Newsportu’s Scott Simon talks with University of Florida Professor Michael McDonald about the high turnout in early voting this election cycle. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Over 10 million ballots have already been cast in the 2024 election, two and a half weeks before what we still call Election Day. Early voting is underway in many states, […]
The Archbishop of Canterbury has called the idea of assisted dying “dangerous” and suggested it would lead to a “slippery slope” where more people would feel compelled to have their life ended medically. The head of the Church of England was speaking with the BBC ahead of the first reading in Parliament of a bill […]
There is a danger that Labour will suffer the Macron effect when the budget is unveiled at the end of the month. Emmanuel Macron, who was first elected president of France in 2017, put business investment and building a culture of entrepreneurialism at the top of his to-do list – only to be condemned later […]
Getty Images Large waves and coastal overtopping are possible with Storm Ashley Power cuts, travel disruption and possible damage to buildings are expected this weekend as Storm Ashley sweeps across Scotland, bringing high winds and rain. The Met Office has issued an amber high wind warning for some western areas on Sunday, with gusts of […]
Boohoo is planning a major restructure that could see the break-up of the struggling online fashion firm whose brands include Debenhams, Karen Millen and PrettyLittleThing. The company said it was reviewing options after concluding that its business remained “fundamentally undervalued”. While Boohoo benefited from the surge to online shopping during the pandemic, it has subsequently […]
Getty Images Iceland is one of the world’s most volcanically active places I’m in one of the world’s volcanic hotspots, northeast Iceland, near the Krafla volcano. A short distance away I can see the rim of the volcano’s crater lake, while to the south steam vents and mud pools bubble away. Krafla has erupted around […]
NEW YORK — Shohei Ohtani perked up when he heard his name. “I told him,” Dodgers backup catcher Austin Barnes said after Ohtani’s three-run moonshot iced an 8-0 victory over the Mets in Game 3 of the National League Championship Series, “hit the ball over the fence.” “Not bad advice,” Ohtani said. Barnes clapped his […]
Jeannie Ambrose Jeannie Ambrose, one of about 1,000 affected patients, says Enhertu should be made available on the NHS More than a thousand patients with advanced breast cancer are being denied a drug that can keep them alive for longer. It is already available in 19 countries in Europe – including in Scotland – but […]
Maduro government announces detention of five foreigners, including three US citizens, amid post-election crackdown. The administration of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has announced the arrest of five foreigners suspected of antigovernment activity, as part of an ongoing crackdown after the country’s contested presidential election. Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello said on Thursday that three people from […]
Translink warned of delays to bus services in and out of Belfast city centre due to traffic congestion on Thursday evening. “Some Metro services [are] experiencing delays of approximately forty minutes,” the operator wrote on X, formerly Twitter. Its travel app indicated that numerous Metro services were affected during the peak rush hour period. The […]