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Brian Eno, Robert Smith, Anna Calvi and Paris Paloma also among signatories saying exploitation of Rosebank and Jackdaw fields defies realityBusiness live – latest updatesMore than 200 musicians including Massive Attack and Brian Eno have written to Andy Burnham, urging him to reject plans for more oil and gas drilling in the North Sea.The letter, signed by artists such as Olly Alexander and Paris...
Brian Eno and Olly Alexander also among signatories saying exploitation of Rosebank and Jackdaw fields defies realityMore than 200 musicians including Massive Attack and Brian Eno have written to Andy Burnham, urging him to reject plans for more oil and gas drilling in the North Sea.The letter, signed by artists such as Olly Alexander and Paris Paloma, called on the prime minister to reject the Ro...
US envoy Jared Kushner is due to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday after holding talks with Hamas leaders in Egypt aimed at reviving a US-backed Gaza peace plan that Israel has so far rejected. Noga Tarnopolsky, FRANCE 24's correspondent in Israel, has more on the stakes related to this visit.
China’s retail sales growth trailed expectations, the pace of industrial output expansion slowed and a drop in investment worsened as its economy struggled to regain pace at the start of the second half of the year. July retail sales rose by 0.6 per cent, missing the 1.3 per cent expectation among economists polled by financial data provider Wind, and slowing from June’s 1 per cent rate. Industria...
Shares of ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT), China’s leading DRAM maker, jumped 12 per cent on Monday to close at a record 61.80 yuan (US$9.16), lifting its market capitalisation to 4.13 trillion yuan and extending its lead as China’s most valuable listed company. The Hefei-based chipmaker first overtook Hong Kong-listed Tencent Holdings on Thursday as China’s most valuable listed company, when ...
Shares of ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT), China’s leading DRAM maker, jumped 12 per cent on Monday to close at a record 61.80 yuan (US$9.16), lifting its market capitalisation to 4.13 trillion yuan and extending its lead as China’s most valuable listed company. The Hefei-based chipmaker first overtook Hong Kong-listed Tencent Holdings on Thursday as China’s most valuable listed company, when ...
The Marvel blockbuster 'Spider-Man: Brand New Day' has become one of only eight films in history to reach the $2billion box office milestone, and looks set to finish 2026 as one of the top grossing films of all time.
Wildfire thought to be largest in Belgium’s history creeps closer to German border prompting evacuationsOver in France, prime minister Sébastien Lecornu was booed on arrival to Le Porge, one of the towns most affected by the massive wildfire in the Gironde region last month.Lecornu was set to meet with the local officials to discuss the reconstruction of the region, but a clip published by BFMTV s...
At least 2,325 people have died from the virus, according to official data, with outbreak on track to be biggest in historyThe Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is now the deadliest in the country’s history with at least 2,325 people killed, according to government data, surpassing the toll from the 2018-20 outbreak.The DRC’s public health institute said confirmed cases had ri...
Scheffler's 21st career PGA Tour title earns the American $3.6m for his resounding victory at TPC Southwind.
Hong Kong recorded about 4.5 million visitor arrivals in July, up 3 per cent from a year earlier, as major international conventions boosted business travel while bad weather weighed on growth from mainland China, according to the Tourism Board. The board said on Monday that a series of major international meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions (MICE), including the 108th Lions Internat...
Some 53 people were killed and thousands displaced by the earthquake, which struck early on Saturday.
The Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo is now the deadliest in the country's history, according to the latest government data, with 2,235 reported killed from the virus. Confirmed cases have risen to 4,945, including 101 new cases detected in the last 24 hours, Congo's public health institute said.
Panic reportedly broke out among thousands of worshippers after rumours that an electricity pole had fallen on devotees.
Niu Lai's confusing plot and laughable animation quality has won ironic fans on the internet.
Global commercial real estate investment markets are roaring back to life. In the first half of this year, direct investment in commercial property rose 27 per cent in annualised terms. The sharpest increase was in the Asia-Pacific, where transaction volumes were up 38 per cent to US$92.5 billion, the strongest half-yearly performance on record, according to data from JLL. While there have been ma...
At 11, Payton Herres received a donated heart after years of health problems caused by Ebstein’s anomaly. Fifteen years later, she faced a fight to access everolimus, the anti-rejection medicine she had relied on since 2013. After her insurer stopped covering the drug and its cost rose sharply, Herres turned to social media. Her story went viral and reached Mark Cuban, whose pharmacy began supplyi...
Seven people have been killed and more than a dozen injured after a stampede broke out at a temple in India.
It was rebuilt for the first modern Olympic Games in 1896 and now serves as the ceremonial departure point for the Olympic Flame, including ahead of the 2028 Los Angeles Games.
Thousands of people have rallied in Singapore against plans to build homes on two forested sites in a large public display of concern over how the land-scarce city state should balance housing demand with conservation. The projects have brought renewed urgency to a long-running debate over land use: activists say remaining mature forests should be protected, while the government says conserving mo...
The EU is to propose more “far-reaching” sanctions against Russia this autumn, foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has said, after the bloc’s latest package was watered down amid pressure to protect national economic interests.
Top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka escapes with a nail-biting win while Felix Auger-Aliassime downs ex-champ Stefanos Tsitsipas.
Outrage as Colombian president hands out footballs in earthquake-hit city where residents say they await urgent aid.
Panettiere was best known for her role as cheerleader Claire Bennet in Heroes and country singer Juliette Barnes in Nashville. Stars of cinema and TV, and Hayden Panettiere's fans, have been paying tribute to the actress, who died aged 36. The cause of her death remains unknown for the time being.
This article was first published on August 18, 1971. Ferry disaster: no hope for missing crew by T. S. Koo A large but undetermined number of the crew of the Hongkong-Macao ferry Fatshan, including her master and senior British officers, were feared drowned when she capsized off Lantao during the typhoon early yesterday (August 17, 1971). So far four survivors have been picked up, and four bodies ...
The new measure falls short of calls for gambling ads to move to an opt-in model, or for an outright banFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Labor government has pledged a new single-service opt-out register for gambling ads – an idea similar to the Do Not Call register for spam calls – as part of amendments to its wag...
The talks come one day after the US president's son-in-law held a rare meeting with Hamas leaders in Egypt.
The talks come one day after the US president's son-in-law held a rare meeting with Hamas leaders in Egypt.
Thousands more houses could be built near transport hubs including on green belt sitesThe new national planning policy framework is aimed at providing clearer national policies for plan-making and decision-making, meaning that conflicting local policies will carry less weight when they are inconsistent with national policies.Other changes will include:Stronger support in principle for development,...
