Australia’s oldest lioness and her paired partner have been euthanised, leaving Adelaide zoo keepers in mourning. The zoo’s African lions, Amani and Mujambi, died on Thursday morning after 19-year-old Mujambi suffered a medical episode over the weekend. “It is with an extremely heavy heart that Adelaide Zoo announces the passing of African Lion pair female…
A dog saved her owner – who hurt his leg at home in rural Washington state, fell and couldn’t get up for hours – by walking to a road, sitting in the middle of it until a local sheriff’s deputy stopped, and leading the officer to him, according to authorities. Gita’s ability to be “a…
Georgia’s president has refused to sign into law a bill aimed at severely curtailing LGBTQ+ rights, weeks after the controversial legislation was passed by the country’s parliament. Last month Georgia’s parliament was heavily criticised after it approved the legislation, which sets out sweeping bans on same-sex marriages, adoptions by same-sex couples and curbs on gender-affirming…
In the scene from Back to the Future where Michael J Fox plays Johnny B Goode on stage and gets so caught up in the music that he knocks over his own amp, the room descends into a shocked and disapproving silence. A similar silence descended on the audience of a Boston gig on Friday…
A woman takes a selfie photo, with the Eiffel Tower in the background, at Surcouf street in Paris, on July 23, 2024, ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Mauro Pimentel | Afp | Getty Images Euro zone inflation dropped to a three-year low of 2.2% in August, flash figures from statistics agency Eurostat showed…
Victims of economic abuse should find it easier to get help dealing with their creditors, as 25 banks and building societies have committed to accepting a new form which could ease applicants’ trauma and provide the support they need. The Economic Abuse Evidence Form (EAEF) enables money and debt advisers, trained by the specialist charities…
Jamaican dancehall vocalist Vybz Kartel has had his conviction quashed due to bribery attempts by one of the original jurors and been freed from prison after 13 years. The artist, real name Adidja Palmer, was arrested in 2011 along with three other men for the murder of their associate Clive “Lizard” Williams, whose body has…
Popular trader recommendation websites must vet the firms they advertise and tackle fake reviews under new rules designed to protect households from cowboy builders and tradespeople. Nationally, unscrupulous traders cost homeowners about £1.4bn a year, according to trading standards authorities, a problem that is escalating as demand for home improvements, loft conversions and extensions increases.…
[The stream is slated to start at 9:30 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell joins a panel including his global counterparts Tuesday at a European Central Bank forum. Powell will join ECB President Christine Lagarde and Brazil Central Bank…
U.S. Federal Reserve Bank Chair Jerome Powell announces that interest rates will remain unchanged during a news conference at the Federal Reserves’ William McChesney Martin building on June 12, 2024 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell expressed satisfaction Tuesday with the progress on inflation over the past year…
