The annual gas bill of a typical household in the greater Belfast and west gas network areas will increase by almost £172.

A leading Chinese A.I. start-up released its latest model and made the case that China’s embrace of open software is safer than Silicon Valley’s closed approach.

Ollie Robinson and Jofra Archer make light work of Pakistan's lower order as they combine to take five wickets for just 19 runs in seven overs as England bowl Pakistan out for 110 in their first innings, giving England a 180-run lead on day two of the second Test at Lord's.

Smoking used to be everywhere, the way Facebook, TikTok, Snap, YouTube and Instagram are now. Society decided to break the habit, but it took a long time.

Manchester United have confirmed the signing of Sweden winger Monica Jusu Bah from BK Hacken for just under £400,000.

Solana's first network-wide vote went down to the wire, with a Kraken-linked validator switching sides before the disinflation proposal narrowly passed.

Updates from day two at Lord’s; play starts 11am Day one report | Sign up for the Spin | Mail Rob 62nd over: England 266-9 (Atkinson 38, Tongue 14) Scrap that: Atkinson takes a leg-bye off the second ball of this over. As Tongue prepares to face Abbas, the keeper, Mohammad Rizwan, calls for a helmet and goes up to the stumps – so Josh Tongue is now being treated like Joe Root. The ploy could backfire by making Tongue’s nicks harder for the slips to pick up. And it doesn’t seem to bother Tongue, who plays an uppish flick for a single to steal the strike. 61st over: England 264-9 (Atkinson 38, Tongue 13) Ali bowls to Atkinson, who promptly steps away to leg, dreaming of a six over backward poi

Banque Misr UAE processed about $1.8 billion over two years for some 100 companies that are potentially part of Iran's shadow banking network, Treasury said.

A spokeswoman for the disaster relief agency said the tally grew after some 900 people were reported missing from hydropower projects. Rescue efforts were complicated by fears of new possible flooding.

Chelsea’s Jackson and PSG’s Mbaye poised to join Saudi-bound Watkins says sorry for refusing to play Unai Emery is hopeful Nicolas Jackson will complete his £47.5m move from Chelsea in time to make his Aston Villa debut against Arsenal on Monday as Villa finalise a move for the Paris Saint-Germain forward Ibrahim Mbaye. Emery said Jackson’s arrival would mark a “new chapter” at the club and Mbaye represents another longstanding target for the Villa manager. The 18-year-old winger, a Senegal teammate of Jackson’s, was among the players identified to strengthen a key position. In recent days Villa pushed to sign Rafael Leão from Milan but the Portuguese winger is poised to join Galatasaray, wh