Pauline McLean BBC Scotland arts correspondent Martin Compston on his love for his hometown of Greenock It’s more than two decades since Martin Compston was cast as the lead in the film Sweet Sixteen, catapulting him from school in Greenock to the Cannes Film Festival. He’s barely been out of work since, appearing in Monarch […]
From her home in Phoenix, Erica Campbell is waiting for a cargo vessel from China to deliver a shipment of thousands of Jesus rattle dolls, tin Easter eggs, religious-themed baby swaddle blankets and 15,000 packages of Jesus Heals bandages. Ms. Campbell, 36, the owner of Be a Heart, a Catholic goods business, paid the Chinese […]
Mycorrhizal fungi are the supply chains of the soil. With filaments thinner than hair, they shuttle vital nutrients to plants and tree roots. In return, the fungi receive carbon to grow their networks. In this way, 13 billion tons of atmospheric carbon dioxide — one-third of fossil-fuel emissions worldwide — enter the soil each year. […]
I can’t remember a year in which there were so many potential Comeback Player of the Year candidates, but also so many who are legitimate Cy Young Award or MVP candidates as well, highlighted by former Cy Young winners (Jacob deGrom, Sandy Alcantara) and former MVPs (Mike Trout, Ronald Acuña Jr.). Of course, Chris Sale […]
Feb 28, 2025, 12:42 PM ET Turkey Süper Lig club Fenerbahce said on Friday they have filed a lawsuit against rival Galatasaray for an “attack on the personal rights” of coach Jose Mourinho. Galatasaray accused Mourinho of making racist comments after Monday’s Istanbul derby, saying in a statement that he had used “unequivocally inhumane rhetoric” […]
Rising prices hit a trade war President Trump isn’t backing off his tariff threats, despite the potential risk to the U.S. economy and financial markets. That puts additional focus on the latest Personal Consumption Expenditures report, the Fed’s favored inflation measure. It’s due for release at 8:30 a.m. Eastern. The question is whether lingering inflation […]
Kurdish group calls on Ankara to release jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan, who been held near total isolation since 1999. The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) has declared it will implement a ceasefire with Turkiye, heeding a call from its jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan to disarm, Kurdish media reports. The announcement by the outlawed group, reported by […]
Shari Redstone, the controlling shareholder of the entertainment giant Paramount, delivered a crucial message to her board a few weeks ago. For months, Paramount’s lawyers had been jousting with representatives for President Trump, who had sued the company’s CBS News network over its segment on former Vice President Kamala Harris. Mr. Trump accused the network […]
In 2020, two researchers at Harvard Business School produced a case study they believed could help corporate leaders develop their own culture. The subject was Steve Kerr and the guiding values of the Golden State Warriors. The study highlighted a telling anecdote, from the months after Kerr was hired to coach the Warriors in 2014. […]
With the government seemingly stepping back from regulatory duties, consumers may have to act as their own financial watchdogs. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the independent federal agency created after the 2008 financial crisis to shield people from fraud and abuse by lenders and financial firms, has been muzzled, at least temporarily. “Everything is on […]