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Ukrainian drones strike defense plant in Russian Tula, sources say

Ukrainian intelligence drones hit a Russian defense enterprise, namely Bazalt plant in Tula, according to RBC-Ukraine sources. On the night of May 16, DI drones attacked the production facilities of the state-owned enterprise of the Russian defense complex Bazalt in Tula. Russian propaganda media said that air defense was operating in the Tula regi...

Android 15 — 5 ways it just put iOS 18 on notice

Google I/O 2024 was a launchpad for many new AI features that will be coming to Android sooner than later, which means there's more pressure for Apple to respond with iOS 18.

Queen reveals King is ‘getting better’ during Rye garden party

The Queen has revealed that the King is “getting better” during a garden party in East Sussex, before joking: “Well, he would be if he behaved himself.” Her comments came during a conversation with guests at Lamb House in Rye, where she was treated to a performance by the actors Timothy West, 89, and Hayley Mills, 78, while sat alongside Prunella S...

Premier League announce which four matches will be broadcast live on TV for final day

Premier League announce which four matches will be broadcast live on TV for final day - Both Arsenal and Man City will be shown live as the title is decided

Tyson Fury makes massive claim about Tyson v Paul fight

Tyson Fury took time out of the build-up for his bout with Oleksandr Usyk this weekend to talk about Mike Tyson and Jake Paul – and he made a pretty big call about the result he expects the result to be. Fury – who was named after the legendary fighter by his father – spoke about how much he’d enjoyed watching Tyson as a younger man, and said it wa...

EasyJet boss to stand down in 2025

EasyJet boss to stand down in 2025 - Johan Lundgren will step down in early 2025 after seven years in the role and hand over the reins to chief financial officer Kenton Jarvis.

Four charged and six officers injured at pro-Palestine demonstration

Four charged and six officers injured at pro-Palestine demonstration - Three men aged 18, 28 and 29, and a 21-year-old woman were arrested and charged during the demonstration.

Classifications Giro d'Italia 2024: These are the standings following fantastic wall stage

For 21 days straight, this article from In de Leiderstrui gives you daily updates on the different classifications in the Giro d'Italia 2024. That covers the fight for the pink, purple, blue and white jerseys, along with the team rankings. Pink jersey: General classification Giro d'Italia 2024 1. Tadej Pogacar 2. Daniel Felipe Martinez + 2.40 3. Geraint Thomas + 2.56 4. Ben O'Connor + 3.39 5. Antonio Tiberi + 4.27 6. Romain Bardet + 4.57 7....

VAR league table: Which club has been wronged most – and who has benefited

“That’s wrong that, Daz” could be the words engraved on the tombstone of VAR, offering a reminder that football technology needed competent humans running the system and that every decision had a winner and a loser. ‌Liverpool were the unlucky ones in the case of Daz, aka Darren England, the video-assistant referee who checked the footage after Sim...

WHO accuses Nigel Farage of spreading misinformation about pandemic treaty

The World Health Organization has accused Nigel Farage of spreading misinformation after he launched a campaign to block an international treaty designed to improve global pandemic preparedness. WHO member states are negotiating a deal to shore up cooperation against new pathogens. If adopted, the legally binding treaty would commit countries to helping each other in the event of a pandemic, increase research and sharing of data, and promote...

10 Most Dangerous Roads In The World - Part 2

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Strictly's Rose Ayling-Ellis lands role in new BBC thriller

She'll appear in a groundbreaking new show.

Elon Musk fired nearly all of Tesla’s Supercharger team after argument with top executive

Elon Musk fired nearly all of Tesla’s Supercharger team after argument with top executive - Firings on charger team are latest complication for EV maker

Court of public opinion: Most Americans now believe Trump did falsify hush money records

Court of public opinion: Most Americans now believe Trump did falsify hush money records - Despite Republican leaders’ best efforts, Americans don’t believe Mr Trump’s trial is a ‘sham’

Family of California Navy veteran who died after officer knelt on his neck settles lawsuit for $7.5M

Family of California Navy veteran who died after officer knelt on his neck settles lawsuit for $7.5M - Family members of a Navy veteran who died after a police officer pressed a knee to his neck for nearly five minutes have settled with the Northern California city of Antioch for $7.5 million

Amazon Says Adam Selipsky to Step Down as AWS CEO

Amazon's cloud-computing division chief Adam Selipsky is stepping down, making way for Matt Garman, the unit's top sales and marketing executive. Ed Ludlow reports.

