The cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase said on Friday that the Securities and Exchange Commission had agreed to drop its lawsuit against the company, lifting a legal cloud over the global crypto industry and signaling a broader retreat by federal regulators. Coinbase, in a post on its website and in a regulatory filing, said it had reached […]
New direct train routes from London to Germany, Switzerland and France could open as part of plans to boost passenger numbers at St Pancras station. London St Pancras Highspeed, which owns the station and operates the track to the Channel Tunnel in Folkestone, has already set out proposals to increase capacity for international train travel […]
French star and reigning NBA Rookie of the Year Victor Wembanyama is expected to miss the rest of the season with a blood clot in his right shoulder, the San Antonio Spurs announced Thursday. The team said it discovered a deep vein thrombosis — a blood clot — upon Wembanyama’s return from All-Star weekend in […]
There were 18 named storms this year and 11 hurricanes — both well above average. The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season officially begins June 1 and will run for 183 days through Nov. 30. Tropical activity can form outside these dates because warm water and favorable atmospheric factors allow for cyclone development nearly year-round, but less […]
“How high is up?” When Mark Woodbury became Universal’s theme park chief in 2022, he pressed his lieutenants to answer that question. The former architect was not referring to a roller coaster incline. Universal’s parks had already become a surprise growth engine for NBCUniversal, but Mr. Woodbury saw an even bigger opportunity to lift the […]
NTS The fly has now been found at three lochs in the Cairngorms, but nowhere else in the UK A rare species of fly has been found at a new site high in the Cairngorms mountains. Arctic wave dancers, whose scientific name is Wiedemmania simplex, have been recorded at Lochain Uaine. The small loch is […]
Scientists have long struggled to understand how human language evolved. Words and sentences don’t leave fossils behind for paleontologists to dig up. A genetic study published on Tuesday offers an important new clue. Researchers found that, between 250,000 and 500,000 years ago, a gene known as NOVA1 underwent a profound evolutionary change in our ancestors. […]
Feb 20, 2025, 10:45 PM ET Concacaf has disciplined referee Marco Antonio Ortiz Nava for requesting Lionel Messi’s autograph after Inter Miami CF’s Concacaf Champions Cup win over Sporting Kansas City on Wednesday night at Children’s Mercy Park in Kansas City. After the final whistle, the referee approached Messi and seemed to ask for his […]
Chloe Aslett BBC News, Yorkshire Anna Cieslik Beatrice, 5, was diagnosed with Batten disease at the age of 3 The mum of a five-year-old girl with a terminal genetic disorder has said her daughter’s health is likely to deteriorate quickly if the NHS removes provision of the vital drug which is “keeping her doing”. Two […]
Beit Lahiya, Gaza, Palestine – Amid towering piles of rubble and destruction, mother of five Faten Abu Haloub, her family and her in-laws have set up adjacent tents on the ruins of what used to be their extended family home. Her husband Karam’s parents – 60-year-old Dalal and 65-year-old Nasser – have eight children, three […]