Ukraine’s Aonishiki becomes sumo champion in Japan
Aonishiki wins the November sumo tournament in Japan and becomes the first person from Ukraine to claim an elite-level sumo championship.
Ukraine’s Aonishiki becomes sumo champion in Japan
Aonishiki wins the November sumo tournament in Japan and becomes the first person from Ukraine to claim an elite-level sumo championship.
French winemakers ‘battle for survival’ as minister prepares for crisis talks
Vineyard owners say sales slump, Trump tariffs and worst harvest in 70 years have put producers in danger of closure
French winemakers are often accused of viewing the glass as half empty. Dire warnings about the state of the sector – one of the three pillars of the country’s economy – are a hardy perennial blamed on everything from geopolitics to a drop in the number of drinkers.
Before a crisis meeting with the agriculture minister on Monday, vineyard owners say an unprecedented series of setbacks, including some of the worst harvests in 70 years, has left many of them on their last legs.
Continue reading...Salute and tears: Wing Commander Afshan’s emotional goodbye to husband; Namansh Syal was killed in Tejas – Times of India
- Salute and tears: Wing Commander Afshan's emotional goodbye to husband; Namansh Syal was killed in Tejas Times of India
- Tejas crash dampens export hopes for Indian fighter jet Reuters
- Air Force Officer's Final Goodbye To Husband Killed In Tejas Crash At Dubai Air Show NDTV
- US F-16 demo team cancels performance out of respect for Wing Commander Namansh Syal Hindustan Times
- 'Not that simple': Why HAL Tejas pilot couldn’t eject before the crash? WION
South Africa’s president delivers G20 summit closing remarks
South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has delivered closing remarks at the G20 summit in Johannesburg.
War refugee Aonishiki becomes first Ukrainian to win top sumo championship
Ukraine-born wrestler Aonishiki Arata is the first from his country to win an elite-level sumo championship in Japan.
How the arrest of former president Jair Bolsonaro has divided Brazilians
Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro was taken into police custody after tampering with his ankle monitor.
US senator demands more be done to free US teen from Israeli detention
US senator demands release ofUS teen who has been detained in an Israeli prison for nine months without trial.
Beareaved parents face ‘harrowing’ delays for NHS postmorterms
Shortage of specialist doctors means service is in crisis, says chair of Royal College of Pathologists committee
Bereaved parents are enduring “harrowing” delays of more than a year to find out why their child died because the NHS has too few specialist doctors to perform postmortems.
The shortage of paediatric and perinatal pathologists is revealed in a report by the Royal College of Pathologists published on Sunday. It warns that the situation is “dire”, services in some parts of the UK have “totally collapsed” and families are paying the price.
37% of consultant posts in the UK are lying vacant.
The UK has just 52 paediatric and perinatal consultants and 13 are due to retire in the next five years.
Just 3% of consultants think current staffing levels are enough to sustain their service.
Only 13 resident doctors are in training to become consultants in the specialty.
Continue reading...Ukraine strikes Russian power and heat station in Moscow region – Reuters
- Ukraine strikes Russian power and heat station in Moscow region Reuters
- Drone Strike Causes Fire at Power Plant Supplying Moscow Bloomberg.com
- Thousands without heating as Ukraine launches drone attack deep inside Russia The Independent
- Ukraine's military reportedly strikes power plant in Moscow Oblast The Kyiv Independent
- In Russia, drones attack power plant in Moscow region Ukrinform
Death toll in Vietnam floods reaches 90 – AP News
- Death toll in Vietnam floods reaches 90 AP News
- Death toll climbs in Southeast Asia as heavy rains cause floods and landslides ABC News
- Deadly floods and landslides continue to plague Southeast Asia Al Jazeera
- Vietnam flooding death toll reaches 90 amid landslides and relentless rain The Guardian
- Pictures from floods in Thailand and Vietnam show submerged cars and desperate rescues Sky News
Titanic passenger’s pocket watch sold for record £1.78m at auction
The 18-carat Jules Jurgensen gold watch belonged to Isidor Straus, who along with his wife lost his life when ship sank
A gold pocket watch that belonged to a man who died onboard the Titanic when it sank has sold for a record sum.
The watch, which belonged to 67-year-old Isidor Straus, went for £1.78m at auction, the highest amount ever paid for Titanic memorabilia. He was given the watch – an engraved 18-carat Jules Jurgensen – as a gift on his 43rd birthday in 1888.
Continue reading...Rachel Reeves promises to ‘grip the cost of living’ in autumn budget
Chancellor admits economy ‘feels stuck’ for many as she signals intention to freeze income tax thresholds
Rachel Reeves has promised to “grip the cost of living” in the budget as she prepares to scrap the two-child welfare limit and freeze rail fares, while putting forward a multibillion-pound tax-raising package.
The chancellor is preparing to give her second budget on Wednesday after weeks of uncertainty about the scale of the tax rises she will need to impose to plug a financial hole of about £20bn.
Freezing income tax thresholds for an extra two years to 2030, bringing more people into higher tax bands as wages rise.
Making salary sacrifice schemes less generous, including those for pension contributions.
Bringing in higher tax on the most expensive properties, including a surcharge on the highest-value houses.
A pay-per-mile scheme on electric cars to help fill the tax gap from petrol duty as more people opt for green vehicles.
Continue reading...Palestinian sculptors create art on Gaza beach sand to escape Israel’s war
The art is washed away every evening, but the artists are back every morning with enthusiasm.
More than 300 Nigerian students abducted from a Catholic school
More than 300 children were abducted from a Catholic school in Nigeria’s Niger state.
Gaza hospitals running out of supplies as airstrikes continue, medics say
‘Severe lack’ in territory where Israeli strikes have killed more than 50 people and injured over 100 in recent days
Hospitals in Gaza are running out of essential supplies, with new waves of Israeli airstrikes killing more than 50 people and injuring more than 100 in recent days, medical and aid workers in the devastated Palestinian territory have said.
Medics told the Guardian on Sunday that stocks of gauze, antiseptics, thermometers and antibiotics were running low.
Continue reading...Norris, Piastri disqualified from Las Vegas GP, sparking F1 title race
Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri disqualified for technical infringements, reigniting title battle with Max Verstappen.
The aftermath of the latest Israeli strikes on Gaza – Al Jazeera
- The aftermath of the latest Israeli strikes on Gaza Al Jazeera
- Israel attacks Beirut, targets Hezbollah chief of staff ABC News
- Gaza truce progress slow as Israeli-Hamas violence persists Reuters
- 20 Killed in Israeli Strikes as Israel and Hamas Trade Blame Over Truce The New York Times
- Israel has violated Gaza truce nearly 500 times in 44 days, killed hundreds Al Jazeera
The aftermath of the latest Israeli strikes on Gaza
Israeli attacks in Gaza kill dozens, violating ceasefire as aid flows remain heavily restricted.
Week in Pictures: From Israeli attacks in Lebanon to protests in Sri Lanka
A global roundup of some of last week’s events.