The body of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been handed over to his mother, his spokesperson Kira Yarmysh has said. “Alexei’s body was given to his mother. Thank you very much to everyone who demanded this with us,” she wrote on X. She added that details of his funeral are yet to come, and
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Graham Norton is stepping down from hosting his weekend shows on Virgin Radio. The 60-year-old Irish presenter joined the station in 2021 after leaving his BBC Radio 2 Saturday morning show. Norton made the shock announcement on Saturday morning, telling his listeners he wanted to have his “weekends back” after 13 years of radio presenting.
Lee Anderson has been suspended from the Conservative party after “Islamophobic” comments. A spokesperson for Chief Whip Simon Hart said: “Following his refusal to apologise for comments made yesterday, the Chief Whip has suspended the Conservative whip from Lee Anderson MP.” Speaking on GB News this week, Mr Anderson, MP for Ashfield, said: “I don’t
Greg Wyshynski, ESPNFeb 24, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions Joel Farabee didn’t understand the negativity. As he walked into Philadelphia Flyers training camp last September, he saw a locker room that had become even more tight-knit over the summer. He saw key players like center
A woman whose back garden was at the centre of an unexploded bomb scare that saw one of the largest evacuation operations since the end of the Second World War has described the ordeal as an “absolute nightmare”. Speaking to Sky News, Natalie Jary said she wanted to say “sorry” to the community of Keyham
Next has approached administrators to The Body Shop about a potential deal to purchase parts of the stricken cosmetics chain. Sky News has learnt that executives from the UK fashion retailing giant have contacted FRP Advisory to express an interest in acquiring assets as part of any sale process it decides to launch. There were
In this article SEDG RUN NOVA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT John Berger, chairman and chief executive officer of Sunnova Energy Corp., speaks during the 2019 CERAWeek by IHS Markit conference in Houston, Texas, U.S., on Thursday, March 14, 2019. Aaron M. Sprecher | Bloomberg | Getty Images The residential solar company Sunnova Energy
Photo: GE Renewable Energy GE Vernova is abandoning plans to supersize its offshore wind turbines and will instead focus on rolling out smaller “workhorse” turbines. In March of last year, GE Vernova CEO Scott Strazik said during a GE Investor Conference that the market was receptive to larger variants of the company’s Haliade-X offshore wind
The worst airlines for customer satisfaction have been revealed The UK’s flag carrier airline, British Airways, ranked among the worst airlines in the survey. BA’s customer score for long-haul flights was the joint third lowest out of 17 carriers analysed by Which?, at 59%. The airline received just two stars out of five for boarding
Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street. (We’re no longer recording the audio, so we can get this new written feature to members as quickly as possible.) As we gear up for the
The second anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine comes as America prepares for a crucial election and while funding for a Ukrainian victory remains blocked in a divided Congress. As our own frontline eyewitness reporting shows, Vladimir Putin has the upper hand. Western leaders have repeatedly warned that Putin won’t stop at Ukraine given the
An unexploded bomb from the Second World War which forced thousands to evacuate their homes in Plymouth has been detonated at sea. Around 30 of the Armed Forces’ most experienced bomb disposal experts led the “highly complex disposal operation” on Friday after the 500kg bomb was discovered on Tuesday, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said.
Anthony Olivieri, ESPN.comFeb 23, 2024, 02:44 PM ET Open Extended Reactions WICHITA, Kan. — The bronze cleats from a Jackie Robinson statue that was cut at the ankles and stolen last month will be donated to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, Missouri, the league’s executive director told ESPN on Friday. “We thought
Sir Rod Stewart has lashed out at Vladimir Putin on the eve of the second anniversary of Russia’s war on Ukraine. The music veteran branded the Russian president an “arsehole” in an interview with Sky News on Friday night. And he said revealed his fears about the consequences of the US “pulling money away from
Conservative MP Lee Anderson has been criticised for making “divisive and dangerous” comments about London mayor Sadiq Khan – with calls for him to be kicked out of the party. Labour’s shadow health secretary Wes Streeting said the former Tory deputy chairman had engaged in “outright racism and Islamophobia”, while ex-Tory MP Gavin Barwell said
In this article NVDA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Jensen Huang speaks onstage during The New York Times Dealbook Summit 2023 at Jazz at Lincoln Center on November 29, 2023 in New York City. Slaven Vlasic | Getty Images Nvidia briefly surpassed $2 trillion in market cap during intraday trading Friday following the company’s
Any move to introduce conscription by Britain and other NATO allies would make a difference to Europe’s defences against Russia, Latvia’s foreign minister has said. Krisjanis Karins said the larger the country, the bigger the difference. Asked whether he was advocating such a step, the top diplomat told Sky News that he is “happily sharing”
Photo: UBTECH In a next-level automation move, Chinese EV maker NIO (NYSE: NIO) is piloting humanoid robots on its EV assembly line at one of its factories. NIO manufactures EVs at its two factories in Hefei, the largest city in Anhui Province, in eastern China. Shenzhen-based UBTECH ROBOTICS, listed on Hong Kong’s stock exchange, built
At 97, Sir David Attenborough is a man still happy to crawl on his belly through wet grass to get his shot. For his latest project, Secret World Of Sound, the world-renowned naturalist and broadcaster explores the ways that animals hear and produce sound, using cutting-edge technology to record noises from nature – with some
As household energy bills are set to fall in April, Ian King talks to Sky’s business correspondent Paul Kelso. He also speaks to Bill Winters, the chief executive of Standard Chartered, about its $1bn share buyback. Erik Hirsch, co-chief executive of Hamilton Lane, a leading private markets investment firm, also joins Ian. Listen and subscribe