The UK Disasters Emergency Committee has launched an appeal to “save and protect lives” as Pakistan deals with devastating floods. More than 1,100 people have died and 33 million people are affected after monsoon rains and melting glaciers destroyed houses, infrastructure and crops. The UN has appealed for $160m (£138m) to help alleviate an “unprecedented
British households are on course for the deepest living standards squeeze in a century, with real household disposable incomes expected to fall by 10% this year and the next. The warning comes in a new report by the Resolution Foundation, which said that real earnings are falling at their fastest rate since 1997, meaning that
The UK’s Hornsea 2, the world’s largest single offshore wind farm, is now fully operational. August 31 update: On August 17, Electrek reported that Hornsea 2 was expected to be fully commissioned before the end of August. Ørsted just slid into home plate today, the last day of the month: Hornsea 2 is now completely powered
We’re buying 35 shares of Danaher (DHR) at roughly $270.33 each, and selling 25 shares of Pioneer Natural Resources (PXD) at roughly $254.87. Following Wednesday’s trades, Jim’s Charitable Trust will own 485 shares of Danaher, increasing its weighting in the portfolio to 4.5% from 4.19%, and 125 shares of PXD, decreasing its weighting in the
8:00 AM ET CHICAGO — As Chicago Bears quarterback Justin Fields was struggling through his debut as an NFL starter against the Browns last Sept. 26, his father, Pablo, went to a concessions stand in Cleveland’s FirstEnergy Stadium. A self-proclaimed “nervous wreck” during Justin’s games, Pablo won’t sit with anyone but his wife, JoAnn, during
Russian forces have captured the eastern outskirts of the besieged city of Mariupol, reports the Ukrainian military. It comes as the Ministry of Defence say the bulk of Russian ground forces are now only 25km from the centre of the country’s capital, Kyiv. Sky’s Thomas Moore and Air Marshall Edward Stringer analyse the latest movements
Former Trump aide Alyssa Farah Griffin reacts to a video of South Carolina GOP state Rep. Neal Collins describing the story of a 19-year-old who allegedly could not be treated by doctors when having a miscarriage due to the state’s strict abortion laws. #CNN #News
Kate Moss has revealed Johnny Depp gave her the first diamonds she ever owned as a gift – and presented them to her “out of the crack of his a**e”. The supermodel, who was in a relationship with the Hollywood actor between 1994 and 1998, was reflecting on one of her most famous looks with
In this article SNAP Snap shares rose as much as 15% after it confirmed reports it will cut 20% of its more than 6,000-person workforce and said it will scrap several projects, including its Pixy photo-taking drone and its lineup of Snap Originals premium shows. CEO Evan Spiegel announced the moves in a memo Tuesday,
BrewDog has announced it will close six of its pubs, blaming spiralling costs and a “clueless government”. The craft beer firm will shut the Hop and Anchor in Aberdeen, Smithfield Market Arms in London, Hop Hub in Motherwell and its BrewDog bars in Dalston, east London; Old Street, east London; and Peterhead, Scotland. James Watt,
Aug 29, 2022 EuroBasket is back! After a five-year layoff, EuroBasket 2022 is set to crown a continental champion from a field of 24 nations led by some of the NBA’s biggest stars. The tournament tips off Thursday with group stage games being played in four host nations, and the gold-medal game will be played
Aug 31, 2022 In the NHL, business is about to pick up. General managers are heading back to their offices and starting to work the phones again with agents. At least one team is assembling its coaching staff this week to begin prep for training camp, which begins around Sept. 21. This is good news
As the cost of living crisis puts a strain on families, people are increasingly turning to an unlikely place for help: TikTok. Budget recipes, energy saving hacks (such as showering at the gym), saving money on a food shop, and cutting back on food waste are some of the videos going viral on the platform.
The Moon has specific areas that never receive sunlight, regions that are located in areas of ‘permanent shadow’. These dark regions include the sunken floors of impact craters that remain shadowed and are extremely cold. Scientists believe that these sites, devoid of sunlight, might prove to be fruitful if explored — due to the possibility of
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has revealed a fascinating phenomenon after it captured an image of a star located around 5,600 light-years away in detail. The image from the telescope depicts the star surrounded by what researchers suspect are concentric circles of light radiating outward. The star, in the image, is a binary pair of rare stars
NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft, which has been exploring our solar system for more than four decades now, was found to be sending distorted data to the mission controllers on Earth. Now, engineers have managed to determine the cause of the problem and have successfully fixed it. The team encountered the issue last year when the
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U.S Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry (right) with President of COP26 Alok Sharma at the G-20 Joint Environment and Climate Ministers’ Meeting in Nusa Dua, Indonesia’s Bali island, on Aug. 31, 2022. Firdia Lisnawati | Afp | Getty Images BALI, Indonesia — G-20 ministers have gathered in Indonesia to discuss their progress on
Combining techniques of nanotechnology and optics, researchers at the Bar-Ilan University in Israel have developed nanometric diamond particles that could be used for medical and cosmetic remedies through the skin. In the paper published in the scientific journal ACS Nano, the researchers also claimed the development of a safe laser-based optical method, which is capable
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