Labour’s anti-corruption minister has been named in court documents detailing claims her family embezzled billions of pounds from a nuclear power project in Bangladesh. Economic secretary Tulip Siddiq – who holds responsibility for financial crime and illicit finance – is alleged to have helped co-ordinate meetings with the Russian government regarding the Rooppur nuclear power
The Bank of England has maintained its guidance for “gradual” interest rate cuts next year, following surprise support for a reduction this month. Its rate-setting committee, while deciding to keep Bank rate on hold at 4.75%, noted higher than expected wage rises and inflation despite a slowdown in the economy over the second half of
Four teenagers who murdered two boys in Bristol in a case of mistaken identity have been detained for life. Riley Tolliver, 18, a 16-year-old boy, a 17-year-old boy, and getaway driver Antony Snook, 45, were convicted of the murders of Mason Rist, 15, and 16-year-old Max Dixon in November. A 15-year-old boy was also found
President Joe Biden has set fresh climate targets for the United States before climate sceptic Donald Trump takes office in January. Today the outgoing president has unveiled a new goal to slash US emissions of greenhouse gases by 61% from 2005 levels by 2035. The 10-year plan should generate “more good-paying jobs, more affordable energy,
The refreshed Model Y, codenamed Juniper, expected to have similar features as the refreshed “Highland” Model 3, is will start mass production in China next month, according to local media. The news was reported by local news site LatePost, and brought to the English world by CnEVPost. The original report mostly discussed the departure of
Jared Isaacman, Mission Commander, steps out of the manned Polaris Dawn mission’s “Dragon” capsule after it splashed down off the coast of Dry Tortugas, Florida, after completing the first human spaceflight mission by non-government astronauts of the Polaris Program. – | Afp | Getty Images President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to run NASA, Jared Isaacman, is
A man who repeatedly drugged his then wife and invited strangers to rape her while she was unconscious has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after a historic mass trial. Dominique Pelicot, 72, had confessed to all the charges and admitted he mixed sedatives into the food and drink of his wife, Gisele Pelicot,
A striking new image has been captured near the edge of the Small Magellanic Cloud, a galaxy located approximately 200,000 light-years from Earth. The image, highlighting the star cluster NGC 602, was produced using data from the James Webb Space Telescope (NASA/ESA/CSA) and NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. Reports suggest the cluster resides in an environment
Daniel Craig says he would jump at the chance to work with Luca Guadagnino again. The English actor closed the book on his chapter of playing James Bond in 2021 and has since been quite selective in his artistic choices. In Queer, he plays William Lee, a fictional character based on the real life of
Max Olson, ESPN Staff WriterDec 18, 2024, 07:36 PM ET Close Covers the Big 12 Joined ESPN in 2012 Graduate of the University of Nebraska Open Extended Reactions Washington State transfer quarterback John Mateer has committed to Oklahoma, he announced on social media Wednesday. Mateer is the No. 1 overall player in ESPN’s transfer rankings
In this article MU Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Sanjay Mehrotra, CEO of Micron Technology Inc., speaks during an interview with CNBC on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., April 26, 2024. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters Micron shares plunged 13% in extended trading on Wednesday after
The policing minister has said she wants forces “to do far more” to tackle shoplifting after figures obtained by Sky News showed fewer than one in four incidents were attended to by officers in 2023. Dame Diana Johnson blamed declining officer numbers under the previous government but also said she wanted to “see shop theft
Tesla’s head of Gigafactory Shanghai, Song Gang, who is behind a lot of the automaker’s manufacturing success, confirmed that he left the company. Song was one of Tesla’s first manufacturing employees in China. After a decade of working in the auto industry in China, including with Ford and GM, Song was hired by Tesla in
In this article OKLO Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Rendering of a proposed Oklo commercial advanced fission power plant in the U.S. Courtesy: Oklo Inc. Nuclear startup Oklo aims to deploy 12 gigawatts of power over the next two decades through a framework agreement with data center operator Switch, the companies announced Wednesday. Oklo
Ukraine cannot remove Russian troops from the land they occupy in the east of the country and Crimea, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has admitted. While Kyiv would never recognise Russia’s rule, he said diplomacy is the only option to get President Vladimir Putin to withdraw his army. It comes less than a month after he gave similar
The compound in front of the blue and white low-rise building is buzzing with rushed activity. On one side there are men stacking boxes of water bottles. On another, women sitting on chairs are picking through bundles of clothing on the ground before folding and organising them into piles of men’s, women’s and children’s sizes.
