On 2 December 2018, British backpacker Grace Millane should have been celebrating her 22nd birthday during the trip of a lifetime in New Zealand. Thousands of miles from her home in Essex, the messages and requests for video calls from friends and family kept pinging through to her phone. But they were never answered. Her
All residents have been told to leave the town of Brechin in Angus due to flooding from Storm Babet. A severe flood warning is set to be put in place for the Brechin River and South Esk area, Angus Council has said. Those in the affected areas should leave their homes. The council will be
A closely-watched barometer of consumer confidence is warning of “concern” for retailers ahead of Christmas, as official figures for September show a steep fall in sales. GfK’s latest Consumer Confidence Index suggested that the willingness of shoppers to spend, particularly on big-ticket items, had plunged since the end of the summer. The authors reported that
A gardener accidentally mowed around a dead body after assuming it was a Halloween decoration or a training dummy. The body was found on the lawn of an abandoned log cabin used by several law enforcement agencies for training near Charlotte, North Carolina, on 10 October, local police said. A groundskeeper had seen the body
Nokia has revealed plans to shed up to 14,000 jobs following a slump in sales. The Finland-based telecoms technology firm, which has 86,000 staff worldwide, said it was launching a cost-saving drive across the business in a bid to boost its margins. Nokia reported a 20% fall in sales during its third quarter. Comparable net
Netflix has increased the cost of premium subscriptions in the UK. The streaming giant says American and French customers will also be affected – and revealed a crackdown on password sharing that began in May had failed to dent demand. Netflix said almost nine million households signed up worldwide between July and September – the
Solar giant Qcells announced today that it’s completed the expansion of its Dalton, Georgia, factory – what it calls the “largest manufacturing plant of its kind in the western hemisphere.” It’s also the first solar panel factory to be built since the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act. Qcells has added 2 gigawatts (GW) of solar capacity to
In this article UAL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner, from United Airlines company, taking off from Barcelona airport, in Barcelona on 28th March 2023. JanValls | Nurphoto | Getty Images United Airlines said more expensive jet fuel and a halt to the carrier’s Tel Aviv flights during the Israel-Hamas war will
In this article GOOGL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Google headquarters in Mountain View, California, on Jan. 30, 2023. Marlena Sloss | Bloomberg | Getty Images Google cut dozens of jobs in its news division this week, CNBC has learned, downsizing at a particularly sensitive time for online platforms and publishers. An estimated 40
In this article TSLA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, speaks with CNBC on May 16, 2023. David A. Grogan | CNBC Tesla is set to report third-quarter results after the bell on Wednesday. Here’s what Wall Street is expecting, based on a survey of analysts by LSEG, formerly known
A man has admitted to killing a woman 20 years ago, as well as attempting to extort $250,000 from the victim’s mother. Joran Van Der Sloot pleaded guilty to attempted extortion, and as part of a plea deal he had to reveal how 18-year-old American Natalee Holloway died. He said he beat Ms Holloway to
Ryan McGee, ESPN Senior WriterOct 18, 2023, 02:18 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 To celebrate NASCAR’s 75th anniversary, we’re detailing our 75 favorite things about the pinnacle of stock car racing. Illustration by ESPN We are
We filmed as a small group of teenagers whirling slings above their heads lobbed stones at an Israeli military vehicle 100m or so up the road on the outskirts of the West Bank city of Ramallah. They’re taunting members of the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) stationed at their main military communications hub. Above them snipers
Rishi Sunak will arrive in Israel on Thursday, commencing a two-day trip to the wider region amid growing concerns the conflict with Hamas could escalate. The prime minister will hold a meeting with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Isaac Herzog on Thursday morning, before travelling to a number of other regional capitals in
High levels of national debt will hurt the UK’s ability to fund public services and respond to economic crises, a think tank has said. Not in the last 300 years has there been as large a peace time increase in the amount of government borrowing, the Resolution Foundation said. In the last 15 years alone
Polling has opened in two crunch by-elections taking place today in Mid Bedfordshire and Tamworth. Voters in the constituencies will have until 10pm to decide who they want to represent them in parliament, following the resignations of Conservative MPs Nadine Dorries and Chris Pincher. Ms Dorries, a key ally of Boris Johnson, officially quit her
