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PM makes ‘screeching U-turn’ on attending COP27 – and all his campaign pledges are under review

Rishi Sunak has reversed his decision to skip the COP27 climate summit in Egypt next week – and all his campaign pledges are now...

Politics

All of Rishi Sunak’s campaign pledges from summer leadership race under review

All of Rishi Sunak’s campaign pledges from the summer leadership contest are under review. The prime minister’s official spokeswoman said that the pledges were...

Politics

‘Get a grip’: Keir Starmer blames Tories for ‘broken’ asylum system in PMQs clash

Sir Keir Starmer has told Rishi Sunak to “start governing for once and get a grip” as he blamed 12 years of Tory leadership...

Politics

‘We want to get a grip’: Minister ‘not happy’ over conditions at Manston migrant centre

A minister has admitted that the Manston asylum processing centre is not operating legally, telling Sky News the government wants to “get a grip”...

Environment

A submerged buoy-like device is harnessing the sea’s ‘epic amounts of energy’ in Scottish trial

The Waveswing wave energy converter photographed in Scapa Flow, Orkney. EMEC Sea-based trials of a wave energy converter weighing 50 metric tons have produced...

Environment

Op-ed: The U.S. and China should not miss a historic opportunity to save the world

US President Joe Biden meets with China’s President Xi Jinping during a virtual summit from the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington,...

Interest rate rises to 3% as Bank of England imposes biggest hike for three decades

The Bank of England has raised the base rate of interest by 0.75 percentage points to 3% – the single biggest increase in more...

Sports

World Series Game 4: Astros in control down the stretch

9:52 PM ET ESPN staff The Philadelphia Phillies are coming off a game in which they absolutely hammered the Houston Astros to take a...

Sports

Syndergaard, Verlander to start Game 5 in Philly

8:04 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — The season will come full circle for Philadelphia Phillies starter Noah Syndergaard and Houston Astros ace Justin Verlander when...

Sports

First lady Biden joins cancer tribute at Game 4

10:59 PM ET Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — First lady Jill Biden joined the Stand Up to Cancer tribute in the middle of the fifth...

Environment

Cost of living crisis: Bank of England set to increase interest rates to levels not seen since 2008

The Bank of England is expected to unveil the biggest interest rate rise since the 1980s today. A hike of 0.75 percentage points is...

Business

Cost of living crisis: Bank of England set to increase interest rates to levels not seen since 2008

The Bank of England is expected to unveil the biggest interest rate rise since the 1980s today. A hike of 0.75 percentage points is...

Technology

Twitter reportedly ready to cut about 3,700 employees

Elon Musk’s photo is seen through a Twitter logo in this illustration taken October 28, 2022. Dado Ruvic | Reuters Twitter employees are expecting...

Sports

QB Sayin commits to Alabama’s ‘NFL offense’

5:00 PM ET Quarterback Julian Sayin committed to Alabama on Wednesday. Sayin, No. 34 overall in the 2024 ESPN 300 and the second-best dual-threat...

Sports

‘Giving him the business’: College football’s most iconic call

7:15 AM ET “You’re a football ref, an ordinary man, 60, 65 years old. You’re not making the big millions like the football players,...

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Kanye West paid settlement to ex-employee who alleged he praised Hitler and Nazis at work, files show

Kanye West paid a settlement to a former employee who alleged he had used antisemitic language in the workplace, according to documents seen by...

World

Democracy under threat because Donald Trump refuses to accept result of 2020 election, Joe Biden warns

Joe Biden has warned Americans that “MAGA Republicans” are “trying to succeed where they failed in 2020” to subvert the will of voters in...

World

Ukraine war: White House accuses North Korea of shipping artillery to Russia

The White House has accused North Korea of shipping a “significant” number of artillery shells to Russia to support its invasion of Ukraine. National...

World

‘He cannot take power’: Bolsonaro’s seething supporters refuse to accept Brazil’s election result

You only had to go to the rallies of the two presidential candidates to understand the stark differences between the camps. Lula’s political rallies...

World

‘Stop discriminating against Albanians’, country’s PM Edi Rama tells UK government

The UK has been told to stop blaming Albanians for the migrant crisis by the country’s prime minister as senior MPs have raised concerns...