Man convicted of Boxing Day killing after police manhunt

A man who was arrested following a police manhunt after he was identified as the prime suspect in a Boxing Day killing has been convicted. Jurejs Vankovs, 39 (14.05.85) of no fixed address was found guilty of the manslaughter of 49-year-old Michael Murphy following the conclusion of a trial at Wood Green Crown Court on

Budget 2024: What FMCG sector wants from finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman

HomeEconomy NewsBudget 2024: What FMCG sector wants from finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman After years of weak rural demand, high inflation and low volume growth, India’s FMCG industry is starting to see some green shoots. But the industry says a sustained revival in demand will need some help. CNBC-TV18’s Shilpa Ranipeta reports that players are looking

Festive Fall Falafel

HomeRecipesDishes & BeveragesSandwiches & Wraps Total Time Prep: 20 min. Bake: 30 min. Makes 4 servings Updated: Jul. 18, 2024 Falafel is the ultimate Middle Eastern street food. Pumpkin adds a light sweetness and keeps the patties moist while baking. Top these beauties with a sweet and savory maple tahini sauce. You can serve them

KBR secures advisory role for Kuwait’s renewables and hydrogen project

Home Hydrogen KBR secures advisory role for Kuwait’s renewables and hydrogen project July 19, 2024, by Aida Čučuk U.S. science, technology and engineering company KBR has been awarded an advisory consulting contract by Kuwait Oil Company for the development of a country-wide “masterplan” for the production of 17 GW of renewables and 25 GW of

News24 | African Development Bank greenlights R18bn loan for Transnet turnaround

For more financial news, go to the News24 Business front page.The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a $1 billion loan for South Africa’s Transnet to aid the troubled logistics firm’s recovery plan, the bank and the company said on Thursday. State-owned Transnet has struggled to provide adequate freight rail and port services in South Africa due to equipment

GenAI sticker shock sends CIOs in search of solutions

‘Frenetic’ spending, compute-intensive workloads, and a market dominated by one hardware maker have IT leaders looking to new technologies and methods for containing the high costs of generative AI. The early bills for generative AI experimentation are coming in, and many CIOs are finding them more hefty than they’d like — some with only themselves

Why on God’s Green Earth Would Biden Tweet This Now?

The Slatest Biden’s Tweet After Getting COVID Has Melted My Brain C’mon man. Photo illustration by Slate. Photo by Kent Nishimura/AFP via Getty Images, Apu Gomes/Getty Images, and Nataliia Kurylo/iStock/Getty Images Plus. This is Totally Normal Quote of the Day, a feature highlighting a statement from the news that exemplifies just how extremely normal everything

Von der Leyen wins second term as EU Commission President

Ursula von der Leyen was elected as European Commission President for a second term after pledging to create a continental “defence union” and continue the EU’s green transition. MEPs backed Ms von der Leyen’s bid for another five-year term at the helm of the European Union’s powerful executive body with 401 votes in her favour