US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order ending a US government effort to replace plastic straws with paper. The order, which takes effect immediately, reverses a measure signed by former President Joe Biden, who had called plastic pollution a “crisis”. Last week, Trump – who sold branded plastic straws during his 2020 election […]
Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Feb 10, 2025, 02:13 PM ET Carlo Ancelotti said Manchester City vs. Real Madrid “feels like a Clásico now” as the teams prepare to meet in the Champions League for the fourth season in a row, and backed the tie’s winner to “go far in the competition.” In previous years, City […]
Imran Rahman-Jones Technology reporter Getty Images Four major artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots are inaccurately summarising news stories, according to research carried out by the BBC. The BBC gave OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Microsoft’s Copilot, Google’s Gemini and Perplexity AI content from the BBC website then asked them questions about the news. It said the resulting answers contained […]
NEW ORLEANS — This time around, Travis Kelce offered no boisterous bellows. The Kansas City Chiefs tight end had nothing to sing about Sunday night while on the opposite end of the Super Bowl spectrum from a year ago. Last February, Kelce stood atop the world, smooching Taylor Swift and belting out the Beastie Boys’ […]
America has seen this movie before: President Trump, who imposed stiff tariffs on Monday on imported steel and aluminum, did so once before, in 2018. So domestic industries have a pretty good idea of how the story ends. Manufacturers of trucks, appliances and construction equipment scramble to find U.S. sources of metal inputs, keeping steel […]
In becoming the most successful quarterback in NFL history, Tom Brady walked to the line of scrimmage with the answers to the test. As if his mind were working in 4-D, he knew the defense’s plan, as well as his opponent’s. His lightning-quick processing resulted in seven rings and the title of the greatest NFL […]
The new king of the Chinese box office is an adorably ugly, demonic child fighting off monsters. In less than two weeks since its release, “Ne Zha 2,” an animated film based loosely on Chinese mythology and a famous 16th century novel, has become the highest-grossing movie ever in China, with more than $1 billion […]
Find out who is missing through injury, who’s in a race against time to prove their fitness and who has been ruled out through suspension for the next round of UEFA Champions League fixtures. Positions: Goalkeeper (GK), Defender (D), Left-back (LB), Right-back (RB), Centre-back (CB), Midfielder (M), Defensive midfield (DM), Central midfield (CM), Left midfield […]
The inner core of Earth may have changed shape in the past 20 years, according to a group of scientists. The inner core is usually thought to be shaped like a ball, but its edges may actually have deformed by 100m or more in height in places, according to Prof John Vidale who led the […]
Flags fly outside the U.S. Education Department in Washington, D.C. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Alex Wong/Getty Images An independent research arm within the U.S. Department of Education is being all but shut down, employees of the department say. The Institute of Education Sciences (IES) is responsible for gathering and disseminating data on […]