According to the myth, Catherine II’s courtier Grigory Potemkin recruited peasants to populate fake villages erected along the Dnipro River, so the Russian empress, passing in her barge, might get a favourable impression of conditions in newly conquered Crimea. Historians doubt that it happened, but the idea of counterfeiting progress to appease the boss was […]
British pair Emma Raducanu and Harriet Dart lost in straight sets in the first round of the Madrid Open. Raducanu, 21, was beaten 6-2 6-2 by Argentine qualifier Maria Lourdes Carle. Dart, who won two qualifying matches to reach the main draw, held a 4-0 lead in her second set against Spain’s Cristina Bucsa but […]
Post Office latest: Lawyer deeply sorry for sub-postmasters’ ‘suffering’, inquiry hears – BBC News BreakingBreaking news Close breaking news Summary Former top Post Office lawyer Chris Aujard is giving evidence to the Horizon inquiry into how IT failings led to hundreds of prosecutions Aujard was involved in the collapse of the mediation scheme for sub-postmasters […]
Sogavare vies with opposition parties to form governing coalition after inconclusive election. The Solomon Islands election has delivered no clear winner leaving pro-China Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare in a race with rival opposition politicians to form a coalition to lead the Pacific island nation. Solomon Islanders voted a week ago in a closely fought campaign […]
Their friendship began a dozen years ago while riding a team bus to U.S. youth national soccer training near Los Angeles. “I used to sit behind him and squirt air and a little bit of water into his ear,” said the mischievous midfielder, Weston McKennie. McKennie was scared of elevators, so after practice, his new […]
Fe wnaeth pwyllgor newid hinsawdd y Senedd wahodd y cwmni, y cyngor lleol, yr Awdurdod Glo ac ymgyrchwyr amgylcheddol i fod yn rhan o “ymchwiliad byr”. Yn eu llythyr yn ymateb, fe ddywedodd Cyngor Merthyr Tudful bod gallu eu swyddogion i ddarparu tystiolaeth yn “gyfyngedig”. Roedd staff oedd wedi delio â’r ceisiadau cynllunio gwreiddiol, a’r […]
Please note that we are not authorised to provide any investment advice. The content on this page is for information purposes only. Empower Finance has revealed its plans to acquire the US-based credit card fintech Petal, which offers alternative financial products and credit underwriting for underserved users in Mexico and the US. This acquisition is […]
Tesla reported a steeper-than-expected 55 percent plunge in profit for the first quarter but managed to avoid a major beating on Wall Street on Tuesday by declaring a flurry of bold commitments that appeared to satisfy investors: ramping up the production timeline of a more “affordable” car, doubling down on its fully autonomous “Cybercab” and […]
NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign was repeatedly aided by the National Enquirer, which squelched potentially damaging stories about him and pumped out articles pummeling his rivals, the former boss of the supermarket tabloid testified Tuesday during the ex-president’s trial on charges of falsifying business records. Trump, the first former U.S. president to […]
This is an updated version of an article first published on March 8. It is two and a half years since Mark Clattenburg had his autobiography, Whistle Blower, to plug. No prisoners were taken in the book’s content or the promotional work ahead of its release. Graham Poll, Martin Atkinson and David Elleray were all […]