Rishi Sunak has essentially told Met Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley that if there’s violence at the pro-Palestine march in London on Saturday, it’s his fault. But it’s a petulant response to Sir Mark’s defiance in the face of the enormous pressure from the PM and other ministers for the Armistice Day march to be
In this article UBSG-CH AMZN MSFT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT People walk by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on November 02, 2023 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our new, international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings
It’s official. The next model from Chrysler will be a purely electric crossover in 2025. Chrysler CEO Christine Fuell confirmed the news of its first EV on Wednesday. Chrysler is moving into a new chapter with its first all-electric model due out in 2025. Chief designer Ralph Gilles previously said Chrysler’s first EV would take
In this article AMZN Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Amazon beefs up Prime membership with discount to One Medical Amazon Amazon is beefing up its mainstay Prime subscription program with a new benefit that gives members access to discounted One Medical memberships. The company announced Wednesday that Prime members will be able to sign
Music producer and rapper Timbaland has apologised for suggesting Justin Timberlake should “put a muzzle” on Britney Spears. Timbaland, 51, was being interviewed at an event in front of a live audience at the Kennedy Centre in Washington DC on 29 October when he made the comments. An audience member asked about the renewed interest
Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterNov 8, 2023, 09:27 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions The LIV Golf League is introducing a transfer window it says is the first in professional golf, allowing teams to trade players in midseason
The Barclay family has renewed its efforts to persuade Britain’s biggest high street lender to regain control of the Telegraph newspapers after restating an offer to repay the bulk of the debt it owes to the bank. Sky News understands that the newspapers’ former owners wrote to Lloyds Banking Group again last week to repeat
A former top civil servant has apologised for suggestions he made early in the COVID pandemic that so-called “chicken pox parties” could help people build immunity to the virus. Lord Mark Sedwill was cabinet secretary when the pandemic started, which means he was also in charge of the Civil Service. He has been highly criticised
Three out of four army headquarters in each of Darfur’s state capitals have fallen to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan – pushing thousands of people further into peril. Among the thousands crossing the border into Chad so far this month to flee the violence are many mothers and children with no possessions, according
Carol Vorderman has left her BBC radio show over the corporation’s new social media guidelines. The former Countdown co-host said she was “not prepared to lose [her] voice on social media”. Ms Vorderman said BBC Wales management had “decided [she] must leave” as she had “breached the new guidelines”. She has presented the Saturday morning
Hamas’s leaders are “dead men walking”, an Israeli military spokesman has warned, as the country claims its troops have advanced to the “heart” of Gaza City. Israel has continued to bombard the Hamas-run Palestinian enclave since the militant group’s attack on 7 October, which Israel says killed 1,400 people and left 240 civilians hostage in
In this article UBSG-CH AMZN UBER MSFT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Austan Goolsbee, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, during a Bloomberg Television interview at the Jackson Hole economic symposium in Moran, Wyoming, US, on Friday, Aug. 25, 2023. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images
Gogoro, a leading player in the battery-swapping electric scooter market is taking a page out of Apple’s book. Or more accurately, it’s working with the consumer electronics giant to incorporate key Apple features directly into its scooters. The company announced today that it would start leveraging its scooters’ NFC keyless unlocking along with Apple Wallet
Rishi Sunak has described a planned pro-Palestinian march in London on Armistice Day as “disrespectful” – but has accepted the protest will go ahead. The prime minister met with the chief of the Metropolitan Police Sir Mark Rowley for a crisis meeting this afternoon – and had vowed to hold him “accountable” for the commissioner’s
In downtown Miami at what is usually a centre for the performing arts, preparations are under way for a piece of political theatre. But the man who should be the lead act is setting up his own show a few miles up the road. Posters for the third Republican debate have been slapped on every
The poorest half of UK families will have to wait until the end of 2026 for their real incomes to return to pre-COVID levels, according to independent analysis. The National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) said low to middle income households face seven years of falling living standards due to the fallout from
Workers stand outside the Google offices after walking out as part of a global protest over workplace issues, in London, Britain, November 1, 2018. Toby Melville | Reuters A group of Google contractors, some of whom have worked on search and Google’s AI chatbot Bard, have successfully voted to unionize. The group, from Google contractor
