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Government set to hike prices to put offshore wind auction back on track

The government will this week increase the price offered to offshore wind farm developers after the total failure of its last auction round left...

Environment

Siemens Energy clinches state guarantees as it posts a 4.6 billion euro annual loss

Siemens Energy site in Muelheim an der Ruhr, Germany, August 3, 2022. Wolfgang Rattay | Reuters Siemens Energy has secured 7.5 billion euros ($8.15...

Business

Record number of people seeking homelessness support due to rising cost of living

Citizens Advice helped more than 8,000 people with homelessness issues in October, the highest monthly figure ever recorded. A rising number of Section 21...

World

Israel-Hamas: Israel launches ‘targeted’ raid on al Shifa hospital

Israel has launched an overnight raid on Gaza’s largest medical facility – al Shifa hospital – hours after the US backed claims it was...

Bernie Sanders steps in to prevent fist fight during heated war of words at US Senate hearing

Bernie Sanders was forced to step in to prevent a fist fight during a heated war of words at a US Senate hearing. The...

Sports

Georgia jumps Ohio St. for No. 1 in CFP rankings

Andrea Adelson, ESPN Senior WriterNov 14, 2023, 09:04 PM ET Close ACC reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2010. Graduate of the University of Florida. Open...

Sports

Judge’s ruling grants WSU, OSU control of Pac-12

Kyle Bonagura, ESPN Staff WriterNov 14, 2023, 08:56 PM ET Close Covers the Pac-12. Joined ESPN in 2014. Attended Washington State University. Open Extended...

Sports

Deion on other coaching jobs: ‘I don’t hear it’

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Senior WriterNov 14, 2023, 02:45 PM ET Close College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Open Extended...

Politics

Rwanda: What is the government policy and why has it ended up in the courts?

The government’s flagship immigration policy, known as the Rwanda plan, is hanging in the balance this morning as ministers wait for the judgement of...

Politics

Rwanda ruling could reopen splits in the Tory party – and the stakes are now even higher for PM | Beth Rigby

Monday brought us the marmalade dropper reshuffle with the return of former prime minister David Cameron. But when it comes to the fate of...

Technology

X, formerly Twitter, being ‘overrun by trolls and lunatics’ after Musk takeover, Wikipedia founder says

LISBON — Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales slammed X, formerly known as Twitter, after its takeover by Elon Musk, saying the social media service is...

Business

Hunt steps in to salvage troubled CBI’s relaunch summit

The chancellor has agreed to address the CBI’s first public event since the business lobbying group was plunged into crisis earlier this year. Sky...

World

‘We are afraid’: Village in Lebanon caught in crossfire between Israel and militants ‘could turn into battlefield’

There is a place in Lebanon called Alma al Shaab which clings to the sunburnt hills that rise up from the Mediterranean. The community...

‘I’ll miss you every day’: Courteney Cox and Matt LeBlanc pay tribute to Friends co-star Matthew Perry

Two of Matt LeBlanc’s Friends co-stars have paid tribute to the actor, with his on-screen partner Courteney Cox saying she misses him “every day”....

Man arrested over death of ice hockey player Adam Johnson in Sheffield

A man has been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter following the death of professional ice hockey player Adam Johnson. Mr Johnson, 29, was seriously...

Body of man missing since August found in Colorado mountains with his dog alive and by his side

The body of a man who went missing in August has been found in the Colorado mountains with his dog alive and still by...

With US-China relations on a tightrope, Biden and Xi’s rendezvous is more important than ever

It has been a year since President Xi and President Biden last met, and it’s hard to overstate just what a rollercoaster US-China relations...

Georgia: Girl, 5, whose body was found hidden in concrete identified after 35 years

A five-year-old girl whose body was found encased in concrete in the US 35 years ago has finally been identified, police say – and...

Technology

Alphabet pays Apple 36% of Safari search revenue, Sundar Pichai confirms

Google CEO Sundar Pichai, arrives for a US Senate bipartisan Artificial Intelligence (AI) Insight Forum at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on September...

Technology

Snap shares jump on deal with Amazon that lets users buy products without changing apps

Evan Spiegel, co-founder and chief executive officer of Snap Inc., speaks during the virtual Google Pixel Fall Launch event in New York, on Tuesday,...