Twelve years ago, Qatar was awarded the World Cup and scrutiny has barely let up since. But on Sunday evening, after a build-up as strange and muted as anything that’s gone before, the controversy was put to one side as the football finally took centre stage. Outside Al Bayt stadium, designed to resemble a Bedouin
The UK government will introduce new legislation today to extend the deadline for forming an executive in Northern Ireland. There has been no functioning government in Stormont since May’s vote, with the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) refusing to restore power-sharing unless the Northern Ireland protocol is scrapped. The post-Brexit trade agreement was designed to prevent
A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a baby and toddler died in a flat fire in Nottingham. The emergency services were called to reports of a fire in the Clifton area of the city at 3.17am today. A woman, thought to be in her 30s, and two children were treated at
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In this article XOM CF Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Could it be that Big Oil’s next big thing got a big assist from Joe Biden? Maybe, if carbon capture and storage is indeed as big a deal as ExxonMobil’s first-of-its-kind deal to extract, transport and store carbon from other companies’ factories implies. The
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Republicans are pointing fingers after their party failed to win control of the Senate in the midterm elections. In today’s episode of The Point, CNN’s Chris Cillizza examines the growing rift between Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans allied with Donald Trump. #CNN #cillizza #mcconnell
A challenger bank specialising in green finance has poached its new finance chief from a rival as it seeks to accelerate its growth in a challenging economic environment. Sky News understands that David McCarthy, who resigned after eight years as chief financial officer of Atom in September, is joining Tandem Bank in the same role.
FBI and US Air Force agents have raided the homes of a man who runs a website about the top secret military base in Nevada known as Area 51. Officers entered the properties of Joerg Arnu in Las Vegas and the town of Rachel, which is close to the defence facility, earlier this month as
Five people have been killed and at least 18 injured in a shooting at a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs in the US. In a statement, the club – Club Q – called the shooting a “hate attack” and said customers overpowered the gunman. It said: “Club Q is devastated by the senseless attack on
Joe Lycett has put his money where his mouth is, shredding £10,000 of his own cash after David Beckham failed to end his controversial multi-million-pound World Cup promotion deal with Qatar. Wearing a rainbow-coloured ruffled top, and noise cancelling headphones to protect his ears, Lycett tossed in the cash in two goes, with the resulting
Labour wants to replace the House of Lords with an elected chamber if it gets into power as part of a plan to “restore trust in politics”. The party will hold a consultation on the make-up of the new look Lords, including on how to make sure “regional voices” are included. But it has said
COP27 will be remembered for establishing a loss and damage fund – a genuine breakthrough for those most vulnerable to the climate crisis. But it will also be remembered as a chaotic summit that teetered on the brink of disaster. A summit where the ambitious goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, was
The former children’s commissioner for England has warned of families across the country facing “awful conditions” in their social housing, following the death of Awaab Ishak. The two-year-old died in December 2020 from a respiratory condition caused by mould in his home, managed by Rochdale Boroughwide Housing (RBH). There has been an outpouring of emotion
For anyone who thinks the worst part of stand up paddleboards is the paddling, you’re going to love this week’s Awesomely Weird Alibaba Electric Vehicle of the Week entry. Apparently all it takes to ditch the paddle is a $300 SUP conversion kit that turns a paddleboard into an electric surfboard. Electric conversions are all
In this article BNB.CM= FTT.CM= Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Bahamas-based crypto exchange FTX filed for bankruptcy in the U.S. on Nov. 11, 2022, seeking court protection as it looks for a way to return money to users. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images FTX’s new CEO said on Saturday that the bankrupt crypto
Nov 19, 2022 There is something about England facing New Zealand that always seems to produce fireworks. Three years ago Eddie Jones’ team ousted the All Blacks in the Rugby World Cup semifinals after one of their all-time great performances. A year earlier New Zealand beat them by a single point at Twickenham, while a
Sky’s International Correspondent Alex Rossi meets a former Ukrainian prisoner of war, who takes him to the jail he was locked up in. He says he was tortured and beaten daily. #skynews #ukraine #kherson SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/skynews Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/skynews Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/skynews Follow us
New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman discusses former President Donald Trump’s 2024 announcement speech. #CNN #news
Donald Trump will be reinstated to Twitter after an online poll voted for his return, the platform’s new owner Elon Musk has said. But on hearing the news, the former US president said he had no interest in re-joining. Mr Musk had posted a poll asking users to vote on whether Mr Trump, who was