It was advertised as “the best job in the world” – beer tasting for a brewery in Northern Ireland – but the prospective employers did not anticipate 2,500 applicants. The offer of free beer, chips and a taxi home attracted global interest, but only a tiny proportion of the population has the genetic ability to
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Combination showing Former FTX CEO, Sam Bankman-Fried (L) and Zhao Changpeng (R), founder and chief executive officer of Binance. Getty Images | Reuters After a brutal 18 months of bankruptcies, company failures and criminal trials, the crypto market is starting to claw back some of its former standing. Bitcoin is up more than 150% this
Paula Abdul has accused former American Idol producer Nigel Lythgoe of sexually assaulting her when she was a judge on the show. The singer’s lawsuit also accuses him of another assault, years later, when she worked on So You Think You Can Dance. Lythgoe denied the accusations and said he is “shocked and saddened”. Abdul
XL bully dogs must be kept on a lead and muzzled when out in public – as new rules take effect from today. Selling, breeding, abandoning or giving them away is also now illegal. People have until 31 January to apply for an exemption certificate to keep their dog – and must have it neutered,
A year after the release of Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis, Sofia Coppola is telling Presley’s side of her story with the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll. A 14-year-old Priscilla Beaulieu first met 24-year-old Elvis at a party in West Germany in 1959. She was in school but Elvis had already become a superstar and was stationed
Dominic Cummings has claimed Rishi Sunak sought to strike a “secret deal” with him to help the Tories win the next election. The prime minister reportedly asked Boris Johnson’s ex-chief aide for advice on how to hold on to power when the country goes to the polls. Mr Cummings – The Sunday Times has reported
Award-winning children’s author Katherine Rundell says she fears young people in Britain “have less space in which to be a child”. Speaking to Sky News after her fantasy book Impossible Creatures was named 2023 Waterstones Book of the Year, the writer – who’s been likened to literary titans such as JRR Tolkien and Philip Pullman
If you crack open a bottle of something – be it wine, water or soft drinks – over the festive season, there’s a good chance the glass came from the Encirc factory in Cheshire. Here, on the banks of the River Mersey, you will find one of the world’s largest glass factories. They take sand
One of my favorite parts of perusing Alibaba for fun and outlandish electric vehicles is seeing just how creative the designers can become. In this case, I’ve found what looks like a mini-minivan that took an extra spin or two around the window factory before emerging complete. It’s definitely a qualifier for the Awesomely Weird
At least 14 people – including two children – have been killed and more than 100 injured during shelling of the Russian border city of Belgorod, officials in Moscow say. They have accused Kyiv of carrying out the attack – a day after an 18-hour aerial Russian barrage across Ukraine killed at least 39 people.
The Nasdaq MarketSite in the Times Square neighborhood of New York, on Tuesday, May 31, 2022. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tech stocks rebounded from a disastrous 2022 and lifted the Nasdaq to one of its strongest years in the past two decades. After last year’s 33% plunge, the tech-heavy Nasdaq finished 2023
Imran Khan has been rejected as a candidate in Pakistan’s upcoming election by officials. Lawyers for the former prime minister have said they will appeal ahead of the vote to elect a new parliament in February. Khan is currently serving a three-year prison sentence for corruption, making it difficult for him to run for office.
