The consumer goods giant which owns a controlling stake in David Beckham’s portfolio of branded products is racing to finalise a £300m takeover of Ted Baker, the London-listed fashion retailer. Sky News has learnt that Authentic Brands Group (ABG), is the preferred bidder for Ted Baker and has indicated that it is willing to pay
4:57 PM ET The Cleveland Browns and tight end David Njoku have reached a new four-year deal, a source told ESPN on Friday. The Browns had used the franchise tag on Njoku — worth $10.931 million for the 2022 season — and had until July 15 to agree to a long-term contract. Njoku, 25, has
Ukrainian forces may have to retreat in Luhansk to avoid being captured, the region’s governor has said. Serhiy Gaidai said Russian troops have entered Severodonetsk, the largest Donbas city still in Ukrainian hands. Some 90% of the city’s buildings are damaged, he said, adding: “The Russians will not be able to capture Luhansk region in
EasyJet says it will cancel more than 200 flights over the next 10 days, putting half-term breaks at risk for thousands of travellers. The airline said about 24 flights from Gatwick would be affected each day between now and 6 June. A spokeswoman for the company said: “We are very sorry for the late notice
Donald Trump has described the most recent US school shooting as a “savage and barbaric atrocity” but has criticised those who have called for stricter gun laws. The former US president was a guest speaker at the convention in Houston of the National Rifle Association, a gun rights group. The convention was taking place just
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The G7, made up of the world’s largest economies, today agreed to “predominantly decarbonized electricity sectors by 2035.” The G7 also agreed to end government financing for international coal-fired power generation and speed up the phase-out of unabated coal plants by 2035. “Unabated” refers to electricity generation that doesn’t use technology to capture emissions. The
A gas station is seen as the average price of gasoline reach all-time high at $4.37 per gallon (about 3.8 liters) in Virginia, USA on May 10, 2022. It’s claimed that gasoline prices vary by region. Yasin Ozturk | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Memorial Day marks the start of the summer driving season, and
Shoppers walk past an Apple Store at Franklin Park Mall during Black Friday. Shoppers go to stores to take advantage of Black Friday sales during the COVID-19 pandemic. Stephen Zenner | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images A union vote at an Apple store at the Cumberland Mall location in Atlanta is in question
A drip feed of no confidence letters in Boris Johnson has continued as pressure grows following the Sue Gray report into partygate. There has been a steady trickle of Conservative MPs publicly calling for the PM to go after senior civil servant Ms Gray published her findings into lockdown-breaking parties in Downing Street and Whitehall.
Tether previously claimed its stablecoin was backed 1-to-1 by U.S. dollars. Justin Tallis | Afp | Getty Images This week, backers of the failed cryptocurrency project Terra voted to revive the initiative, with a new luna blockchain and token – and without its controversial algorithmic stablecoin, TerraUSD. The founders had been seeking the next step
The 18-year-old who carried out a mass shooting in a Texas elementary school was given the nickname “The Yubo School Shooter” on a social media app he used. Salvador Ramos shot his grandmother before killing 19 children and two teachers this week. He did not leave a note explaining his actions, but messages Ramos sent
The jury in the multi-million dollar defamation trial between Johnny Depp and his ex-wife Amber Heard has been sent out to consider its verdicts. Heard, who claims Depp physically and sexually assaulted her, is being sued by the Hollywood actor for $50m over an article she wrote in The Washington Post in 2018 in which
Senior Tory MP Sir Bob Neill has submitted a letter of no confidence in Boris Johnson’s leadership as the number of Conservatives calling for the prime minister to go ramps up after the Sue Gray report. Sir Bob, who chairs the Justice Select Committee, said Ms Gray’s report into lockdown-breaking parties in Downing Street has
Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy has said he will not be silenced by the far right after a “vile racist” was found guilty of sending the MP a death threat. Glenn Broadbent sent the Labour Tottenham MP a Twitter message that said: “Are you hanging off a tree monkey boy? You will hang from a
The mass graves in the city of Lysychansk are an indication of the slaughter that’s gone on in the Donbas. And the long freshly-dug, empty trenches are testament to where locals fear the war is headed in eastern Ukraine – and what terrors are yet to come. The deaths are mounting up, the Russian troops
It was the “wrong decision” not to storm the classroom where a gunman was holed up killing primary school children, a Texas official admitted. The extraordinary admission came on Friday at a highly-charged press conference in Uvalde, Texas, where parents have been demanding answers about why 19 students and two teachers lost their lives in
Ministers who are found to have breached the ministerial code will no longer have to resign or face the sack. Revisions to the ministerial code, which sets out standards of conduct for government ministers, were published on Friday. The changes come following recommendations by the Committee on Standards in Public Life, as well as discussions
Johnny Depp has won his multimillion-dollar US lawsuit against former wife Amber Heard after a Virginia jury ruled a 2018 article published in The Washington Post was defamatory. He was awarded $15m by the court – comprising $10m compensatory damages and a further $5m in punitive damages. Amber Heard was awarded $2m in her counter-suit
8:00 AM ET Jeff WagenheimESPN “If I was in my 20s, man, I would be all over this.” That’s Randy Couture speaking about the PFL and its season format, in which fighters must compete four times over six months to earn a $1 million prize. Couture is not in his 20s though. He’s a 58-year-old