2:22 AM ET Jeff Wagenheim NEW YORK — A pound-for-pound No. 1 fighter steps into the cage with the second-best fighter in his weight class and makes him look second rate. That was the narrative early on in the UFC 268 main event, as welterweight champion Kamaru Usman bloodied Colby Covington in the first round
Police in Western Australia have called off a search for a swimmer attacked by a shark. Paul Millachip, 57, was swimming at Port Beach near Fremantle on Saturday morning when he was attacked by what appeared to be a four-and-a-half-metre (15-foot) great white shark. The search was called off on Sunday afternoon, local time, with
Ten million COVID-19 booster jabs have now been administered in the UK, latest figures show. The milestone – hailed by the prime minister – was reached after 409,663 third shots were given out on Saturday, taking the total to 10,062,704. Another 35,045 first doses and 23,952 second doses were also administered, meaning 50,234,416 people have
Boris Johnson is being warned against triggering Article 16 of the Northern Ireland Protocol to suspend parts of post-Brexit arrangements for the Irish border. There is growing speculation that the prime minister could soon trigger Article 16 as ongoing talks between the EU and UK continue to fail to resolve problems such as the “sausage
Travis Scott has promised to help the families of the eight people who were killed during his concert at the Astroworld festival in Texas, saying he could never “imagine anything like this happening”. The rapper posted an emotional video on social media as police in Houston said they had opened a criminal investigation into the
UB40 founding member Astro has died at the age of 64. The musician, whose real name is Terence Wilson, passed away after a short illness. Announcing the news, the band said they are “absolutely devastated and completely heartbroken”. Image: Ali Campbell (left) and Astro were due to go on tour next year “The world will
9:30 PM ET Associated Press DEL MAR, Calif. — Knicks Go burst into the lead out of the starting gate and kicked away to a 2¾-length victory in the $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic on Saturday at Del Mar. No one seriously pressed the colt, who earned his fourth straight victory and in the process
Many of us who enjoy nature, wildlife or just being outdoors have one thing in common – we all love the sensorial experiences that the outdoors provides. Like the sight of the flowing river, the touch of cool breeze in the mountains, the smell of the forest, calls/ songs of the birds to name a
6:10 PM ET Mike CoppingerESPN Canelo Alvarez faces Caleb Plant on Saturday (Showtime PPV, 9 p.m. ET, prelims at 6 p.m. ET) and all four major super middleweight title belts are on the line. The bout at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, will be for Alvarez’s WBA, WBO and WBC titles and
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Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman Al-Saud speaks via video link during a virtual emergency meeting of OPEC and non-OPEC countries, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia April 9, 2020. Saudi Press Agency | Reuters Forgive senior Saudi officials for their head-scratching in response to
Elon Musk has asked his 62.5 million Twitter followers whether he should sell 10% of his Tesla stock. The Tesla CEO launched the poll in response to a “billionaires’ tax” proposed by Democrats in the US Senate. “Much is made lately of unrealized gains being a means of tax avoidance, so I propose selling 10%
Iraq’s prime minister has survived an attempted assassination by a drone armed with explosives. The government said the drone targeted Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al Kadhimi’s home in Baghdad’s Green Zone early on Sunday. Baghdad residents heard the sound of an explosion followed by gunfire from the heavily-fortified area, which houses government offices and foreign
In this article TSLA SpaceX founder and Tesla CEO Elon Musk holds a helmet as he visits the construction site of Tesla’s gigafactory in Gruenheide, near Berlin, Germany, May 17, 2021. Michele Tantussi | Reuters Elon Musk on Saturday asked millions of his Twitter followers to determine the future of a chunk of his Tesla
Ministers and negotiators at COP26 must “pull together and drive for the line” in the second week of the conference, Boris Johnson says. The prime minister was talking as the first week of the climate summit in Glasgow comes to an end, with Saturday marked by the biggest protests to date, and representatives prepare for
A 14-year-old child was among eight people killed following a crowd surge at a music festival in Texas during a performance by rapper Travis Scott. A 16-year-old also died in the disaster at Astroworld Festival in Houston on Friday, the city’s mayor Sylvester Turner told a news conference. The other victims included two 21-year-olds, two