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Britain is “firmly on track” to meet its clean power targets for 2030, according to the government following a record offshore wind auction.It has awarded contracts to supply 8.4 gigawatts (GW) of new offshore wind power – enough to power 12 million homes. The auction is part of efforts to ease the country away from volatile and polluting natural gas, but the strike price of £90.91 represents an increase of 11% on contracts agreed last year.The target of a clean power grid by 2030 requires at least 43GW of operational offshore wind but the price increase will stoke political debate…

K-pop superstars BTS have announced details of their much-anticipated comeback tour, after a break of almost four years to complete mandatory military service.Details released say the band is set for “world domination”, playing 79 shows across Asia, North America, Europe, Latin America and Australia between April this year and March 2027 – the highest ever number for a South Korean artist. The tour includes two dates in London in July. Image: J-Hope was greeted by his bandmate Jin after being discharged from mandatory military service in 2024. Pic: Reyters/Kim Soo-hyeon In South Korea, all able-bodied men aged 18 to 28…

We all remember the epic championship game of the 2023 World Baseball Classic when Shohei Ohtani struck out Team USA slugger Mike Trout to give Team Japan its third title in five editions of the tournament.  Now we are gearing up for the 2026 WBC, which will see Ohtani and Japan try to defend their title in the 20-team competition that includes a stacked USA squad seeking redemption. Among the players committed to Team USA include Yankees superstar Aaron Judge, Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber, and Tigers ace Tarik Skubal.We are counting down until the opening pitch of the tournament and…

Three vans roll out of a car park in Croydon. Inside, South London’s immigration enforcement team have a list of targets. Their role is to arrest illegal workers.  We’ve been invited because the Home Office is keen to promote an increase in arrests in the 18 months since the Labour government came to power – up 83%. But will this have an impact on the government’s aim to crack down on illegal migration?The first stop is a car wash in Lewisham. A business that has previously employed illegal workers. The team has intelligence they are doing so again. Image: The…

[LONDON] British businesses turned their most pessimistic in three years at the end of 2025 and their mood worsened after finance minister Rachel Reeves’ budget at the end of November, a survey published on Wednesday showed.The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) said its gauge of business confidence fell to -11.1 in the fourth quarter, its lowest since the end of 2022 and down from -7.3 in third quarter.Confidence slid across the September-to-December period and fell from -10.7 before Reeves’ budget on November 26 to its final reading 0.4 points lower.Last week another closely watched survey, the…

Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok faces intense criticism – accused of allowing users on the Musk-owned social media platform X to generate fake, sexually explicit images of real women and children.Ashley St. Clair, the mother of one of Musk’s children, is one of the alleged victims. She said in an interview with “CBS Mornings” that aired on Tuesday that Grok allowed users to generate and publish sexual deepfake images of her to X without permission, including manipulating photos of her as a minor.”The worst for me was seeing myself undressed, bent over and then my toddler’s backpack in the background,”…

ROME — One of the best-preserved ancient Roman homes on the Palatine Hill is opening to the public for the first time, albeit via a livestreamed tour of its hard-to-reach underground frescoes and mosaics.The House of the Griffins was first discovered during the excavations in the early 20th century of the Palatine Hill, the verdant hill that rises up from the Roman Forum and dominates views of central Rome today with its striking red brick ruins.The hill, located just off the Colosseum, was known for temples and homes of leading citizens during Rome’s Republican era, which is traditionally dated from…

SHANGHAI, Jan. 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — ElpasBio Holdings (“ElpasBio”), a leading clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on regenerative medicine, today announced that it has entered into a collaboration agreement with Fosun Kairos for the commercialization of ElpasBio’s investigational allogeneic human adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cell (haMPC) therapy, lotazadromcel (trade name AlloJoin®) for the treatment of knee osteoarthritis (KOA) in Mainland China, Hong Kong SAR, and Macau SAR. AlloJoin® is ElpasBio’s core investigational, off-the-shelf stem cell product, developed entirely in-house based on its proprietary haMPC technology platform and protected by independent intellectual property rights. The therapy is being explored for its potential to…

Ja Morant’s star could be shining in a new city ahead of the Feb. 5 trade deadline. The mercurial Grizzlies point guard is rumored to be on the trading block, potentially putting an end to his drama-filled tenure in Memphis. Let’s check out the odds for Morant’s next team as of Jan. 13 at DraftKings Sportsbook. This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners. If you sign up or place a wager, FOX Sports may be compensated. Read more about Sports Betting on FOX Sports.Next regular-season minute played after the trade deadline to be for which NBA team?Bucks: +250 (bet…

DETROIT — President Donald Trump is traveling to Michigan on Tuesday to promote his efforts to boost U.S. manufacturing, trying to counter fears about a weakening job market and worries that still-rising prices are taking a toll on Americans’ pocketbooks.The day trip will include a tour of a Ford factory in Dearborn that makes F-150 pickups, the bestselling domestic vehicle in the U.S. The Republican president is also set to address the Detroit Economic Club at the MotorCity Casino.It comes as the Trump administration’s criminal investigation of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has sparked an outcry, with defenders of the…