Blasts have been heard in Beirut a day after 12 people were killed by pager explosions across Lebanon. Reuters have cited a security source and a witness as saying communications devices used by Hezbollah have detonated in the country’s south and in the southern suburbs of the capital. Follow live: Blasts heard in Beirut At
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US interest rates have been slashed for the first time in more than four years – and by more than many expected – amid fears the world’s largest economy is flagging. Not since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic has there been a drop in the cost of US borrowing as the US central
Harvey Weinstein has pleaded not guilty to a new sex crime charge during a court hearing in New York. Details of the new allegations, which were first announced last week, have not yet been made available. Weinstein‘s latest hearing comes just over a week after he underwent emergency heart surgery at a hospital in Manhattan
Post Office chief executive Nick Read is to step down, the company has announced. Mr Read had temporarily stepped back from the role in July to prepare for the next stage of the Horizon scandal inquiry. Neil Brocklehurst, the current interim chief operating officer, has been asked to replace Mr Read as acting CEO. “It
Cosmology stands at a potential turning point, with the NASA James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) poised to address longstanding issues in the field. For years, the standard cosmological model has been the gold standard, explaining the universe’s composition as 68 percent dark energy, 27 percent dark matter, and 5 percent ordinary matter. This model has
An actor has claimed he was the victim of “police misconduct” after allegedly being pepper sprayed in an “unlawful arrest”. Reece Richards, who appeared in the hit Netflix series Sex Education and is currently touring in Hairspray The Musical, said he was thrown to the ground during a police chase on 4 September following a
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Lotus has unveiled a new EV concept which it calls “Theory 1,” a lightweight(-ish) electric sportscar concept inspired by the Lotus Esprit with nearly 1,000hp and capable of speeds up to 200mph. Here at Electrek, we see and report on a lot of wild EV concepts. These concepts are often accompanied by long treatises on
The RN-Tuapsinsky refinery operated by Rosneft Oil Co. in Tuapse, Russia. Andrey Rudakov | Bloomberg | Getty Images SINGAPORE — As the world’s oil traders and analysts gathered at the annual Asia Pacific Petroleum Conference in Singapore last week, the slump in oil and where it was headed was foremost in everybody’s mind. China, the
There’s been no change in the rate of price rises, official inflation figures showed. The rate of inflation stood at 2.2% in August, the Office for National Statistics said, the same as a month earlier. The announcement comes the day before interest rate setters at the Bank of England decide on the cost of borrowing,
In this article ME Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Anne Wojcicki, co-founder and chief executive officer of 23andme Inc., during the South by Southwest (SXSW) festival in Austin, Texas, US, on Friday, March 10, 2023. Jordan Vonderhaar | Bloomberg | Getty Images All seven independent directors of 23andMe resigned from the company’s board Tuesday,
Tom Hamilton, Senior WriterSep 17, 2024, 04:35 PM 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 Open Extended Reactions Simon Easterby will coach Ireland’s men’s team in the 2025 Six Nations while Andy Farrell takes
Israel’s Mossad spy agency planted a small amount of explosives inside thousands of pagers ordered by Hezbollah months before the devices exploded, a Lebanese security source has told the Reuters news agency. The senior source said the militant group had ordered 5,000 beepers which several other sources said were brought into Lebanon in the spring.
Being a president is more dangerous than bull-riding, Donald Trump said at his first town hall event since an apparent attempt on his life. A suspect in a potential assassination attempt against Mr Trump at his golf club in West Palm Beach on Sunday has been charged with two federal gun crimes. Speaking 48 hours
Ten years ago today the people of Scotland went to the polls to decide on the future of their country in the Scottish independence referendum. The historic event – which would have seen Scotland break free from the rest of the UK – took place on 18 September 2014 and saw more than two million
Rock band The Last Dinner Party, comedian Fern Brady and hit TV show Mr Bates Vs The Post Office are among the winners at this year’s Sky Arts Awards. The inaugural event, building on the legacy of the South Bank Sky Arts Awards, was hosted by Joe Lycett at the Roundhouse, in London, on Tuesday.
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In this article @LCO.1 @CL.1 Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT U.S. crude oil traded above $70 per barrel on Tuesday, as production in the Gulf of Mexico is still in recovery mode after Hurricane Francine. More than 200,000 barrels per day remained offline in the Gulf as of Monday, according to Bureau of Safety
Rob Dawson, CorrespondentSep 17, 2024, 08:38 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Manchester City midfielder Rodri has suggested players are “close” to going on strike because of concerns over their increasing workload. The Spain midfielder played 63 games for club and country last season in a campaign which didn’t finish until the Euro 2024 final on