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Georgia protests again over scandalous law: Huge procession marches to parliament

Georgians are once again protesting over the controversial law on foreign agents, which was recently passed by parliament in the first reading, reports News Georgia. Tonight, a march to the parliament building began in Tbilisi. The protesters are against the law on foreign agents. Quite a few people have already gathered near the parliament itself,...

2024-04-28T23:16:26Z

CBS Sports announces Matt Ryan will join NFL studio show. Longtime analysts Simms and Esiason depart

NEW YORK (AP) — Matt Ryan, who retired last week after 15 years in the NFL, will join CBS Sports as a studio analyst on “The NFL Today” and Phil Simms and Boomer Esiason will leave after long runs on the show, the network announced Monday. Ryan will join James Brown, Nate Burleson, Bill Cowher and JJ Watt. The 2016 NFL MVP and four-time Pro Bowl quarterback joined CBS Sports last season as an NFL game analyst and appeared in studio during the...

2024-04-29T18:48:19Z

Bestselling author CJ Sansom dies days before Disney adaption of his Shardlake series airs

Author CJ Sansom, who created the character of Matthew Shardlake, has died at the age of 71, his publisher has announced.

2024-04-29T10:41:55Z

Lando Norris pictured with bandaged face as Adrian Newey salary figure noted – F1 news round-up

No race this weekend, but Sunday's fast-paced F1 news wrap is go, go, go!

2024-04-28T21:39:29Z

Health Secretary accused of snubbing alleged AstraZeneca Covid jab victims

Victims who were given the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine have accused the health secretary of snubbing them over their pleas for a better compensation deal. Victoria Atkins has told those injured after receiving the vaccine and grieving relatives of those who died that she did not have time to meet them because of her “already hectic parliamentary and...

2024-04-29T19:56:17Z

Cheltenham Festival hero Shishkin dies as Nicky Henderson pays tribute to ‘warrior’ racehorse

Cheltenham Festival hero Shishkin dies as Nicky Henderson pays tribute to ‘warrior’ racehorse - ‘A great horse, friend and warrior has gone,’ Nicky Henderson says

2024-04-28T22:25:13Z

Assisted dying debate campaigners gather outside Westminster

Assisted dying debate campaigners gather outside Westminster - MPs were taking part in a three-hour debate after a petition on the issue attracted 200,000 signatures.

2024-04-29T17:53:24Z

LIV Golfer Sacks Coach After 14 Years Following Poor Start To The Season

Adrian Meronk has parted company with coach Matthew Tipper after a disappointing start to his LIV Golf career

2024-04-29T15:00:59Z

Stuart Hogg attends rehab after being ‘significantly affected’ by online abuse

Stuart Hogg has attended a rehabilitation centre after being “significantly affected” by online abuse and “personal, private issues being played out in the public eye”. The former Scotland captain, a three-time British and Irish Lions tourist who retired from playing at the end of last season, was arrested and charged following an incident in Hawic...

2024-04-28T20:12:17Z

Deepfake of principal's voice is the latest case of AI being used for harm

Deepfake of principal's voice is the latest case of AI being used for harm - The most recent criminal case involving artificial intelligence emerged from a high school in Baltimore County, Maryland

2024-04-29T17:13:16Z

Lamborghini Sold Out of New Urus Hybird SUV

Lamborghini CEO Stephan Winkelmann says pre-orders for the new hybrid Urus SUV are already sold out. He says orders are backed up for about a year. The Urus has a V8 engine with an electric motor and delivers a total of 789 horsepower. He speaks on "Bloomberg Markets" about the future of their EV lineup.

2024-04-29T16:39:50Z

Imran Khan adviser launches legal action against Pakistan government following UK acid attack

Imran Khan adviser launches legal action against Pakistan government following UK acid attack - Shahzad Akbar, who sought refuge in Britain after leading Pakistan’s efforts to combat corruption before Mr Khan was toppled from power two years ago, was lucky not to lose his sight in the attack which took place in front of his daughter

2024-04-29T15:12:56Z

Mohamed Salah breaks silence over Jurgen Klopp row in Liverpool draw at West Ham

Mohamed Salah breaks silence over Jurgen Klopp row in Liverpool draw at West Ham - Salah was dropped to the bench after Wednesday’s defeat at Everton.

2024-04-27T14:54:46Z

Ocado boss Tim Steiner faces a shareholder revolt over his pay

Investors have been urged to vote against the £15m pay policy by advisory groups Glass Lewis and Institutional Shareholder Services.

2024-04-28T23:24:56Z

'A shadow of what I was': Dad who suffered brain injury days after getting COVID jab sues AstraZeneca

A dad who suffered a brain injury just days after receiving a British-developed COVID vaccine has told Sky News he would never have had the jab if he had known of the risk of rare but serious side effects.

2024-04-29T17:05:48Z

Dozens killed after dam collapses in Kenya as floods cause widespread devastation

Kenyan police say at least 40 people have died after a dam collapsed in the west of the country.

