In a hostel in northern France, the atmosphere was tense. A father and his family were waiting for a call, a sign sea conditions were right and it is finally time to go. After fleeing from Kurdistan, they’ve paid around €8000 (£6,850) to cross the Channel on a dinghy provided by smugglers who value money
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In this article @LCO.1 @CL.1 Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT An oil pumpjack in a field in Grandfalls, Texas, on March 24, 2024. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Crude oil futures fell for a second day Wednesday as U.S. crude stockpiles rose. The West Texas Intermediate contract for May delivery dipped 11 cents, or
In this article COIN BTC.CB= Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A smartphone with displayed Coinbase logo and representation of cryptocurrencies are placed on a keyboard in this illustration taken, June 8, 2023. Dado Ruvic | Reuters The Securities and Exchange Commission scored a major win in its lawsuit against Coinbase on Wednesday, as a
There are fears innocent people could end up on police databases with controversial new hate crime laws in Scotland being weaponised to “settle scores”. Legislation is being introduced on 1 April criminalising threatening or abusive behaviour which is intended to stir up hatred based on certain characteristics including age, disability, sexual orientation, and transgender identity.
Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterMar 27, 2024, 07:25 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions There are only 15 days remaining before the opening round of the 88th Masters at Augusta National Golf Club, the first major championship of
A comedian has been forced to remove a picture of a hot dog from posters promoting his stand-up tour after falling foul of Transport for London’s (TfL) advertising policies. Ed Gamble used an image of the popular barbecue staple in advertising posters for his upcoming Hot Diggity Dog tour. But when the billboards were sent
Millions of people are being urged to send meter readings to their energy supplier this weekend to ensure they don’t overpay. The regulator’s price cap drops 12.3% on Monday 1 April, from a typical £1,928 per year for a dual-fuel household to £1,690 – an average saving of about £20 per month. Money blog –
At least five people have been killed after a bus crash on a motorway near the German city of Leipzig, police have said. The accident took place on the A9 motorway this morning and it was closed in both directions. There were “numerous casualties”, police added. The bus was overturned on the busy motorway that
Wenjin Chen | Digitalvision Vectors | Getty Images Britain’s financial services regulator announced guidelines for financial services companies and social media influencers making memes about cryptocurrencies and other investments in a bid to tackle a rise in scams. The Financial Conduct Authority said in a statement Tuesday that any marketing for financial products — including
Audio has emerged of a first responder call as officials halted traffic on both sides of the Francis Scott Key Bridge moments before it collapsed. The cargo ship had issued a mayday call to alert authorities it had lost power before it collided with the Baltimore bridge on Tuesday morning. Following the call, Maryland Transportation
A minister has hit out at “credulous clerics” and “lefty lawyers” after documents seen by Sky News revealed how the Clapham chemical attacker Abdul Ezedi was granted asylum after he was baptised. Science minister Andrew Griffith said Ezedi, who attacked a woman and two children with an alkali in London earlier this year, should not
The first City trader to be jailed for rigging Libor interest rates has lost his appeal against his 2015 conviction. Tom Hayes, 44, a former Citigroup and UBS trader, was handed a 14-year jail sentence – cut to 11 years on appeal – in 2015, which was one of the toughest ever to be imposed
Public satisfaction with the NHS has dropped to the lowest level on record, according to findings from a long-running poll. Just 24% of people said they were satisfied with the health service in 2023, with poor access to GPs and long wait times for hospital treatment the main reasons for dissatisfaction. More than 3,000 people
The first massive Liebherr LHM 800e mobile electric harbor crane just reached the Hartel Terminal in Maasvlakte, the Netherlands, and the crew at Marcor Stevedoring has wasted no time putting it to work. Dubbed “the most powerful mobile harbor crane in the world” by its makers, the Liebherr LHM 800e offers a maximum lifting capacity
Anne Hathaway says she insisted on being called by her character’s name in her latest project in order to protect herself from her “worst fear”. The Oscar winner stars alongside Jessica Chastain in the thriller Mother’s Instinct which follows the lives of two 1960s housewives whose lives and friendships are destroyed after a tragic event.
Documents revealing why Clapham chemical attacker Abdul Ezedi – a convicted sex offender – was granted asylum have been made public for the first time, while Sky News has obtained pictures of him being baptised in church. Ezedi attacked a woman and two children with an alkali on a street in south London in January.
Jeff Kassouf Mar 26, 2024, 11:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Forwards Mallory Swanson and Catarina Macario returned to the United States women’s national team for the first time in a year and two years, respectively, following major knee injuries. Both players are eligible for selection at the SheBelieves Cup, where the USWNT will play
2024 Fiat 500e (Source: Stellantis) It’s not a good week to be working at Stellantis. As it (finally) moves to try to sell EVs in the US, the automaker just laid off 400 US salaried tech workers and software engineers on Friday. Today the company announced that it was slashing more than 1,500 jobs in
In this article @LCO.1 @CL.1 Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The Charles Eddie, a crude oil tanker owned by Euronav SA, a Belgian shipping company, sails northbound on the Suez Canal in Ismailia, Egypt. Dana Smillie | Bloomberg | Getty Images Crude oil futures held steady on Tuesday as the wars in Eastern Europe
President Biden has promised that he will visit Baltimore “as soon as possible” after a major bridge collapsed – as officials say the rescue mission for the six missing people has now become a recovery operation. Miguel Luna, from El Salvador, was one of the six people on the Francis Scott Key Bridge when it