EXPLAINER From big-name players to key talking points, Al Jazeera’s lowdown on cricket’s most lucrative franchise T20 league. The Indian Premier League is set to return for its 18th season on Saturday as the Kolkata Knight Riders open their title defence at their home ground, the Eden Gardens. The tournament will see 10 teams vying […]
Paul Glynn Culture reporter BBC Lord Sugar tells Amol Rajan he thinks some Apprentice contestants apply “for social media fame” Lord Sugar has signed a new three-year deal with the BBC to stay on The Apprentice. The billionaire was already contracted to do the 20th series of the show next year, but says he has […]
The Federal Reserve is expected to keep its key rate steady on Wednesday, after a series of cuts that lowered rates by a full percentage point last year. That means consumers looking to borrow are likely to have to wait a bit longer for better deals on many loans, but savers will benefit from steadier […]
Elon Musk has made the maximum allowable donation to Republican members of Congress who support impeaching federal judges who are impeding actions taken by President Trump, according to five people with knowledge of the matter. Mr. Musk has given the maximum hard-dollar donations he could to the campaigns of seven Republicans who have either endorsed […]
One eternity later … Cue the SpongeBob SquarePants meme as the football world awaits a resolution to the Aaron Rodgers saga. (It’s been long enough that we can call it that, right?) The 41-year-old, four-time MVP is biding his time as he waits to see if the Minnesota Vikings would like to pursue a partnership. […]
Molly Stazicker and Sean Dilley BBC News Getty Images Accessibility on public transport for disabled people is a “national embarrassment”, a senior group of MPs has warned. A report by parliament’s cross-party transport select committee found “systematic” failings across all public transport and says “too great a burden is placed on individual disabled people” to […]
ESA The force that is pushing galaxies away from each other is not behaving the way it should The mysterious force called Dark Energy, which drives the expansion of the Universe, might be changing in a way that challenges our current understanding of time and space, scientists have found. Some of them believe that they […]
The Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged on Wednesday for a second straight meeting. The March meeting was the central bank’s most direct acknowledgment to date that President Trump’s policies are set to have a real impact on the economy, stoking significant uncertainty about where inflation, growth and — ultimately — interest rates are headed. […]
Mar 19, 2025, 10:07 AM ET United Soccer League (USL) club owners voted on Wednesday for a promotion and relegation system, marking the first time the European-style system would be implemented in the United States. Last month, USL confirmed plans to launch a Division One men’s professional league in 2027 to rival Major League Soccer […]
Ben & Jerry’s accused Unilever, its parent company, of firing its chief executive because he allowed the ice cream maker to speak out on political issues, according to a complaint filed in federal court in Manhattan on Tuesday. In the filing, Ben & Jerry’s said Unilever had fired David Stever because of his commitment to […]