Hammond was always keen on getting back to work after accident, whereas Freddie isn’t, says former host Former Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson poses next to a South African taxi in this undated picture. — AFP/File Almost a year after Freddie Flintoff’s crash on the show’s test track, Jeremy Clarkson has finally spoken out in…
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Human Interest 24 November 2023, 1:52 pm 1 minute Reuters was first to report that Barclays (BARC.L) is working on plans to save up to 1 billion pounds ($1.25 billion), which could involve cutting as many as 2,000 jobs, mainly in the British bank’s back office. Market Impact Barclays’ share price has fallen 26% since Venkat…
A train derailed and spilled a chemical in a remote part of eastern Kentucky on Wednesday, prompting officials to encourage residents of a small town to evacuate amid concerns about air quality. Gov. Andy Beshear said in a statement that local officials in Rockcastle County were encouraging residents of Livingston, with a population of about…
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Election officials in Liberia on Monday formally declared Joseph Boakai the president-elect, three days after incumbent George Weah conceded defeat based on the runoff vote’s provisional results. According to the National Elections Commission, Boakai won with 50.64% of the second round balloting while Weah took 49.36%. “We are at the point where we will prepare…
Telecommunications companies in Gaza said Thursday that their networks were down because of a lack of fuel. “All backup power sources have been exhausted,” read posts on social media by Gaza’s main telephone and internet providers, Paltel and Jawwal. Officials in Israel and Gaza said Thursday that Israeli military operations were ongoing around the besieged…
Ethnic armed groups fighting to restore civilian rule in Myanmar have claimed new territory in the country’s northwest near the border with India, amid an escalating offensive against the military regime. According to international media reports, fighters in Chin state reportedly took control of two military outposts on the border of India’s Mizoram state after…
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Representational image of delhi police. — Facebook/@earlypost/File An Indian student allegedly lost a finger in an assault by a senior student for talking to a female classmate in a Delhi school, NDTV reported. Police said that the incident took place on October 21, but it surfaced only when the victim’s parents reported it to the…
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The outside of a Jewish campus organization’s building at Boston University was defaced with graffiti reading, “Free Palestine,” in the latest incident of rising antisemitism on campuses across America. The Boston University Police Department and the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office are investigating the vandalism at the Boston, Massachusetts university after graffiti was found written…
DealsEnergy 09 November 2023, 11:33 am 1 minute Reuters exclusively reported that Siemens Energy had secured a provisional deal for around 15 billion euros in project-related guarantees from the German government, Siemens AG and commercial banks, marking a breakthrough for the energy equipment maker after weeks of intense discussions. Market Impact Shares in Siemens Energy…
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The military-run Southeast Asian nation of Burma is holding its first joint naval exercise with Russia, state media reported Tuesday, with the countries carrying out maneuvers in the Andaman Sea. Reports in the state-run Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper said that the maritime security exercise with Russia was being held until Thursday, 85 miles…
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