On 29th September, Earth captured a temporary new companion, an asteroid named 2024 PT5. This near-Earth object, roughly the size of a bus at 33 feet wide, has entered Earth’s orbit for 57 days before it’s expected to resume its path around the sun. While the term “minimoon” sounds exciting, 2024 PT5 is far too
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Open Extended Reactions So begins the Mauricio Pochettino era. On Wednesday, the new U.S. men’s national team head coach revealed his first roster, which consists of a 25-man call-up that will take part in friendlies against Panama at Q2 Stadium in Austin, Texas, on Oct. 12 and against Mexico at Guadalajara’s Estadio Akron on Oct.
Five people have been killed and at least eight injured in an airstrike in Beirut, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry. The building, in the Bachoura area of the capital, is close to Lebanon‘s parliament and the United Nations headquarters. Officials said two people died immediately after the strike, while three others died later. It
A special set of stamps is being issued to mark the 60th anniversary of veteran rock band The Who. Royal Mail revealed details of 12 stamps which feature images of some of The Who’s most popular album covers and group shots from some of their live performances. The album covers are My Generation from 1965;
Doctors at one of the biggest hospitals in southern Lebanon say they’re scared for their lives after a string of nearby attacks within a few days. Half of the staff have already left. The others have moved into the building and have been living at the hospital for the past ten days. “You know, it’s
Elon Musk is celebrating winning a lawsuit over his misleading claims regarding Tesla’s self-driving program. However, before celebrating, he should take a closer look at the defense his lawyers took: puffery. By definition, “puffery” refers to exaggerated or false praise. It’s also a legal defense used by defendants in cases of false advertising or misleading statements.
The Iranian flag above the new Phase 3 facility at the Persian Gulf Star gas condensate refinery in Bandar Abbas, Iran, in 2019. Ali Mohammadi | Bloomberg | Getty Images The oil market faced a rude awakening this week after Iran launched a large-scale ballistic missile attack against Israel, briefly sending crude prices more than
In this article GOOGL TSLA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT For a decade, Elon Musk has championed the idea that one day Tesla cars will drive themselves as robotaxis. Next week, the company will unveil the design of its autonomous cabs. Despite years of bold predictions and missed deadlines, fans of the company are
Sir Keir Starmer has paid back more than £6,000 worth of gifts and hospitality received since taking office, Downing Street has said. The prime minister is covering the cost of six Taylor Swift tickets, four to the races and a clothing rental agreement with a high-end designer favoured by his wife, Lady Victoria Starmer. Follow
In this article TSLA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A worker unloads a new Tesla Model 3 from a truck at a logistics drop zone in Seattle, Washington, US, on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tesla posted its third-quarter vehicle production and deliveries report on Wednesday. The stock fell about
Compass Group, the FTSE-100 catering giant which counts the Wimbledon tennis championships among its most prestigious contracts, is in talks with its investors about increasing its boss’s potential pay package by millions of pounds a year. Sky News has learnt that Compass is consulting its biggest institutional shareholders about substantial hikes to the annual bonus
Police Scotland considered recording notorious double rapist Isla Bryson as a female on the sex offenders’ register, Sky News can reveal. Bryson, who changed gender while waiting to stand trial, was last year jailed for eight years for raping two women in West Dunbartonshire and Glasgow while known as Adam Graham. Scottish Prison Service (SPS)
A doctor charged in connection with the death of Friends star Matthew Perry has pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiring to distribute the drug ketamine. Dr Mark Chavez appeared in a Los Angeles court on Wednesday to enter his plea. He could face up to 10 years in prison. Perry was found dead at
Naomi Campbell’s charity was reported to the Charity Commission by UNICEF over a fashion event in 2019, the humanitarian organisation has said. It comes after the supermodel was banned from being a charity trustee for five years last week, following an inquiry that concluded only a small proportion of money raised by Fashion For Relief
The Labour peer at the centre of a row over donations to Sir Keir Starmer is under investigation by the Lords’ standards watchdog. Lord Waheed Alli is facing a probe over “alleged non-registration of interests”, leading to a possible breach of the members’ code of conduct. The UK parliament website notes that the British businessman,
Oct 2, 2024, 04:10 AM Open Extended Reactions Leicester Tigers head coach and former Wallabies mentor Michael Cheika has been hit with a prejudicial conduct charge by the Rugby Football Union. The Australian will face an independent disciplinary panel having been summoned for an alleged breach of RFU rule 5.12 — conduct prejudicial to the
Children’s toys are still scattered around, half buried in the rubble. A wedding picture hanging on the wall shows a bride bending over backwards in her groom’s arms. Baby photographs still hang on the stone wall. “We’ve lost everything,” Mohammad tells us. “This is collective punishment.” Image: Mohammad in the remains of the damaged building
One of the UK’s most wanted men has been jailed for 20 years after masterminding a plot to smuggle nearly a tonne of cocaine from South America to Scotland hidden in a cargo of bananas. Jamie Stevenson, known as “Iceman”, pleaded guilty to directing the importation of the drug, which was seized by Border Force
On today’s Halloween-y episode of Quick Charge, we’ve got record EV sales from GM, Hyundai, Kia, and more! We’ve also got big trucks and fat oysters and ALL of it is powered by electric! That’s right, kids – despite the doom and gloom you see on your racist uncle’s social media feed, electric vehicle sales keep
01 October 2024, Israel, Tel Aviv: Missiles launched from Iran are seen in the sky over Tel Aviv. Ilia Yefimovich/dpa | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Markets are in danger of being “whipsawed” by the combination of regional conflict in the Middle East and rising unemployment in the United States, says Stephen Roach, senior fellow