As expected, the Dallas Mavericks select Cooper Flagg with top pick while Dylan Harper joins Victor Wembanyama at San Antonio Spurs. Cooper Flagg anticipated the moment for many months. Still, when the Duke product heard his name called Wednesday at No 1 overall in the NBA draft by the Dallas Mavericks, he experienced a flurry […]
Zohran Mamdani, New York City mayoral candidate, celebrates at an election night event in New York early Wednesday morning as he takes an early lead. Christian Monterrosa/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Christian Monterrosa/Bloomberg via Getty Images Zohran Mamdani is poised to become the Democratic nominee for New York City mayor, after leading […]
Police Scotland has issued interim guidance around searching transgender people after the landmark UK Supreme Court ruling on the definition of a woman. The force’s new five-page document, which covers searches carried out by transgender officers and staff, says searches will be undertaken on the basis of biological sex. This means searches will be carried […]
Please note that we are not authorised to provide any investment advice. The content on this page is for information purposes only. South Korea plans to introduce a stablecoin tied to its fiat currency (Won), and big commercial banks are set to lead the effort. On June 24, Bank of Korea Deputy Governor Ryoo Sang-dai […]
Mark Poynting Climate reporter, BBC News Getty Images More people are buying electric cars and installing heat pumps than ever before, but those numbers need to increase even further, according to the government’s climate advisers. The independent Climate Change Committee said that the government needed to make sure that households benefit from the switch to […]
BBC Inside an anonymous building in Oxford, Riley Jackson is frying a steak. The perfectly red fillet cut sizzles in the pan, its juices releasing a meaty aroma. But this is no ordinary steak. It was grown in the lab next door. What’s strangest of all is just how real it looks. The texture, when […]
A series of free GP-led online sessions are being held for people in Surrey to learn about women’s health conditions. The next webinar will take place on Tuesday evening and will discuss polycystic ovary syndrome, premenstrual syndrome and premenstrual dysphoric disorder. Later this year, there will be three further meetings to discuss endometriosis, fertility, cervical […]
Sen. Lisa Murkowski sits for a portrait in Newsportu’s New York office. Nickolai Hammar/Newsportu hide caption toggle caption Nickolai Hammar/Newsportu Sen. Lisa Murkowski, a moderate Republican from Alaska, has a reputation for bucking her party. She sometimes broke away from President Trump on key issues during his first term like the push to repeal the […]
Reuters The Trump administration said a Salvadoran man who was mistakenly deported and then brought back to the US on criminal charges will “never go free” on American soil, even though a judge ordered his release. Kilmar Ábrego García was deported in March as part of an immigration crackdown. Government officials said he was removed […]
President Gustavo Petro says freeing the seized soldiers ‘is imperative’. The Colombian army says more than 50 soldiers have been seized by civilians in a southwest mountainous area. A platoon of soldiers was the first to be seized on Saturday during an operation in El Tambo, a municipality that is part of an area known […]