The European Union has agreed to block 90 per cent of Russian oil imports by 2023 - but only what’s tankered by sea and not the product coming via pipelines.
It’s after protest from Hungary, which largely relies on Kremlin-backed land supply.
Just over a quarter of the EU imported oil and 40 per cent of the bloc’s gas is supplied by Russia, which is worth over £340 billion every year.
Consumer groups are urging a crackdown on what’s described as “exploitative” and “manipulative” loot boxes in video games.
Campaigners in 18 European countries say the sale of the bonus items inside games are akin to gambling because the buyer can’t see its contents until they’ve paid.
Reports suggest Cyberpunk 2077’s next-gen update boosted the sci-fi title’s sales by several hundred per cent on the PlayStation and Xbox.
The game has become so wildly popular, its developers, CD Projekt, said last month that 18 million copies of the title had been sold.
The scientific body behind the James Webb Space Telescope has laid out plans to explore the geology of a pair of small rocky planets 50 light-years away.
An earthquake measuring 3.8 on the Richter scale rocks parts of Shropshire, Staffordshire and Gloucestershire as residents reported their houses ‘shaking’. Why the megaladon - the biggest shark ever to have roamed the oceans - may have been killed off by the great white shark. There’s an urban floral oasis planned for the Tower of London for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee and how a fish and chip shop in Coventry has become a TikTok sensation.
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