November 15, 20240 Comments

How much will Mike Tyson and Jake Paul be paid for their fight, and what prize money will the winner earn?

Jake Paul, a former child star and social media influencer who started boxing professionally in 2020, will slug it out with former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson on Friday in a matchup that will be livestreamed worldwide on Netflix. Here’s what we know about how much Paul and Tyson are being paid, along with other financial aspects of an event that many consider more spectacle than sport. How much is Mike

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November 15, 20240 Comments

Malpractice if Trump undoes climate-geared Biden projects: Granholm

U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm speaks to the media on day five at the UNFCCC COP29 Climate Conference on November 15, 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan.  Sean Gallup | Getty Images News | Getty Images A potential decision by Donald Trump to walk back the Biden administration’s climate-geared projects would impact jobs in areas governed by the President-elect’s own party, outgoing U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm told CNBC, urging consistency

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November 15, 20240 Comments

Protesters storm parliament in breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia | Protests News

Tensions have flared during the past week over a proposed deal that would allow Russians to buy property in Abkhazia. Protesters opposing a proposed measure that would allow Russians to buy property in the Georgian territory of Abkhazia have stormed into the secessionist region’s parliament building and clashed with police. The parliament in the regional capital of Sukhumi was set to discuss ratifying the measure on Friday but postponed the

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November 15, 20240 Comments

UK snow and ice warnings issued as Arctic air sweeps in

Northerly winds will bring frequent showers to northern Scotland, probably falling as sleet and rain near to coastal areas. The hills of northern Scotland will see regular snow showers with 5-10cm (2-4in) building up over hills and a few centimetres in some lower areas by Monday, with the potential for some localised disruption where it settles. The ground in November is not as cold as it would be in midwinter

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November 15, 20240 Comments

Left-leaning leader’s coalition secures landslide victory

The left-leaning alliance of Sri Lanka’s new leader has secured a landslide victory in the country’s snap parliamentary elections. Official results show President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s National People’s Power (NPP) coalition scored a two-thirds majority in parliament, with 159 seats. Dissanayake, who was elected in September, needed a clear majority to deliver his promise to combat corruption and restore stability after the island’s worst-ever economic crisis. The high cost of

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November 15, 20240 Comments

UN climate talks ‘no longer fit for purpose’ say experts

getty Recent deadly floods in Valencia, Spain, were made worse by climate change, scientists say The United Nations’ COP climate talks are “no longer fit for purpose” and need an urgent overhaul, key experts including a former UN secretary general and former UN climate chief have said. In a letter to the UN, senior figures say countries should not host the talks if they don’t support the phase out of

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