Climate protesters interrupted a performance of Romeo and Juliet on Thursday night at London’s Sadler’s Wells, demanding an end to the theatre’s partnership with Barclays. The group ran on to the stage during Matthew Bourne’s ballet adaptation of the Shakespeare classic and unfurled a banner that said “drop Barclays sponsorship”. In video filmed by the
Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterAug 31, 2023, 11:07 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016. LOS ANGELES — Ronald Acuña Jr. flipped his bat and beat his chest, reveling in the silence of a stunned opposing
An 84-year-old homeowner who is accused of shooting a black teenager after he mistakenly went to the man’s house must stand trial, a Missouri judge has ruled. Andrew Lester, a retired mechanic, is charged with first-degree assault and armed criminal action after he shot now 17-year-old Ralph Yarl, who had mistakenly knocked on his house
Rishi Sunak today sought to put his own stamp on the cabinet, in a way not possible a year ago when he took over. Yet this reshuffle – which was already in the works in May – took only baby steps towards creating a cabinet truly in Mr Sunak’s image. Even this level of change
LUMA, a Puerto Rico electric utility, has received the green light to build a virtual power plant (VPP) with Tesla Powerwalls in Puerto Rico. It should help with the territory’s major issues amid heat waves. Puerto Rico was an early market for Powerwalls. Following the island’s electric grid being badly affected by a hurricane back
Tottenham have had an unbeaten start to their Premier League season under new head coach Ange Postecoglou. He is the first Australian to manage in the league and has clearly made an impression on popstar Robbie Williams. ‘Guess I’m a Spurs fan now’ the singer told his Instagram followers after singing a version of his
Tropical Storm Idalia is expected to strengthen into a hurricane and bring life-threatening and potentially catastrophic storm surge, winds, and flooding rainfall to Florida’s Gulf Coast. CNN meteorologist Chad Myers has the forecast. #CNN #News #Weather #Idalia
In this article TSLA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Elon Musk, Chief Executive Officer of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of Twitter, looks on as he attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre in Paris, France, June 16, 2023. Gonzalo Fuentes | Reuters Tesla
A British volunteer has been “killed in action” fighting in eastern Ukraine, his brother has said. Samuel Newey, 22, had travelled to the country to fight just before his 21st birthday. His brother Daniel Newey wrote on Facebook: “I cannot put into words how broken I feel. “I also cannot emphasise how proud I am
Junior doctors and consultants in England will take joint strike action for the first time over four days across September and October, the British Medical Association (BMA) has announced. The BMA said consultants will strike on 19 and 20 September with Christmas Day levels of cover, while junior doctors will also walk out on 20
Jamal Collier, ESPNAug 31, 2023, 07:24 AM ET CHICAGO — ON MADISON STREET just outside the United Center, during a summer day more than two months before the Chicago Bulls will play their first game of the 2023-24 season, Jevon Carter is about to get his first challenge as a Bull. It’s the weekend of
Greg Wyshynski, ESPNAug 31, 2023, 09:00 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Whenever I think about how an offseason signing in the NHL can impact the following trade deadline, I think of Taylor Hall. Please recall back in 2020 when the talented left wing didn’t find the long-term contract he wanted
Dire Straits guitarist Jack Sonni has died. The British rock band announced the news on X (formerly Twitter), writing “Jack Sonni Rest In Peace” with a photo of the musician. He was 68, according to the Dire Straits official blog. Sonni was affectionately referred to as the “other guitar player in Dire Straits” having joined
Labour’s shadow education secretary has called for the government to publish a full list of schools being forced to close because of fears over the safety of their buildings. It comes after the government announced school buildings in England made with a certain type of concrete prone to collapse will be closed immediately. Around 104
The owner of HMV is finalising a deal to rescue the majority of Wilko’s operations, salvaging more than 8,000 jobs at the stricken high street retailer. Sky News has learnt that Wilko’s administrators, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), began consulting the chain’s major creditors on Thursday on the terms of an agreement with Doug Putman. One source with
In this article BIDU Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Pictured here is the Ernie bot mobile interface, with the Baidu search engine home page in the background. Future Publishing | Future Publishing | Getty Images BEIJING — Chinese tech giant Baidu announced Thursday its ChatGPT-like Ernie bot was now open to the public at
At least 52 people have been killed in a fire in a multi-storey building in South Africa’s biggest city, authorities have said. Officials said dozens more were also injured in the blaze in Johannesburg, which broke out in the middle of the night. Emergency Management Services spokesman Robert Mulaudzi said a search and recovery operation
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In this article HE Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Search and recovery team members check charred buildings and cars in the aftermath of the Maui Fires in Lahaina, West Maui, Hawaii, August 17, 2023. Yuki Iwamura | AFP | Getty Images Hawaiian Electric is pushing back against a lawsuit filed by Maui County last
The UK car industry has declared it is “recovering” after production last month rose by almost a third compared to a year ago. The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) reported a 31.6% hike in output during July versus the same month in 2022. It said the 76,451 vehicles made represented a sixth consecutive