ESPN News Services Sep 9, 2024, 06:31 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Norway captain Martin Ødegaard injured an ankle on Monday ahead of a key series of games for his club Arsenal. Ødegaard covered his face with his hands while being treated on the field midway through the second half of a 2-1 Nations League
MPs have voted to cut the winter fuel payment for all but the country’s poorest pensioners. A Tory move to block the measure was defeated by 348 to 228 votes – a majority of 120. Labour has a working majority in the Commons of 167. The division list showed Labour MP Jon Trickett supported the
Former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson has pleaded not guilty to 18 historical sexual abuse charges. His wife, Eleanor Donaldson, has also pleaded not guilty to three charges of aiding and abetting. The couple appeared in court at Newry in County Down. The 61-year-old former MP and his wife, 58, were arrested at their home in
SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk has announced that the company aims to start launching Starship missions to Mars in 2026. These initial missions will be uncrewed and designed to test the reliability of landing safely on Mars. If these test flights are successful, the first crewed missions could begin as early as four years
At least 140 drones have been launched by Ukraine into Russia, killing one person and injuring three others, according to Russian officials. Moscow’s regional governor Andrei Vorobyov confirmed several buildings have been damaged and there has been at least one fatality. “A woman was killed and three more people sustained injuries. Five residential buildings near
Sky News’ deputy political editor Sam Coates and Politico’s Jack Blanchard are back with their daily guide to the day ahead in politics in under 20 minutes. On the day of a big Commons vote on the future of winter fuel payments, Jack and Sam discuss whether this is really the first big test of
Cylib, a startup backed by Porsche and Bosch, is building a huge electric vehicle battery recycling facility in Dormagen, a town in Germany’s North Rhine-Westphalia region. Cylib A massive battery recycling plant is being built in Germany by Cylib, a startup looking to reduce waste from EV batteries that have reached the end of their
Mothers carrying their children smile, give me a thumbs up, and then point to a riverbank fifty metres or so away. We’re on a walkway bridge between the Mexican city of Matamoros and Brownsville in Texas. The riverbank is of course the United States – so close you feel you can almost touch it. For
Tesla and Eaton, a giant multinational manufacturer focused on intelligent power management, are partnering to improve Powerwall integration with the latter’s smart breakers. At the RE+ 24, a clean energy conference, the two companies announced the collaboration that should result in Eaton’s smart breakers working with Tesla Powerwall next year: Intelligent power management company Eaton
In this article BTC.CM= Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT oatawa | Getty Bitcoin jumped Monday evening and topped $57,000 after Wall Street’s rebound from its worst week of the year. The price of the flagship cryptocurrency was last higher by 5.6% at $57,4449.00, according to Coin Metrics. Last week, bitcoin tumbled 9% for its
Acting great James Earl Jones, who voiced Star Wars villain Darth Vader and Mufasa in The Lion King, has died at the age of 93. He appeared in Conan the Barbarian, played Eddie Murphy’s dad in Coming to America and starred in The Hunt for Red October and Patriot Games. Mark Hamill, who played Luke
Selena Gomez has said she cannot carry her own children due to health issues. The actor and singer told Vanity Fair her chronic health issues, which include a lupus diagnosis, make it risky for her to carry a baby to term and give birth. The 32-year-old was discussing her role in the film Emilia Perez,
The Princess of Wales has said her focus is to “stay cancer free” after finishing chemotherapy treatment. She made the announcement in her most personal family video to date showing her spending private time with Prince William and her children. The incredibly candid and intimate video shows the princess, Prince William, Prince George, Princess Charlotte
Disgraced Hollywood movie mogul Harvey Weinstein is in intensive care in hospital recovering from heart surgery, his lawyer says. He was taken from prison to Bellevue Hospital in New York earlier today. His lawyer Craig Rothfeld said: “Mr Weinstein was rushed to Bellevue Hospital last night due to several medical conditions. “We can confirm that
U.S. crude oil futures rebounded nearly 1% on Monday after posting the worst week since October 2023. The U.S. benchmark has fallen 15.8% so far in the third quarter while the Brent global benchmark has fallen more than 16.6%. “We have lost 400 million barrels of financial demand since early July,” Daan Struyven, oil research
A victim of the Post Office Horizon scandal has told Sky News that plans for a new appeals process are “unacceptable” on several fronts. Chris Head, once the youngest sub-postmaster in the UK but who lost everything when he was wrongly accused of theft, spoke out after the business secretary Jonathan Reynolds told MPs the
The state pension is due to rise by 4% in April, giving an extra £460 a year to recipients. The payment increases by the highest of total average weekly earnings, inflation for September or 2.5%. Figures on Tuesday showed average weekly earnings rose by 4% in the three months to July. Inflation data for September
Ministers are not looking to soften the blow for 10 million pensioners who will no longer receive winter fuel payments, the prime minister’s spokesman has said. Ahead of a vote on Tuesday on the controversial decision to limit winter fuel payments to those on pension credit, the government is remaining steadfast despite growing opposition from
Photo by NPS/Colton Johnston Zion National Park’s shuttle fleet has become one of the first bus fleets in the US to go all electric, and the first at a National Park. Zion National Park in Southern Utah is renowned for its colorful canyons and arches, and is one of the “mighty five” national parks in
Niklas Zennstrom, CEO of Atomico and co-founder of Skype. Simon Dawson | Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON — Atomico, an early investor in top European technology firms from Stripe to Klarna, announced Monday the launch of two new funds worth $1.24 billion to back emerging and growth-stage startups in the sector. The launch of Atomico’s