Kevin Peachey Cost of living correspondent Getty Images Yoga mats are in, while modern technology also gets a new representation Some may use yoga mats and virtual reality headsets to mentally escape the daily grind but now statisticians are using them to chart the rising cost of living. Both items have made their way into […]
Prisoners will be temporarily held in police cells to deal with prisons running out of space, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has confirmed. The emergency measures, called Operation Safeguard, are triggered when prisons are close to capacity. The government says 200 cells will be freed up by the measures, which are expected to last for […]
March 18, 2025, 4:00 a.m. ET A satellite image showing the International Space Station docked with the Boeing Starliner spacecraft on June 7.Credit…Maxar Technologies, via Reuters In August last year, NASA announced that Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore would return to Earth in February in a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft. That was their substitute ride […]
Political pressure is mounting over a plan by a Hong Kong conglomerate to sell its Panama ports to BlackRock, the American investor, raising questions about the future of the $19 billion deal. John Lee, the leader of Hong Kong, added his voice on Tuesday to escalating warnings from China, saying the transaction deserved “serious attention.” […]
China and Hong Kong condemn ‘bullying’ following deal struck amid US pressure. China is scrutinising a deal struck by a Hong Kong company to sell ports at the Panama Canal to a United States financial firm. Beijing directed multiple agencies on Tuesday to examine the transaction, according to Bloomberg News. The deal was earlier hailed […]
By Grant Brisbee, Andy McCullough and Stephen J. Nesbitt Every week, we ask a selected group of our baseball writers — local and national — to rank the teams from first to worst. Here are the collective results. It’s been 139 days since the New York Yankees fumbled Game 5 of the World Series and the […]
ABUNDANCE, by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson In 1833, John Adolphus Etzler, a German engineer who immigrated to Pittsburgh, announced that earthly paradise was suddenly in reach. Economic growth and modern technology were changing everything. Coal might run out, but humanity would harness wind, tidal and solar power. A trillion or more people could call […]
Frank Gardner Security correspondent Getty Images Germany’s military deployed two air defence units to Poland in January to protect supply routes to Ukraine – Germany has been Europe’s main donor of weapons What happens today, here in Berlin, will impact the entire future of Europe’s defence and its ongoing support for Ukraine. Germany’s Parliament, the […]
Presidents usually do all they can to avoid recessions, so much so that they avoid even saying the word. But President Trump and his advisers in recent weeks have offered a very different message. Yes, a recession is possible, they have said. Maybe one wouldn’t even be that bad. Howard Lutnick, the commerce secretary, has […]
Mar 17, 2025, 12:09 PM ET Wesley Fofana was subject to racist abuse against Arsenal. Robin Jones/Getty Images Chelsea have strongly condemned the racist abuse faced by defender Wesley Fofana in the aftermath of their loss to Arsenal on Sunday. “Chelsea Football Club is appalled and disgusted by the recent rise in online racial abuse towards […]