Campaigners say hundreds of neglected historic buildings across the UK should be put to new uses to help meet the country’s net zero emissions targets. Eighteen buildings in Greater Manchester have been added to the Buildings at Risk register run by the campaign group SAVE Britain’s Heritage. They join more than 1,000 buildings nationwide which
Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg has attacked critics of Liz Truss’ honours list, calling them “po-faced puritans”. The former prime minister was allowed to submit her so-called “resignation honours” after leaving office last year – a convention given to all departing leaders – and the final 11 names were announced on Friday. But the decision has been
UK political leaders have delivered their New Year messages as they prepare for the battle ahead at the ballot box. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak struck a positive tone in his remarks, looking back on what he deemed a “momentous year” and promising the Conservatives would “keep driving forward” in 2024 with tax cuts, lowering inflation
The finance chief of The Daily Telegraph’s parent company is to leave amid a government-commissioned probe into the newspaper’s takeover by a state-backed Abu Dhabi investment vehicle. Sky News has learnt that Cormac O’Shea, who has been Telegraph Media Group’s (TMG) chief financial officer since the autumn of 2021, is likely to step down in
Police in the US are searching for a 35-year-old woman accused of killing two of her children before disappearing. Officers in the state of Colorado have issued an arrest warrant for Kimberlee Singler, who is wanted on suspicion of murder, attempted murder, child abuse and assault. Police responded to a 911 call about a burglary
A woman has sued Michael Jackson’s older brother Jermaine, accusing him of sexually assaulting her in 1988. The suit against The Jackson 5 singer was filed in California under the state’s Sexual Abuse and Cover Up Accountability Act, which allows civil suits in sexual assault cases after the statute of limitations has expired if one
Is Rivian planning its own home energy system like the Tesla Powerwall? The EV maker’s recent patent for an Energy Storage Device hints one could be coming. Although Rivian’s vehicles may not look like Tesla’s, the company is taking a similar approach as it expands the brand. Rivian released its flagship R1T and R1S, like
A driver pumps gas at a Sunoco gas station in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images Oil prices are on pace to close out the year about 10% lower as bearish sentiment has overtaken the market due to worries that the market is oversupplied from record
Maybe my perspective is skewed, overconsumption of global events perhaps, but it feels to me unnervingly like we’re nearing a perfect storm right now. Out of a chaotic global pandemic, humanity seems to have lurched into deeply uncertain times. We tend to struggle to focus on more than one crisis at a time, but we
Chocolate giant Hershey is being sued by a disgruntled customer who said its Halloween-themed peanut butter treats didn’t match the packaging. Cynthia Kelly, from Florida, argues she bought them because she liked the “artistic designs” of the holiday sweeties. She was especially fond of the “cute looking” eyes and mouth shown on the packets of
Witnesses in the case of a man charged with orchestrating the 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur may be the target of a kill order, prosecutors have warned. Duane “Keffe D” Davis, an ex-gang leader from Compton, California, is the only person still alive who was in the vehicle from which shots were fired towards the
Indicted FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried arrives at the United States Courthouse in New York City, July 26, 2023. Amr Alfiky | Reuters Prosecutors have decided not to pursue a second trial against disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried. In a note to Judge Lewis Kaplan on Friday, the U.S. government explained that the decision to forego
Mike Coppinger, ESPNDec 29, 2023, 02:14 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The year 2023 breathed new life into boxing, a campaign in which the sport was able to deliver several super fights that had long eluded fight fans. From Gervonta Davis vs. Ryan Garcia to Terence Crawford vs. Errol Spence Jr., boxing provided the sort
China’s ever-growing electric vehicle industry is setting up shop in Hong Kong, but not to expand business in the minuscule Hong Kong market. Rather they are looking to leverage the city’s financial system for global expansion, Bloomberg reports. What gives Hong Kong a unique position is its attractive financial sector compared to mainland China. Hong
In this article GOOGL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images All the dominant technology companies are integrating generative AI into their online services, from Google to Meta, Microsoft and Apple. Google’s recent integrations of Bard, its chat-based AI tool, with a host of Google apps and services is
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy started 2023 full of optimism. In Kharkiv, Ukrainian forces had demonstrated they could push Russian invaders back, and Western confidence in Ukraine’s ability to prevail was growing. Despite the risks to domestic national security, Western nations donated huge quantities of weapons, ammunition and high-tech capability from national stockpiles to support Ukraine’s proposed
In this article AAPL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Apple CEO Tim Cook stands next to a new Apple Vision Pro headset displayed during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in Cupertino, California, June 5, 2023. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Apple’s stock rallied in 2023, but its performance was outshined by all of its
Britons are being urged to brace for a further onslaught of wild weather following the devastation of Storm Gerrit. Trains have been cancelled due to flooding in tunnels near Ebbsfleet International. UK weather: The latest Sky News forecast X This content is provided by X, which may be using cookies and other technologies. To show
Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterDec 29, 2023, 09:56 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia LIV Golf League golfer Harold Varner III was arrested for driving while impaired in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Thursday, according to Mecklenburg County court records. Varner, 33,
The cost of shipping goods has again grown significantly as freight giants continue to avoid the key Red Sea route and unions expand protections for mariners. Freight prices rose 80% in the past week, having already gone up nearly 50% the week before. The most widely used measure of freight cost, the Shanghai Containerised Freight
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