2024-04-29T11:29:55Z

'Not a great start to the week' as two 'big six' lenders increase mortgage interest rates

'Not a great start to the week' as two 'big six' lenders increase mortgage interest rates - Markets increasingly suggest the Bank of England is unlikely to cut interest rates until August

2024-04-29T09:39:10Z

Hipgnosis accepts new $1.57bn offer from Blackstone in latest bidding war twist

Hipgnosis accepts new $1.57bn offer from Blackstone in latest bidding war twist - US-based royalties fund Concord had made a bid earlier this month

2024-04-29T06:53:45Z

First for Adilabad: Adivasi woman in LS election fray

Adivasi woman Athram Suguna contests in Adilabad parliamentary election on Congress ticket, facing false cases from Utnoor violence. She declared assets worth 2 crore and 53 lakh liabilities, holding MA from Venkateswara University and BEd from Osmania University.

2024-04-29T06:44:44Z

Adrian Newey’s reported Red Bull salary emerges in midst of shock exit rumours

Is Adrian Newey poised to walk away from Red Bull and a huge pay packet?

2024-04-28T11:52:51Z

Deutsche Bank falls 5.5% after Postbank announcement

FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Deutsche Bank shares were down 5.5% in early trade on Monday after news that a long-running lawsuit could cost Germany's largest lender up to 1.3 billion euros ($1.39 billion). The issue is a blow to Deutsche, which last week posted better-than-expected earnings that boosted its shares. It is the lastest in a string of problems that have arisen from its purchase of the

2024-04-29T06:49:16Z

Chelsea star shouts in referee's face and dragged away in ugly scenes

'It's wrong, you know it's wrong!'

2024-04-28T13:01:17Z

GB News won its battle with TalkTV – but both face uncertain future

In April 2021 the boss of the Murdoch-owned News UK, Rebekah Brooks, wrote in an internal letter that “it was not commercially viable” to launch a traditional news channel. Then, in April 2022, the company launched TalkTV. As it closes and moves online on Monday, after a reported loss of at least £90m since it launched, those backing its main rival GB News may look on the TV channel’s demise with glee. But experts argue that the move marks a...

2024-04-29T11:25:07Z

We are in sobering times – BBC boss says abuse of journalists is escalating

Tim Davie also advocated for the World Service to be ‘properly funded’.

2024-04-29T13:14:29Z

Australian prime minister describes domestic violence as a 'national crisis' after protests

Australian prime minister describes domestic violence as a 'national crisis' after protests - Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has described domestic violence as a national crisis after thousands rallied around the country against violence toward women

2024-04-29T00:05:29Z

England rugby star Billy Vunipola arrested and tasered for alleged violent incident

England rugby star Billy Vunipola arrested and tasered for alleged violent incident - Vunipola was at a bar in Mallorca when the incident occurred in the early hours of Sunday morning

2024-04-29T08:06:46Z

Colorado officers called to investigate screaming woman help deliver triplets on porch

Colorado officers called to investigate screaming woman help deliver triplets on porch - Police said the 24-year-old mother went into labour with the triplets while she was home alone

2024-04-28T21:55:04Z

Emanuel Buchmann and Sam Welsford missing from Bora-Hansgrohe Giro d’Italia line-up

GC contender Dani Martínez and sprinter Danny van Poppel headline German team for Italian Grand Tour

2024-04-29T19:00:22Z

Stonewall faces a corporate reckoning following the Cass report

It’s not often that an experienced executive admits to hiding in their own office, but that’s exactly what someone confessed she was doing last week when we spoke on the phone. Being out of earshot was the only way she felt able to discuss her thoughts on the charity Stonewall and its more recent hold on UK plc. “We’ve got a section of HR that’s go...

2024-04-29T05:04:03Z

2024-04-29T18:20:53Z

Ukrainian Armed Forces take control of Nestryha Island near Kherson - Syrskyi

Ukrainian Armed Forces take control of Nestryha Island in the Kherson region, reports Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi. According to the commander-in-chief, Russian troops continue to try to drive Ukrainian forces out of Krynky on the left bank of the Kherson region. "The enemy is not successful in any of the directions. Moreover, in ...

2024-04-28T23:31:35Z

The councillor who took on Clarkson’s Farm: ‘You couldn’t get ambulances down the road’

Dean Temple never wanted to become Jeremy Clarkson’s local councillor. A committed Tory in the Cotswolds, he only stood for the Chadlington and Churchill ward of West Oxfordshire District Council – which includes Clarkson’s Diddly Squat farm – as a “paper candidate” in 2021 because the party needed to fill a vacancy. Temple, who is from the nearby ...

2024-04-29T09:05:02Z

Tottenham player ratings vs Arsenal: Guglielmo Vicario exposed again in controversial derby

Tottenham player ratings vs Arsenal: Guglielmo Vicario exposed again in controversial derby - Vicario’s reluctance to come for corners proved costly

2024-04-28T15:30:12Z

Tory MP Tim Loughton ‘detained and deported by East African country’

Tim Loughton, who has been sanctioned by China, said he reckons his detention and expulsion by the Djibouti authorities is a result of his criticism of Beijing.

