Ireland’s parliament has elected Simon Harris as the country’s new and youngest-ever prime minister, to succeed Leo Varadkar following his surprising resignation last month. On Tuesday, parliament members erupted in cheers as Harris’s nomination was confirmed 88-69, after securing support from some independent lawmakers, as well as his coalition partners Fianna Fail and Green Party. The […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Tesla has settled a long-running lawsuit over the 2018 death of a former Apple engineer whose vehicle veered off a highway in Northern California, court documents say, avoiding a lengthy jury trial over what role its driver-assistance technology may have played in the crash. Details of the settlement were not disclosed in […]
Special counsel Jack Smith on Monday urged the Supreme Court to reject Donald Trump’s “novel and sweeping” claim that he is immune from criminal prosecution on charges of conspiring to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. “The President’s constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed does not entail a […]
Troops swapped places in Paris and London on Monday to mark 120 years since the Entente Cordiale was signed. British troops from Number 7 Company, the Coldstream Guards, took part in a changing of the guard ceremony at the Élysée Palace, while members of French Republican Guard did the same at Buckingham Palace. France is […]
Former President Donald Trump says abortion policy should be left to the states. Megan Briggs/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Megan Briggs/Getty Images Former President Donald Trump says abortion policy should be left to the states. Megan Briggs/Getty Images Former President Donald Trump on Monday made a long-awaited announcement on abortion policy, saying abortion should […]
Matt Blake texted Cleveland Guardians pitcher Shane Bieber a conciliatory message over the weekend. As a member of the Cleveland player-development system in the 2010s, Blake aided Bieber’s rise from college walk-on to unanimous American League Cy Young Award winner in 2020. For a time, Bieber represented the modern model for the manufacturing of a […]
Harry Brook reached his fifty at Headingley off just 35 balls and needed another 33 balls to get to his century Vitality County Championship Division Two, Headingley (day four) Leicestershire 354: Mike 90, Harris 56, Scriven 56; Milnes 4-73, Hill 3-55 & 20-0 Yorkshire 264-6 dec: Lyth 101, Brook 100*; Mike 4-44 Leicestershire (13 pts) […]
Post Office minister: people responsible for the Horizon scandal ‘should go to jail’ Post Office minister Kevin Hollinrake has said people responsible for the Horizon scandal “should go to jail” in an interview on BBC Breakfast. Without specifically naming any one person, he told viewers: The inquiry is unearthing the evidence, what you see now […]
Elon Musk said Sunday that X would defy an order by Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes to block some accounts amid a growing confrontation between the social media company and the country’s judiciary over free speech and misinformation. His stance prompted a response from Moraes, who announced an inquiry into Musk over potential […]
As the war enters its 774th day, these are the main developments. Here is the situation on Monday, April 8, 2024. Fighting Ukraine’s military said that fighting around the front line city of Chasiv Yar was “difficult” and “tense” but that its forces were resisting Russian air and infantry attacks. Ivan Fedorov, the head of […]