1862: Lancashire cotton famine After the American civil war began in 1861, President Abraham Lincoln tried to hamstring the economy of the southern states by blockading cotton exports. Yet that cotton was mostly sent to northwest England, and when supplies dried up in 1862, around 60% of cotton mills of Lancashire stopped production, causing huge…
Syrian security forces are alleged to have killed hundreds of civilians belonging to the Alawite minority group in continuing violence along the country’s coast, according to a war monitoring group. The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said some 745 civilians had been killed in around 30 “massacres” targeting Alawites on Friday and Saturday….
No more illegal miners are believed to be trapped underground at a gold mine in South Africa, volunteers working with rescue teams have said. At least 78 bodies and more than 200 survivors have been pulled out since Monday after a court ordered the government to facilitate rescue operations at the mine, the site of…
Recruitment companies have warned about declining confidence across Europe and the UK, as political uncertainty adds to concerns about economic growth. The FTSE 250 recruiter PageGroup said on Monday that profits had dropped by nearly a quarter in Germany and 17% in France during the last three months of 2024, compared with the same period…
Thomas Mackintosh BBC News Shutterstock for Big Brother Hollywood actor Mickey Rourke has left Celebrity Big Brother after “further use of inappropriate language” and “instances of unacceptable behaviour”, ITV has said. On Saturday, Rourke, 72, used behaviour and language considered to be threatening and aggressive towards fellow housemate Chris Hughes, the BBC understands. No physical…
Israel has sent tanks to the West Bank city of Jenin, in the first deployment of its kind in the area in more than two decades, as troops intensify operations in the territory that officials said will last at least a year. The Israeli defence minister, Israel Katz, said on Sunday that the latest operation…
Second-year quarterback Bo Nix and the Denver Broncos are on the rise, but no offense is perfect. Where can the Broncos get better in the 2025 NFL Draft? Head coach Sean Payton provided an answer. “There’s two great allies to help quarterback play; it’s [a] real good defense and, obviously, a real, good running game….
An Australian lawyer has been referred to a state legal complaints commission, after it was discovered he had used ChatGPT to write court filings in an immigration case and the artificial intelligence platform generated case citations that did not exist. In a ruling by the federal circuit and family court on Friday, Justice Rania Skaros…
WASHINGTON D.C. Plane Crash U.S. FIGURE SKATERS, Champion Couple & MORE ONBOARD Published January 30, 2025 5:16 AM PST U.S. Figure Skating team members, former world champions, coaches and more are tragically among the passengers onboard the American Airlines plane that collided with the U.S. Army helicopter in Washington D.C. Members of the U.S. Figure…
An armed man killed at least four people and wounded four others on Wednesday in the western Montenegrin city of Cetinje, police and local media said. A statement said the man opened fire in a bar and fled the scene armed. Police identified him only by his initials, AM, and said he was 45 years…
