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Ukraine conflict could last ‘years’: Russia has strong forces but Ukrainians are brave, says foreign secretary

The Ukraine conflict could last “a number of years” and the UK needs to be “prepared for a very long haul” in facing down...

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Quick Charge Podcast: February 26, 2022

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and...

Environment

Bitcoin donations to the Ukrainian military are soaring as Russia invades

Ukrainian servicemen sit atop armored personnel carriers driving on a road in the Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. Vadim Ghirda |...

Sports

UFC Fight Night takeaways: Islam Makhachev continues to follow the plan of Khabib Nurmagomedov’s father

10:08 PM ET The knock on Islam Makhachev used to be that he lacked finishing instinct and was susceptible to getting caught. Adriano Martins...

Sports

England shake off Wales’ late comeback as chaos unfolds at Twickenham

9:09 PM GMT TWICKENHAM, London — In the end it was record-breaker Ben Youngs who brought order to the chaos. As Wales threatened the...

World

Russian missiles hit Ukrainian oil terminal and gas pipeline sparking fears of ‘catastrophe’

Russian missiles have hit an oil terminal and a gas pipeline overnight, as Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine continues. The oil terminal was set...

Business

Western allies agree to cut select Russian banks from global financial messaging system SWIFT

Western allies have agreed to remove selected Russian banks from the SWIFT global financial messaging system. In a joint statement, leader of the European...

Sports

Emblem Road sprints to 99-1 upset at Saudi Cup

2:02 PM ET Associated Press RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Emblem Road rallied with a wide, sweeping move on the outside to win the $20...

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Tesla starts rolling out of Full Self-Driving Beta in Canada

Tesla has officially started rolling out its Full Self-Driving Beta in Canada – marking the first official international expansion of the driver-assist system that...

Environment

Gas prices have spiked amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Here are tips for saving at the pump

Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Drivers may need to prepare for more potential pain at the pump. The national average price of...

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich hands over ‘stewardship and care’ of club

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich has announced that he is handing stewardship of the club to trustees of its charitable foundation. Roman Abramovich will no...

Politics

Tougher sanctions needed so that Putin can’t ‘live Mayfair lifestyle in Moscow’, Labour says

Labour is calling for much tougher sanctions on Russia following the Ukrainian invasion it condemns as a “heinous violation of international law”. In a...

Technology

Anthony Mays is using his experience as a Black tech employee to help others through the door

Popular Google software engineer Anthony D. Mays leaves the search giant to pursue diversity and inclusion full-time. Anthony D. Mays The year after Anthony...

Politics

Measures to expose dirty money stashed in UK property fast-tracked to target Russian oligarchs

Measures to expose dirty money stashed in UK property are being fast-tracked in order to target Russian oligarchs, Sky News understands. Boris Johnson has...

Science

ISS Could Crash in India: Russian Space Chief Warns After US Sanctions Over Ukraine Invasion

Russia’s space agency chief has warned the US that the slew of sanctions imposed on Moscow can “destroy our cooperation” on the International Space...

Business

Convenience store giant McColl’s scrambles to stave off collapse

McColl’s Retail Group, one of Britain’s biggest convenience store chains, is racing to secure new funding to stave off a collapse that could put...

World

Ukraine president says his forces still control Kyiv and appeals to ‘friends’ abroad to join fight

Ukraine’s president has said his forces are still in control of Kyiv and is appealing to the country’s “friends” abroad to join the fight....

Science

NASA Says James Webb Telesope’s Mirror Alignment Almost Halfway Through

Scientists are almost halfway through the process of aligning the 18 hexagonal mirror segments of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the most powerful...

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NASA Shares Image of Earth Captured by Its Probe Very Close to Saturn

Astronomers have long observed Saturn and its rings using telescopes that have been placed on Earth and in space. The mysterious planet has always...

BA plans to operate ‘vast majority’ of flights from Heathrow after raft of short-haul cancellations

British Airways has said all of its short-haul flights from Heathrow are cancelled until midday today following ongoing “technical issues”. The airline said customers...