The government has been accused of an attempted “cover-up” as it bids to block the COVID inquiry’s request for Boris Johnson’s unredacted WhatsApp messages and notebooks. Bereaved families and opposition parties criticised Prime Minister Rishi Sunak after the Cabinet Office revealed it was taking the unusual step of bringing a judicial review of Baroness Hallett’s
Brett Okamoto, ESPN Staff WriterJun 1, 2023, 06:37 PM ET Close MMA columnist for ESPN.com Analyst for “MMA Live” Covered MMA for Las Vegas Sun A marquee heavyweight matchup between Curtis Blaydes and Jailton Almeida will headline a UFC Fight Night in November, multiple sources confirmed to ESPN on Thursday. Contracts have not been issued,
A woman has died more than two decades after a terror attack left her in a coma. Hana Nachenberg was 31 and dining at a Jerusalem pizza restaurant with her three-year-old daughter when a Palestinian suicide bomber walked in and blew himself up. Fifteen others, including eight children, were also killed in the attack, which
Phillip Schofield has said he feels “utterly broken and ashamed” following a scandal over an affair with a younger male colleague – but insisted he did not groom him. His interview with The Sun comes after ITV announced it had launched an external review to establish the facts around the relationship between presenter Schofield and
Military Analyst Sean Bell has discussed why Russia has conducted its heaviest wave of attacks on Kyiv, instead of focusing on military targets. Bell explains that President Vladimir Putin doesn’t have military training, and is using limited supplies of missiles and drones to target Ukraine’s capital. Ukraine latest: https://trib.al/QTC8as2 #ukrainescreen #russianarmy #ukrainesky SUBSCRIBE to our
The Canadian province of Nova Scotia is declaring a province-wide burn ban due to the seriousness of the current fires in the area, prompting an evacuation of more than 16,000 people, officials said. One dashcam video shows a family evacuating. #CNN #News #Canada #Wildfire #NovaScotia #Halifax #Dashcam
Recovering demand in China’s booming EV market led to all major EV builders seeing a rise in sales over the last month. Although NIO was the exception, the EV startup began delivering its second-generation ES6 and is launching a new midsize electric tourer this month. China’s EV sales rise in May 2023 Last month, the
The logo of the OPEC is pictured at the OPEC headquarters on October 4, 2022. In October last year, the oil cartel announced its decision to cut output by two million barrels per day. Joe Klamar | Afp | Getty Images OPEC reporters from three large news organizations have not been invited to the oil
In this article MSFT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Jordan Novet | CNBC Microsoft‘s massive investment in OpenAI has put the company at the center of the artificial intelligence boom. But it’s not the only place where the software giant is opening its wallet to meet the surging demand for
Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterJun 1, 2023, 01:40 PM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 PARIS — Iga Swiatek revealed Taylor Swift helped her navigate the blank space of life when younger, and
In this article AAPL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT An attendee wears an HTC Vive Virtual Reality headset during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose, California, June 5, 2017. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images On Monday, Apple is expected to announce its first new major product line since the
British Airways has been hit with a fine of $1.1m (£877,000) by United States government. The US Transportation Department issued the punishment to the airline for failing to provide timely refunds to passengers for flights to and from America during the COVID pandemic. It said it had received more than 1,200 complaints saying the airline
A group of high-profile Labour politicians have banded together to campaign for “urgent” reform of the UK’s democracy. Former prime minister Gordon Brown, Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford and Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham are among those who have joined the Alliance for Radical Democratic Change. They will launch the push at an event in
As food inflation rises to 19.2%, its highest rate in 42 years, the European Central Bank has suggested it could be down to, in part, businesses profiteering from the cost of living crisis by increasing their prices for larger margins, a term known as “greedflation”. But what is the data behind the suggestion? On the
ITV’s chief executive has been called to give evidence in parliament about the broadcaster’s approach to safeguarding and handling complaints, following Phillip Schofield’s departure. Dame Carolyn McCall has been asked by the culture, media and sport committee (CMS) to answer questions on Wednesday 14 June. It comes after ITV announced it had launched an external
The owner of British Gas is facing criticism from a leading City investor over the multimillion pound pay package handed to its chief executive after persistent criticism of windfall gains triggered by share price collapses during the pandemic. Sky News can reveal that abrdn, one of the London stock market’s most influential institutional shareholders, will
