A US embassy convoy in Sudan was fired upon in a “reckless” and “irresponsible” incident, the US secretary of state said. Following Monday’s incident, Antony Blinken phoned the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) leader General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemedti, and Sudan’s army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan to warn them that any danger
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The UK’s unemployment rate ticked up to 3.8% in the three months to February, according to official figures that also highlighted a faster than expected spike in wage rises. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said the jobless rate rose from 3.7% due to a surge in the number of people unemployed for more than
The most watched non-sporting event in the world finally gets under way this week, as the Eurovision Song Contest hits Liverpool. More than 160 million people will tune in over the next few days as Merseyside hosts the annual competition on behalf of last year’s winners, Ukraine. As you know by now, Kalush Orchestra won
An arrest warrant has been issued for the man accused of shooting a Black teenager in the head in Kansas City. Andrew Lester, 85, is accused of shooting 16-year-old Ralph Yarl, who reportedly went to the wrong house by accident when trying to collect his younger brothers last week. Police said on Monday that Lester
11:43 AM ET The Minnesota Twins and right-hander Pablo Lopez are finalizing a four-year, $73.5 million contract extension, according to multiple reports. Lopez, 27, was acquired by the Twins in the January trade that sent Luis Arraez to the Miami Marlins. Lopez is 1-1 with a 1.73 ERA in four starts in a Twins uniform.
Tesla’s primary battery cell supplier, Panasonic, is once again looking to build a new factory in the US after recently announcing a new one. When Tesla initially sought a battery supplier in the early 2000s, no one wanted to sell the company Li-ion battery cells to put in an electric vehicle. At that time, Li-ion
Pembrokeshire, Wales was one of the areas recognized by the British Geological Survey to be prospective for critical raw materials. Matthew Horwood | Getty Images News | Getty Images Several large swathes of the U.K. on Monday were identified as prospective sites to search for critical raw materials, reflecting the country’s push to deliver a
Rishi Sunak has criticised vaping companies for appealing to children – and revealed he is looking forward to US singer Katy Perry performing at the King’s coronation concert. In an interview with Sky News’ children’s programme, FYI, the prime minister hit out at vaping companies for targeting children with colourful adverts and characters. He told
In this article AAPL GS GSBD Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Kif Leswing/CNBC Apple now offers a savings account administered through its iPhone app that allows users to accrue over 4% interest. Setting up the savings account is straightforward, although users are required to have an active Apple Card. Accounts are administered by Goldman
Police have released audio of an emergency call in which a mother tells a police call handler her son has killed another boy. Joshua Delbono, 19, was jailed for 21 years after being found guilty of killing 16-year-old Charley Bates in Somerset on 31 July last year. Police released the audio after Delbono was sentenced.
The FBI arrested 21-year-old Jack Teixeira in connection with the leaking of classified documents that have been posted online, according to a US official familiar with the matter. CNN’s Evan Perez has the latest. #CNN #News #Shorts
Details of Paul O’Grady’s funeral procession have been revealed, as his husband thanked supporters for their “support and love”. O’Grady, a TV presenter and comedian, died of sudden cardiac arrhythmia last month at his home in the village of Aldington in Kent. He was 67. His husband Andre Portasio posted in local Facebook groups on
Two New York residents have been arrested and charged after allegedly running an illegal Manhattan police station for the Chinese government. The pair face federal charges of operating the undeclared outpost in the Chinatown neighbourhood and conspiring to act as agents for Beijing, said the US attorney for the eastern district of New York. The
At least 195,000 procedures and hospital appointments in England had to be rescheduled due to the junior doctors strike last week – but the true figure is likely to be higher. Some 20,470 inpatient procedures were rescheduled, along with 175,755 outpatient appointments, making a total of 196,225. An average of 26,145 staff per day were
Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks at a panel at the CEO Summit of the Americas hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on June 09, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said “every product of every company” will be impacted by the quick development of
Parliament’s standards watchdog has opened an investigation into the prime minister over possible failure to declare an interest. The probe by the standards commissioner, Daniel Greenberg, was launched on 13 April and cited paragraph 6 of the MPs code of conduct, which governs how MPs should behave. The code states that “members must always be
It’s time for a fancy pants edition of the Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week. In today’s column, we’ve got a beautiful specimen of an antique-style roadster complete with the tried-and-true guts of electric microcar from China. What could go wrong?! This little EV represents the crème de la crème of China’s sophisticated
In this article ENGI-FR AOMD-DE ALO-FR TSLA DTG-DE Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT This image, from June 2022, shows a GenH2 Truck prototype being tested at a facility in Germany. Uwe Anspach | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Last year, a truck undertook a series of journeys across the Brenner Pass, a high-altitude route
Voting machine company Dominion has settled its defamation lawsuit with Fox News. Dominion Voting Systems sued Fox over its coverage of false claims that the company rigged the 2020 US presidential election to prevent Donald Trump‘s victory. The trial was scheduled to begin on Monday but just a few hours before it was due to
Gerry Hutch has been found not guilty of murdering a man at a Dublin hotel in 2016. The 50-year-old stood trial accused of the murder of David Byrne who was shot six times at a crowded boxing weigh-in event at the Regency Hotel. It was one of the first deadly attacks of the Hutch-Kinahan gangland