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It’s the mother of all break-ups.The life of one of the world’s largest and longest lasting icebergs is finally coming to an end after it drifted away from Antarctica nearly 40 years ago. In March, we flew over megaberg A23a after it ran aground off South Georgia, one of the UK’s most remote overseas territories.Back then it was a trillion-tonne block of ice more than twice the size of Greater London.There were concerns its collapse close to the island might endanger globally significant populations of penguins, seals and seabirds. But a few months later the iceberg floated free and began…
Micah Parsons’ agent, David Mulugheta, spoke at length on Tuesday about the breakdown of the relationship between his client and the Dallas Cowboys that led to his preseason trade to the Packers. One of Mulugheta’s hopes was that the NFL Players Association would look into the competing claims and the concerns that the Cowboys were negotiating with Parsons in a way that merited punishment. “My expectation is the NFLPA, that’s what they’re there for: to protect player rights. I’d assume they want to look into this.” NFLPA interim executive director has already addressed this, in a wide-ranging interview with the Associated Press…
I’ve interviewed Angela Rayner a number of times and know her to be a robust operator with a very thick skin. But on Wednesday morning, as she walked into our interview to admit that she had underpaid tax on her Hove home and explain the personal circumstances around that, she was visibly upset. For days, this story has run on and now we have a better picture of why. The deputy prime minister told me she had to ask for court permission to release details of her domestic arrangements to give the background to the tax trouble she now finds herself…
Published Wed, Sep 3, 2025 · 08:09 PM[FLENSBURG] Tesla’s sales slump is dragging on across almost all of Europe’s biggest electric vehicle markets, costing the company significant share in countries seeing stronger EV demand.New Tesla vehicle registrations dropped 39 per cent last month in Germany and plunged 56 per cent through the first eight months of the year, the Federal Motor Transport Authority said on Wednesday (Sep 3). The Elon Musk-led carmaker also posted steep August sales declines in France, Belgium, Denmark and Sweden.Norway has been the exception, with registrations rising 21 per cent last month and 26 per cent…
Artificial intelligence has already become a disruptor in the labor market, as job postings declined over the past year by 6.7 percent, with entry-level positions especially hard-hit. But as David Pogue learns, not all industries are affected by the push for AI.
Sky News will be hosting The Immigration Debate in Birmingham at 7pm on Wednesday 10 September.It will be hosted by Sky News presenter Trevor Phillips and representatives of the main parties will attend. We are also looking for a live audience to join us on the night.If you would like to be part of this studio audience, and be given the opportunity to ask a question to one of the party representatives, please click here.Politics latest: Follow live updates Image: Trevor Phillips will host the debate on Wednesday 10 September The debate is taking place after a summer of unrest…
There is always baseball happening — almost too much baseball for one person to follow themselves.Don’t worry, we’re here to help you by figuring out what you missed but shouldn’t have. Here are all the best moments from the weekend in Major League Baseball:Ohtani hit his hardest-hit homer everShohei Ohtani hit the 100th homer of his Dodgers’ career on Tuesday — which is wild when you remember he hasn’t finished his second season with the team yet — and he made it a special one. To mark the occasion, Ohtani hit the hardest home run he’s ever hit, as measured…
TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker, whose record-setting Senate speech this year denouncing the Trump administration fueled talk of a potential future national campaign, has announced his engagement to girlfriend Alexis Lewis.Booker, a former Democratic candidate for president, announced the engagement on Instagram Tuesday, posting five photos of the couple who were wearing leis, smiling broadly and posing on a beach in one photo. Booker, 56, has never been married.“I am savoring the soul-affirming wonder of everyday life with my partner, best friend, and now my fiancée,” Booker wrote. “We are excited for this journey ahead, having so…
[SINGAPORE] When Mark Thng first launched MetaOptics Technologies’ operations in June 2021, it was out of a tiny office in Roxy Square. The rent was just S$300 a month, but the space was so small it could barely fit him and deputy chief executive officer Aloysius Chua.Thng, who is now CEO and executive chairman of the semiconductor optics startup he founded, told The Business Times in an interview that those early days were “very difficult”.But despite those humble beginnings, MetaOptics quickly carved out a niche for itself.Although it is a modest player from a “small red dot”, the company has…
[SINGAPORE] Singapore police have ordered Meta to implement anti-scam measures against advertisements, accounts, profiles and business pages impersonating key government office holders on its social media network Facebook to combat scams.This was announced by Minister of State for Home Affairs Goh Pei Ming in a speech at the Global Anti-Scam Summit Asia event on Wednesday (Sep 3). Meta could be fined up to S$1 million if it fails to comply as part of the first such order under the new Online Criminal Harms Act, which came into force in February 2024.“We are issuing (the order) to Meta because Facebook is the…