Greenpeace has hit out at Shell, accusing the company of trying to silence its activists’ campaigning at sea or in port in return for lawsuits worth £7m being dropped. The environmental campaign group says the action, being brought by the oil major and a contractor, is among the biggest legal threats it has faced in
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The Israel Defence Forces claimed last night that the Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was “surrounded and isolated in his bunker”. Considered the chief orchestrator of the 7 October massacre which triggered the latest conflict, Sinwar is Israel’s most-wanted man in its assault on Gaza. The 61-year-old helped build Hamas’s military wing, the Qassam Brigades. Follow
Donald Trump’s rivals for the Republican presidential nomination have taken to the stage in Florida as they try to dislodge the frontrunner from his commanding lead in opinion polls. Local Governor Ron DeSantis and former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley both criticised the former president for skipping a third event. Meanwhile, Mr Trump – who was
US actors union Sag-Aftra has agreed a “tentative deal” with Hollywood studio bosses to end a historic 118-day strike. In an announcement on Wednesday, the union said the longest walkout in its history will end at 12.01am US Pacific time on Thursday following a “unanimous vote”. The union, which represents around 160,000 members of the
Suella Braverman has been accused of being “out of control”, as she continued her war of words with the Metropolitan Police after the commissioner resisted government pressure to ban this week’s pro-Palestinian march. In an article for The Times newspaper, the Home Secretary once again described pro-Palestinian protesters as “hate marchers”. And she went even
As the EV price war heats up, Lexus is increasing the discounts. Lexus is offering up to $15,000 off 2023 RZ 450e leases, its biggest discount so far. Toyota’s luxury division, Lexus, unveiled its first all-electric SUV last April, the 2023 RZ 450e. Lexus claims the electric RZ marks its “transition to a BEV-centered brand.”
In this article UBSG-CH AMZN UBER MSFT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Austan Goolsbee, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, during a Bloomberg Television interview at the Jackson Hole economic symposium in Moran, Wyoming, US, on Friday, Aug. 25, 2023. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images
D’Arcy Maine, ESPN.com Nov 8, 2023, 04:44 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Professional Tennis Players Association has asked the WTA to co-commission an independent, third-party investigation into the “numerous glaring breakdowns” that occurred at the recently concluded WTA Finals in Cancun, Mexico. The PTPA extended its invitation in a statement Wednesday, two days after
In this article Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Arm CEO Rene Haas and executives cheer, as Softbank’s Arm, chip design firm, holds an initial public offering (IPO) at Nasdaq Market site in New York, U.S., September 14, 2023. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters Semiconductor technology company Arm reported its first post-IPO earnings on Wednesday that
Andrew Lopez, ESPNNov 8, 2023, 08:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SAN ANTONIO — THE Houston Rockets are looking to finish off an Oct. 27 win against the San Antonio Spurs, clinging to a 3-point lead with minutes left in the fourth quarter. Spurs guard Devin Vassell misses a baseline jumper, and the rebound is
Rishi Sunak has essentially told Met Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley that if there’s violence at the pro-Palestine march in London on Saturday, it’s his fault. But it’s a petulant response to Sir Mark’s defiance in the face of the enormous pressure from the PM and other ministers for the Armistice Day march to be
Ivanka Trump has taken the stand in her father’s $250m (£203m) civil fraud trial. The elder daughter of Donald Trump began testifying on Wednesday – days after her father, and her brothers Eric and Donald Jr, gave evidence. The trial is investigating the Trump family business – and the former US president has been accused
Mark Schlabach, ESPN Senior WriterNov 8, 2023, 09:27 AM ET Close Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Open Extended Reactions The LIV Golf League is introducing a transfer window it says is the first in professional golf, allowing teams to trade players in midseason
The Barclay family has renewed its efforts to persuade Britain’s biggest high street lender to regain control of the Telegraph newspapers after restating an offer to repay the bulk of the debt it owes to the bank. Sky News understands that the newspapers’ former owners wrote to Lloyds Banking Group again last week to repeat
Carol Vorderman has left her BBC radio show over the corporation’s new social media guidelines. The former Countdown co-host said she was “not prepared to lose [her] voice on social media”. Ms Vorderman said BBC Wales management had “decided [she] must leave” as she had “breached the new guidelines”. She has presented the Saturday morning
Hamas’s leaders are “dead men walking”, an Israeli military spokesman has warned, as the country claims its troops have advanced to the “heart” of Gaza City. Israel has continued to bombard the Hamas-run Palestinian enclave since the militant group’s attack on 7 October, which Israel says killed 1,400 people and left 240 civilians hostage in
Gogoro, a leading player in the battery-swapping electric scooter market is taking a page out of Apple’s book. Or more accurately, it’s working with the consumer electronics giant to incorporate key Apple features directly into its scooters. The company announced today that it would start leveraging its scooters’ NFC keyless unlocking along with Apple Wallet
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In this article 7974.T-JP Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Link figurine from Legend of Zelda with shop staff inside Nintendo Tokyo store in Shibuya. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Nintendo said Wednesday it plans to develop a live-action film of The Legend of Zelda, one of its most popular characters, as the
This is much more than an own goal by the home secretary. It is a hat-trick of them – ignorant, offensive and dangerous. Suella Braverman has displayed breathtaking ignorance in relation to Northern Ireland. It is the Protestant Loyal Orders, e.g. the Orange Order, who are responsible for the vast majority of marches in Northern