Jan 31, 2025, 11:16 AM ET Former Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) chief Luis Rubiales will stand trial beginning on Monday for his unsolicited kiss of national team player Jenni Hermoso. Rubiales faces one count of sexual assault and one of coercion for his alleged actions in the aftermath of the kiss. The offences carry […]
AstraZeneca has scrapped plans to invest £450m in expanding a vaccine manufacturing plant in Merseyside, blaming a reduction in government support. The pharmaceutical giant has announced its decision just two days after Chancellor Rachel Reeves set out Labour’s plan to go “further and faster” to boost economic growth. AstraZeneca said that after “protracted” talks, a […]
LOS ANGELES — Two offseasons ago, Tyler Herro thought his time with the Miami Heat was over. Herro was immersed in trade rumors as the league awaited a seemingly inevitable deal sending Damian Lillard to Miami and Herro to Portland. The idea: Lillard, a perennial All-Star, would join Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo as the […]
Dominique Pelicot, who drugged and raped his then wife Gisèle and recruited dozens of men to abuse her over almost a decade, has been questioned over two other attacks dating back to the 1990s. The 72-year-old Frenchman, who was jailed for 20 years in December, is being investigated over the alleged rape and murder of […]
General Motors executives are closely tracking President Trump’s plans to impose tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico, but the company is not yet making any major changes to its strategy in North America. The automaker has pulled together an “extensive playbook” of possible options but won’t put them in place “until the world changes […]
Patrick Dorgu is waiting for the green light to travel to the U.K and complete his move to Manchester United, a source has told ESPN. United have verbally agreed a deal worth around €35 million ($36.3m) with Lecce for the left-back. He’s set to travel to Manchester to undergo a medical before completing his move […]
High inflation is stoking fresh debate about how the Federal Reserve should respond to President Trump’s sweeping plans to reorder the world economy through tariffs, leading to questions about whether old playbooks still apply. On Saturday, Mr. Trump is poised to impose 25 percent tariffs on imports from Mexico and Canada as well as an […]
Doug Burgum, a promoter of oil and gas, was confirmed by the Senate on Thursday to lead the Interior Department, a role in which he will oversee drilling and mining policies on federal lands and waters. The 79-18 vote for Mr. Burgum puts him in charge of nearly 500 million acres of public land, 1.7 […]
Let’s be clear: ESPN NFL insider extraordinaire Adam Schefter loves his job. The moves, the exchanging of information and, maybe most of all, the relationships. That doesn’t mean he never feels like he’s in a “cage,” a prisoner to the pressure of being first and right on every incessant NFL move. He’s been covering the […]
Tory bid to celebrate Brexit anniversary marred by spat between Badenoch and Patel over party’s migration record Good morning. It is five years to the day since the UK left the European Union. Despite complaints from some of the pro-Brexit papers, Keir Starmer and the government are not planning anything today to mark the occasion […]