Slovak Minister updates on Fico's condition: Serious, surgery underway

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who was attacked with a firearm today, is in serious condition, according to Erik Tomáš, Slovak Minister of Labor. According to Tomáš, Fico is currently undergoing surgery and is in serious condition due to bullet wounds. The minister clarified that the operation would take longer than expected, as the bullet dama...

Hannah Waddingham praised for ‘iconic’ response to losing Bafta to Strictly Come Dancing

Hannah Waddingham praised for ‘iconic’ response to losing Bafta to Strictly Come Dancing - ‘Why is she the best?!’ one viewer asked

Putin arrives in China to deepen strategic partnership with Xi

By Guy Faulconbridge and Bernard Orr MOSCOW/BEIJING (Reuters) -Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing early on Thursday for talks with Xi Jinping that the Kremlin hopes will deepen a strategic partnership between the two most powerful geopolitical rivals of the United States. China and Russia declared a "no limits" partnership in February 2022 when Putin visited Beijing just days

Urgent warning to iPhone users to update software to end ‘Bluetooth stalking’

UK-EU agreement on Gibraltar ‘getting closer’ after talks in Brussels

UK-EU agreement on Gibraltar ‘getting closer’ after talks in Brussels - Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron met representatives from the European Commission, Spain and Gibraltar for the latest round of talks.

Rishi Sunak confronted on why he ‘hates pensioners’ in live TV grilling

Rishi Sunak confronted on why he ‘hates pensioners’ in live TV grilling -

Rory McIlroy: I am ready to play US PGA despite divorce

Rory McIlroy vowed “I am ready to play this week” at Valhalla but declined to talk about his private life in his first press conference since his divorce was announced. ‌Journalists were asked to respect McIlroy’s decision not to answer questions about his split with Erica, his wife of seven years and mother of his three-year-old daughter Poppy, an...

A Palestinian converted to Judaism. An Israeli soldier saw him as a threat and opened fire

A Palestinian converted to Judaism. An Israeli soldier saw him as a threat and opened fire - At first, it seemed like the kind of shooting that has become all too common in the Israeli-occupied West Bank

On this day in 2022: Teen champion Laura Robson announces retirement from tennis

On this day in 2022: Teen champion Laura Robson announces retirement from tennis - The former teenage star officially hung up her racket on May 16, 2022.

Swiss Re posts better-than-expected Q1 profit, to withdraw from iptiQ business

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Reinsurance company Swiss Re said on Thursday that net profit for the first quarter was a better-than-expected $1.1 billion and that it would exit its digital white-label business after a strategic review. The net profit of $1.1 billion in the period was not comparable with the year earlier figure because of a change in accounting standards, but analysts had expected a

How Britain's shopkeepers are fighting back against flower pot stealth tax

'All this is doing is just costing us money - I cannot see any rewards.'

Leon Edwards and Tom Aspinall opponents confirmed for UFC 304 in Manchester

Leon Edwards and Tom Aspinall opponents confirmed for UFC 304 in Manchester - Aspinall will fight Curtis Blaydes again, following their fight in London in 2022, with the latter suffering an injury just 15 seconds into the bout

Martin Lewis slams X for failing to act on antisemitic 'Martin Jewish' post

Martin Lewis slams X for failing to act on antisemitic 'Martin Jewish' post - Martin Lewis hit out at X following a message posted on Thursday morning

The chancellor should ditch the NatWest retail share offer. It’s not needed

The government’s plan to sell shares in NatWest to the general public is so advanced that the odds on the chancellor pulling the plug on a pet project are slim. Investment bankers from Barclays and Goldman Sachs are doing their well-remunerated stuff, and M&C Saatchi is knocking up some adverts. The go-ahead for a rah-rah pre-election retail share offer is expected any week now. In a rational world, though, Jeremy Hunt would call the whole thing...

Boeing 747 engine bursts into flames during takeoff

The plane took off from Makassar, Indonesia, bound for Medina in Saudi Arabia but had to turn back after flames were spotted leaping from the engine during takeoff.

Shelling of Kharkiv: High-rise buiding damaged, casualties reported

Today, May 15, the Russian army targeted a residential high-rise building in Kharkiv. The first injuries have already been reported, according to Oleh Syniehubov, the head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration. "As a result of the shelling of the Shevchenkivskyi district of Kharkiv, a 5-story building was damaged," Syniehubov reported. He...

