Boris Johnson has criticised other world leaders over their efforts to tackle climate change, telling them he is growing “increasingly frustrated” that their commitments are “nowhere near enough”. Speaking during a meeting at the United Nations in New York, the prime minister said the gap between what has been promised by industrialised nations and what
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After months of controversy involving an internally-leaked phone conversation, questions about management, conversations about diversity, fraught contract negotiations and the departure of two of the network’s top female hosts, ESPN announced on Friday a new show to replace its Rachel Nichols-fronted daily NBA flagship, The Jump. The offering will be called simply NBA Today and
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Law enforcement agencies in Italy and Spain have dismantled an organized crime group linked to the Italian Mafia that was involved in online fraud, money laundering, drug trafficking, and property crime, netting the gang about €10 million ($11.7 million) in illegal proceeds in just a year. “The suspects defrauded hundreds of victims through phishing attacks
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Convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein entered a new not-guilty plea on Monday in his California criminal case, the same day prosecutors filed a motion to introduce uncharged, so-called “prior bad-acts” material at his upcoming trial. The disgraced movie mogul, who now lives in virtual isolation at the Twin Towers jail in downtown Los Angeles due to
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As many as one-in-four UK households receive energy from providers that could face collapse as a consequence of soaring gas prices, industry sources have warned. A 250% increase in prices has exposed providers whose wholesale supplies are not “hedged” or insured against market fluctuations, meaning they can now only fulfil supply deals with customers at
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The Los Angeles County Department of Health’s anticipated changes to its coronavirus-spurred health order has led at least one event organizer to cancel, citing a lack of resources to carry out the new mandate. Organizers of the 2021 Antelope Valley Fair, which was scheduled to begin on Oct. 1, announced the cancellation on Friday, Sept.
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Indie production outfit Fulwell 73 is expanding its UK operations with a new office in Sunderland that will act as a base for the company’s growing activities in the North of England. The outfit said its Northern hub would help it discover and support local talent from diverse backgrounds and that it will look to
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Investigators in the disappearance of Gabrielle “Gabby” Petito announced Sunday that they have discovered a body fitting the description of the “van life” blogger in the national forest in Teton County. The discovery of the body comes days after Petito’s family reported the 22-year-old missing on September 11th, and weeks after they last heard from
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For those of you who were not yet born in the dark ages of the internet, back when CDs were cool and people were still sometimes confused by the new use of the word “mouse,” Amazon did not used to be the place you bought everything and had it delivered to your door. It started
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