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Stranded cruise ship the Ocean Explorer freed three days after running aground in Greenland

A luxury cruise ship has been freed after it ran aground in northwestern Greenland. The Ocean Explorer – which has 206 passengers on board...

World

Nigeria suffers from nationwide power outage after ‘total system collapse’

Nigeria has experienced a nationwide power outage after the country’s electrical grid collapsed. One of the West African nation’s electricity distribution companies – Enugu...

NASA appoints first UFO research director – but ‘no evidence’ any sightings have been alien in origin

NASA has appointed its first director of UFO research after an independent scientific panel said it should play a larger role in detecting them....

Business

European Central Bank increases interest rate for 10th time in a row – hitting a record high

The European Central Bank’s main interest rate has hit its highest level since the creation of the euro in 1999 amid the continuing battle...

Environment

Jim Cramer’s top 10 things to watch in the stock market Thursday

My top 10 things to watch Thursday, Sept. 14 1. U.S. equities edge up in premarket trading, with investors largely betting the Federal Reserve...

Environment

‘Extremely risky’: OPEC criticizes IEA forecast that fossil fuel demand will peak before 2030

A part of the Trans Alaska Pipeline System runs through boreal forest past Alaska Range mountains near Delta Junction, Alaska. In March, the Biden...

Politics

Labour says it would be open to EU migrants quota – sparking Tory criticism

Labour has confirmed it could accept a quota of migrants from the EU under a returns agreement it hopes to strike with the bloc...

Politics

Tories think Keir Starmer has made a strategic blunder – but the Labour leader is clearly up for a fight on migration

Labour has set out a major plank of its pre-election foreign and security policy which is worthy of close scrutiny – even though some...

School lockdowns: Person arrested after email threats in West Yorkshire cities of Leeds and Bradford

Police have made an arrest after emails “threatening violence to children and staff” were received by a number of schools in Leeds. West Yorkshire...

Politics

Rishi Sunak will not face sanction after confidentiality rules breach judged ‘inadvertent’

Rishi Sunak will not face a sanction for breaching confidentiality rules around the investigation into his original failure to declare his wife’s shares in...

Business

CBI members warn of new exodus amid manufacturing tie-up talks

Some of the CBI’s remaining members are warning that they will terminate their association with the crisis-hit lobbying group if it cements a full...

World

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...