With the calendar about to flip over to April, we’re down to three weeks left in the regular season. And that means we don’t have many of these columns left. The finish line is in sight. It’s safe to assume the last few weeks will be dedicated to breaking down the various playoff races, unless […]
Maddy Savage BBC News, Helsinki BBC Jose Barrientos builds headsets for military training Wearing a laboratory coat and thin silver gloves, production specialist Jose Barrientos is painstakingly piecing together a white-framed goggle-like headset. It includes multiple cameras, eye-tracking technologies and electronics that work together to simulate scenarios from high stakes military operations. “Everything has to […]
Relations between the Trump administration and the White House press corps deteriorated further on Monday, as journalists pushed back on new plans to change their working arrangements in the West Wing. The latest skirmish came as the administration said that it would consider taking control of the reporters’ seating chart in the James S. Brady […]
BBC Mike Jones said higher costs are driving some customers across the border A dry cleaner has said businesses just 10 miles away can charge a quarter of the price for services due to differing energy prices between regions. Small and medium-sized businesses in north Wales and Merseyside are expected to pay 13% more in […]
Reuters A detainee is moved at a prison in Tecoluca, El Salvador, last week, during a visit by US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. The prisoners were joined The Trump administration has deported 17 more alleged gang members to El Salvador, the US state department said Monday, despite legal battles over removing people to the […]
MaryLou Costa Business reporter Happy Visuals Goteborg Gothenburg’s local authority is seeking to highlight its green credentials Gothenburg, Sweden’s second city, is highlighting its environmental credentials by continuing to put its money on the line. Back in 2022, the City of Gothenburg, became what is believed to be the first local government in the world […]
President Trump has said that his aim in imposing tariffs is to force companies to move production back to the United States. If manufacturers make their goods in America, he argues, they won’t have to pay the tariffs. But the latest revenue projections proffered by his administration call into question what Mr. Trump wants to […]
Welcome back to the Monday Tennis Briefing, where The Athletic will explain the stories behind the stories from the past week on court. This week, the Miami Open crowned its champions, with Aryna Sabalenka and Jakub Menšík taking the singles titles. Elsewhere, men’s world No. 1 Jannik Sinner had a great hard-court swing while playing just one […]
A proposed change to banking rules will increase significantly the amount of savers’ money that is protected when a bank or building society goes under. The planned increase takes into account inflation since the limit was last set in 2017, the body which supervises UK banks, the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) said. If a financial […]
President Trump’s sweeping tariffs are expected to raise the cost of cars, electronics, metals, lumber, pharmaceuticals and other products that American consumers and businesses buy from overseas. But Mr. Trump and his advisers are betting that it can sell an inflation-weary public on a provocative idea: Cheap stuff is not the American dream. “I couldn’t […]