India is kicking the can down the road on sulphur dioxide emissions despite being the world’s biggest emitter of the pollutant, according to an expert. Despite this week Boris Johnson declaring the world was at “one minute to midnight” on climate change, power plants in India are repeatedly being given extensions after failing to install
Month: November 2021
Ghislaine Maxwell was forced to crawl “on her hands and knees” while wearing leg shackles to get into a prison van and attend a pre-trial hearing, her lawyer has claimed. Bobbi Sterheim said Ms Maxwell was woken at 3.45am and arrived at the courthouse at 5.38am but was prevented from looking at her legal materials.
Update: The Man From Toronto is walking away from MLK weekend 2022 where Kevin Hart has traditionally launched his Ride Along movies and will now open on Aug. 12, 2022. Man From Toronto leaves behind Spyglass and Paramount’s reboot of Scream on MLK, as well as the Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas 20th Century Studios thriller Deep Water and
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Halloween was just yesterday but Universal Orlando Resort is wasting zero time as the theme parks are already getting ready for Christmas. While Halloween Horror Nights has often been the biggest draw for Universal Studios Florida every year, and one can’t forget the fun that is Mardi Gras, with this year’s Christmas event, there’s a
In this article BABA 9618-HK Alibaba said its total gross merchandise value (GMV) over the Singles Day event, which spanned 11-days, totalled 498.2 billion yuan or $74.1 billion. That beat last year’s 268.4 billion yuan figure. Alibaba GUANGZHOU, China — The biggest shopping event in the world, Singles Day, is underway but China’s e-commerce giants
France has backed down on immediate threats to ban British vessels from French ports as the two nations continue to feud over post-Brexit licences to fish in UK waters. French President Emmanuel Macron had warned that Paris could block UK boats from landing their catches and impose physical checks on lorries travelling to and from
The Rothermere family is on the verge of a £400m pensions agreement that will pave the way for it to delist the publisher of the Daily Mail and i newspapers after nearly a century as a public company. Sky News has learnt that Rothermere Continuation Limited (RCL) is close to agreeing a deal with trustees
2070. It’s the most distant net-zero target of any G20 nation, but, as one climate activist in Kolkata, India, told Sky News: “At least it’s a start, although I’ll be dead by then.” Coming into Glasgow’s COP26 climate summit, India hadn’t updated its previous carbon reduction commitments (or NDCs, Nationally Determined Contributions) pledged during the 2015
On the pavement outside the Supreme Court in Washington DC, a pro-life activist pours water on an “abortion is healthcare” statement written in white chalk, furiously trying to erase it using his shoe. Another man of similar persuasion carries a plastic doll representing a foetus, shouting “pro-life for all life”. Metres away, pro-choice campaigners huddle
On May 15, 2021, Ariana Grande secretly made one of the biggest moves of her life: She married her fiancé and partner of over a year, Los Angeles real estate agent Dalton Gomez. The two got engaged just ahead of the Christmas holiday, less than a year after the two were first seen together in
ABC is making some changes to its schedule as we approach 2022. The network on Monday unveiled its plans. Abbott Elementary is getting an earlier than anticipated premiere, touching down on the schedule Tuesday, December 7 in the 9:30 p.m. slot. It will move to 9 p.m. on Tuesday, January 4, to make way for
Luis Robert‘s $1 million lambo now officially matches his flashy game — ’cause the MLB player just got the ride covered in a Naruto wrap … and it’s awesome!! TMZ Sports has learned … the Chicago White Sox star is a huge anime fan, so he sought out Alex Vega from The Auto Firm in
In this article RBLX The Roblox logo displayed on a smartphone. Rafael Henrique | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images Roblox restored its services Sunday following a major outage that lasted for three days. Roblox, an online platform which lets users play and create games, began experiencing issues at around 7 p.m. ET on
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has set a 48-hour deadline for a fishing dispute with France to be resolved before the UK moves ahead with legal action. Speaking to Sky News at the COP26 climate change summit in Glasgow, Ms Truss hit out at the French for behaving “unfairly” and accused them of operating outside the
Barclays has revealed that its chief executive Jes Staley has stepped down following an investigation by regulators into his dealings with the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. The bank said on Monday that Mr Staley – its chief executive since 2015 – had gone after being given sight of the preliminary conclusions of a probe launched