Alphabet’s Google is leading a $36 million (roughly Rs. 297 crore) funding round for Bengaluru-based Pixxel, a satellite-image startup, in the first major investment in the Indian space sector since the government launched its privatisation policy in April. Pixxel, founded in 2019, is building a constellation of satellites that have the ability to identify mineral
Former This Morning star Dr Ranj Singh has spoken out in the wake of the Phillip Schofield controversy and hit out at the “toxic culture” at the ITV daytime show. He claimed he was “managed out” after taking his concerns to Emma Gormley, the head of ITV Daytime. ‘I was on the show for 10
President of Explore Mars Inc. Janet Ivey shows new images of the sun’s surface captured by a powerful ground-based solar telescope that reveal sunspots and other features in unprecedented detail. Cool, dark sunspots dot the photosphere, or the sun’s surface where the magnetic field is strong, and they can be the size of Earth or
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A slide in crude oil prices has weighed on the Club’s three energy holdings. But given the uncertainty around OPEC+’s output policy ahead of a key meeting this weekend, coupled with growing concerns over the health of the global economy, we’re sitting tight on buying the dip — at least for now. The Organization of
Police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann “seized a number of items” during last week’s search operation in a Portuguese reservoir. The latest searches in Portugal were carried out after requests from German investigators. In June 2020, German police said that they believed Madeleine was dead and that suspect Christian B was likely responsible. In
The Cabinet Office is seeking a judicial review of Baroness Hallett’s order to release Boris Johnson’s WhatsApp messages, diaries and notebooks, it has said in a letter to the COVID inquiry. The Cabinet Office, in a letter to the inquiry, said it was bringing a judicial review challenge “with regret” – but added that there
Ohm Youngmisuk, ESPN Staff WriterMay 31, 2023, 08:00 AM ET Close Ohm Youngmisuk has covered the Giants, Jets and the NFL since 2006. Prior to that, he covered the Nets, Knicks and the NBA for nearly a decade. He joined ESPNNewYork.com after working at the New York Daily News for almost 12 years and is
A crunch deal to raise the US debt ceiling has been voted through by the House of Representatives. The agreement – which aims to avert a potentially catastrophic scenario where the US defaults on its national debts – passed through the Republican-majority House by 314-117 votes. The proposal will now move to the Senate. The
A 17-year-old-boy and a 12-year-old girl have died following an incident off Bournemouth beach. Dorset Police said an investigation has been launched and a man in his 40s, who was on the water at the time, has been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter. Emergency services attended the ‘multi-agency’ incident earlier today and 10 people were
Prince Harry has lost his second High Court challenge against the Home Office over who should pay for his security arrangements when visiting the UK. The Duke of Sussex was seeking the go-ahead from the High Court to secure a judicial review over a decision that he should not be allowed to pay privately for
UMass Boston graduates were gifted $1,000 in cash during their commencement ceremony after speaker and billionaire Rob Hale surprised the seniors with the generous gift to teach them the gift of giving. #CNN #News #shorts
North America became the fastest-growing regional market for planned new battery cell manufacturing factories by the end of 2022, according to a new report released today. Clean Energy Associates’ (CEA) “Energy Storage System Supplier Market Intelligence Report” asserts that the incentives offered by the Biden administration’s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) are the catalyst for the surge of
Norway’s sovereign wealth fund was established in the 1990s to invest the surplus revenues of the country’s oil and gas sector. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Norway’s $1.4 trillion sovereign wealth fund says it is prepared to start dropping companies for mismanaging climate risk starting next year, adding to the decarbonization pressure that activist
In this article MSFT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT OpenAI CEO Sam Altman arrive to the White House for a meeting with Vice President Kamala Harris on artificial intelligence, Thursday, May 4, 2023, in Washington. Evan Vucci | AP OpenAI is taking up the mantle against AI “hallucinations,” the company announced Wednesday, with a
Amazon and a subsidiary have agreed to pay millions to settle two separate privacy cases against its Alexa and Ring doorbell devices. Both cases were taken by US government consumer watchdog, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and Amazon denies violating the law. In a case against the Alexa voice assistant, Amazon agreed to pay $25m
ITV has asked a barrister to carry out an external review of Phillip Schofield’s departure from This Morning. The development was announced by the broadcaster’s chief executive, Dame Carolyn McCall, in a letter to Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer, chair of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport committee, Dame Caroline Dinenage, and the Ofcom chief executive,