Elon Musk’s growing power in government appears to be making some of his businesses more of a magnet for investors. Case in point: Banks have managed to sell off most of the $12.5 billion worth of debt owed by X, his social network, to eager buyers. Investors are essentially betting that the company’s future is […]
Boys born in the UK in 2023 can expect to live on average to the age of 86.7, and girls to 90, latest data suggest. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) says figures show a continued trend of longer life expectancy for men and women. The survival gap between the sexes is narrowing, partly down […]
Shortly after the NBA Finals ended in June, Payton Pritchard sat with a pen and paper to write down his lessons from the series. Pritchard’s father, Terry, had long ago suggested journaling to organize his ideas. These days, Payton has five or six notepads, all filled with various thoughts. After grabbing the closest one, he […]
Graham Fraser Technology Reporter Getty Images Two US lawmakers have strongly condemned what they call the UK’s “dangerous” and “shortsighted” request to be able to access encrypted data stored by Apple users worldwide in its cloud service. Senator Ron Wyden and Congressman Andy Biggs have written to national intelligence director Tulsi Gabbard saying the demand […]
Eleanor Lawrie and Michael Buchanan Social affairs, BBC news Rachel Halliwell When 12-year-old Semina Halliwell was lying in hospital, she asked the consultant if she was going to die. Semina told him she had wanted “go to sleep for a couple of days”. She was placed in an induced coma but died soon after, on […]
Severe storms, flooding, snow and ice will occur over the weekend. FOX Weather Meteorologist Steve Bender breaks down the possibilities. Fast Facts: A major winter storm will pile more snow across over 25 states this weekend, creating a travel nightmare for hundreds of millions. The heaviest snow is expected in the interior Northeast, with strong […]
Mahmoud Muna inside a branch of the Educational Bookshop chain in East Jerusalem in July 2024. Sally Hayden/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Sally Hayden/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images For Mahmoud and Murad Muna, East Jerusalem’s Educational Bookshop is the backdrop of many of their earliest memories. “I crawled, walked and learned […]
When President Trump announced he would impose new tariffs on imports from countries around the world, he launched a frontal attack on the global free trade system created in the aftermath of World War II. Mr. Trump’s move, announced Thursday and set to begin as soon as April, represents a bet that the United States […]
Robert F Kennedy Jr, one of President Donald Trump’s most controversial cabinet picks, has been sworn in as the next US Health and Human Services Secretary. The former presidential candidate will now oversee key health agencies with about 80,000 employees and a trillion-dollar budget. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle had questioned his baseless […]
McLaughlin family Danielle McLaughlin’s body was found in Goa in 2017 A man has been found guilty of the rape and murder of an Irish woman backpacking in India. Danielle McLaughlin, 28, from County Donegal, was found dead in a field in the western state of Goa in March 2017. Vikat Bhagat was found guilty […]