An Italian father and his son have been fined 60 million Sri Lankan rupees ($200,000; £150,000) for trying to smuggle hundreds of endemic insects – including 92 species of butterflies – out of a safari park. Rangers at Yala National Park arrested Luigi Ferrari, 68, and his 28-year-old son Mattia on 8 May this year […]
PA Media Sir Ed Davey celebrated with supporters on election night as the party won a record number of MPs Liberal Democrat smiles will be so broad in the next few days they will stretch from the end of Brighton Pier to the northern French coast. The party is gathering for its autumn conference at […]
Editor’s note: This is a Weird and Wild short. To read this week’s full Weird and Wild column, go here. For weeks now, months to be honest, we’ve been spending way too much valuable time making all-important comparisons between the 2024 White Sox and Casey Stengel’s legendarily hapless 1962 Mets. But now we know: That was actually […]
Please note that we are not authorised to provide any investment advice. The content on this page is for information purposes only. Marios Demetriades, who used to be Cyprus’ Minister of Transport, has resigned from his roles at FxPro Group, ending a long stint of over six years. The company said this move includes his […]
A new Chinese video game has created a buzz worldwide after it sold more than 10 million copies within three days, becoming the most successful game of all time to emerge from the country. According to 2023 estimates, China’s gaming industry is roughly worth $40bn. Black Myth: Wukong, produced by developer Game Science (GS), has […]
Zachary Bradford had a liver transplant when he was 22 months old but it failed If Zachary Bradford does not receive a small bowel and liver transplant within the next few weeks, the tiny two-year-old could die. That is the reality his parents are living with as they do everything they can to maximise his […]
Getty Images The star, pictured in Boston this May, was playing the fourth UK show of her career What is it called when an artist’s first album is already a greatest hits collection? That’s the question I kept asking during Chappell Roan’s first UK show of 2024 on Friday. Normally, concerts ebb and flow, but […]
Sep 13, 2024, 05:29 AM ET The funeral of Sven-Göran Eriksson, the first foreign manager to coach the England national team, was held on Friday in the small Swedish town of Torsby where he grew up before embarking on an illustrious career at the pinnacle of European football. A soft-spoken but determined coach, Eriksson guided […]
Getty Images Falling mortgage rates may, at last, be bringing some relief to embattled homeowners and first-time buyers. In a market described as “frenetic”, lenders are locked in intense competition for new customers while simultaneously trying to hold on to borrowers already on their books. On supposedly unlucky Friday the 13th alone, big-name providers such […]
Former President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event in Tucson, Ariz., on Thursday. Trump has used a swing through the south west to focus on economic issues but despite touting his economic policies, the candidate has continued to focus on immigration and repeating false and debunked conspiracies about immigrant communities. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide […]