden is also under pressure domestically and within his own party to change the course of the war. As one
A body has been found in the search for the Clapham chemical attack suspect, Abdul Shokoor Ezedi. Marine police teams had been searching the Thames in London for Ezedi, accused of throwing a strong alkali on his ex-partner and injuring her daughters. Police said the crew of a passing boat reported they had seen a
Usher has announced that he’ll be performing in London next year. The news follows the R&B star‘s successful Super Bowl half-time show earlier this month, after which he married his partner Jenn Goicoechea in Las Vegas. Image: (L-R) Jenn Goicoechea and Usher in 2020. Pic: Matteo Prandoni/BFA.com/Shutterstock Aside from eight shows in Paris in 2023,
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A Russian pilot who defected to Ukraine last year has reportedly been found dead in an underground car park in Spain. Maxim Kuzminov’s body was found with gunshot wounds on 13 February in the town of Villajoyosa, near Alicante in southern Spain. Spanish media reported that investigators were searching for two suspects who had fled
In this article BABA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The logo of the Alibaba office building is seen in the Huangpu District in Shanghai, June 16, 2023. Costfoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Chinese tech giant Alibaba Group is betting on its overseas businesses while domestic consumption growth remains sluggish. One bright spot in Alibaba’s latest
Police are carrying out inquiries after a Star of David necklace on a statue of singer Amy Winehouse was covered with a sticker of a Palestinian flag. The sticker was discovered on Monday morning on the Camden Market statue depicting the musician, who died in 2011 at the age of 27. Camden Market said the
Olivia Colman is not on social media – or at least the real Olivia Colman isn’t. The Oscar-winning star tells Sky News: “Apparently there are people who are [pretending] to be me, but I don’t have it, so I can’t see it.” Image: (L-R) Jessie Buckley and Colman. Pic: StudioCanal Despite an impressive three-decade career
Kemi Badenoch has said former Post Office chair Henry Staunton was being investigated over bullying allegations before his dismissal – as she accused him of seeking “revenge” against the government. The business secretary told the Commons that allegations regarding Mr Staunton’s conduct, including “serious matters such as bullying”, were being examined and concerns had also
A prominent US investor is among the parties being courted by Superdry’s founder as he assembles an offer to take the struggling fashion chain private. Sky News has learnt that Davidson Kempner, which has backed a number of UK retailers, is in discussions with Julian Dunkerton about backing an offer for Superdry. The talks are
The world’s EV leader, BYD (OTC: BYDDY), announced a stock buyback plan as it continues expanding into new markets. BYD is pushing into different segments with new luxury EVs and mid-size electric SUVs. Expanding into new EV segments After selling a record 526,409 all-electric vehicles in the fourth quarter of 2023, BYD topped Tesla to
Today is Julian Assange’s last chance to stop UK officials extraditing him to the US. It has been almost 12 years since the WikiLeaks founder, now 52, stepped into the Ecuadorian embassy in London to evade arrest. Over the next two days, the High Court will hear his final appeal against being sent to the