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Hurricane Ian – live: Tropical storm regains hurricane strength as it approaches South Carolina

Hurricane Ian: Waves flood roads in Key West as storm strengthens to Category 4 After spending most of Thursday as a tropical storm, Ian became a hurricane again as it targeted the South Carolina coast. The National Hurricane Center said in its 5 p.m. ET update that Hurricane Ian “was targeting the Carolinas and Georgia …

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Liam Norwell’s nine-wicket haul saves Warwickshire and relegates Yorkshire

The final day of the County Championship season left nails chewed to the core and hearts racing as a remarkable nine-wicket performance from Liam Norwell saw Warwickshire pull off the great escape and send Yorkshire crashing into the Second Division Defending just 139 runs against Hampshire under bleak skies at Edgbaston, second-bottom Warwickshire came close …

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Google is shutting down Stadia

Google is shutting down Stadia, its cloud gaming service. The service will remain available to players until January 18, 2023. Google will refund all Stadia hardware purchased from the Google Store, as well as all games and additional content purchased from the Stadia Store. Google expects these refunds to be completed by mid-January. “A few …

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Russia-Ukraine War Live: Putin annexes regions of Ukraine; NATO promises to respond to any attack on allies’ infrastructure

Putin will hold the signing ceremony to annex four regions of Ukraine to Russia Here’s more from Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, who has announced that President Vladimir Putin will hold a signing ceremony tomorrow to add four Ukrainian territories to Russia. The signing ceremony will take place on Friday at 15:00 Moscow time (12:00 GMT) …

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Live Germany hits out at UK economic plan as it unveils €200bn energy bailout: Live updates

Good morning. Sterling retreated again today after a strong bounce against the dollar on Wednesday. The pound rose the most since mid-June on Wednesday, dragging the euro down with it, after the Bank of England carried out the first of its emergency bond-buying operations, worth more than £1 billion. pounds sterling Sterling was down 0.9% …

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Liz Truss defends mini-budget, says she has to do ‘what I think is right’ – UK politics live

Truss says he has to do ‘what I think is right’ when asked about criticism of mini budget Q: Can you reassure listeners that your judgment is better than that of the likes of the IMF and the Bank of England, who have criticized the mini-budget? Truss says: I have to do what I think …

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Truss and Treasury secretary fail to reassure markets as bond yields rise, shares fall and pound falls – Business Live

Truss and Philp fail to reassure markets Prime Minister Liz Truss and Treasury No. 2 Chris Philp held a round of broadcast interviews this morning, but their comments appear to have done little to reassure markets. Government bond yields are rising again, the stock market has fallen and the pound is falling. Sterling is now …

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Denmark supplier announces World Cup kits designed to ‘protest Qatar and its human rights record’

Denmark national team kit supplier Hummel has released its new kit designs for the upcoming Qatar 2022 World Cup, along with a very precise message. Sportswear manufacturer Hummel has made it explicitly clear that while they are fully behind the Danish side’s efforts to represent their people, they do not want to be “visible” during …

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Italy’s Giorgia Meloni denies being anti-women when credentials are questioned

On election day, Giorgia Meloni appeared to have found a way to flout the rules requiring candidates to stop campaigning. The Italian far-right leader posted a video of herself on social media holding two melons in front of her chest as she winked at the camera and said: “September 25 [voting day], I have said …

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