With relatively little fanfare, the first-ever global carbon tax was poised to be formally adopted as an international agreement this year. The International Maritime Organization, or IMO, the United Nations agency overseeing global shipping, had drafted a net-zero framework to move the sector toward cleaner fuels — a crucial step...
Why one of the world’s greenest countries is betting its future on oil
As Paramaribo, Suriname, flooded with shin-high water during a rainstorm in June, hundreds of taxis jostled for space on a recently paved street on the outskirts of the capital city. Passengers in suits disembarked alongside an overgrown canal. The visitors, some of whom had come from as far away as...
Fatty steaks and coffee with maple syrup: Erling Haaland lets us in on life at home
Manchester City forward shows he is a dab hand in the kitchen as he launches his YouTube channel “It’s been a good day, doing lots of good things for my body and what I normally do in my life,” Erling Haaland says in the opening seconds of the video that...
Women’s marathon world record-holder Chepngetich handed three-year doping ban
Runner claimed she had taken housemaid’s medication Controversial Chicago record will stand despite ban The women’s marathon world record-holder, Ruth Chepngetich, has been banned for three years after the Athletics Integrity Unit rejected her claim that her failed drugs test came from taking her housemaid’s medication after feeling hot and...
Chess: Fide to ‘discipline’ Kramnik over Naroditsky cheating allegations
The Fide president, Arkady Dvorkovich, said that Kramnik, who is accused of unfounded allegations against Naroditsky, will be referred to its ethics disciplinary committee Fide has responded to the death of Daniel Naroditsky by promising to take faster action over allegations by former world champion Vladimir Kramnik, which were made...
Sports quiz of the week: Arsenal, Ashes, Ange Postecoglou and a new season
Have you been following the big stories in football, rugby, gymnastics, boxing, cricket and motor sport? Continue reading...
Gibbs-White sparks win over Porto to give Nottingham Forest and Sean Dyche liftoff
Three days in the job, two training sessions and, most significantly, one victory. Sean Dyche succeeded where Ange Postecoglou had failed so miserably, winning at the first time of asking to get Nottingham Forest’s Europa League campaign truly up and running. “Forest are back,” rejoiced the home support, who chanted...
Just redo it: inside Nike’s plans to put the swoosh back into its sales
The world’s largest sportswear company was wobbling amid complaints that it had become too safe. Armed with a provocative new slogan, the company reveals the innovations and strategy it hopes will turn its reputation around The entrance to Nike’s swish global headquarters in Beaverton, Oregon is paved with rough cobbles,...
Megan Nicholls: ‘If you can buy a horse that has a heart and willingness to go with it, you’re halfway there’
Presenter and former jockey explains her new role helping her father, Paul, get back to racing’s top table It is an indication of the exceptionally high standards at Paul Nicholls’s Ditcheat yard over the past quarter of a century that two third-place finishes in the jumps trainers’ championship, with at...
Premier League: 10 things to look out for this weekend
Marc Guiu faces Sunderland reunion, Manchester United seek a minor three-peat and Mohamed Salah has to step up Leeds host West Ham in a Friday night match that, even at this early stage of the season, looks very much like a quintessential relegation six-pointer. Elland Road is a wonderfully atmospheric...