Sainsbury’s shares jump 11% after takeover bid speculation
Sainsbury’s shares jump 11% to the top of the FTSE 100 as speculation of a private equity bid for the supermarket giant mounts US private equity Apollo is thought to … Read More
Taliban issue death sentence for brother of Afghan translator who helped US troops, according to letters obtained by CNN
A former service member who worked with the translator confirmed his service and his brother’s plight. The letters are just one example of how the Taliban are directly threatening Afghans … Read More
Greece wildfires: 2 new blazes break out amid strong winds
Greece’s fire department is scrambling firefighting aircraft and ground forces as at least two new blazes have broken out in areas already scarred by wildfires this summer By ELENA BECATOROS … Read More
Zoom is DOWN: Video conferencing app crashes for frustrated users around the world
Zoom is DOWN: Video conferencing app crashes for frustrated users around the world According to outage tracker DownDetector, issues started at around 08:45 BSTZoom users worldwide have been affected by … Read More
Police paint Pride rainbows on the side of squad cars in a bid to beat online hate crimes
Cheshire Police paint Pride rainbows on the side of squad cars in a bid to beat online hate crimes and ‘give confidence to our LGBT+ community’ Critics have said forces … Read More
Mother-of-two revealed she learned she had TWO vaginas while giving birth to her first son
Mother, 26, born with TWO vaginas, cervixes and uteruses only discovered she has the condition while giving birth – and says it’s caused years of painful sex with her husband … Read More
Flu jabs may be too weak to protect people this winter because labs focused on Covid during pandemic
Flu jabs may be too weak to protect people this winter because labs have been focused on Covid and lockdowns have sparked ingredient shortage Flu surveillance tumbled to six per … Read More
At Kabul’s airport, more than 20,000 people are trying to escape
The airport is the epicenter of a chaotic scramble to escape the country for tens of thousands of people — including international workers, Afghan interpreters and women now at risk … Read More
Global shares rise on Wall Street rally, despite virus fears
Global shares are rising as investor sentiment receives a big boost from the rally last week on Wall Street By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer August 23, 2021, 8:48 AM … Read More
The military transport jets will land at Kabul’s airport in the next 24 hours as about 20,000 people remain at the facility waiting to be evacuated, a source says
Plans called for 33 US Air Force C-17s to head to Hamid Karzai International Airport in the next 24 hours, said the source. Each of the large four-engine jets has … Read More
