Petrol is at its highest price for nearly eight years after eight consecutive months of increases at the pumps, figures from the RAC show. The motoring organisation predicted escalating fuel bills, driven by the rising cost of oil, could speed up the switchover to electric cars. According to RAC data, a litre of unleaded rose
At least 43 migrants have drowned in a shipwreck off Tunisia as they attempted to cross from Libya to Italy, the Tunisian Red Crescent has said. The boat had set off from Zuwara, on Libya’s northwest coast, and was carrying migrants from Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea and Bangladesh, according to the humanitarian organisation. Another 84 people
Hundreds of people are thought to have died in a record-breaking heatwave sweeping across parts of the US and western Canada. More than 700 “sudden and unexpected deaths” have been reported in British Columbia, Canada, over the past week – while nearly 100 deaths are being investigated as heat-related in Oregon in the US. Deaths
Britney Spears made a compelling case that the conservators have abused her and upended her life, but we’ve learned the conservators are going to present a very different story to the judge. Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ, various people involved in different elements of the conservatorship claim Britney’s story doesn’t mesh with the facts.
Astrophysicist have observed the merger of a black hole with a neutron star for the very first time. Approximately 900 million light years away a black hole swallowed a neutron star. Ten days later, another black hole gobbled up its neutron star companion, and the two events caused gravitational waves that finally hit our planet in January
News Boards of Canada Share New Remix of Nevermen’s “Treat Em Right”: Listen The duo previously remixed one of Tunde Adebimpe, Mike Patton, and Doseone’s Nevermen tracks in 2016 By Matthew Strauss July 2, 2021 Facebook Twitter Tunde Adebimpe, August 2016 (Kris Connor/Getty Images) Facebook Twitter Back in 2016, Boards of Canada remixed “Mr. Mistake,”
In this article AMZN Andy Jassy, CEO of Amazon Web Services. Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon said in a filing on Friday that it will grant Andy Jassy 61,000 shares of stock on Monday, when he replaces Jeff Bezos as the online retailer’s second CEO. The shares will vest over a
Boris Johnson is “very confident” that the UK’s use of India-produced jabs won’t prevent Britons being able to travel abroad – as German chancellor Angela Merkel offered hope of quarantine-free trips to the EU for those who are double-jabbed. Speaking following talks at the prime minister’s official country retreat of Chequers, Ms Merkel said: “We
The future of Vauxhall’s Ellesmere Port car plant is set to be secured through production of a new electric vehicle, with an announcement possible as soon as next week. Ministers have been in talks with Vauxhall owner Stellantis for months over providing government support for the plant, and Sky News understands the manufacturer has signed
The Lombardy region of Italy has recorded no daily coronavirus deaths for the first time in nine months. It was in the northern area that the first Italian case of COVID-19 was diagnosed in February of last year. At the start of this month, it had confirmed 33,782 deaths with the virus – far more
A white police chief in Ohio has retired after he was seen placing a note saying “Ku Klux Klan” and a jacket displayed in the KKK’s style on a black officer’s desk. Anthony Campo was caught in CCTV footage and resigned from the force after Sheffield Lake Mayor Dennis Bring confronted him on Tuesday. The
Courtesy of the subjects; Getty Images Style Points is a weekly column about how fashion intersects with the wider world. What I know about the sport of golf would fit on…something very small. The tip of a golf tee? But I do know that if the pastime has an Agassi- or Rodman-esque fashion rebel, it
Warning: SPOILERS ahead for Loki episode 4. Why didn’t Loki call Heimdall to rescue him and Sylvie from Lamentis using the Bifrost in Loki episode 4? After teasing the existence of another Loki Variant causing trouble for the Time Variance Authority, Marvel Studios’ current Disney+ show began to shed light on “Lady Loki” in recent episodes. Much of
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When their two-year-old son Biel started falling over a lot and had difficulty climbing stairs after learning to walk, Jaume Puig and his wife sought medical help to figure out the problem. After visiting several doctors, the toddler was diagnosed with low vision, a condition far more common than blindness that makes daily tasks a
EXCLUSIVE: Blue Fox Entertainment has taken the US rights to Paul A. Kaufman’s YA dramedy Butter. An autumn theatrical release is currently planned. The movie tells the story of Butter (Alex Kersting), a smart, funny high school junior who happens to be obese. Butter manages to befriend the prettiest girl at school, Anna (McKaley Miller), via