“Britain is not going to donate any fighter jets to Ukraine at this time”, says Defence Secretary Ben Wallace. Speaking at a meeting with his German counterpart in Berlin, he added that no European nation is going to put Europe or British forces into Ukraine’s war zone, but will provide “resilience” and training. Read more
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A joke by Chinese stand-up comedian Li Haoshi, known by his stage name House, that loosely referenced a slogan used to describe the country’s military has cost an entertainment firm more than $2 million after it was slapped with enormous fines by authorities. CNN’s Steven Jiang reports. #shorts #CNN #News
Ireland is set to become the first country in the world to put health warnings on alcohol products. Dublin’s health minister Stephen Donnelly signed new regulations on Monday, which will warn drinkers about the health risks of drinking alcohol, as well as the calorie count of the product. However, the labels will not be mandatory
Amazon One connects a shopper’s palm to their credit card, letting them pay without waiting in line. Amazon Amazon is adding a feature to its palm-based payment system that will allow users to buy alcohol by swiping their hand. The system, called Amazon One, lets people pay for items by placing their palm over a
A growing number of skilled workers from Africa and Asia are moving to Britain to plug crippling staff shortages, according to new figures that reveal the changing picture of migration. Businesses are making use of the new post-Brexit migration system to bring in IT professionals, nurses and accountants. Since January 2021, the new system has
Bill Connelly, ESPN Staff WriterMay 22, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Bill Connelly is a staff writer for ESPN.com. In the last year of the 20th century, quarterback play in college football seemed to be making a quantum leap. Virginia Tech‘s Michael Vick was showing us a combination of rushing and passing prowess that we
At least 19 students have been killed in a fire at a secondary school dormitory in Guyana in South America, authorities have said. The country’s government has said several other students were being treated for injuries after the fire in the southwestern border town of Mahdia. At least six others were flown 200 miles to
When Annie got the call on a Friday afternoon in March this year, she was on her way to pick up her daughter from school. Her son, in his early twenties, was being discharged, with immediate effect from the mental health unit Wotton Lawn in Gloucester, where he had been sectioned in the psychiatric intensive
Suella Braverman has insisted “nothing untoward happened” as she faces questions over whether she asked civil servants to help her dodge a group speeding awareness course. The comments are the first made by the home secretary since The Sunday Times reported that she asked civil servants to arrange a private one-to-one speed awareness course for
Police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann are to carry out new searches of a reservoir, Sky News understands. Officers will start work on Tuesday at the Arade dam, which is located about 50km from where the British toddler went missing in Praia da Luz in the Algarve, 16 years ago. British police will also
Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary have paid tribute to Phillip Schofield on This Morning today, the first show since his departure after more than 20 years. Opening the programme on Monday, Hammond said they could not start without mentioning the veteran presenter. O’Leary added: “Everyone on and off screen at ITV and This Morning want
The owner of WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook has been slapped with a record fine of €1.2bn (£1.04bn) by the Irish data protection regulator. It’s the biggest fine ever levied for breach of the general data protection regulations (GDPR). Meta has incurred the fine for transferring EU citizens data to the United States for processing and
On the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. In this week’s episode, we discuss all the news that came out of Tesla’s annual meeting, including Tesla teasing its “$25,000 car,” new Roadster, Tesla Bot, and more. The show is live every Friday at 4 p.m. ET
A 2019 pre-owned Nissan Leaf SV on the lot in 2022 during the chip shortage that depleted stock of new auto inventory. Boston Globe | Boston Globe | Getty Images Affordable EVs have been on sale in the U.S. well over a decade and the data analytics company Experian says about 2.2 million were on
Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterMay 21, 2023, 06:36 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia ROCHESTER, N.Y. — In the final round of the 105th PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club on Sunday, Brooks Koepka seemed determined to step on the
BT has announced plans to significantly reduce its workforce by the end of the decade, with artificial intelligence due to replace thousands of roles. Sky News’ Business Correspondent Paul Kelso asks whether the workplace is ready for the rapid evolution of AI? Read more here: https://bit.ly/3WeK7aA #artificialintelligence #ai #sting #songwriting SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel
Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) heckled Rep. George Santos (R-NY) after the House voted to refer a resolution to expel Santos from Congress to the Ethics Committee. Bowman then got into an argument with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) outside the US Capitol.
Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterMay 21, 2023, 09:06 PM ET Close Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. LAS VEGAS — It wasn’t like the Dallas Stars didn’t address why they lost a second straight overtime game to the Vegas Golden Knights. If anything? There was more of a conversation around the circumstances
Meta is expected to face a record fine later over its transfer of Facebook’s European user data to US servers, according to reports. Reuters news agency cited two anonymous sources familiar with the matter as saying that the penalty from EU regulators will be higher than the previous record – a €746m (£647m) fine for
SpaceX’s second private flight has launched passengers, including Saudi Arabia’s first female astronaut, to the International Space Station. The SpaceX Falcon rocket launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Centre on Sunday night. The crew will be led by a retired NASA astronaut who now works for the company, which arranged the 10-day trip. It is the