Shadow minister Imran Hussain has quit Labour’s frontbench in protest at Sir Keir Starmer’s position on the Israel-Hamas war. Mr Hussain’s decision will be a blow for the Labour leader, who has been attempting to hold his party together in an increasingly fractious debate over whether the leadership should back a ceasefire in Gaza. In
Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterNov 7, 2023, 03:53 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 Ryan Blaney was crowned 2023 NASCAR Cup Series champion on Sunday in Phoenix. Chris Graythen/Getty Images It is no secret that Ryan Blaney
Friends star Matthew Perry could not go through with a scene in which Chandler cheated on Monica, according to an actress on the episode. Lisa Cash, who was due to play the part, said Perry was worried viewers would “never forgive” his character for sleeping with another woman. She said she rehearsed for two days
A former CIA officer accused of drugging and sexually assaulting at least two dozen women during various overseas postings has pleaded guilty to federal sex abuse charges. Brian Jeffrey Raymond kept nearly 500 videos and photographs he took of naked, unconscious women, including many in which he can be seen opening their eyelids, groping or
Maxim Shemetov | Reuters Saudi state oil giant Aramco posted a 23% drop in net profit in the third quarter, down to $32.6 billion attributable to “the impact of lower crude oil prices and volumes sold,” the company said Tuesday. The third-quarter net profit result marked a steep decline from $42.4 billion the same time
There’s still time to get a free EV charger with the purchase or lease of a new Hyundai electric vehicle. The deal is good on the 2023 or 2024 Hyundai IONIQ 5 and IONIQ 6 or a 2023 Kona electric. Hyundai introduced the promo in September. The offer includes a free ChargePoint L2 Home Flex
In this article DDOG Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Olivier Pomel, co-founder and CEO of Datadog, speaks at the company’s Dash conference in San Francisco on Aug. 3, 2023. Datadog Shares of cloud monitoring software firm Datadog surged nearly 30% in Tuesday trading after the company reported stronger-than-expected third-quarter earnings and full-year guidance. The
Ryan HockensmithNov 7, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Ryan Hockensmith is a Penn State graduate who joined ESPN in 2001. He is a survivor of bacterial meningitis, which caused him to have multiple amputation surgeries on his feet. He is a proud advocate for those with disabilities and addiction issues. He covers everything from the
Sir Keir Starmer has launched a scathing attack on Suella Braverman over her recent controversial remarks on homelessness – warning Rishi Sunak that “without a serious home secretary… he cannot be a serious prime minister”. Speaking during a debate on Tuesday’s King’s Speech, the Labour leader slammed her claims that living on the street was
At East Forest’s ceremonial concerts, listeners are given the space to lie down on mats to take in the music. You could be looking at a yoga class; a dimly lit room filled with bodies sprawled savasana-style, aromatherapy oils wafting in the air. It certainly doesn’t sound like a typical music gig. The US electro-acoustic
A Donald Trump supporter who bear-sprayed at least eight police officers during the US Capitol riots has been jailed for three years. Edward Rodriguez was identified by members of the so-called Sedition Hunters – an online community of investigators helping the FBI and police find people who allegedly committed crimes during the riots on 6
Wayne Rooney has revealed he would drink alcohol until he passed out to cope with the pressures of professional football in his early 20s. In a new podcast hosted by former rugby league star Rob Burrow, 38-year-old Rooney said his “release was alcohol” when he faced challenges both on and off the pitch. “When I
Tougher sentences for the country’s most serious offenders and a crackdown on grooming have taken centre stage in the first King’s Speech in decades. The King struck a personal note when he began his speech – the first by a king in over 70 years – by acknowledging the “legacy of service and devotion to
Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will have “overall security responsibility” in Gaza for an “indefinite period” after its war with Hamas. The Israeli prime minister’s comments are the clearest indication of his country’s plans to maintain control over the Gaza Strip, which is home to 2.3 million Palestinians. Mr Netanyahu told ABC News that Israel should
Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh broke down in tears during a cabinet meeting as he recounted the story of a mother whose children were buried under the rubble in Gaza. Mr Shtayyeh struggled to speak during the Palestinian Authority’s meeting yesterday as he described how children write their names on their own bodies so their
The Biden administration just announced $16.4 billion to upgrade the Northeast Corridor’s rail infrastructure – here’s why that’s going to impact a lot of people. The Biden administration’s Infrastructure Law, which passed in November 2021, earmarked $66 billion for rail investment – the most significant (and well overdue) investment in passenger rail since Amtrak was