US President Donald Trump signs an executive order on January 23, 2025. ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images US President Donald Trump signs an executive order on January 23, 2025. ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images Have you been dodging the news lately? Feeling a familiar sense of […]
India’s central bank has cut interest rates for the first time in nearly five years to counter slowing growth in Asia’s third largest economy. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) reduced its repo rate from 6.5% to 6.25%, in line with the expectations of many economists. The repo rate is the level at which the […]
Tom HamiltonFeb 6, 2025, 09:00 AM ET Close • Joined ESPN in 2011• Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours• Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018 Tamworth’s heroics in defeat to Tottenham will still benefit the non-league club financially, but what they really wanted was a […]
President Trump’s claim that China controls the Panama Canal has placed a Hong Kong tycoon and his conglomerate at the heart of a showdown between the United States and China. That sprawling company, CK Hutchison Holdings, is one of Hong Kong’s most valuable publicly listed firms and counts some of the world’s biggest investors as […]
Heathrow Airport An artist’s impression showing three runways at Heathrow Airport The government has backed the expansion of Heathrow Airport after years of heated debate, saying it could create 100,000 jobs. The move, alongside potential confirmation of the expansion of other London airports including Gatwick and Luton, is likely to be met by fierce opposition. […]
Channing Tatum, newly converted Wrexham AFC fan and star of a Super Bowl commercial that will this weekend propel the Welsh club’s footballers into millions of American homes, has a concern. “Man, I feel embarrassed,” he tells The Athletic after being asked how it feels to be following in the footsteps of Sir Anthony Hopkins […]
The Senate voted along party lines on Thursday to confirm Russell T. Vought to lead the Office of Management and Budget, putting in place one of the most powerful architects of President Trump’s agenda to upend the federal bureaucracy and slash spending that the administration thinks is wasteful. The 53-to-47 vote returns Mr. Vought to […]
The Governor of the Bank of England has urged continued US support for two major global economic institutions. Andrew Bailey told the BBC he was “following extremely closely” whether the Trump administration will change its support for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank. Sources in Washington said the two institutions were caught […]
Transgender girls and women will no longer compete in female events at most college sporting events in the United States after a governing body’s decision to bar athletes who were born male. Newsportual Collegiate Athletic Association, the main governing body for college sport in the US, said on Thursday that it would limit competition in […]
For Europe’s biggest clubs and leagues, the time for transfers in the 2024-25 season has come and gone. Editor’s Picks 2 Related The winter window closed at 11 p.m. BST (6 p.m. ET) in England, Italy and Spain on Monday, an hour earlier in France and even earlier in Germany. It remains open in select […]