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Relief for Iraola but Liverpool have work to do after snatching draw at NewcastleDominik Szoboszlai’s injury-time penalty rescues a point at the start of the Andoni Iraola era – but Liverpool need to improv after below-par performance.8 hrs agoLiverpool
Getty ImagesFast-fashion giant Shein says it plans to raise up to HK13.86bn (£1.3bn; $1.77bn) when its shares start trading on the Hong Kong stock market on 1 September.In a filing on Monday, Shein said it will offer nearly 280 million shares for between HK$47.60 and HK$49.50.At the top of the range, it would value the firm at almost $27bn (£19.8bn). But that is much lower than the $100bn valuation it reached in a round of private fundraising in 2022, reflecting weaker sales growth and higher costs.The long-awaited move comes after failed attempts to list in the US and London due…
SuppliedLeah Stewart was bitten by a shark at Sydney’s Coogee Beach during a morning swimAn Australian woman bitten by a shark at a popular Sydney beach earlier this year says she has been given a “second chance at life” and will be making the most of it.Leah Stewart, 35, was mauled by a shark during a morning swim at Coogee Beach in June, suffering multiple bites to her arms and legs, amid a spate of attacks in Australia.The mother-of-one was placed in an induced coma and had several surgeries, including having one of her arms amputated.In an online post on…
ReutersTrump has repeatedly mentioned making Canada the “51st state” of America since returning to officeUS President Donald Trump has said Canada wants “the benefits of being a State, without being one” after trade talks between the two countries collapsed late on Friday.His comments come after negotiations broke down, triggering new 50% US tariffs on a range of Canadian goods, Trump also said American farmers had been charged “massive amounts of Tariffs” for years.Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney called the fresh tariffs a “miscalculation” designed to “hurt and divide us”.Carney confirmed he would match Trump’s tariffs “dollar-for-dollar” from 8 September, including…
Pocket RocketsVictoria Gordon and a colleague kitted out for heavy-duty cleaningWhen Victoria Gordon arrives at a client’s house, she can be met with huge piles of clothes, stacks of unwashed dishes and badly blocked toilets.The 44-year-old is not your average cleaner. She specialises in hoarder clearances, crime scene work and other extreme clean-up projects.She loves her job as an extreme cleaner, but since starting to document her cleaning adventures online, she has found it fascinating how interested other people are in what she does.The popularity of cleaning videos has grown rapidly in recent years. In 2023, Unilever partnered with TikTok…
Getty ImagesMany on social media have been calling for accountability over a fatal traffic accident in Hanoi last MayUntil recently, there would have been little to distinguish Vietnam’s so-called Justice Tree from the hundreds of others lining the streets of Hanoi. Then the bouquets started piling up.It was here that former politician Nguyen Sy Cuong was driving his BMW in May last year when he veered into the opposite lane and smashed into a motorbike carrying a father and his teenage daughter.The father, Do Viet Hung, suffered a broken leg but survived. The daughter, 18-year-old Do Ngoc Phuong Thuy, died…
BBCCrowds clashed with police in parts of Belfast during the riots earlier this yearDaylight is still extending across the summer evening sky over Belfast when Maria looks out the window of the house she shares with her two teenage daughters and sees people across the road putting on balaclavas.It is Tuesday 9 June and parts of Northern Ireland are engulfed in violence.Buses are being hijacked and set on fire, with water cannon deployed by police to quell rioters, and people targeted because of the colour of their skin – these scenes will all be broadcast around the world over the…
AFP via Getty ImagesThere are fears the death toll could rise further as a number of people may be buried under the rubbishAt least 30 people have been killed after a mound of rubbish at a major waste site collapsed on to nearby homes in Guinea’s capital Conakry, the government has said. Another 22 people were injured, including six seriously, in the city’s Dar-es-Salam area.”Significant” resources and personnel – including the military – have been deployed to search for survivors after the collapse at about 02:00 local time following heavy rain overnight, the government added in a statement.One woman told…
Chris Haston/WBTV via Getty ImagesThe Cat in the Hat, a character from the eponymous Dr Seuss book, has been depicted on screen multiple times, including photographed here on a US talk show”He’s so scary!” says 16-year-old Skye, recoiling at the mention of the Cat in the Hat.Viral images purporting to show a life-sized version of the Dr Seuss character on the streets after dark have sparked fear and confusion among teenagers. The posts, seen by millions, have convinced some young people that the character is real and that they might encounter it, prompting police forces in Ireland and the UK…
ReutersUS President Donald Trump was among hundreds of people who gathered to see the IndyCar race through the streets of Washington DC on Sunday, marking the culmination of a series of summer events to celebrate the country’s 250th birthday.The president and First Lady Melania Trump took a ceremonial lap of the 1.7-mile track in his presidential limousine, The Beast.As they reached the finish line, Trump’s new Air Force One completed a flyover above the capital.The Freedom 250 Grand Prix is the first time professional road racing has been hosted in the capital.Getty ImagesMelania Trump waved to fans from the trackReutersWith…