Voters will head to the polls this morning in two crucial by-elections that are seen as a key test for Boris Johnson’s leadership. In Wakefield, a former industrial area in West Yorkshire, the election was triggered by the resignation of Imran Ahmad Khan. Wakefield was one of the so-called Red Wall seats won by the
Kyrbartai, in the south-west corner of Lithuania, is not a town that feels like it was designed for fame. Nobody comes here to admire the architecture or dwell on the natural beauty. It’s hardly tranquil or relaxing – a steady stream of lorries thunder along its main road. To be honest, it’s not particularly welcoming
A member of the infamous Rochdale gang that groomed dozens of girls for sex has told a judge he shouldn’t be deported because his son needs a role model. Adil Khan, 51, and Qari Abdul Rauf, 52, are due to be sent back to Pakistan for the public good after being convicted in May 2012.
Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall are divorcing after six years of marriage, according to reports. The media mogul and the former supermodel tied the knot in March 2016 in a private ceremony at a church on London’s Fleet Street. The New York Times first reported the couple were getting divorced, saying it had spoken to
A woman was rescued from a “five-hour hostage situation” after including a note saying “please call the police” with a takeaway order. Staff at a restaurant in New York state say they raised the alarm when they received a worrying request through delivery app Grubhub, NBC reports. In the additional instructions portion of her order,
Elon Musk’s Boring Company has applied to dig a tunnel under Tesla Gigafactory Texas in Austin, but it’s unclear what they plan to do with it. The Boring Company has been in discussions with the state and municipal governments for several projects since moving to Texas, but as far as we know, they haven’t moved
A sign reading ‘Kaliningrad’ stands atop the city’s south railway station. Harry Engels | Getty Images Sport | Getty Images A new front in tensions between Russia and NATO has opened up after one of the Western military alliance’s members, Lithuania, banned the transit of some goods coming from Russia to its exclave Kaliningrad on
Dasha Navalnaya, the daughter of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, speaks with CNN’s Jim Sciutto about the conditions her father faces after he was transferred to a maximum-security prison. #cnn #news
Workers inspect a Rivian R1T electric vehicle (EV) pickup truck on the assembly line at the company’s manufacturing facility in Normal, Illinois, US., on Monday, April 11, 2022. Jamie Kelter Davis | Bloomberg | Getty Images Raw material costs for electric vehicles more than doubled during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a new report Wednesday
In a groundbreaking finding, researchers have developed a technology that can help effectively treat heart diseases in humans. The technology repairs heart muscles in mice after a heart attack and also successfully regenerates them. Researchers, from the University of Houston, have used a synthetic messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) to deliver mutated transcription factors to the
7:00 AM ET TAMPA, Fla. — It took Nathan MacKinnon years to reach this place. And we’re not just talking about the Stanley Cup Final. The Colorado Avalanche superstar is mired in a mini scoring drought, with zero goals and two assists through three Cup Final games against the Tampa Bay Lightning. He was held
Sir Keir Starmer has attacked the prime minister for failing to hold meetings with unions to stop the national rail strike this week. During Prime Minister’s Questions, the Labour leader said Boris Johnson had not “held a conversation or lifted a finger” to stop the industrial action that brought the network to a halt on
Traces of the polio virus have been found during a routine sewage inspection in London, leading the UK Health Security Agency to declare a national incident. Health officials are now concerned about the community spread of the virus after samples were collected from the Beckton Sewage Treatment Works in London, but have stressed the risk
At least 255 people have been killed after a 6.1 magnitude earthquake in southeastern Afghanistan, officials have said. The quake struck about 27 miles (44km) from the city of Khost, close to the country’s border with Pakistan, and was at a depth of 31.6 miles (51km), according to the US Geological Survey. Afghanistan’s state-run news
A plane carrying 126 people caught fire after it was forced to crash land at Miami International Airport when its front landing gear failed. The Red Air flight was arriving from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, on Tuesday when it skidded along the runway, ripped through a communications tower and came to a stop on the
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Fuel prices at a Chevron gas station in San Francisco June 9, 2022. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images For months, drivers across the U.S. face have faced eye-popping prices when they fill up their gas tanks. Now, President Joe Biden is weighing a new remedy — a federal gas tax holiday. A gallon of
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David Petraeus, retired US Army general and former CIA Director, discusses where the war in Ukraine stands now and who will win. #CNN #News
9:18 PM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Aaron Judge intends to just “wear a nice suit” and “introduce myself and sit back” as a three-person arbitration panel debates whether the New York Yankees should pay their All-Star outfielder the $21 million salary