Ireland is pledging emergency legislation enabling it to send asylum seekers back to the UK. More than 80% of recent arrivals in the republic came via the land border with Northern Ireland, Irish justice minister Helen McEntee told a parliamentary committee last week. Rishi Sunak told Sky News it showed the UK’s Rwanda scheme was
The trees are out, but it still feels pretty chilly – and wet. In the southeast of England, 25mm to 30mm of rain has fallen in 24 hours this weekend. For some places that is more than half the April average. Your coat and gloves may soon be redundant, however. While Sunday’s top temperatures across
US President Joe Biden has delivered an election-year roasting of his rival Donald Trump, criticising his immaturity. Speaking at the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on Saturday night, the 81-year-old responded to concerns that he is too old for a second presidential term. “Yes, age is an issue – I’m a grown man running
Associated Press Apr 27, 2024, 05:20 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DOVER, Del. — Make it three straight NASCAR wins for the Truex kids at the Monster Mile. Ryan Truex won the Xfinity Series race Saturday at Dover Motor Speedway for the second straight year, giving the younger brother of Martin Truex Jr. the only
A gold pocket watch that was recovered from the body of the richest man on the Titanic will be auctioned on Saturday. John Jacob Astor, 47, went down with the ship in 1912 after helping his wife on to a lifeboat. Rather than try his luck with another lifeboat, the impeccably dressed businessman, a prominent
A TV doctor who gave free Botox to a patient in return for sex at his clinic has been struck off. Dr Tijion Esho, who has featured on ITV’s This Morning, BBC’s Morning Live and E4’s Body Fixers, denied having a physical relationship with the woman, known only as Patient A, but admitted to an
Associated Press Apr 27, 2024, 06:09 AM ET Open Extended Reactions ADELAIDE, Australia — Three-time PGA Tour winner Brendan Steele shot an 8-under 64 on Saturday to take a one-stroke lead after two rounds of the LIV Tour’s Adelaide tournament at The Grange Golf Club. The 41-year-old Steele’s last PGA Tour victory came in 2017
There was no clear winner in Solomon Islands’ election this week – now the two major opposition parties have struck a coalition deal with the aim of taking power. The two parties are vying with former prime minister Manasseh Sogavare’s party to form a government. The election is being watched by China, the US and
Tesla just released the Model 3 Performance on Tuesday, and already Tesla has hiked the price by $1,000. The Model 3 Performance came out the morning of Tesla’s quarterly earnings report earlier this week, with lots of updates. Tesla updated the car’s bodywork, seats, steering, brakes, damping, track mode software, and of course the rear
The police handling of the case of an American driver who fled the UK after a crash that left a nurse unable to walk was “not acceptable”. Isaac Calderon returned to the US after a collision in Herefordshire that left Elizabeth Donowho with two broken ankles and a fractured sternum. Ms Donowho complained that police had
After Kia’s first three-row electric SUV is already seeing strong demand, the EV9 is set to gain a high-performance GT version. Kia confirmed the EV9 GT will launch in January with “enormous power” and other upgrades. Kia EV9 set for the GT treatment Kia launched its flagship EV9 in Korea last June. In less than
In this article INTC AAPL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger speaks while showing silicon wafers during an event called AI Everywhere in New York, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023. Seth Wenig | AP Intel’s long-awaited turnaround looks farther away than ever after the company reported dismal first-quarter earnings. Investors pushed the
Amy Hood, chief financial officer at Microsoft, speaks during a presentation on affordable housing in Bellevue, Washington, on Jan. 17, 2019. Chona Kasinger | Bloomberg | Getty Images Microsoft is increasing spending at a rate not seen since at least 2016. It still might not be enough. In its earnings report on Thursday, Microsoft said
Joe Biden has said he would be open to debate his presumptive Republican opponent Donald Trump ahead of November’s presidential election. The US president was speaking to radio host Howard Stern on Sirius XM, who asked Mr Biden if he would debate Mr Trump, to which he said: “I am, somewhere. I don’t know when.
The King is to return to public-facing royal duties, with his medical team “very encouraged” by the progress made in his cancer treatment. The monarch has been receiving outpatient care since early February and despite the good news, palace sources stressed His Majesty is still continuing treatment. The announcement that the King is doing well
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Apr 25, 2024, 09:07 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Atlanta Falcons selected quarterback Michael Penix Jr. with the eighth overall pick in the NFL draft on Thursday. The Falcons made the pick despite signing Kirk Cousins to a four-year, $180 million contract in free agency. Penix went through the draft process as one of
Former Home and Away star Orpheus Pledger has been arrested following a three-day police manhunt for the actor, according to Australian media reports. The 30-year-old was due to appear at Melbourne Magistrates Court on Tuesday accused of assaulting a woman, Sky News Australia said. The actor had been granted bail on Monday for a court-ordered
The extraordinary, unprecedented and largely unexplained flows of millions of pounds of British luxury cars into states neighbouring Russia continued in February, according to new official data. Some £26m worth of British cars were exported to Azerbaijan in February, according to data from HM Revenue & Customs. The numbers show that in the latest quarter
In this article MSFT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella arrives at federal court in Washington on Oct. 2, 2023. Nathan Howard | Bloomberg | Getty Images Microsoft will report financial results for its fiscal third quarter after the market close on Thursday. Here is what analysts are looking for, according