As the United States-Israel war over Iran enters its fourth week this weekend, oil and gas markets are under increasing pressure due to severe disruptions to shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, as well as attacks on and around major energy facilities in the Gulf. In peacetime, 20 percent of the world’s oil and…
Pakistan’s Naseem Shah is coming under fire for criticising the politician’s appearance at the start of a closed-door PSL game in Lahore. Published on 28 March 202628 March 2026 The Pakistan Cricket Board has criticised fast bowler Naseem Shah for criticising the presence of a politician at the start of the Pakistan Super League’s opening…
The company was first established in 1916 (Image: Jasmine Siddon/Leicester Mercury) A UK high street store is to close in just days after welcoming customers for 115 years. The iconic Irish clothing company based in Loughborough previously announced that its Church Gate store would close in June 2025 after concluding there was “no way forward”…
Tesco workers across the UK will start receiving a pay rise from Sunday. The supermarket giant has announced an investment of more than £200 million in pay, with wages for in-store staff and online fulfilment centres rising 5.1% above inflation to £13.28 an hour. Hourly wages for M25 workers will rise to £14.55 as Tesco…
A Kremlin spokesman says the talks are part of an ‘essential dialogue’ with Washington as the war in Ukraine continues into its fifth year. Published on 2 A delegation of Russian officials has arrived in the United States for meetings with their American counterparts. The visit, which began on Thursday, is the first such visit…
Former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has returned to court in New York, where his lawyers failed to get drug trafficking charges dismissed in a dispute over legal fees. it was the first time Maduro, 63, and his wife, Celia Flores, 69, appeared in court. Since the January hearing in which he has denied all the allegations….
The woman accused of attempting to murder Rihanna after the shooting at the singer’s home has pleaded innocent. Evanna Lisette Ortiz of Orlando, Florida, is accused of shooting at the property of the singer and her hip-hop star partner in Los Angeles, A$AP Rocky. Also, his three small children and other people were at home on…
