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By Colin Fernandez Updated: 17:10 EST, 9 November 2023 Shell is suing Greenpeace for £1.7million after its protesters occupied an oil rig for 13 days.The oil giant said it supports the right to peaceful protest but the ‘unlawful and extremely dangerous’ action put the lives of both the protesters and crew at risk.Six activists boarded the oil platform which was under tow in January near the Canary Islands off the Atlantic coast of northern Africa to protest oil drilling. They travelled on it for 13 days and nearly 2,500 miles, making it as far as Norway.They used ropes to hoist themselves…
Australia set to invest $600million into Papua New Guinea NRL teamFinancial pledge over a decade, PNG likely to be NRL’s 18th franchiseComes as China’s influence into Port Moresby continues to growBy Andrew Prentice For Daily Mail Australia Published: 21:25 EST, 8 November 2023 | Updated: 21:25 EST, 8 November 2023 Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has reportedly made a stunning financial promise to Papua New Guinea, who are rapidly firming to be the next NRL franchise.It can be revealed Albanese has spoken to PNG counterpart James Marape about a reported $600million investment across 10 years.According to sources, the team would be based in Cairns…
By Adele Cooke and John-Paul Ford Rojas Updated: 17:43 EST, 8 November 2023 Homeowners can lock into a two-year mortgage rate below 5 per cent for the first time in months as lenders continue to slash the cost of borrowing.While senior Bank of England officials clash over the outlook for interest rates, Nationwide Building Society has today reduced the cost of its two-year fixed deals for new customers by 0.25 percentage points.Homeowners with a 40 per cent stake in their home can now secure a two-year deal at 4.99 per cent with a £999 fee. This follows a flurry of rate cuts from…
By Rachael Bunyan and Chris Jewers and Elena Salvoni Published: 03:33 EST, 8 November 2023 | Updated: 17:30 EST, 8 November 2023 Advertisement PICTURED: Palestinian children huddle around fires and in makeshift shelters at the Nassr hospital after their families fled Israeli airstrikesAid has reached embattled Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City – but UN and WHO say it is not enough and conditions are ‘disastrous’A rare delivery of medical supplies and medicines reached Al-Shifa hospital in the war-ravaged north of the Gaza Strip, the UN said.Tens of thousands of displaced people have sought shelter in the hospital’s parking lots and…
The Jets allowed eight sacks on quarterback Zach Wilson at home in the 27-6 lossHead coach Robert Saleh refuses to throw the tower in on his young signal-callerDailyMail.com provides all the latest international sports news By Alastair Talbot For Dailymail.Com Published: 17:36 EST, 7 November 2023 | Updated: 20:30 EST, 7 November 2023 Aaron Rodgers has blasted the Jets offense ahead of his potential return this season, claiming that it its not doing its part after the heavy home defeat to the Los Angeles Chargers.’It sucks when we have a poor performance on offense like that because I know what we’re…
By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Updated: 17:24 EST, 7 November 2023 Anyone expecting economic fireworks in the King’s Speech will be disappointed.There was reiteration of the determination to beat back inflation and keep the public finances orderly. But no hints of relief from the tax burden, one of the planks of Toryism.The sober approach to the budget is consigning the surge in bond yields of a year ago to history. That won’t stop Labour from charging that the Tories crashed the economy. Much attention is being paid at the Covid-19 inquiry to the dysfunction of Downing Street in the…
By Chris Jewers and Elena Salvoni Published: 03:13 EST, 7 November 2023 | Updated: 17:22 EST, 7 November 2023 Advertisement President Biden ‘tells Netanyahu a three-day fighting pause could help secure hostage release’US President Joe Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that a three-day fighting pause could help secure the release of some hostages, according to a report that cites two US and Israeli officials.Under a proposal being discussed between the US, Israel and Qatar, Hamas would release 10-15 hostages and use the pause to verify the identities of all the hostages and deliver a list of names of…
All it took, she later said, was a smile. ‘I walked into the bar. He looked up and smiled at me – it was the weirdest thing. It was the most ridiculous thing.’By the end of the evening, at Las Vegas’s Hard Rock Hotel, actress AJ Langer, who was out celebrating a friend’s hen night, fully believed she had met her future husband in the handsome, friendly Brit, who was on tour in the U.S. with his rugby team. And two years later, in 2004, when she was 30 and he 29, they were indeed married.Which is how Allison Joy…
By Shayne Bugden For Daily Mail Australia Published: 16:42 EST, 6 November 2023 | Updated: 20:38 EST, 6 November 2023 Advertisement Follow Daily Mail Australia’s live blog for all the updates on the 2023 Melbourne Cup at Flemington.Revealed: The daring and controversial fashion trends taking hold at this year’s Cup thanks to huge changes to the dress codeAll the winners on the track so farRace 1: Maribyrnong PlateWinner: Warmonger (pictured below)Next up is Race 4, the Schweppervescence PlateMatildas World Cup hero Cortnee Vine stands out from the crowd as she arrives at the BirdcageCortnee Vine kicked the winning goal against…
By Chris Jewers and Elena Salvoni Published: 02:43 EST, 6 November 2023 | Updated: 17:37 EST, 6 November 2023 Advertisement PICTURED: Family members of Hamas’s victims take part in a memorial ceremony at the Western Wall in JerusalemPICTURED: Plumes of smoke rise over Rafah in the south of Gaza following airstrike – as Palestinian children run for their lives and people are pulled from the rubbleVIDEO: IDF fighter jets strike Hezbollah targets in Lebanon after rocket attack from across Israel’s northern borderThe IDF has released aerial footage of fighter jets hitting targets in Lebanon in response to a rocket attack…