British Athletics on mission to buck trend of mediocre Championships July 14, 2022 Just once has the Great Britain and Northern Ireland athletics team left a World Championships with medals tallying into double figures – at Stuttgart in 1993 – and there’s little hope of a repeat at this year’s edition, which gets underway in Eugene, Oregon, tomorrow evening. Of course there is medal hope – notably in [...]
Olympic chiefs urged to extend prize money to all medallists by Team GB star Richards April 16, 2024 Athletics chiefs will pay their Olympic champions £40,000 each this year.
Moscow halts cooperation on International Space Station over ‘illegal’ sanctions April 2, 2022 The Kremlin announced today it will halt all cooperation on the International Space Space Station after Western countries imposed a blanket of sanctions on Moscow following the Ukraine war’s outbreak. Dmitry Rogozin, head of Russia’s space agency Roscomos, said it will no longer work with partners such as NASA and the European Space Agency as [...]
Ukraine ‘launches missile strike on headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea fleet’ September 22, 2023 Ukraine has carried out a missile strike on the headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea fleet, with one serviceman missing, the Russian defence ministry has said. The Russian-installed governor of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhayev, said no one was injured outside the burning headquarters but did not provide information on other casualties. Firefighters battled the blaze and more [...]
Collision risk: China files official UN complaint against US’ space etiquette December 28, 2021 China has filed an official complaint with the United Nations regarding the US’ space etiquette. Two near collisions involving SpaceX’s Starlink Internet Services and the China Space Station on July 1 and October 21 prompted the filing. China’s foreign minister urged the US to act responsibly, after it accused it of ignoring its obligations to [...]
Elon’s Tesla play sends Bitcoin ballistic like one of his SpaceX Falcon 9 Rockets! February 9, 2021 Crypto at a Glance Well, the inevitable indeed happened. After week’s of batted eyelashes, flirty texts, and pumping Doge, Elon Musk finally put up and put out. Musk has boarded the big bus to bitcoin city, population 21 million AND NEVER ANY MORE THAN THAT. via GIPHY That’s right, Elon Musk’s car firm Tesla yesterday [...]
Gold shows early signs of recovery after hawkish Fed triggered price tumble March 9, 2023 Gold has shown some signs of recovery after its price tumbled earlier this week following Fed Chair Jerome Powell's hawkish comments to Congress about the potential need for further interest rate hikes.
One clear trend from London Fashion Week? The tourist tax is failing retail February 21, 2024 London's fashion scene is envied globally, but getting rid of tax-free shopping is an own goal for our retail sector, writes Dee Corsi.
Twitter takeover: Elon Musk secures his own billion dollar break clause April 27, 2022 Despite sending shockwaves across the business world, Elon Musk could walkaway from his $44bn Twitter takeover for just $1bn. According to a regulatory filing by Twitter on Tuesday, limited damages could be brought by the social media firm if the eccentric billionaire failed to provide the equity financing needed for the deal to go through. [...]
Porn-watching former MP Neil Parish may stand for Parliament again again January 15, 2023 A former MP who quit after admitting watching pornography in the Commons said he is thinking of standing again at the next general election. Neil Parish resigned from his Tiverton and Honiton seat after declaring that he was the politician who other MPs had spotted watching X-rated material in Parliament. But in a candid interview, [...]