Month: September 2022

Getty Images Post-Tropical Cyclone Ian is lashing South Carolina in its second US landfall after carving a swathe of deadly destruction across Florida. Ian returned as a category one hurricane near Georgetown at 14:05 local time (18:05 GMT) on Friday before losing some power as it marched inland. But the danger is not over. Flooding
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Getty Images Messages between Elon Musk and Twitter boss Parag Agrawal have been published in a court filing. They reveal how the pair’s relationship, after a good start, went dramatically south. In late March, it became clear that Elon Musk was interested in purchasing shares in Twitter – and potentially sitting on Twitter’s board. On
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Reuters Prime Minister Liz Truss is resisting calls to bring forward publication of the independent fiscal watchdog’s assessment of her tax plans. The PM said she was “committed” to publishing the Office for Budget Responsibility forecast on 23 November, the same day the chancellor is due to set out further economic plans. Some Conservative MPs
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Russell family Unsafe online content contributed “in a more than minimal way” to the death of a girl who took her own life, an inquest has found. Senior coroner Andrew Walker said material viewed by 14-year-old Molly Russell on social media “shouldn’t have been available for a child to see”. Molly, from Harrow, viewed thousands
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At the Sunseekers mobile home park in North Fort Meyers, residents have had almost no outside help so far, a day after the devastating direct hit from Hurricane Ian. But in the close-knit community, neighbours are banding together to help each other. Still reeling from the trauma of the storm, the first day has been
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Adidas Morocco’s culture ministry has accused Adidas of appropriating Moroccan culture in its new jerseys for Algeria’s football team. Adidas said the design was inspired by the Mechouar Palace in Algeria. However the geometric blue, teal and yellow design is a pattern called zellige, which is common in Moroccan mosaics, the ministry’s lawyer said. The
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Prime Minister Liz Truss has agreed to meet other European leaders at a new political “club of nations” next week. The inaugural summit of the European Political Community (EPC), proposed by French president Emmanuel Macron, will meet in Prague next Thursday. Although the UK voted in 2016 to leave the EU, is among more than
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