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Kershaw shut down for week due to shoulder ‘blip’

Associated Press Jun 24, 2024, 07:08 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHICAGO — Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw has been shut down for...

Business

Weekly real wage growth just £16 since 2010 but minimum wage one of the world’s highest – Resolution Foundation

Weekly wages have increased by just £16 in 14 years when inflation is factored in, according to research from living-standards think tank the Resolution...

World

Julian Assange will not be extradited to the US after reaching plea deal

US authorities have agreed to drop their demand for Julian Assange to be extradited from the UK after reaching a plea deal with the...

Technology

Oracle warns that a TikTok ban would hurt business

Oracle CEO Safra Catz, center, departs following a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 18, 2024. Chief executives from major companies including...

Sports

Supreme Court rejects horse safety law challenge

Associated Press Jun 24, 2024, 10:23 AM ET Open Extended Reactions WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a challenge from Republican-controlled states...

Technology

Nvidia slides 13% in three days after briefly becoming most valuable company

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang makes a speech at an event at COMPUTEX forum in Taipei, Taiwan June 4, 2024. Ann Wang | Reuters Since...

Technology

OpenAI walks back controversial stock sale policies, will treat current and former employees the same

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks during the Microsoft Build conference at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington, on May 21, 2024. Jason Redmond | AFP...

Environment

The stock market flips and tech falls out of favor — why this move may be hard to stop

Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour...

Jay Slater’s family holds on to hope – as online sleuths travel to Tenerife in hunt for missing British teen

More than a week on from Jay Slater’s disappearance, his dad Warren is still doing everything he can in the effort to help find...

World

Jay Slater’s dad says police keeping family in dark – as they share new CCTV image in hope of finding teen

Jay Slater’s father has said police have left him and his family in the dark over the hunt for the missing teenager – as...

Dali: Ship in deadly Baltimore bridge collapse leaves three months after disaster

A cargo ship that crashed into a US bridge and caused it to collapse – killing six people – has left Baltimore after undergoing...

UK weather: Hottest day of the year so far as temperatures hit 28.3C – but cold front on the way

The UK has experienced the hottest day of the year so far. Temperatures hit 28.3C (82.9F) on Monday in Wisley, Surrey, after a four-day...

Jay Slater’s dad says police keeping family in dark – as they share new CCTV image in hope of finding teen

Jay Slater’s father has said police have left him and his family in the dark over the search for the missing British teenager –...

Environment

Oil prices rise 1%, on pace for monthly gain as Israel-Lebanon tensions simmer

Crude oil futures rose 1% on Monday and are on pace to post a gain for the month, as signs point to strengthening gasoline...

Technology

Bitcoin tumbles below $60,000 to start the week

A photo illustration depicting the cryptocurrency bitcoin. Jakub Porzycki | NurPhoto via Getty Images Bitcoin continued its descent on Monday, sliding below $60,000 for...

Bitcoin tumbles below ,000 to start the week

World

Russia: Gunmen open fire on synagogue and church in deadly shootings in Dagestan region

At least 19 people have been killed after gunmen opened fire in a series of shootings in Russia’s Dagestan, the Investigative Committee has said....

World

Dagestan: Questions remain unanswered as Russia blames West for deadly attacks without evidence

There is a lot we still don’t know about the attacks in Dagestan. It’s not clear who the gunmen were or what their wider...

World

South Korea: Explosion sparks lithium battery factory fire, killing 22 people

A powerful explosion set on fire a lithium battery factory in South Korea, killing 22 workers, officials say. The majority of those killed in...

World

Heart-warming pictures of hiker reuniting with family after being lost in California woods for 10 days

A hiker who lost more than 13kg after disappearing in California’s woods had to have rocks removed from his back. Pictures have emerged of...

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Ecuador suffers nationwide BLACKOUT sparking widespread chaos

A “failed transmission line” caused the entire nation of Ecuador to lose power this week. The government says decades of underinvestment caused the nationwide...