Families of victims want Letby inquiry live streamed to stop conspiracy theories

The inquiry into how nurse Lucy Letby was able to murder babies at a hospital in Chester will begin to hear evidence in September.

"Russia has fallen into madness!"

To understand how Russia could fall into madness, how their country of origin, where their families were born, became a true evil empire. This is the ambition of Ksenia Bolchakova and Veronika Dorman, two French journalists of Russian descent (also best friends), through the documentary released last April, "Russia, a people that keeps in step". On Feb. 24, 2022, at the time of the first bombs dropped in Ukraine, the two young women explained...

Jeremy Corbyn 'a very hard act to follow' says TV journalist standing to replace him

Jeremy Corbyn 'a very hard act to follow' says TV journalist standing to replace him - ‘I know the area well, I live three miles away’, says candidate Paul Mason

Steelers' Cameron Heyward addresses contract holdout

Some shocking news broke on Wednesday night about Steelers veteran defensive tackle Cameron Heyward.

Xbox 360 games are up to 90% off ahead of permanent store closure in July

Tomb Raider and Far Cry 4 are among the 59 games that are on sale in the online Xbox 360 store, as it gets ready to close its doors.

'Get a grip' message sent on A38 Derby expansion legal battles

The proposed £250 million A38 expansion in Derby has sparked a heated debate among readers, with some calling for urgent infrastructure upgrades while others raise concerns about the environmental impact and financial costs

Kellogg's factory at Trafford Park to close with 360 jobs lost

The factory, which dates back tot he 1930s, is not suitable for modern production practices, the company said

Entire US town in California goes on sale for $6,600,000

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British Airways flight from London to Oslo makes emergency landing after smoke billows into cockpit

British Airways flight from London to Oslo makes emergency landing after smoke billows into cockpit - The aircraft was grounded in Amsterdam over safety fears

Liverpool hit with reality as Premier League table without VAR emerges

Referees have been criticised for the on-field decisions in the Premier League this season

Australian PM defends evicting reluctant tenant from his Sydney home

Australian PM defends evicting reluctant tenant from his Sydney home - Tenant asks Anthony Albanese to be considerate during cost of living crisis

Covid cases continue to rise as FLiRT variants increase dominance

The latest data indicates that infection rates have risen for the fourth week in a row, following a sustained period of low case numbers

Three banking giants slash mortgage rates

Mortgages are falling amid hopes central interest rates could be cut as early as the start of summer. Barclays has announced it is lowering fixed-rate mortgage deals by up to 0.45 percentage points from Friday, while HSBC and TSB have also announced smaller rate reductions. Brokers expect a string of lenders to make similar reductions in borrowing ...

Florida deputy's killing of Black airman renews debate on police killings and race

WASHINGTON (AP) — In 2020, the top enlisted leader of the Air Force went public with his fear of waking up to the news that a Black airman had been killed by a white police officer. Then four years later, a Florida deputy shot and killed Senior Airman Roger Fortson in his apartment. “I doubt if that police officer knew or cared that Roger was an airman. What he saw was a young, Black male,” retired Chief Master Sgt. Kaleth O. Wright said in an...

'I blocked her number': Ex-head of IT says Paula Vennells 'hoped to avoid' Post Office inquiry

A former Post Office executive has said she was forced to block ex-boss Paula Vennells' phone number after the ex-CEO called multiple times asking for help to avoid an independent inquiry into the Horizon IT scandal.

'Some people might be a little bit shocked': David Walliams gives update on Little Britain reboot

'Some people might be a little bit shocked': David Walliams gives update on Little Britain reboot - The cult sketch show has faced criticism for its offensive humour, including blackface, fat-shaming and racial stereotyping

Four dead in New Caledonia riots, France declares state of emergency

By Kirsty Needham, Juliette Jabkhiro and Augustin Turpin SYDNEY/PARIS (Reuters) -France declared a state of emergency on the Pacific island of New Caledonia on Wednesday after three young indigenous Kanak and a police official were killed in riots over electoral reform. The state of emergency, which entered into force at 5 a.m. local time (1800 GMT), gives authorities additional powers to ban

Hezbollah says it launched drones at military base west of Israel's Tiberias

BEIRUT (Reuters) -Hezbollah said it launched a drone attack at a military base west of Israel's Tiberias on Wednesday, in the deepest strike into Israeli territory since the Lebanese armed group began exchanging fire with Israel in parallel with the Gaza war. Hezbollah said it was targeting part of a surveillance system used by the Israeli air force, and that the swarm of attack drones "hit its