Temperatures across parts of Europe remain above 40C (104F) , as wildfires rage in Greece. Winds near Athens have fuelled a major wildfire close to the Greek capital, forcing people from their homes and burning 13.5 square miles (35 square km) of forest and scrubland. Authorities had declared the huge blaze contained overnight on Wednesday,
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The chief executive of NatWest Group has apologised to Nigel Farage for the closure of his bank accounts and ordered an immediate review of the processes followed by its Coutts subsidiary. In a letter to Mr Farage seen by Sky News, Dame Alison Rose said she regretted “deeply inappropriate comments” about the former UKIP leader
A property which was searched this week in connection with the murder of iconic rapper Tupac Shakur is tied to a man long-known to detectives investigating the case. The man’s nephew emerged as a suspect shortly after the 1996 drive-by shooting in Las Vegas which left Tupac dead. Public records, including voting records, link the
Seven Super Bowl rings, five Super Bowl MVPs, and countless accolades in between – Tom Brady is considered by many football fans as the GOAT (greatest of all time), but has since retired… then came back to the NFL… then retired again. Brady may have hung up his football cleats, but he’s now taking that
“The question of how to create sustainable air travel has plagued the green movement for decades,” said Dale Vince, founder of British energy firm Ecotricity. Ryan Hiscott | Getty Images Sport | Getty Images British entrepreneur Dale Vince on Monday announced plans to launch an electric airline that will be powered using renewable energy —
In October 2019, 39 Vietnamese migrants were found dead in a lorry container in Essex. They had been locked inside a sealed container, with no fresh air for almost 12 hours. Some had borrowed thousands of pounds to pay off people smugglers for the journey. Sky News investigates what happened to them and why their
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police SWAT team were called to the scene after a man allegedly took a woman hostage in a Caesars Palace hotel room. The man then broke a hotel window and threw objects onto the pool area below. #lasvegas #hostage #cnn #news
Jul 19, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Two weeks before the Aug. 1 MLB trade deadline, the Los Angeles Angels are hovering around the .500 mark, which leaves one question hanging over the entire sport: Will the Halos trade free-agent-to-be Shohei Ohtani? Though we don’t yet know what the Angels’ decision will be, we aren’t about
In this article AAPL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Workers at TSMC Semiconductor Manufacturing Facility in Phoenix, Arizona, on December 6, 2022. Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty Images Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company will delay production at its new Arizona-based chip plant to 2025 due to a shortage of skilled labor, the company’s chairman
Greg Wyshynski, ESPNJul 20, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Everybody wants to jump in the pool during the summer. But not all pools are the same. Some are gross — tinted green by algae, with dead bugs and debris from nearby trees floating on the surface. And you
Ronan Keating has performed a musical tribute to his brother Ciaran Keating at his funeral mass in Ireland. The former Boyzone star sang This Is Your Song towards the end of the service, a tune he wrote after their mother, Marie, died in 1998. The lyrics included the lines: “You were our friend, walk with
Rishi Sunak has criticised the EU for a “regrettable choice of words” after it appeared to endorse the Argentine name for the Falkland Islands. The prime minister’s official spokesman said his view was that it would have been “entirely unacceptable for the EU to question the Falkland Islanders’ right to decide their own future”. A
Parts of the UK could see almost an entire month’s rain this weekend – while southern Europe experiences a scorching heatwave. Forecasters say hilly areas of northern England and Northern Ireland, as well as southern areas of Scotland and Wales, could see up to 80mm of rain from Saturday. A typical month’s rainfall in July
The pastor lights his cigar as he sits down on the sofa, casting the lit match aside. The floral upholstery starts to burn, the flames get bigger. “It’s not the job of the preacher to be a firefighter,” Doug Wilson says, as the fire spreads. “We’re supposed to be arsonists in the world.” Wilson leads
Unconscious with her hands cuffed behind her back, a woman is carried into a police cell. She is forced face-down onto a thin mattress. Police officers take off her jeans, cut off her knickers, pull a pair of oversized custody shorts over her legs, then remove her top and bra before leaving her alone and
Six people have died in a powerful storm which has battered much of the Balkans – while Southern Europe continues to face a searing heatwave. Dozens of people have also been injured as a result of strong winds and heavy rain which have hit countries including Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia and Slovenia. It is the second
US officials have attempted to contact North Korean counterparts over an American soldier who bolted across the border from South Korea – but say they are yet to hear back from Pyongyang. Private Second Class Travis T King was on a tour of the Joint Security Area (JSA), on the border of the village of
Average mortgage rates have fallen for the first time in months. Both two and five-year fixed-rate deals have dropped, according to data from financial information company Moneyfacts. The average rate on a two-year fixed deal is now 6.79%, down from 6.81%, while the average five-year rate dipped to 6.31%, a decrease from 6.33%. Rates haven’t
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Halliburton (HAL) reported mixed second-quarter results before the bell Wednesday as weaker-than-expected results in its completion and drilling segment were a drag. Total revenue rose 14% year over year to $5.8 billion, however, came up a bit short versus analyst expectations of $5.86 billion, according to Refinitiv. Earnings per share (EPS) of 77 cents (excluding
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