Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev had a “huge impact on the course of world history” who found his “own solutions to urgent problems”, Vladimir Putin has said. Expressing his condolences to his family, the Russian president said in a statement: “He led our country during a period of complex, dramatic changes, large-scale foreign policy, economic and
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The Co-op has sold its petrol station business to supermarket giant Asda for £600m, it announced on Wednesday, saying the deal would free up cash for the company and strengthen its financial position. The deal includes 129 petrol forecourt sites across the country, representing 5% of Co-op’s total retail portfolio of 2,564 stores. The company
The Queen will receive the new prime minister at her Balmoral estate in Scotland for the first time in her long reign. Her Majesty will meet either Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak on 6 September, a day after one of them is announced as the winner in the race for 10 Downing Street. She would
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is set to make its second attempt to launch its powerful new Moon rocket this Saturday. The uncrewed mission, which is dubbed Artemis 1, will bring the United States closer to returning astronauts to the Moon after five decades. The blast off was earlier planned for Monday morning but
A photo showing top secret documents uncovered during an FBI search of Donald Trump’s Florida home has been released. It comes as the US Justice Department claims it has uncovered efforts to obstruct its investigation into the discovery of classified documents at the former president’s Mar-a-Lago estate. The image, released in a court filing, showed
As we roll along in the third quarter of 2022, GM’s long-promised EV lineup is beginning to materialize and gain some serious momentum. The American automaker now has several EVs on the market and has even more in its production pipeline. In recent media appearances, CEO Mary Barra has relayed confidence in GM’s autonomous technology
Twenty/20 In its first foray into the crypto sector, the House Committee on Oversight and Reform is dialing up the pressure on federal agencies and crypto exchanges to protect Americans from fraudsters. In a series of letters sent Tuesday morning, the committee asked four agencies, including the Department of the Treasury, the Federal Trade Commission,
The war in Ukraine has been a very “sobering experience” for the Russian military and could carry on for generations, according to Sky’s defence analyst, Professor Michael Clarke. Get the latest updates: https://news.sky.com/topic/ukraine-6556 Six months on, here’s what we know about Russia’s gains and losses, Putin as a military leader, and how this conflict could
Several Republican members of Congress are trying to take credit for legislation they voted against. CNN’s Jake Tapper has more. #CNN #News
In this article SNAP Co-founder and CEO of Snap Inc. Evan Spiegel attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups, at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, France June 17, 2022. Benoit Tessier | Reuters Snap is laying off 20% of its workforce, which equates to over 1,000 employees, according to
12:26 PM ET Gwendolyn Oxenham When Shelbourne FC team captain Pearl Slattery picked up her two teammates, Shauna Fox and Izzy Glennon, for the drive to training in North Dublin, she was downright giggly. “I have the craziest news,” she said as she drove. “But I can’t tell you, I swore I wouldn’t tell.” A
Food prices rose at their fastest rate since 2008 in August – up 9.3% after a 7% increase last month. The figure comes from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and NielsenIQ index, which blamed the Ukraine war and its effect on the price of animal feed, fertiliser, wheat, and vegetable oils. Fresh food prices were
Fantasy fans have waited years for something to fill the Game of Thrones shaped hole in their TV schedules, and just weeks after the first prequel House of the Dragon was released, Tolkien now gets the telly treatment thanks to the deep pockets of Amazon. The first episodes of Lord of the Rings: The Rings
A boy believed to be 12 has been stabbed in Newham, east London Metropolitan Police have said officers were called at 8.17pm to Brook’s Road in Plaistow after reporting of a stabbing. The boy was found with a stab wound at the scene. A Met spokesperson said: “He was treated at the scene, and we
Former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev has died at the age of 91, according to Russian media. His office earlier said that he was undergoing treatment at the Central Clinical Hospital in Moscow. He died after a long illness, the medical facility was quoted as saying by news agencies. Tributes to man who brought about the
After Tory MPs sprinted through five rounds of voting for a new party leader in just a week, the battle for the votes of party members has already been a six-week marathon. For Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak it’s almost the end of the road as they prepare for the 12th and final Conservative Party
Boris Johnson will join new police officers on the frontline tomorrow as he marks his final few days as prime minister. The victor of the Conservative leadership contest and Mr Johnson’s successor – either Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak – will be announced on 5 September. With less than a week to go in the
Aug 30, 2022 Mike CoppingerESPN Just last year, the 135-pound division was the weight class to watch, as Devin Haney, Teofimo Lopez, Ryan Garcia and Gervonta Davis all called it home. Now Lopez and Garcia campaign at 140 pounds, and suddenly, the junior welterweight division is one of the sport’s most competitive weight classes. The
Tesla has been spotted stacking an impressive number of structural battery packs in inventory at Gigafactory Texas. We look into what could be happening. When Tesla started production of Model Y at Gigafactory Texas earlier this year, it launched a new architecture for the electric SUV based on Tesla’s new structural battery pack design. The
Connie Black makes adjustments to the manufacturing line for the series 6 solar panels seen during a tour of a First Solar plant in Walbridge, Ohio, October 6, 2021. Dane Rhys | Reuters First Solar announced Tuesday that it will build a new solar panel manufacturing facility in the U.S. on the heels of the