After revealing plans to issue another $1.5 billion in convertible debt, concerns about Rivian’s (RIVN) financial health have risen. The EV maker’s CEO, RJ Scaringe, explained that the debt offering creates an additional buffer rather than reflecting concerns over cash. Rivian revealed in an 8K filing earlier this month that it plans to offer $1.5
The top 10 things to watch on Wednesday, Oct. 18 1. U.S. stock are under pressure in premarket trading Wednesday, with S & P 500 futures down 0.47%. Bond yields are steady, with that of the 10-year Treasury holding above 4.8%. And oil prices climb higher amid escalating tensions in the Middle East, as West
The BBC daytime soap Doctors will end after 23 years, with the corporation blaming “super inflation” in drama production and “funding challenges”. The series, about the doctors and staff at a busy Midlands GP practice, launched in 2000. Its final episode will air in December 2024 and the BBC said it will be working to
Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre in Paris, June 16, 2023. Chesnot | Getty Images X, formerly Twitter, will begin a test that charges new users $1 annually in order to “post & interact with other posts,”
Manchester Arena bomber Salman Abedi died from suicide “while undertaking a terror attack that murdered 22 innocent victims and injured many others”, an inquest has concluded. The medical cause of the 22-year-old’s death was blast injuries. Sir John Saunders, chairman of the public inquiry into the terror attack, was legally obliged to hold an inquest
“Thanks so much for celebrating our story with us,” was the message from Easy Life, after playing their final gigs under that name. “See you later, maybe never.” For the band and their thousands of fans, hopefully there will be another chapter. The two gigs, hastily organised for London and their hometown of Leicester, came
Rishi Sunak has failed to endorse cross-party calls for a cessation of hostilities between Israel and Hamas. In response to a question from the SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn, the prime minster said Israel has a “right to defend itself, to protect its people and to act against terrorism and ensure that the awful attack
US President Joe Biden has said an explosion that killed hundreds in a hospital in Gaza appears to not have been caused by Israel but “by the other team”. “Based on what I’ve seen, it appears as though it was done by the other team, not you,” Mr Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
An explosion at the al Ahli hospital in Gaza on Tuesday evening killed scores of Palestinians. Here is what we know so far. What happened at the hospital in Gaza? There was a strike on al Ahli al Arabi hospital in Gaza City on Tuesday evening, around 7pm local time. The exact number of people
Some schools will close and people are being told to stay at home as Storm Babet bears down on parts of the UK. The Met Office has issued a rare red warning for “exceptional and persistent” rain in eastern Scotland, as well as amber and yellow warnings for wind and rain in other areas. The
The Australian High Court has reversed a tax on EVs levied by the Victorian state government, which was hailed as the “worst EV policy in the world” as it taxed EVs and not gas-powered vehicles. In 2021, the Victorian State Government proposed a tax on EVs, with the rationale that it needed to make up
Heavy electrical transmission lines at the powerful Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System, located in California’s Mojave Desert at the base of Clark Mountain are viewed near Primm, Nevada, July 15, 2022. George Rose | Getty Images News | Getty Images The world has to add or replace 49.7 million miles of transmission lines by 2040
Daniel de la Hoz It’s no secret that Generation Z grew up surrounded by technology, but the way these youngsters use certain features and gadgets may surprise you. Generation Z, commonly referred to as Gen Z or Zoomers, is made up of people born after 1997, according to the Pew Research Center. They have already
Associated Press Oct 17, 2023, 04:33 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry has been selected to receive the Charlie Sifford Award for his work in advancing diversity in golf. Curry two years ago launched “Underrated Golf” that commits to providing equity, access and opportunity to
A summit between between Palestinian, US, Jordanian and Egyptian leaders, has been cancelled, just hours before Joe Biden was due to visit the region. The US president was set to meet them after his visit to Israel on Wednesday. The summit’s cancellation is a blow to Mr Biden’s diplomatic efforts over the Middle East crisis.
Britney Spears says she had an abortion while dating Justin Timberlake more than 20 years ago. The revelation came from an excerpt of the US pop star’s upcoming memoir – a selection of extracts which were published on Tuesday by People magazine. In the excerpt, Spears described the pregnancy as a “surprise”, but wrote: “For
Mike Coppinger, ESPNOct 17, 2023, 12:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions For 37 years, Showtime Championship Boxing has televised some of the biggest fights in the sport, but the network will exit boxing programming at the end of 2023, Showtime’s parent company Paramount Global announced in a statement Tuesday. “As we evolve our strategy to