More than 20,500 people are now confirmed to have died in a devastating earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria on Monday. The total number who are recorded as having been killed is at least 20,511, including 17,134 in Turkey and 3,377 in the neighbouring war-ravaged country. Both nations were hit by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake
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The search for missing mother-of-two Nicola Bulley has been moved to the coastline nearly two weeks after her disappearance. Two boats with specialist police teams have been searching in the sea at Morecambe Bay, before heading upstream on either side of the River Wyre. The 45-year-old went missing while walking her dog in St Michael’s
Tesla’s former head of AI, Andrej Karpathy, announced that he is joining OpenAI, an AI startup originally co-founded by Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Karpathy joined Tesla more than five years ago as a neural net and computer vision expert. He joined as Tesla was transitioning from using Mobileye’s technology for driver-assist features to its own
Shell recently reported its highest-ever annual profit of nearly $40 billion. Paul Ellis | Afp | Getty Images Shell‘s directors are being personally sued for allegedly failing to adequately manage the risks associated with the climate emergency in a first-of-its-kind lawsuit that could have widespread implications for how other companies plan to cut emissions. Environmental
Pink Floyd star Roger Waters has condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and called for a ceasefire – but also said he believes the war was provoked – during an address to the UN Security Council at Moscow’s invitation. The veteran musician was denounced by Ukraine‘s UN ambassador as “another brick in the wall” of Russian
Tens of thousands of rail workers may return to picket lines after their union rejected revised pay offers to avert more walkouts. The RMT union had been deliberating over a 5% pay rise, backdated to January last year, along with a 4% hike for 2023. Train operators and Network Rail called it their “best and
The company behind many popular consumer brands including Marmite and Magnum ice creams has said it expects price growth to ease later this year but not find a reverse gear. As the cost of living crisis continues to harm household spending power, Unilever forecast a €1.5bn (£1.3bn) impact from inflation during the first half of
SpaceX plans to fire up all 33 engines powering its massive Starship launch system ahead of its first orbital launch, a key milestone in the company’s efforts to reach the moon and Mars. The so-called static fire is scheduled for Thursday, Gwynne Shotwell, the company’s president and chief operating officer, said Wednesday at an industry
Firefighter strikes have been postponed after an increased pay offer from employers, the Fire Brigades Union has announced. The new offer is for 7% backdated to July 2022, and then 5% from 1 July this year. This has now been put to a ballot of members, and the union has postponed the announcement of strike
A forensic search and rescue expert has questioned whether Nicola Bulley’s phone could have been left as a decoy. Peter Faulding said he would be looking closely at the phone evidence and was “surprised” Nicola had not been found in the river, if high frequency sonar was being used. He said it was “quite a
‘The Daily Show’ contributor Jordan Klepper shares what he saw and heard outside a Trump campaign event in South Carolina. #CNN #News
Russian officials have attacked Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s “hasty” visit to Europe – dismissing his speech to MPs in Westminster as “theatrical”. The Ukrainian president made a surprise appearance in London on Wednesday, where he urged the UK and Western allies to provide “wings for freedom” by supplying advanced jets. Mr Zelenskyy then travelled to Paris for
American football player Damar Hamlin – who collapsed mid-game after suffering from a cardiac arrest – will play professional football again, an NFL doctor has said. Speaking on American radio station SiriusXM, Dr Thom Mayer, medical director for the NFL Players Association, guaranteed the 24-year-old’s career was far from over. “I guarantee you, I guarantee
Feb 8, 2023 The LIV Golf League might claim to be “golf but louder,” but there is perhaps no place in the sport more raucous than the par-3 16th hole of the Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale, the site of this week’s WM Phoenix Open. The scene figures to be even more raucous with NFL
Bank of America revealed Wednesday a new bundle program allowing EV buyers to finance their electric vehicle chargers alongside their auto loans. Bank of America enables EV ownership with new bundle With demand for zero-emission electric vehicles climbing rapidly, Bank of America is anticipating the trend will only strengthen as we move toward a sustainable
In this article HOOD Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Rafael Henrique | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images The board of directors of Robinhood has approved a plan to buy up to 55 million shares bought by Sam Bankman-Fried last year. The ex-CEO of the now bankrupt crypto exchange FTX originally purchased his
In this article GOOGL GOOG Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks during the Google I/O keynote session at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California on May 7, 2019. Josh Edelson | AFP | Getty Images Shares of Google’s parent Alphabet closed down more than 7% on Wednesday after the company
9:30 AM ET Jeff Kassouf A new year often brings clarity, and for the U.S. women’s national team, it was affirmation of what was hiding in plain sight: the core of the 2023 World Cup roster. U.S. coach Vlatko Andonovski made it clear throughout the past year that he was developing a new-look squad for
In this article AFRM Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Affirm Holdings Inc. website home screen on a laptop computer in an arranged photograph taken in Little Falls, New Jersey. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty Images Affirm announced it’s cutting 19% of its workforce Wednesday. The news came as it reported second quarter earnings
Rishi Sunak’s controversial new deputy party chairman said he would support the return of the death penalty because “nobody has ever committed a crime after being executed”. Outspoken Ashfield MP Lee Anderson was handed the senior government position during the prime minister’s reshuffle on Tuesday. The move raised eyebrows given his history of controversial comments,