The attack on the home of Vladimir Putin happened in the early hours of Wednesday, prompting the Russian President to blame Ukraine for what he said was a “terrorist act”. However, some experts have suggested the attack may have been a false flag operation created by Moscow. Military analyst Sean Bell looks at some potential
Former CIA chief of Russia operations Steve Hall reacts to video of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s warning to the Kremlin about pulling his troops out of Bakhmut, Ukraine. #CNN #News
Rail passengers across the country face significant disruption today as workers from the Aslef union walk out in a long-running dispute over pay. Aslef members in more than a dozen train operators will strike on Friday with more walk-outs planned for 31 May and 3 June – the day of the FA Cup final in
In this article GOOG GOOGL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai delivers the keynote address at the Google I/O developers conference at Shoreline Amphitheatre on May 10, 2023 in Mountain View, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images Shares of Alphabet are trading at their highest level since
Encouraged by high-profile successes elsewhere, India wants its private space companies to increase their share of the global launch market by fivefold within the next decade — an effort boosted by the personal support of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In the year after the country opened the way for private launches in 2020, the number
The governor of the Bank of England has told Sky News he expects inflation to fall “rapidly” in just weeks – but warned two thirds of the pain from interest rate rises is yet to come. Andrew Bailey made the comments after interest rates were increased for a record-breaking 12th successive time, lifting the cost
Boris Johnson considered sending Rishi Sunak a foul-mouthed video after he resigned and triggered his downfall, the former PM’s former director of communications has claimed. Guto Harri, who advised Mr Johnson from February to September last year, said Mr Johnson believed Mr Sunak’s decision to resign last summer was “the great betrayal of all time”,
Mike Coppinger Ben Baby Close Ben Baby ESPN Staff Writer ESPN Staff Writer Previously a college football writer for The Dallas Morning News University of North Texas graduate May 11, 2023, 07:49 AM ET Canelo Alvarez’s homecoming went according to plan on Saturday night. In front of more than 50,000 raucous fans at Akron Stadium
Pakistan’s supreme court has said the arrest of former prime minister Imran Khan was illegal and ordered his release from custody, according to broadcasters in the country. Khan, who is also a cricket icon in Pakistan, was arrested on Wednesday as he faced corruption charges. At least five people died and hundreds were detained as
Voters across Northern Ireland will head to the ballot box for local elections this Thursday. On 18 May, people across the country will get the opportunity to decide who is responsible for local issues, from leisure services to bin collections. Local elections are often used by voters to voice their opinion on national political parties,
Title 42 is a law that enables the US to halt entries into the country to stop the introduction of communicable diseases. It was enacted in the Trump era to prevent the spread of COVID, allowing authorities to quickly deport migrants to Mexico or back to their countries of origin. Since the introduction of Title
The actor Stephen Tompkinson has been found not guilty of inflicting grievous bodily harm on a man he confronted for drunkenly making noise outside his house. The DCI Banks star, 57, was accused of punching Karl Poole in the head after finding him and a friend drinking at the bottom of his driveway in the
Peru will allow the extradition to the US of the main suspect in the unsolved disappearance of student Natalee Holloway on the Dutch Caribbean island of Aruba in 2005. Joran van der Sloot, a Dutch citizen, is charged with extortion and wire fraud concerning payments made to him by the Holloway family after their daughter’s
The UK is sending long-range missiles to Ukraine, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has confirmed. The minister said that Storm Shadows missiles will be provided to Ukraine’s military. Ukraine has long been calling for such weapons, but the US and other countries have been unwilling to supply them in case strikes inside Russia lead to escalation.
National Technology Day is celebrated in India on May 11 and marks an important milestone in the development of the country. It marks the anniversary of a series of underground nuclear tests in the late 1990s and is a reminder of the efforts taken to use science and technology to develop the country since independence
The Bank of England has raised interest rates for a record-breaking 12th successive meeting, lifting the cost of borrowing to 4.5% and warning that inflation would be higher this year than it previously anticipated. The Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee said that there would be no recession this year, upgrading its economic growth forecasts by more
On Wednesday, General Motors launched its newest business unit, GM Envolve. The goal is to utilize all aspects of GM to create a new, all-in-one user experience enabling commercial and fleet customers to transition to electric seamlessly. GM launches Envolve enabling fleets to go electric After its fifth straight quarter of growth (+27% YOY) in
In this article MSFT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A view of the end of Helion’s seventh generation prototype, the Polaris. Photo courtesy Helion Microsoft said Wednesday it has signed a power purchase agreement with nuclear fusion startup Helion Energy to buy electricity from it in 2028. The deal is a notable vote of
In the Caribbean, some people are calling for the British monarch to be removed as head of state, and for the royal family to pay reparations for their role in slavery. We explore the royal family’s uncomfortable links to slavery, colonialism and race in the countries where King Charles is the head of state. SUBSCRIBE
he video deposition of Donald Trump played before the jury in the E. Jean Carroll civil battery and defamation trial was made public, showing the former president misidentifying the defendant in a photo as his ex-wife Marla Maples. CNN legal analyst Jennifer Rodgers says this was a blunder by Trump because it appeared to undercut