Born To Be Wild

The joint owner of GB News has lost a legal battle with the South African government over £34m of silver secretly salvaged from a second world war shipwreck. Sir Paul Marshall, who is lining up a bid for the Daily Telegraph, had claimed ownership of 2,364 silver bars his company had recovered from the bottom… Continue reading GB News joint owner loses fight over £34m of secretly salvaged silver | Exploration

David Lammy, the shadow foreign secretary, has set out in a Washington DC speech his credentials as a British foreign secretary capable of working with a Trump presidency, saying he “gets the agenda that drives America First”, and insisting he would seek to find “common cause” with Donald Trump. He vowed a Labour government “will… Continue reading David Lammy tells US Republicans he can find ‘common cause’ with Trump | Labour

French Olympic swimmer Florent Manaudou become the first Olympic torch carrier in France after the Olympic flame arrived to the southern French city of Marseille marking another milestone in the lead-up to the Summer Games in Paris. A majestic three-mast ship carried the Olympic torch from Greece for the welcoming ceremony at sunset Wednesday in… Continue reading Ship carrying the Olympic torch arrives in France

Imagine you are at the ice-cream shop, an array of colorful flavors lie before you in a glass case. A flavor calls to you, its label reads “pistachio”. After your purchase, you look online at the ice-cream shop’s website. Turns out, the pistachio ice-cream had no pistachios in it. Instead, it had “pistachio flavoring”, made… Continue reading Cold Stone Creamery sued over ‘pistachio’ ice-cream with no pistachios | Ice-cream and sorbet

An American cryptocurrency entrepreneur locked in a legal dispute with the CEO of the collapsed crypto fund HyperVerse has been detained in Dubai and alleges police have tortured him into signing a false confession, the Guardian can reveal. Edel Hsieh, 43, from California, was first arrested in March at Dubai’s airport while attempting to fly… Continue reading US crypto entrepreneur arrested in Dubai alleges torture by police | Technology

Keir Starmer is facing shadow cabinet anger for welcoming into his party a rightwing Conservative MP who has repeatedly attacked Labour over migration. Natalie Elphicke became on Wednesday the second Tory MP in two weeks to cross the floor of the Commons, dealing another major blow to Rishi Sunak. Starmer welcomed Elphicke to the Labour… Continue reading Keir Starmer sparks Labour anger with decision to admit Natalie Elphicke | Labour

Some things you just don’t see coming. Defections from the Tory party may be very on trend: just last month it was Dan Poulter. Or Dan Who? to his friends. But when Natalie Elphicke took her place right behind Keir Starmer on the Labour benches for prime minister’s questions there were open mouths on both… Continue reading Natalie Elphicke’s queasy welcome shows Labour will turn no one away | John Crace

The widow of murdered Rebels bikie boss Nick Martin is suing the Western Australia government and the sniper who shot him dead. Nick Martin was shot in the chest by a sniper from more than 300 metres away at Perth Motorplex in Kwinana on December 12, 2020. Amanda Martin and her daughter Stacey Smiles are… Continue reading Widow of murdered bikie boss Nick Martin sues WA government and sniper

A couple from south Wales have admitted carrying out a string of “dine and dash” offences, racking up large bills for food and drink before leaving without paying. Bernard McDonagh, 41, and Ann McDonagh, 39, from Port Talbot, admitted five joint charges of fraud and will be sentenced at Swansea crown court this month. The… Continue reading Port Talbot couple admit ‘dine and dash’ offences with £1,000 in unpaid bills | Wales

“Mammoth”, which opened on Wednesday, is the second commercial direct air capture plant opened by Swiss company Climeworks in the country. It’s 10 times bigger than its predecessor, Orca, which started running in 2021. Direct air capture, or DAC, is a technology designed to suck in air and strip out the carbon using chemicals. The… Continue reading Climeworks Mammoth vacuum to suck climate pollution out of the air opens. Here’s how it works