Keir Starmer is set to announce the creation of a £10bn AI datacentre, bringing 4,000 jobs to north-east England, which will be funded by a private equity firm run by a big Donald Trump supporter. The prime minister is due to host chief executives in New York on Thursday, where he is trying to drum […]
China has said it successfully launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) carrying a dummy warhead into the Pacific Ocean. The ICMB was launched at 08:44 local time (04:44 GMT) on Wednesday and “fell into expected sea areas”, Beijing’s defence ministry said, adding that the test launch was “routine” and part of its “annual training”. The […]
A young girl holds a “Vote” pin in her hands while attending the Atlanta Dream game at Gateway Center Arena in Atlanta. Olivia Bowdoin for Newsportu hide caption toggle caption Olivia Bowdoin for Newsportu A young girl holds a “Vote” pin in her hands while attending the Atlanta Dream game at Gateway Center Arena in […]
A row between a prominent journalist and a king has captivated many in Ghana. It began when Afia Pokua criticised the Ashanti king’s handling of tensions with other ethnic groups, the deference that politicians show him, and expressed her frustration about the apparent supremacy of the Asante community. “Even the president… bowed to show respect […]
Many of Tuesday’s front pages look ahead to the speech by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer at the Labour conference today. The Times says he will announce plans “root out” benefit fraudsters by allowing investigators to access suspects’ bank details. ”Victory for truth and justice” is the headline in the Daily Mirror. The paper says […]
The Nebraska State Capitol is seen in Lincoln, Nebraska, on May 14, 2024. Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images The Nebraska state lawmaker at the center of the debate over whether the state will switch to a winner-takes-all system in the Electoral College says he will not […]
Getty Images Almost seven in 10 Post Office sub-postmasters have experienced an “unexplained discrepancy” on the Horizon IT system since January 2020, a survey has revealed. It suggests faults remain in newer versions of the accountancy system still used by the Post Office, which has been at the heart of one of the worst miscarriages […]
A transcript from a key meeting at the firm behind the ill-fated Titan submersible has revealed the CEO said in 2018: “No-one is dying under my watch – period.” It captures a heated exchange between OceanGate chief Stockton Rush and his former director of marine operations, David Lochridge, plus three other staff. The log shows […]
PA Media Dentistry is one of the strands being looked at as part of this new cross-border approach The NHS and politics are never far apart. Health is the almost perennial chart-topper when it comes to lists of voters’ concerns. In Wales, given the NHS was a Welsh invention, and given the current length of […]
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Kalel Mullings’ teammates used to tease him because he didn’t look that fast. Mullings, a former linebacker, stands 6 feet 2 and weighs 233 pounds. If Michigan’s skill-position players lined up at the goal line and ran a 100-yard sprint, he probably wouldn’t win. He entered this season in the shadow […]