A motorway bridge collapse has killed at least three people and injured seven as spans of the partly built structure collapsed one after the other. The accident took place on Tuesday in Anseong, about 70km (43.5 miles) from Seoul, when five 50-metre steel support structures collapsed in turn after being hoisted into place by a…
The man accused of killing Toyah Cordingley has pleaded not guilty to murder at the start of his trial, more than six years after the young woman’s body was found at an isolated beach. The supreme court of Queensland on Tuesday started hearing the case in Cairns, about 40km south of the alleged crime scene…
Three people died, two others were hospitalized and one was presumed dead after a boat sank in New York City on Sunday, according to the US Coast Guard. One of the hospitalized people was in critical condition on Monday morning, police said, a day after the speedboat took on water 5 miles (8km) south-east of…
The chair of the Sydney writers’ festival board has resigned over concerns about the festival’s balancing of views on matters such as the Israel-Gaza war, saying “freedom of expression cannot and should not be used as a justification to accept language and conversations that compromise the festival”. The festival board confirmed Kathy Shand’s resignation on…
Woodside’s profit more than doubles to $5.6bn Sticking with Woodside for a moment: AAP reports that its statutory net profit after tax rose 115% in 2024 to US$3.57bn (A$5.62bn) but that it will pay a smaller dividend. Australia’s largest oil and gas producer said its underlying net profit for the 12 months to 31 December…
The cost of the global energy crisis caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will reach £3,000 for the average British household by the summer, after another expected increase in bills in April. The average annual bill in Great Britain under the latest energy price cap is forecast to be about £750 higher than in the…
Women occupy more than two in five seats on the boards of Britain’s biggest listed companies after further progress was made last year, but the number of female FTSE 100 chief executives dipped for a time to fewer than 10, according to a report. The proportion of board positions held by women at FTSE 350…
The creative industries are fighting back against UK government proposals to let artificial intelligence companies use copyright-protected work without permission. The latest protest is a silent album co-written by more than 1,000 musicians, including Kate Bush, and follows a statement signed by 48,000 creatives including Abba’s Björn Ulvaeus in which they warned of a “major,…
The New York Stock Exchange with a Hims & Hers Health banner is pictured in the Manhattan borough of New York City. Carlo Allegri | Reuters Hims & Hers Health shares plunged 18% in extended trading on Monday after investors looked past better-than-expected revenue and earnings and focused instead on the disappointing gross margin. Here’s…
Chegg seen at the New York Stock Exchange on Feb. 13, 2025. Danielle DeVries | CNBC Chegg on Monday filed suit in federal district court against Google, claiming that artificial intelligence summaries of search results have hurt the online education company’s traffic and revenue. The legal move come nearly two years after former CEO Dan…
