One man has died and two other people are seriously injured following a “random” series of stabbings in Birmingham city centre. Five others were also injured in what West Midlands Police have described as a “major incident” overnight – and a murder investigation has been launched. One unknown male suspect is being sought but no
A black man left paralysed after being shot seven times by police in the US has released a video from his hospital bed, saying constant pain means it hurts to breathe and even sleep. Jacob Blake, whose shooting in Wisconsin on 23 August has reignited the Black Lives Matter protests over police violence and racial
Extinction Rebellion is being considered for reclassification as an organised crime group following a protest that prevented many national UK newspapers from reaching the stands, according to a report. Ministers are said to be considering protections for “tenets of democracy”, such as courts and the press, after demonstrations prevented the distribution of millions of newspapers
Hundreds of firefighters are battling a huge brush fire at California’s Sierra National Forest, which has left dozens of people injured – including two who are in a critical condition. Cal Fire, the state’s department of forestry and fire protection, said in a tweet that the still-uncontained blaze had ravaged more than 36,000 acres since
11:46 PM ET Alistair Overeem showed that he’s still a championship-level fighter on Saturday night. Overeem stopped up-and-comer Augusto Sakai early in the fifth round in the UFC Fight Night main event in Las Vegas. The win was the fourth in Overeem’s past five fights, keeping him in the hunt for the UFC heavyweight title
September 6th, 2020 by Zachary Shahan A few days ago, I wrote about a new report from the European Commission or Ricardo showing (yet again) that electric vehicles “have significantly lower impacts on the climate.” It looks like the most comprehensive analysis of the environmental impact of electric vehicles versus fossil fuel vehicles. I noted in the article
Extensive coronavirus testing is needed at airports to stop the “dire” effect the quarantine system is having on the travel industry, Labour has said. The UK government has been making weekly decisions on which travellers must isolate for 14 days based on the countries they are returning from. But travellers have sometimes been given just
6:09 PM ET Steve KimESPN After testing positive twice for COVID-19, Jamel Herring will finally get in the ring to face Jonathan Oquendo in the main event of a Top Rank card at the MGM Grand Conference Center in Las Vegas on Saturday. Herring (21-2, 10 KOs) will defend his WBO junior lightweight title against
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Is ESG worth it? Analysts at Barclays grappled with that question in a recent report titled “ESG funds: Looking beyond the label,” a look at whether investing in assets based on environmental, social and governance factors actually leads to better financial outcomes. In the report, the firm wrote that growth in ESG “has been driven
Tourism across the world has been hit hard by COVID-19 but China has one key advantage – 1.4 billion people with nowhere else to go. Domestic flights are back to 2019 levels. Lockdown is long gone in China and people are keen to travel. But with the pandemic raging abroad, with many popular tourist destinations
Britain’s chief Brexit negotiator has said Europe should “take our position seriously” ahead of a new round of crucial trade negotiations. David Frost, who will lead the UK’s post-Brexit trade talks as well as serving as the prime minister’s national security adviser, will meet the EU’s chief negotiator Michel Barnier in London next week. The
September 5th, 2020 by Zachary Shahan A trio of technology leaders in Europe — the Austrian Institute of Technology, Fraunhofer ISE in Germany, and Forster Industrietechnik in Switzerland — is working to develop a solar canopy system for highways in order to tap into the vast, under-utilized road network for clean electricity generation. The PV-SÜD
No signs of life have been found in the rubble of a building in Beirut, despite earlier hopes that a survivor could be found. The search began on Thursday afternoon after a sniffer dog detected something in the Gemmayze area of the Lebanese capital. Audio detection equipment had detected a pulse of 18 to 19
Bolton residents have been told not to mix with people from other households after the town’s coronavirus infection rate became the highest in England. The rules apply to meetings indoors and outdoors, unless a person is part of a support bubble, Bolton Council said. To help slow the spread of COVID-19, the council has said
Singer Ian Brown is facing a backlash after one of his tweets appeared to suggest he was against coronavirus vaccines, lockdowns and face masks. The former Stone Roses frontman, 57, sparked outrage when he posted: “NO LOCKDOWN NO TESTS NO TRACKS NO MASKS NO VAX #researchanddestroy.” Fellow musicians and other Twitter users said they were