Pete Alonso, the first baseman known for his signature power and zest for hitting home runs, has agreed to a two-year, $54 million contract to return to the New York Mets, league sources confirmed to The Athletic on Wednesday. The deal, which will pay Alonso $30 million in 2025, includes a player option for $24 […]
Surgeons in Boston successfully transplanted the kidney of a genetically modified pig into a 66-year-old man with kidney failure last month, Massachusetts General Hospital announced on Friday. It was the fourth pig kidney transplant in the United States, and the first of three that will be done at Mass General as part of a new […]
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 […]
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 […]
President Trump met this week with the PGA Tour commissioner, the tour said on Thursday, as the Justice Department considers whether to approve a venture between the United States’ premier golf circuit and one backed by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund. The meeting at the White House on Tuesday was an unusual foray for an […]
Michael Dempsey Technology Reporter David Boutflour David Boutflour – from lorry driver to space systems engineer David Boutflour’s background is as far from the glamour of space launches as it’s possible to imagine. The 31-year-old worked in hospitality for nine years, becoming the general manager for a gastro-pub in Cheshire. But it wasn’t the real […]
The White House is following through on its plan to cut back on news subscriptions inside government agencies. A spokeswoman for the Agriculture Department, Audra Weeks, said on Thursday that the agency had canceled its subscriptions to Politico Pro, a news and information service, after reviewing its media contracts. It was not immediately clear whether […]
Michelle Roberts Digital health editor, BBC News BBC More than 100,000 women are believed to have had mesh implants fitted between 2007 and 2015 Women harmed by pelvic mesh implants are still waiting for government compensation a year after a major report called for urgent action. Patient safety commissioner Dr Henrietta Hughes, who made that […]
In this photo illustration, a message appears on the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) website on Feb. 5. The Trump administration issued a directive late Tuesday night that all USAID direct hire personnel will be placed on administrative leave globally Friday at midnight. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Amid […]