For three years, the U.S. economy has been buffeted by rapid inflation, high interest rates and political instability at home and abroad. Yet it has proved surprisingly resilient, supported by the sturdy pillars of robust consumer spending, a rising stock market, and healthy balance sheets for households and businesses alike. But one by one, those […]
Pierluigi Collina has said supporters will get a “new experience” at this summer’s FIFA Club World Cup with footage from the referee’s body camera available to broadcasters during matches. Fans could get the perspective of goals, free kicks, tackles and attacking moves from the view of the referee immediately after they happen. Body cameras have […]
So sharp are partisan divisions these days that it can seem as if people are experiencing entirely different realities. Maybe they actually are, according to Leor Zmigrod, a neuroscientist and political psychologist at Cambridge University. In a new book, “The Ideological Brain: The Radical Science of Flexible Thinking,” Dr. Zmigrod explores the emerging evidence that […]
The Skechers SKX_1.5 signature style follows an incredible year where he earned the 2024 European Golden Boot as Europe’s best goal scorer and recently made history by becoming the first English player to score 10 goals in a Champions League campaign. The Bayern Munich star debuted the boots on April 4, scoring a goal as […]
President Trump’s global trade war has significantly raised the bar for the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates, as tariffs risk worsening an already knotty inflation problem while also damaging growth. Jerome H. Powell, the Fed chair, drove home that message in a hotly anticipated speech at the end of a turbulent week as financial […]
The news seemed big: That the Trump administration was considering a 90-day pause to his expansive tariffs. The problem was, it wasn’t true. But in a sign of the precarious nature of the markets right now, an unsubstantiated online report spiked shares sharply, albeit briefly, and continued to climb after CNBC and Reuters relayed the […]
Fighting has been reported in Myanmar despite the military junta and a rebel group alliance announcing temporary ceasefires to support earthquake relief. As of Friday, the military had carried out at least 14 attacks since the ceasefire, according to reports received by the UN Human Rights office. The military accused two rebel groups in the […]
After three days of global market turmoil not seen since the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, stocks in Asia regained a measure of calm on Tuesday despite little let up in the escalating trade tensions caused by President Trump’s tariffs. Before markets opened in China, the government unleashed a series of measures to stabilize […]
Getty Images Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer visiting a Jaguar Land Rover car factory on Monday along with Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves As if the economic picture in the UK wasn’t shaky already, it has now got shakier still. The cost of living is continuing to bite for many and people will worry […]
A season that was supposed to be defined by parity instead ended with the two most iconic brands in women’s basketball meeting in the national title game and UConn adding a historic record 12th title. Those programs once again top the field in this way-too-early look at 2025-26. As is tradition in these power rankings, […]