There are certain figures who hover into view at key moments of history, defining eras despite having little control over events. You might remember Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf, who was dubbed by the UK media as ‘Comical Ali’ and became famous towards the end of the 2003 invasion of Iraq in his role as the country’s […]
The fate of debt-laden Thames Water will become clearer as soon as tomorrow. The Court of Appeal is expected to decide whether the company’s plan to borrow a further £3bn to avoid collapse can proceed or whether it upholds objections from a small group of creditors and Liberal Democrat MP Charlie Maynard. If it approves […]
Mar 15, 2025, 04:53 PM ET While Pep Guardiola and Manchester City are in the unlikeliest of positions having to battle desperately for a Champions League berth next season, the manager did not mince his words in describing the enormity of the challenge. City dropped points in a 2-2 Premier League home draw with Brighton […]
President Trump speaks during a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office of the White House on Thursday in Washington, D.C. On Saturday, Trump invoked a 1790s law declaring members of Tren de Aragua to be alien enemies for immediate detention and removal from the U.S. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption […]
After the dot-com bubble burst in the early 2000s, Lars Staack decided to play it safe and invest his retirement savings in S&P 500 index funds, which are diversified and carry lower risk than owning individual stocks. It was a strategy that brought him peace of mind for more than two decades — until President […]
Health Secretary Wes Streeting has said there is a “risk of disruption” in the NHS as he attempts to overhaul the service and reduce waste, but has promised long-term improvements. On Thursday, Streeting announced NHS England, a public administrative body, would be scrapped to save money and give ministers more control of health services. The […]
After climbing into a Tesla Model S last week, President Trump pledged to buy one. The next day, the Fox News host Sean Hannity said he had bought a Model S Plaid to support the embattled company, saying a Tesla “has more American parts in it than any other car made in our country.” In […]
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. — Collin Morikawa walked into the TPC Sawgrass media center Tuesday morning, less than 48 hours after his deflating missed opportunity Sunday at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, with a hundred reporters homed in on one question asked in a dozen different ways. Why didn’t you win? And Morikawa owned his loss. […]
Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images Richard Meddings, a former banker, is the chair of NHS England The chair of NHS England has said he does not disagree with the abolishing of the organisation – although he warns that the buck will now stop with ministers. “There will no longer be a separate vehicle that can […]
An asteroid-chasing spacecraft just swung past Mars on Wednesday. As it zipped by, it took hundreds of shots of the Red Planet, as well as several snaps of Deimos, one of the two small Martian moons. The operators of the European Space Agency’s Hera spacecraft were bewitched by the sci-fi aesthetics of the pictures. “We […]