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LONDON β Britain’s antitrust watchdog said Monday that it is escalating its investigation of plans by Getty Images to buy rival Shutterstock, stepping up scrutiny of the $3.7 billion deal that would create a visual content giant. The Competition and Markets Authority said that it was opening an in-depth merger investigation after its preliminary inquiry…
JUNO BEACH, Fla. β An endangered loggerhead sea turtle was released Monday morning into the Atlantic Ocean from a Florida beach nearly three months after being hit by a boat. The adult female, named Swim Shady, returned the wild behind the Loggerhead Marinelife Center in Juno Beach, just north of Palm Beach. Dr. Heather Barron,…
WASHINGTON β The first clinical trial is getting underway to see if transplanting pig kidneys into people might really save lives. United Therapeutics, a producer of gene-edited pig kidneys, announced Monday that the studyβs initial transplant was performed successfully at NYU Langone Health. Itβs the latest step in the quest for animal-to-human transplants. A second…
Half Yours ridden by Australian jockey Jamie Melham wins the Melbourne Cup horse race at the Flemington Racecourse Photo: AFP / WILLIAM WEST Australian horse Half Yours has won the 165th running of the Melbourne Cup at Flemington Racecourse. In an historic win, jockey Jamie Melham has become the second woman since Michelle’s Payne victory…
Kiwis captain James Fisher-Harris. Photo: Photosport The Kiwis are unchanged for their Pacific Championships final showdown with Samoa, while the Kiwi Ferns have injected some quality for their showdown with the Australia’s Jillaroos. Kiwis coach Stacey Jones was happy to name the same players who dispatched Tonga in Auckland on Sunday to take an unbeaten…
West Indies captain Shai Hope and New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner on One Tree Hill in Auckland. Photo: Photosport Captain Mitchell Santner says the Black Caps are not being fooled by world rankings and are braced for seven weeks of tough, intense cricket against the touring West Indies. The full format tour begins at Auckland’s…
The demonstration took place at the Teesside Digital Trade Testbed, the UKβs first facility of its kind, which allows businesses to trial technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, IoT, geofencing, and digital identities in a real-world environment. It was organised by Teesside University, Tees Valley Combined Authority, Teesside Freeport, ICC United Kingdom, and the…
The Small Business Saturday UK roadshow be in Durham on Tuesday, November 11, as part of a month-long tour across the country to promote independent businesses and the people behind them. The campaign encourages consumers to shop small and support businesses in their communities. Michelle Ovens CBE, director of Small Business Saturday UK, said: “We…
Topshop shut all its high street stores back in 2021 after its parent company Arcadia fell into administration. The fashion retailer returned to the UK for the first time in four years in 2025, with products in Liberty in central London. Then in September, John Lewis revealed it will start selling Topshop products in 32…
North Yorkshire Council has removed about 120 St Georgeβs Cross flags erected in and around Thirsk by Shaun Remmer, a member of the Reform Thirsk and Malton branch. Mr Remmer, 49, who estimates he has spent more than Β£600 on flags, has been contacted by the authority asking him to stop putting them up on…
