The diamond ring effect as well as Bailey’s Beads are seen as the moon eclipses the sun on April 8, 2024, in Fort Worth, Texas. Ron Jenkins/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Ron Jenkins/Getty Images There is nothing like being in the path of totality during a total solar eclipse. “For just a few minutes, […]
Just in: Lawyers for Elon Musk said he’d withdraw his $97.4 billion bid for control of OpenAI if the company halted its efforts to become a for-profit enterprise. More below. Separately: You might recall that several years ago I wrote a series of columns, following a raft of mass shootings, that inspired the creation of […]
Billy Kenber Politics investigations correspondent Phil Kemp Political producer Getty Images Rachel Reeves’s online CV exaggerated how long she spent working at the Bank of England. The Chancellor left the financial institution nine months earlier than she stated in her LinkedIn profile. This means she spent five and a half years working at the bank […]
A man has died after a crash on the A90 in Aberdeenshire, police have said. Emergency services were called to the A90 near Laurencekirk at about 10:20 on Wednesday after the two-vehicle accident. The 62-year-old male passenger of a van involved was pronounced dead at the scene. The 43-year-old male driver of the van was […]
Strange things live in the depths of the ocean. Even the light of the sun cannot penetrate the inky blackness below. The pressure of the water above is crushing. And yet life somehow survives, adapted to that strange world. Many of the fish there are partly luminescent to attract prey. They are omnivores, making up […]
The British economy eked out growth at the end of last year, data published on Thursday showed, slightly easing the pressure on the government as it tries to quicken the pace of economic growth. Gross domestic product increased 0.1 percent in the last three months of 2024, following zero growth in the previous quarter. Most […]
Ben Chu BBC Verify policy and analysis correspondent Getty Images The amount of money the UK spends on health, predominantly on the NHS, has been rising for decades. And as the UK population ages and people demand access to new medicines and treatments, there is every likelihood that the national bill will continue to grow. […]
Not so long ago, Taiwan basked in seemingly boundless, bipartisan support in Washington, where the island has long been regarded as a valiant democratic partner against China. Now, a few weeks into President Donald J. Trump’s second term, Taiwan is adjusting to a shift in its relationship with the United States, its primary backer — […]
Federal electricity regulators on Tuesday approved a proposal from the nation’s largest electric grid operator that could effectively give new natural gas power plants priority in connecting to the grid over renewable energy sources like solar and wind. The decision, by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, comes as the United States faces the prospect of […]
After every game, when the duties of that night are complete and Jalen Brunson has a chance to unwind, he opens his phone to dozens and dozens of messages on social media. It doesn’t matter if he scores 40 points or 20 points. It doesn’t matter if the New York Knicks win by 30 points, […]