September 2024 - Brief Briefing

UK government charters flight out of Lebanon for British nationals

The UK government has chartered a commercial flight out of Lebanon for Britons wanting to leave amid escalating violence. The plane is due to...

by admin September 30, 2024

UK government charters flight out of Lebanon for British nationals

Technology

AI chipmaker Cerebras files for IPO to take on Nvidia

Andrew Feldman, co-founder and CEO of Cerebras Systems, speaks at the Collision conference in Toronto on June 20, 2024. Ramsey Cardy | Sportsfile |...

by admin September 30, 2024

AI chipmaker Cerebras files for IPO to take on Nvidia

World

‘I tell them it’s fireworks’: Families in Lebanon try to reassure children on the patches of grass they now call home

Those already left homeless by Israel’s bombardment of Lebanon watch on at the latest target – an apartment building where the fifth floor has...

by admin September 30, 2024

'I tell them it's fireworks': Families in Lebanon try to reassure children on the patches of grass they now call home

Sports

What Jalen Milroe’s emergence as a complete QB means for him and No. 1 Alabama

Chris Low, ESPN Senior WriterSep 30, 2024, 08:35 AM ET Close College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee...

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What Jalen Milroe's emergence as a complete QB means for him and No. 1 Alabama

Sports

Bama blows 28-0 lead, escapes UGA in wild finish

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterSep 28, 2024, 11:43 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of...

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Bama blows 28-0 lead, escapes UGA in wild finish

World

Lammy urges British nationals in Lebanon to leave immediately

Foreign Secretary David Lammy has urged British nationals to heed the government’s advice and leave Lebanon immediately. He said the situation on the ground...

by admin September 30, 2024

Lammy urges British nationals in Lebanon to leave immediately

Environment

Disney lands an upgrade — plus, why we’re considering adding to this laggard stock

Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour...

by admin September 30, 2024

Disney lands an upgrade — plus, why we're considering adding to this laggard stock

Politics

Posh boy and working-class girl take centre stage as Tory leadership battle hots up

Politicians, we know only too well, are fond of repetition. With Sir Keir Starmer it’s: “My father was a toolmaker.” With Sadiq Khan it’s:...

by admin September 30, 2024

Posh boy and working-class girl take centre stage as Tory leadership battle hots up

More than 100 confirmed dead in wake of Hurricane Helene – as Joe Biden promises support ‘until the job is done’

Joe Biden has said his government will support states affected by Hurricane Helene “until the job is done” after the devastating storm left more...

by admin September 30, 2024

More than 100 confirmed dead in wake of Hurricane Helene - as Joe Biden promises support 'until the job is done'

Fire at chemical plant sends huge plume of smoke into the sky in US state of Georgia

A huge plume of black smoke pouring into the sky from a fire at a chemical plant in the US state of Georgia has...

by admin September 30, 2024

Fire at chemical plant sends huge plume of smoke into the sky in US state of Georgia

Multiple killed in plane crash near Wright Brothers National Memorial in North Carolina

Multiple people have died after a single-engine plane crashed near a monument in honour of the pioneering US flyers, the Wright brothers. The aircraft...

by admin September 30, 2024

Multiple killed in plane crash near Wright Brothers National Memorial in North Carolina

Kris Kristofferson: Country music legend and A Star Is Born actor dies

Kris Kristofferson, the country music legend and A Star Is Born actor, has died at the age of 88. The singer-songwriter died peacefully at...

by admin September 30, 2024

Kris Kristofferson: Country music legend and A Star Is Born actor dies

SpaceX arrives at International Space Station to rescue stranded astronauts

The SpaceX capsule which will retrieve the two stranded astronauts has arrived at the International Space Station (ISS). Pilot Sunita “Suni” Williams and Commander...

by admin September 30, 2024

SpaceX arrives at International Space Station to rescue stranded astronauts

Business

New Post Office scandal report sparks call for ‘fast action’ as software is compared to Horizon

A lawyer representing people affected by a “second Post Office IT scandal” has said they “must not” have “a long, hard battle ahead for...

by admin September 30, 2024

New Post Office scandal report sparks call for 'fast action' as software is compared to Horizon

Science

SpaceX Crew-9 Mission Successfully Docks at ISS

SpaceX‘s Crew-9 mission successfully reached the International Space Station (ISS) on September 29, 2024. The NASA astronaut Colonel Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr...

by admin September 30, 2024

SpaceX Crew-9 Mission Successfully Docks at ISS

World

Iran seems to have badly miscalculated the risks Israel are willing to take, as unspoken rules and deterrents ripped up

Iran has pledged a “decisive reaction” to Israel’s onslaught against Iranian allies across the region, but Tehran seems to have badly miscalculated the risk...

by admin September 30, 2024