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Erdogan’s new pick for Turkish finance minister has markets hoping for economic orthodoxy

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has named former economy chief Mehmet Simsek as his new treasury and finance minister. Source: World Economic Forum In...

Sports

Ozuna removed for not hustling in Braves’ victory

ESPN News Services Jun 4, 2023, 09:23 PM ET PHOENIX — Atlanta Braves designated hitter Marcell Ozuna was removed from Sunday’s game against the...

Sports

Judge out after banging toe during wild catch

Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterJun 4, 2023, 06:22 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018...

Sports

Hendriks wins on National Cancer Survivors Day

ESPN News Services Jun 4, 2023, 06:39 PM ET CHICAGO — Jake Burger‘s game-ending grand slam handed Liam Hendriks his first win since returning...

Politics

Rishi Sunak is failing at his five priorities, say most Britons in new poll

The majority of the British public thinks Rishi Sunak is doing a bad job in delivering on his five priorities, a new poll has...

Politics

Years of austerity left UK ‘hugely unprepared’ for COVID pandemic, report says

Years of austerity left the UK hugely unprepared for the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report. The TUC said funding cuts left health and...

World

Arms contract shows Iran has sold Russia ammunition for Ukraine war, says security source

A purported arms contract seen by Sky News offers the first hard evidence that Iran has sold ammunition to Russia for its war in...

World

The secret Iranian-Russian arms deal

Sky News has seen a document which – if real – appears to be the first hard evidence that Iran has sold ammunition to Russia...

Environment

Oil prices pop after Saudi Arabia pledges more voluntary production cuts

Imaginima | E+ | Getty Images Oil prices rose following OPEC kingpin Saudi Arabia’s decision to cut production by another million barrels per day....

Business

Apple WWDC: Mixed reality headset among announcements expected at tech giant’s event

Apple is expected to announce a mixed reality headset – its first brand-new product for eight years – at its annual event for developers....

Environment

Years of austerity left UK ‘hugely unprepared’ for COVID pandemic, report says

Years of austerity left the UK hugely unprepared for the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report. The TUC said funding cuts left health and...

Years of austerity left UK ‘hugely unprepared’ for COVID pandemic, report says

Years of austerity left the UK hugely unprepared for the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report. The TUC said funding cuts left health and...

Sonic boom heard in Washington DC caused by military jets chasing plane which crashed

A loud boom in the Washington DC area which residents of the US capital said shook houses and sounded like an explosion was caused...

Environment

Saudi energy minister defends voluntary oil cuts as precautionary

Saudi Minister of Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman al-Saud arrives for the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) meeting in Vienna on June 3,...

World

Ukraine war: Belgorod governor ‘willing to meet’ group who captured two Russian soldiers

A Russian governor has said he is willing to meet with a pro-Ukraine group of Russian fighters who are keeping two Russian soldiers captive....

Environment

OPEC+ sticks to 2023 oil production targets as Saudi Arabia announces further voluntary cuts

Saudi Minister of Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman al-Saud arrives for the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) meeting in Vienna on June 3,...

Environment

Michelle Hodgkinson: Family pays tribute to ‘selfless’ woman stabbed to death in Manchester named

A 51-year-old woman who was stabbed to death in Droylsden, Manchester, on Friday has been named by police as Michelle Hodgkinson. A 28-year-old man...

Michelle Hodgkinson: Family pays tribute to ‘selfless’ woman stabbed to death in Manchester named

A 51-year-old woman who was stabbed to death in Droylsden, Manchester, on Friday has been named by police as Michelle Hodgkinson. A 28-year-old man...

Environment

Joe Abbess and Sunnah Khan: 17-year-old boy and 12-year-old girl who died off Bournemouth beach named by police

A 17-year-old boy and a 12-year-old girl who died after getting into difficulty in the water off Bournemouth beach on Wednesday have been named...

Joe Abbess and Sunnah Khan: 17-year-old boy and 12-year-old girl who died off Bournemouth beach named by police

A 17-year-old boy and a 12-year-old girl who died after getting into difficulty in the water off Bournemouth beach on Wednesday have been named...