Queen attends Royal Windsor Horse Show in first public outing in six weeks
Six months after the world agreed in Glasgow to a U.N. climate pact with bold, new targets, political and business leaders facing an energy crisis, volatile markets and an economic downturn are grappling with how to cut carbon emissions. Amid soaring oil and gas prices triggered by Russia's Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine, some countries have turned to other fuels, including coal, to meet their energy needs. Meanwhile, financial market ructions have complicated plans to raise the trillions of dollars needed for the energy transition away from fossil fuels.
Aston Villa goalkeeper allegedly assaulted during pitch invasion after Manchester city title win
Huw Edwards, the BBC newsreader, has claimed that senior Tories privately rubbished the Culture Secretary’s declaration that she will abolish the licence fee.
The family of a young woman who died following a collision at Flimby on Sunday, May 15, have released a tribute to her life.
There is currently no cure for migraines, although a number of treatments are available to help ease the symptoms.
Democratic U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker have six challengers between them in Tuesday’s primaries, but the two are already looking ahead to the general election
A Russian diplomat quit his post in a daring anti-Kremlin walkout on Monday as he condemned Vladimir Putin for trying to stay in power by unleashing an “aggressive war in Ukraine”.
Retailers have been accused of raising profit margins since the cut in fuel duty.
TWO illegal traveller encampments have been set up within two miles of each other as local authorities vow to deal “robustly” with such cases.
Civilians in the suburbs west of Kyiv are cleaning up the damage caused by the Russian invasion as trenches and shells remain, footage from the region shows.Video recorded by Maria Avdeeva shows substantial damage to shops and residential buildings in the western Kyiv suburbs of Makariv and Borodyanka. Her footage also shows a backyard trench, which she wrote was Russian.Avdeeva wrote: “No matter how terrified people are, they say that victory belongs to Ukraine and are ready to work and rebuild what was destroyed.”Residents in Makariv and Borodyanka were previously seen receiving aid from Lviv Police after the towns were heavily damaged in Russian attacks. Credit: Maria Avdeeva via Storyful
Police are appealing for help in finding a missing boy from Bromley.
THE owner of an equine assisted learning centre has issued a desperate plea to find a new home.
A dust storm swept across Kuwait and other countries in the Middle East on Monday, May 23, reducing visibility.Kuwait’s national weather service said that dusty weather and wind speeds exceeding 37 miles per hour were expected on Monday. The dust storm conditions were forecast to continue into the early hours of Tuesday.This timelapse video taken by Twitter user @Ftma_kuw, who said she took it in Kuwait City, shows the dust storm. Credit: @Ftma_kuw via Storyful
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The U.S. Census Bureau released its report on the 2020 Census Post-Enumeration Survey (PES) on May 19.
India is the only Quad member that has not condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine
People lie bloodied and wounded in a village in central Nigeria, recovering from the deadliest of raids this year blamed on heavily armed criminal gangs known locally as bandits. The April 10 attack on Kanam district in Plateau state left more than 100 civilians dead, and reveals a new pattern of growing violence devastating the northwes and north central states of Africa's most populous nation.
‘That is not going to return,’ Simon Clarke says
The long-awaited train service opened to commuters this morning.
A Leeds United soccer fan from Telford, England, jumped and screamed with joy after the announcement of Jack Harrison’s 94th-minute goal, which secured his team the final spot in the Premier League on May 22.Footage recorded by Emma Maddox shows her husband, Kieran Maddox, sprinting around the living room following Harrison’s match-winning goal, which granted Leeds United another season in the Premier League.Kieran Maddox can be heard yelling: “Oh, my heart. I love this game!”Maddox told Storyful that he has been a Leeds supporter for 30 years. He said he felt “pure joy and relief at avoiding relegation, with the injuries the team have had it just felt written in the stars we would be relegated.”Leeds United’s victory and Burnley’s 2-1 loss to Newcastle kept Leeds from relegation to the EFL Championship, where the club spent 16 years between 2004 and 2020. Credit: Emma Maddox via Storyful
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