[ad_1] Open this photo in gallery: Someone backstage appears to grab a Palestinian flag held by a performer during end-of-show bows. The performer holds onto the flag.Sang Tan/The Associated Press A performer holding a Palestinian flag touched off a brief scuffle on stage at the Royal Opera House in London on Saturday night as cast…
[ad_1] Open this photo in gallery: Canada’s Corey Conners plays off the 14th tee during a practice round for the British Open golf championship at the Royal Portrush Golf Club in Northern Ireland on Tuesday.Peter Morrison/The Associated Press Four Canadians are in the field for the British Open, which begins Thursday at Royal Portrush in…
[ad_1] Watering the garden, cleaning cars and filling paddling pools is banned from in from Friday, Yorkshire Water has said. Certain UK households first to face £1,000 fines for using hosepipes from Friday Households in Yorkshire have become the first to be hit with a hosepipe ban – as a new UK heatwave hits. Watering…
[ad_1] A riverside beauty spot close to a scene immortalised by painter John Constable has been likened to ‘Glastonbury’ after being left blighted by litter-dropping tourists. The village of Dedham in Essex, just half mile from the iconic scene of Constable’s ‘The Hay Wain’, has seen an increasing number of tourists visiting during the recent…
[ad_1] Open this photo in gallery: “Joining forces with Royal Gold will amplify the strengths of Sandstorm’s portfolio and unlock new opportunities for our shareholders,“ said Sandstorm CEO Nolan Watson. Royal Gold Inc. RGLD-Q is bidding $5-billion for Vancouver-based Sandstorm Gold Ltd. SSL-T and Horizon Copper Corp. HCU-X in a pair of friendly takeovers meant…
[ad_1] Open this photo in gallery: King Charles III arrives by royal train for a visit to Pickering in Yorkshire, England, in 2023. The train will be decommissioned sometime before the current maintenance contract expires in 2027.Charlotte Graham/The Associated Press The Royal Train will soon leave the station for the last time. King Charles III…
[ad_1] The bassist for a Winnipeg band and his partner are dead after a Canada Day crash on a Manitoba highway. Indie pop band Royal Canoe says bass player Brendan Berg died in the crash a day before his 43rd birthday, along with Olivia Michalczuk. RCMP say they responded to a head-on crash on Tuesday…
[ad_1] Open this photo in gallery: Bank of Nova Scotia informed staff last week that the new back-to-office rules will take effect by September.Andrew Lahodynskyj/The Canadian Press Bank of Nova Scotia BNS-T is requiring certain groups of employees to work in the office four days a week, making it the second major lender to tell…
[ad_1] Open this photo in gallery: Josh Basseches, shown here in 2019, is stepping down as ROM CEO at the end of this year.Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail The Royal Ontario Museum’s chief executive officer Josh Basseches will leave his post later this year after nearly a decade. When the CEO took over the downtown…
[ad_1] A Scottish green energy company is “revolutionising” the future of shipping and economy The Scottish government fully supported Oasis Marine’s new buoy and bunkering technology(Image: ANDY BUCHANAN/AFP via Getty Images) Scotland boasts a rich variety of natural resources, including significant deposits of oil and gas and renewable energy potential. But a recent discovery of…