Even as the world shuns Russian goods, India is setting its sights on Russian coal. India’s coal imports from Russia jumped in March 2022 to highs not seen in more than two years, according to commodity intelligence firm Kpler. Ritesh Shukla | Getty Images News | Getty Images India’s hunger for coal is growing. Even
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The Royal Navy will take over responsibility for tackling people crossing the English Channel from today, Boris Johnson has said as he announced plans plans to fly some migrants to Rwanda. Speaking at an airport in Kent, the prime minister said: “We must ensure that the only route to asylum in the UK is asafe
Scientists are expecting a major solar storm to hit the Earth on April 14. This event could cause possible damage to Earth, researchers suggest. Space agencies say that this geomagnetic solar storm could be particularly powerful as the Sun has been quite active lately. Recently, the Sun has been flaring up more. This is because it
A court in Jersey has frozen $7bn (£5.4bn) in assets linked to Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich. The assets being targeted are either located in Jersey, or owned by Jersey-incorporated entities, the Law Offices Department of Jersey said. Police searched addresses suspected of being connected to Mr Abramavich‘s business activities on Tuesday. The island of Jersey
Police in the US have released footage of an incident where a black man was fatally shot in the back of the head by a police officer. Patrick Lyoya, 26, was stopped earlier this month for driving with a licence plate that did not match the vehicle, when he tried to run from the unidentified
Alena Vorobiova hadn’t thought much about bitcoin before Russia invaded Ukraine in February. Fast forward to border closures and shelling on her hometown, cash shortages at ATMs across the country, and the central bank suspending electronic cash transfers — and she decided to give bitcoin a try. Whereas money providers often charge transfer fees of
Russia has admitted that the flagship of its Black Sea Fleet – the Moskva – was in flames on Thursday, with Ukraine claiming to have hit it with missiles. Russia’s defence ministry said the Moskva missile cruiser had been badly damaged after ammunition on board was blown up by the fire. In comments reported by
The Oscar-winning actor Cuba Gooding Jr has pleaded guilty to kissing a waitress without consent at a New York nightclub in 2018. The 54-year-old is accused of violating three different women at various Manhattan night spots in 2018 and 2019, but his guilty plea covers only one of the allegations. It comes nearly three years
Tesla fans have propagated clearly fake news of the automaker supposedly acquiring a small lithium mining company that sent its stock up over 250%. Over the last few years, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has used his popular Twitter account to promote several accounts that have become influential in the Tesla community. As we previously reported,
Small changes in the price of gasoline may not seem like much. However, every 10-cent increase at the pump costs consumers overall a combined $11 billion or more over the course of a year, according to Ryan Sweet, a senior director at Moody’s Analytics. Gas prices are up nearly 50% from a year ago and
The government plans to fly asylum seekers to Rwanda for processing in an attempt to tackle small boat crossings in the Channel. Boris Johnson is set to argue action is needed to combat the “vile people smugglers” turning the ocean into a “watery graveyard” in a speech on Thursday. After the prime minister’s speech, Home
An artist friend of Johnny Depp became tearful in court as he described claims of domestic violence by Amber Heard as “malicious” and “fraudulent” – saying they have spread “around the world” and “wrecked” the actor’s life. Isaac Baruch, who has known Depp since the early 1980s, was questioned on the witness stand during the
Peter Endig | AFP | Getty Images Amazon said Wednesday it plans to add a fuel and inflation surcharge of roughly 5% to existing fees it collects from U.S. third-party sellers who use the company’s fulfillment services. The fee will go into effect in about two weeks, and is “subject to change,” the company said
A man wanted over yesterday’s attack on the New York subway, where 10 people were shot, has been arrested and charged with a federal terror offence. At least 23 people were injured in Tuesday’s subway shooting when a gunman set off smoke grenades in a crowded subway carriage before firing 33 shots with a 9mm
7:29 AM ET A big victory resulted in a small (but significant) move for Alexander Volkanovski. The UFC men’s bantamweight champion had his way with Chan Sung Jung on Saturday in their UFC 273 title fight, outstriking the South Korean by 152-51 on his way to a one-sided fourth-round TKO. The win, Volkanovski’s 21st in
A second P&O ferry has been further detained by the authorities in as many days following a failed inspection, likely scuppering the scandal-hit company’s plans to run a service between Dover and Calais from Easter. It emerged earlier on Wednesday that the Pride of Kent – first detained by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA)
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