The price of a Turkish breakfast staple has risen 40%
Over the past year, daily life has become much more expensive in Turkey. The official inflation rate is now at...
Month: December 2021
‘Covid stopped my life-saving operation’
Lara Wahab has type 1 diabetes and needs a life-saving kidney and pancreas transplant.But despite matching organs being found, she...
Turkey cuts interest rates despite spiralling inflation
President Erdogan wants a high growth, low interest-rate environment. He thinks it will stimulate the economy and create jobs, fuel...
WFT COVID list grows to 21 with 3 more adds
4:58 PM ETASHBURN, Va. -- The Washington Football Team, already impacted by injuries, continues to add players to the reserve/COVID-19...
QB Brennan exits portal, to stay at LSU with Kelly
12:32 PM ETQuarterback Myles Brennan will stay at LSU for the 2022 college football season after entering the transfer portal...
Meyer fired 13 games into turbulent Jags stint
12:43 AM ETJACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The Jacksonville Jaguars have fired head coach Urban Meyer, ending a tumultuous tenure with the...
Jones accepts plea deal in domestic battery case
11:18 AM ETFormer UFC champion Jon Jones has taken a plea deal in his domestic battery case in Nevada and...
Late NFL WR Jackson found to have Stage 2 CTE
11:52 AM ETTAMPA, Fla. -- Former Chargers and Buccaneers wide receiver Vincent Jackson, who was found dead earlier this year...
Boeing: Families in legal action against US over air crash
The motion, filed in a Texas District Court, accuses the US Department of Justice (DoJ) of concealing the existence of...
Covid: UK hits record case numbers for second day and Wales considers Christmas measures
A record number of daily coronavirus cases have been reported across the UK for the second day in a row,...
Why You Should Care About Oppo’s China-Only Foldable Phone
This week, Oppo announced its most ambitious phone in years: the Oppo Find N, a foldable that attempts to remove...
Adoption: Concern as fewer children in care find new families
The government says there’s an urgent and growing need to find and recruit families to adopt the rising number of...
We’re not locking the country down, says Boris Johnson amid rising Covid cases
The PM's spokesman denied Number 10 was sending out mixed messages about socialising over Christmas, adding that both the prime...
Ex-McDonald’s boss to repay $105m over staff relationships
Mr Easterbrook, 54, first worked for McDonald's in 1993 as a manager in London before working his way up the...
British or Irish reached remote islands before Vikings
According to Medieval texts, the early Irish navigator St Brendan set out across the Atlantic with comrades from 512 to...
Covid: First UK patients given take-at-home pill
Some of the highest risk patients, including those with Down's syndrome or undergoing chemotherapy, are also able to access molnupiravir...
Pregnant women put on UK’s priority Covid vaccine list
Chair of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation, Prof Wei Shen Lim, said: "Women who are pregnant are strongly...
Interest rates: What are they and why do they matter?
As well as mortgages, Bank Rate also influences the interest rates charged on other forms of credit, such as credit...