2024-04-28T21:52:17Z

Blinken, Saudi crown prince discuss achieving peace, security in Gaza, US says

RIYADH (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Monday in Riyadh, where they discussed the urgent need to reduce tensions in the region, the U.S. Department of State said in a statement. Blinken also underscored the need for sustaining an increase in humanitarian assistance to Gaza, reaching an immediate ceasefire that secures the

2024-04-29T19:11:03Z

Exclusive-UN experts say North Korea missile landed in Ukraine's Kharkiv

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The debris from a missile that landed in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on Jan. 2 was from a North Korean Hwasong-11 series ballistic missile, United Nations sanctions monitors told a Security Council committee in a report seen by Reuters on Monday. In the 32-page report, the U.N. sanctions monitors concluded that "debris recovered from a missile

2024-04-29T18:20:57Z

Putin likely didn’t order death of Russian opposition leader Navalny, US official says

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. intelligence officials have determined that Russian President Vladimir Putin likely didn’t order the death of imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny in February, according to an official familiar with the determination. While U.S. officials believe Putin was ultimately responsible for the death of Navalny, who endured brutal conditions during his confinement, the intelligence community has found “no smoking gun” that...

2024-04-28T20:44:36Z

Australia hero speaks out after appointment as Pakistan coach

'I would not have taken on the job if I did not think I could deal with it.'

2024-04-28T09:30:47Z

Russia-Ukraine war: Frontline update as of April 29

Ukrainian forces repelled 55 enemy attacks in the Avdiivka direction, held their positions, and repelled assaults by Russian forces in the Kherson direction. Missile forces struck one area of enemy personnel concentration, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Russian shelling During the past day, there were 131 combat enga...

2024-04-29T07:47:56Z

OpenAI to use FT journalism to train artificial intelligence systems

The Financial Times has struck a deal with ChatGPT developer OpenAI that allows its content to be used in training artificial intelligence systems. The FT will receive an undisclosed payment as part of the deal, which is the latest to be agreed between OpenAI and news publishers. Under the arrangement, ChatGPT users will receive summaries and quotes from FT journalism, as well as links to articles, in responses to prompts, where appropriate....

2024-04-29T11:55:11Z

Iranian rapper Toomaj Salehi sentenced to death for protesting against government

Popular rapper Toomaj Salehi has been sentenced to death in Iran, for supporting nationwide protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini. View on euronews

2024-04-29T06:59:47Z

2024-04-29T19:48:22Z

Ukraine-born congresswoman votes against sending aid to home country

During the vote, Spartz said: 'President Biden and President Zelensky failed the Ukrainian people.'

2024-04-29T10:32:34Z

Thai court adds jail time for rights lawyer who urged monarchy reform

BANGKOK (Reuters) - A Thai court sentenced a prominent jailed activist lawyer on Monday to a further two years in prison for royal insults relating to a speech he made at a 2021 protest, his lawyer said. Human Rights lawyer Arnon Nampa, 39, was handed a jail sentence of two years and 20 days and a fine of 100 baht ($2.70) for royal insult, breaching of an emergency decree and other charges for

2024-04-29T07:14:03Z

Gloucestershire find home for 21,000 capacity ground

Gloucestershire have identified a site just north of Bristol as their preferred new ground, with hopes that they could stage matches from 2029 at a 21,000-capacity venue. The site of the proposed new ground is around five miles from the current county ground and covers 20 acres, which is two times the size of Nevil Road. The club have begun discuss...

2024-04-29T19:31:10Z

Alan Shearer aims dig at Man Utd star for 'big dive' vs Burnley

He was lucky to avoid a yellow card.

2024-04-28T12:01:08Z

NATO chief chides members as Ukraine’s allies say slow arms deliveries have helped Russia

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — NATO countries haven’t delivered what they promised to Ukraine in time, the alliance’s chief said Monday, allowing Russia to press its advantage while Kyiv’s depleted forces wait for military supplies to arrive from the U.S. and Europe. "Serious delays in support have meant serious consequences on the battlefield” for Ukraine, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told a news conference in Kyiv with President Volodymyr...

2024-04-29T18:33:47Z

Migrants heading to Ireland from UK 'early signs of deterrent effect' of Rwanda Plan, says Cabinet minister

Migrants heading to Ireland from UK 'early signs of deterrent effect' of Rwanda Plan, says Cabinet minister - The Irish Government has said there had been an increase in asylum seekers arriving across the Northern Ireland border

2024-04-28T23:07:26Z

Dozens killed after dam collapse

Dozens killed after dam collapses following heavy rainfall.

2024-04-29T13:52:18Z

Facebook owner faces EU investigation over spread of Russian propaganda

Brussels is preparing to launch an investigation into Meta’s handling of Russian disinformation amid fears the social media giant is not doing enough to prevent the spread of Kremlin propaganda. The Facebook and Instagram parent is facing a probe from the European Commission after policymakers have accused Vladimir Putin of using social media as a ...

2024-04-29T16:55:44Z