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Major rescue under way in Channel after boat carrying migrants capsizes – French media

A major rescue is under way after a boat with dozens of migrants onboard capsized in the English Channel, according to French media. The...

Environment

U.S. crude oil falls more than 4%, closes at lowest level since December to erase 2024 gains

A general drone view shows the Nafoora oil field in Jakharrah, Libya, August 27, 2024. Jawhar Deehoum | Reuters U.S. crude oil futures fell...

Technology

Klarna rival Zilch posts first profit and appoints ex-Aviva CEO to board ahead of IPO

Zilch CEO Phil Belamant. Zilch British financial technology firm Zilch on Tuesday reported its first-ever month of profit, marking a key milestone for the...

Business

Telegraph bidders meet newspapers’ bosses as auction advances

Bidders for The Daily Telegraph and its Sunday sister title are this week holding their first direct talks with the newspaper group’s bosses ahead...

Leicestershire park attack: Grandfather assaulted in Franklin Park, Braunstone Town – as four of five arrested children released

Four of the five children arrested on suspicion of the murder of an 80-year-old man have now been released. The youngsters were detained following...

Motorcade carrying Kamala Harris’s vice president candidate involved in crash

One person has been injured after several vehicles crashed in a motorcade carrying Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz and his wife. A member...

US officials identify ‘Pinnacle Man’ almost five decades after he was found frozen in cave

Officials have identified the ‘Pinnacle Man’ almost five decades after his body was discovered frozen in a cave. He has been named as 27-year-old...

Science

Brazil Telecom Regulator Threatens Sanctions Against Elon Musk’s Starlink

Tensions between Brazil and Elon Musk’s business empire ratcheted up further as the country’s telecoms regulator threatened to sanction his satellite broadband company Starlink...

World

Israel-Hamas war: Netanyahu’s crisis is getting worse – and Israel may never forgive him

Benjamin Netanyahu stood in front of a giant digital map, that mysteriously erased the West Bank and explained why Israeli forces wouldn’t be leaving...

Business

Grenfell Tower: Regulations introduced after the fire to force building owners to fix serious safety issues are still being ignored

Legal powers introduced since the Grenfell Tower fire to force building owners to fix serious fire safety issues are being ignored, Sky News can...

Business

Chancellor Rachel Reeves urged to impose ‘pay-per-mile’ scheme on electric cars

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has been urged to impose a pay-per-mile scheme on British drivers to avoid a “black hole” from lost fuel duty revenue....

Ten women and girls among 12 dead after migrant boat sinks in Channel

At least 12 people have died – including 10 women and girls – after a boat with dozens of migrants tore apart in the...

Sports

Bell bests Custer to win Xfinity race at Darlington

Associated Press Aug 31, 2024, 06:19 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DARLINGTON, S.C. — Christopher Bell thought his chance to win at Darlington Raceway...

Sports

White Sox lose record 20th-straight Flexen start

ESPN News Services Sep 2, 2024, 08:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Chicago White Sox had their latest skid extended to 11 games...

Sports

Yankees’ Cole exits with cramping in right calf

Associated Press Sep 2, 2024, 11:06 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ARLINGTON, Texas — Cole, the reigning AL Cy Young Award winner, turns 34...

The terrifying risks Indians are taking to reach the US illegally

Indian families have reportedly frozen to death, drowned and been kidnapped by their smugglers as they tried to reach the US – and the...

Sports

MLB playoff tracker: Who can clinch next, current bracket and games to watch

Sep 2, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions As the final month of the 2024 MLB regular season begins, a few teams are...

Sports

Sources: Pac-12, MWC don’t reach deal for 2025

Kyle Bonagura, ESPN Staff WriterSep 2, 2024, 07:48 PM ET Close Covers college football. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Open Extended...

Sports

UGA star Williams avoids long-term ankle injury

Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterSep 2, 2024, 01:13 PM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of...

Sports

Brown calls on UNC to ‘rally around’ Harrell at QB

Associated Press Sep 2, 2024, 04:26 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Now it’s up to Harrell, a third-year sophomore who...