PA and Reuters Ireland’s finance minister Jack Chambers and the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves As Ireland’s finance minister delivered his budget on Tuesday afternoon Dublin was bathed in golden autumn sunlight. The minister, Jack Chambers, said his budget provided the “ways and means for continuing to deliver many more, bright and hopeful […]
Consider it a high-stakes game of telephone. You may have noticed the uptick of college football quarterbacks cupping their helmets to muffle the sounds of the loudest stadiums in the country. That’s because coach-to-player helmet communication arrived this season for all 134 Football Bowl Subdivision programs. Thirty years after the NFL debuted the technology, the […]
There could be something fishy about this chip shop’s menu if health bosses get their way Plans for a new chippy have come up against a health board’s demands for fruit and veg on the menu. Betsi Cadwaladr health board wants the proposed takeaway in Morfa Bychan, Gwynedd, to sell a “good selection” of fruit […]
AFP Local residents rescue a woman from rising flood waters in the Romanian village of Slobozia Conachi Central Europe’s devastating floods were made much worse by climate change and offer a stark glimpse of the future for the world’s fastest-warming continent, scientists say. Storm Boris has ravaged countries including Poland, the Czech Republic, Romania, Austria […]
Big taxes will be imposed on imports of electric vehicles from China to the EU after the majority of member states backed the plans. The move to introduce tariffs aims to protect the European car industry from being undermined by what EU politicians believe are unfair Chinese-state subsidies on its own cars. Tariffs on electric […]
The Premier League have rejected Manchester City’s request to postpone their first two games of next season to help the players recover after their FIFA Club World Cup campaign in the United States, Pep Guardiola said on Friday. City and Chelsea are the two English clubs who have qualified for the expanded month-long Club World […]
President Biden crosses himself after Buck Paulk of Shiloh Pecan Farm, in Ray City, Ga., leads a prayer on Oct. 3, 2024. Mandel Ngan/AFP hide caption toggle caption Mandel Ngan/AFP President Biden sent a formal letter to Congress late Friday night saying that a key loans program for helping disaster victims will run out of […]
Getty Images It’s the end of a meal out and you’ve been presented with the bill. Suddenly the pleasure of the food you’ve just eaten is replaced by a faint wave of anxiety as you realise you’ve got to work out how much to tip. If you tip too little will you face the wrath […]
Getty Images President Mahamat Déby, the son of the previous president, was first elected in May Chad, a decades-old ally of France, is now cleverly playing off Russia and its traditional Western partners, deepening relations with Moscow in a ploy that irritates and pressures Paris and Washington. President Mahamat Déby visited his Russian counterpart, Vladimir […]
Met Office The very strong solar flare came from a region near the Sun’s south-centre disc A huge solar flare, the largest since 2017, has been spotted erupting from the Sun’s surface. Solar flares are made up of electromagnetic radiation that travel from the Sun at the speed of light and can reach Earth in […]