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Concerns grow for stranded cruise ship in Greenland as third attempt to free vessel fails

A third attempt to rescue a luxury cruise ship after it ran aground in northwestern Greenland has failed. The Ocean Explorer – which has...

Seattle police officer recorded joking after woman killed in fatal crash

A Seattle police officer is under investigation after being recorded joking about a woman hit and killed by a police car. Jaahnavi Kandula, 23,...

Business

Inflation hits John Lewis transformation timetable but half-year losses ease

The John Lewis Partnership (JLP) has revealed its transformation plan will take two more years to complete than expected, while revealing a drop in...

World

Putin ‘accepts’ Kim’s invitation to visit North Korea, report claims

Vladimir Putin has accepted Kim Jong Un’s invitation to visit North Korea, according to the country’s state news agency. While there was no immediate...

Business

Wilko brand to live on – and some jobs saved – as The Range strikes deal

The brand of collapsed value retailer Wilko is to live on, it has been confirmed, and some job losses have been prevented through a...

Environment

CNBC Daily Open: Don’t worry about August’s hotter-than-expected CPI

Gasoline prices for full serve and self serve are displayed at the Union 76 gas station ahead of the Labor Day weekend on August...

Business

Arm Holdings IPO: UK-based chip designer valued at £43.6bn ahead of eagerly awaited return to the stock market

UK-based chip designer Arm Holdings has secured a $54.5bn (£43.6bn) value ahead of its eagerly anticipated return to the stock market later on Thursday....

Sports

Braves beat Phillies, win 6th straight NL East title

ESPN News Services Sep 13, 2023, 09:26 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — Crammed into the visitor’s clubhouse, the 1 Related It’s just what the Braves...

Sports

Scherzer out for regular season, but no surgery

Jeff Passan, ESPNSep 13, 2023, 05:03 PM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity...

Politics

NHS to receive extra £200m ahead of winter amid record waiting lists

The NHS will receive a £200m boost from the government ahead of the busiest months of the year for them. The winter resilience fund...

Man interviewed by police after video of confrontation at Peckham shop went viral

A 45-year-old man has been interviewed by police under caution after a video of a confrontation at a shop in Peckham went viral and...

Environment

CNBC Daily Open: August’s CPI report isn’t as bad as it seems

A view of a gas station as gas prices are at the highest level from last year in Virginia, on August 16, 2023. Celal...

Politics

Sir Keir Starmer pledges to ‘smash gangs and secure borders’ as he launches security plan

Labour is unveiling its security plans for government on Thursday, promising to treat criminal gangs who smuggle people in small boats “on a par”...

Business

John Lewis to end £10m pension top-ups as scheme swings to surplus

The John Lewis Partnership is to save tens of millions of pounds by ceasing a series of multimillion-pound injections into its pension scheme after...

World

Libya floods: Number of deaths in Derna could reach 20,000, mayor says

The number of deaths in the Libyan city of Derna could range from 18,000 to 20,000 following catastrophic flooding, according to the city’s mayor....

Technology

Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates and other tech leaders in closed Senate session about AI

Elon Musk and Palantir co-founder & CEO Alex Karp attend a bipartisan Artificial Intelligence (AI) Insight Forum for all U.S. senators hosted by Senate...

Technology

Arm prices IPO at $51 per share, valuing company at over $54 billion

The Arm U.S. headquarters in San Jose, California, Sept. 6, 2023. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Arm, the chip design firm...

Arm prices IPO at per share, valuing company at over billion

Sports

‘He’s going to throw it 105 yards!’: The legend of Tennessee QB Joe Milton’s arm

Alex Scarborough, ESPN Staff WriterSep 13, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Covers the SEC. Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of Auburn University. GROWING UP,...

Business

Deloitte to cut ‘more than 800 jobs in the UK’

Deloitte is planning to cut more than 800 jobs in the UK, sources say. The company, one of the ‘big four’ accountancy firms, is...

Technology

Google is cutting hundreds of jobs in its recruiting organization

Google workers walk outside of Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., Thursday, April 12, 2012. Google Inc. said Thursday that it earned $2.89 billion,...