Stranger returns sentimental card scorched in Marshall Fire to rightful owner
A Facebook post reunited a Marshall Fire victim with a part of her life from before the destruction.
A Facebook post reunited a Marshall Fire victim with a part of her life from before the destruction.
The FTSE 100 index is set to build on last night’s record finish, with IG Index forecasting a rise of 0.5% or 43 points to an intraday all-time high near 8066. The rise follows a better session on Wall Street as the S&P 500 index and Nasdaq Composite recovered from recent tech selling by climbing 0.9% and 1.1% respectively. This week’s stronger showing by global markets follows an easing in Middle East tensions and some encouragement on the inflation front after Brent Crude fell to near $87 a barrel.
The ONS estimated that full-year public sector net borrowing was £120.7 billion in 2023-24, £6.6 billion more than predicted.
After weeks of Russian advances, there are three areas where Ukraine could now strengthen its defences.
University of Columbia faculty addressed crowds of protesters on Monday, April 22, amid a walkout over the arrest of students during pro-Palestine demonstrations.Video filmed by Anna Louise Kuoni Oakes shows David Lurie, president of the Columbia chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) and professor of Japanese history, reading from the AAUP-Columbia statement released on Saturday.“We condemn, in the strongest possible terms, the administration’s suspension of students engaged in peaceful protest and their arrest by the New York City Police Department”, Lurie says.Then, Christopher Brown, professor of history, says: “The New York Police Department does not belong on this campus except in moments of extreme emergency. And that show of force was a sign of weakness. In trying to show that they meant business, what they showed was their incompetence.”Columbia University canceled all in-person classes on Monday, due to the ongoing Gaza solidarity encampment on its Manhattan campus. Credit: Anna Louise Kuoni Oakes via Storyful
JD Sports Fashion has proposed to buy American athletic-fashion retailer Hibbett Inc for about $1.08 billion, the companies said on Tuesday, as the British sportswear retailer expands across the southeastern U.S. JD Sports, Britain's largest sportswear retailer, will pay $87.50 per Hibbett share in cash, representing a premium of about 20% to the U.S. firm's last closing price. The Bury, Greater Manchester-based company said it expects to fund the deal and refinance Hibbett's existing debt through its existing U.S. cash resources of $300 million and a $1 billion extension to its existing bank facilities.
EDMONTON — For once the Edmonton Oilers won’t have to dig themselves out of a hole to start the NHL playoffs. Zach Hyman had three goals and an assist, Connor McDavid had five assists, and the Oilers ended their series-opening jinx with a 7-4 victory over the Los Angeles Kings in Monday's start to the first-round, best-of-seven series. “I thought we had a good start, I thought we were good in the first period, worked our way to a 2-0 lead and I thought we showed good energy and we played really
Here's how NBA Twitter reacted to Jamal Murray's game-winner against the Lakers.
Primark owner ABF hailed strong results today as it put Covid firmly in the past and said there is now “normality” in its supply chains. The interim divi is up 46% to 20.7p, worth many millions to the Weston family that controls the business. Improvements to the Group's operational performance, driven by the investments and strong execution over the last few years, are now becoming visible.
ABC 10News spoke with the fiancé of the man who was stabbed and killed during an altercation at a gas station in University Avenue.
Blues could lose their key man to illness ahead of London derby
Patient Capital Management, a value investing firm, released its “Patient Capital Opportunity Equity Strategy” first quarter 2024 investor letter. A copy of the same can be downloaded here. During the quarter the strategy returned 11.8% net of fees compared to the S&P 500’s 10.6% return. The outperformance of the portfolio can be attributed to selection and […]
Major North Korean hacking groups have mounted "all-out" cyber attacks against South Korean defence companies for more than a year, breaching the firms' internal networks and stealing technical data, South Korea's police said on Tuesday. Hacking teams linked to North Korea's intelligence apparatus and known as Lazarus, Kimsuky and Andariel planted malicious codes in data systems of the defence companies either directly or through contractors working with them, the police said. The police, working with a team of national spy agency and private sector experts, traced the hacks to the groups, identifying them by the source IP addresses, the re-routing architecture of the signals and the signatures of the malwares used, it said.
Outside court in Sydney, John Walford says he is ‘not sure’ how his client will plead to alleged murders of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies
Report comes a day after South Korean and Japanese militaries detected North firing suspected multiple short-range ballistic missiles
An ally of President Vladimir Putin warned Europe on Tuesday that Russia has already drafted legislation to retaliate if nearly $300 billion of Russian assets were seized by the West and used to help Ukraine. After President Vladimir Putin sent troops into Ukraine in 2022, the United States and its allies prohibited transactions with Russia's central bank and finance ministry, blocking around $300 billion of sovereign Russian assets in the West. The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation on Saturday including a bill with a provision that would allow the confiscation of Russian sovereign assets, though the lion's share of the assets are in Europe.
MPs have begun debating the Lords’ amendments and the parliamentary back-and-forth is set to go on late into evening
Memories of an underwhelming start to his managerial career are fading as the Australian targets a continental final with Yokohama
Finnair cut its full-year revenue guidance, saying it now expected revenue to grow at a slower pace than capacity in 2024 compared to previous outlook for a "somewhat slower pace". It also said it planned to increase its total capacity by about 10% in 2024, compared to earlier view of more than 10%.
Panzer's delicatessen in St John’s Wood has lost 37 suppliers from the European Union since Britain left the single market in 2021
Controversial UK government plans for deporting asylum seekers to Rwanda cleared their final hurdle on Monday, after a marathon tussle between the upper and lower chambers of parliament lasting late into the night. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says deportation flights would begin in July. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his ruling Conservatives have been seeking to push through legislation that will compel judges to regard the east African nation as a safe third country.They also want to gi