The discovery of 4,000-year-old human remains at Charterhouse Warren in Somerset has unveiled a harrowing chapter of British prehistory. The analysis of over 3,000 bone fragments belonging to at least 37 individuals, ranging from newborns to adults, has indicated an unprecedented level of violence. The findings, published in Antiquity, revealed evidence of scalping, decapitation, defleshing,
Sir Keir Starmer has nominated 30 former Labour MPs, staff and union leaders to the House of Lords. Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has nominated six people, while Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey has put forward two. The independent House of Lords Appointments Commission will vet the nominations before the prime minister recommends them to
Average water bills in England and Wales will increase by 36% over the next five years, water regulator Ofwat has said. The rise is equivalent to an average extra of £31 per year. Water companies had asked for an average rise of 40%. The regulator’s draft determinations issued in July said the bills would rise
The US central bank has announced an interest rate cut, just hours before the Bank of England is tipped to refrain from following suit. The Federal Reserve cut its main funding rate by a quarter point to a new target range of 4.25%-4.5%, as markets had expected, but signalled that future reductions would happen more
A death row inmate’s last words were “let’s get this over with” before he became the first person to be executed in the US state of Indiana in 15 years. Joseph Corcoran, 49, died by lethal injection on Wednesday for the 1997 murders of his brother, his sister’s fiancee and two other men. He had
Suki CEO Punit Singh Soni. Courtesy: Suki Health-care artificial intelligence startup Suki on Wednesday announced a new collaboration with Google Cloud as part of its push to expand beyond clinical documentation. Through the partnership, Suki is building patient summary and Q&A features using Google Cloud’s Vertex AI platform, which allows developers to train, tune and
Five members of the same family, including a two-year-old girl, have been found dead at a home in the US state of Utah. A 17-year-old boy was also found alive but with gunshot wounds. It is not yet clear whether he is a suspect or victim in the case, according to local police. Roxeanne Vainuku,
Grace Dent has been announced as Gregg Wallace’s successor on the BBC’s Celebrity MasterChef after he stepped away from the show last month. Long-time MasterChef presenter Wallace is facing allegations of inappropriate behaviour from more than a dozen people across a range of shows over a 17-year period. The BBC has now announced restaurant critic
English rent prices have reached another record high, growing by close to 10% in the past year, official figures show. The typical private rental price in England rose 9.3% in the year up to November, costing £116 more than 12 months earlier, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). English renters paid an average
Gregg Wallace will be replaced by restaurant critic Grace Dent in the next series of the BBC’s Celebrity MasterChef show. Dent, a Guardian columnist and former I’m A Celebrity star, will join regular MasterChef presenter John Torode as a judge during next year’s 20th season of the cooking competition. Wallace is facing allegations of inappropriate
Sir Keir Starmer has nominated his former top adviser Sue Gray for a peerage. Ms Gray, whose report into the partygate scandal contributed to the downfall of former prime minister Boris Johnson, is among 30 new Labour peerages announced ahead of Christmas to redress the party “imbalance” in the House of Lords. The Conservatives have
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has said most Waspi women knew the state pension age was changing so it was not “the best use of taxpayers’ money to pay an expensive compensation bill”. The government revealed on Tuesday it would not be compensating millions of women born in the 1950s – called Waspi women – who say
On today’s episode of Quick Charge, the Trump administration has lost its first battle against state’s rights in California while Tesla faces down (what it’s calling) a union coup in Germany. Meanwhile, SoCal Edison puts 280 Chevy Silverado EV pickups to work on California’s roads and Colorado is putting up a bunch of new DC
Inflation has risen for the second month in a row, according to official figures. The overall rate of price rises – as measured by the consumer price index (CPI) – grew by 2.6% in November. It’s a further move away from the Bank of England‘s target 2% inflation rate after the rate ticked up to
A well-known former boss of Australia’s national rugby team has denied dozens of sex charges against 10 males. Alan Jones – who was also a radio presenter for many years – appeared in court for the first time since his arrest last month. The 83-year-old is accused of 34 charges of aggravated indecent assault, indecent
Jeff Passan, Senior MLB InsiderDec 17, 2024, 04:52 PM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Open Extended Reactions The New York Yankees acquired outfielder/first baseman Cody Bellinger in a trade with the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday, continuing to stock up on high-end
The man accused of killing an insurance firm chief in New York has been charged with murder as an act of terrorism. Luigi Mangione is suspected of shooting Brian Thompson, chief executive of UnitedHealthcare, on 4 December, and was arrested after a manhunt that ended with police finding the 26-year-old in a McDonald’s. He had