When the president of the Spanish Football Federation kissed one of his national team’s players after they had won the 2023 Women’s World Cup, it was a moment that stunned the wider world. For the Spain forward Jenni Hermoso and her team-mates, that win should have been the highlight of their sporting lives. Spain had […]
In early February 2020, China locked down more than 50 million people, hoping to hinder the spread of a new coronavirus. No one knew at the time exactly how it was spreading, but Lidia Morawska, an expert on air quality at Queensland University of Technology in Australia, did not like the clues she managed to […]
Evan Williams did not want to start another start-up. He had already enjoyed the kind of rare, unfathomable success most entrepreneurs only dream of, starting tech companies that made products used by millions — the early blogging site Blogger, the social media giant Twitter, the publishing platform Medium. Along the way, Mr. Williams had grappled […]
Taipei, Taiwan – Within hours of United States President Donald Trump announcing tariffs on China, Canada and Mexico over the weekend, his Canadian and Mexican counterparts hit back with their own levies on US goods. The response from China, Washington’s biggest strategic rival, was notably more restrained. China’s Ministry of Commerce did not announce specific […]
Barcelona suffered their first defeat in Liga F this season. Oscar J. Barroso/Europa Press via Getty Images Another weekend of women’s football is in the books and there were a few surprises, a few surprises that nearly came off, and a belter or two. The big news came from Spain’s Liga F where, after a season […]
The Athletic has live coverage of the 2025 NBA trade deadline. You know a trade is a historic blockbuster — and completely out of nowhere — when everybody assumes the initial report was because of internet hacking and tomfoolery at its most devious. But all of the headlines and text messages you received about this […]
Tom Bateman State Department correspondent in Panama Reuters US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, right, was greeted by Panamanian foreign minister Javier Martinez-Acha on his arrival in Panama City US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has demanded that Panama make “immediate changes” to what he calls the “influence and control” of China over the Panama […]
Manchester United are looking for reinforcements before the transfer window closes following another home defeat on Sunday, with Leon Bailey among their targets. Join us for the latest transfer news, rumors and gossip on deadline day from around the globe. Transfers homepage | Done deals | Men’s January grades | Women’s January grades Window closes: […]
President Trump said on Saturday that he would impose tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China using a decades-old law that gives the president sweeping economic powers during a national emergency. “This was done through the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) because of the major threat of illegal aliens and deadly drugs killing our Citizens, […]
Kevin Keane BBC Scotland’s environment correspondent BBC The banks of Loch Long at Arrochar are strewn with plastics from the River Clyde At the head of beautiful Loch Long in Argyll sits one of Scotland’s biggest plastic problems. A combination of prevailing winds and the rotation of the earth drive litter up the loch to […]