A brown bear that underwent brain surgery in the first operation of its kind in the UK is doing well but is “not out of the woods” yet, a charity has said. Boki went under the knife on Wednesday after an MRI scan revealed he had hydrocephalus, a buildup of fluid in the brain. The…
Going breakdancing today? If so, maybe go easy on the headspins. Unless you want to end up with a “cone-head”, that is. Breakdancing’s extreme physical demands mean it is known to involve a high risk of injury: everything from hair loss to sprains and damage to almost every part of the anatomy. Pictures showing the…
A 44-year-old man has been arrested after the death of a “much-loved” 36-year-old man in Aberdeenshire. At about 8.35pm on Wednesday, police were called to a property in the town of Ellon, where Martin Forgie was found dead. His family were made aware and are being supported by specialist police officers. A postmortem examination will…
Warren Buffett walks the floor ahead of the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting in Omaha, Nebraska on May 3, 2024. David A. Grogen | CNBC Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has reduced its stake in Bank of America to below 10% amid a selling spree that started in mid-July. In a Thursday night filing with the…
The leaders of the world’s biggest green energy companies have promised more than £24bn of new private investment across Great Britain ahead of a meeting with the prime minister on Friday. Keir Starmer is expected to meet the green energy bosses on the sidelines of the first Council of Nations and Regions in Edinburgh to…
Donald Trump attacked the city of Detroit in a speech he was giving while stumping for votes in Detroit. The former US president and Republican nominee was speaking on Thursday at the Detroit Economic Club in the city, which is the biggest city in Michigan – one of the most crucial swing states in the…
Hospitals across Florida are coming back online after evacuating patients, closing facilities and canceling surgeries ahead of Hurricane Milton. The category 3 hurricane made landfall near Sarasota, Florida, on Wednesday evening and was expected to be one of the most powerful in Florida’s history. At least 10 storm-related deaths have been reported and the death…
The co-founder of the £4bn British tech firm Darktrace, Poppy Gustafsson, has been appointed as the government’s new investment minister. Darktrace, the listed cybersecurity company, was this month sold to a US private equity firm and Gustafsson stepped down as chief executive. She will become a peer. Ministers had been trying to appoint someone to…
British-Egyptian writer, software developer and activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah has been named this year’s PEN writer of courage. The 42-year-old is still in prison in Egypt, despite having completed his five-year sentence for allegedly “spreading false news”. “Let’s remember that this is an innocent man who has committed no crime, but even so, he will…
A Ukrainian journalist who was captured by Moscow while reporting from occupied east Ukraine has died in Russian detention, according to Ukrainian officials. Victoria Roshchyna, who would have turned 28 this month, disappeared in August last year after travelling to Russian-held east Ukraine for a report. She remained missing until April 2024, when her father…
