Chevron, the second-largest U.S. oil and gas company, said on Wednesday that it would lay off as much as 20 percent of its work force, or up to around 9,000 people, as part of a cost-cutting effort. While the cuts are deeper than at other oil companies, they are in keeping with a broad trend […]
Asha Patel BBC News, Nottingham BBC Sarah and Gary Andrews watched as Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) NHS Trust was prosecuted for the second time due to maternity failings The parents of a baby girl who died 23 minutes after being born under the care of an NHS trust have slammed the organisation for “empty promises” […]
Kevin Peachey Cost of living correspondent Getty Images Two major lenders launched mortgage deals on Thursday with interest rates of less than 4%, as competition picks up in the sector. The prospect of further cuts in the base rate by the Bank of England has given mortgage providers confidence to reduce their own rates. But […]
Sophie Hutchinson & Philippa Roxby Health correspondent Getty Images Programmes to tackle HIV, polio, mpox and bird flu have been affected by the freeze on tens of billions of dollars of overseas aid from the US, says the head of the World Health Organization (WHO). US President Donald Trump has taken steps to close the […]
Erling Haaland scored against Real Madrid for the first time in his career. And then scored another. But Manchester City still lost at home to the Champions League holders. It will have felt all too familiar for Pep Guardiola and his team as they threw away a 2-1 lead with four minutes of normal time […]
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spent the first day of his back-to-back confirmation hearings deftly avoiding questions about his views on vaccines. On the second day, when a prominent Republican senator insisted there was no link between vaccines and autism, Mr. Kennedy shot back that a new study “showed the opposite.” “I just want to follow […]
Brendan Carr, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, has ordered an investigation into the diversity, equity and inclusion programs at Comcast, the parent company of NBC News and Universal Studios. In a letter sent to Brian Roberts, Comcast’s chairman, on Tuesday, Mr. Carr said the F.C.C. would look into D.E.I. practices broadly at many […]
The No. 2 official at the National Institutes of Health abruptly resigned and retired from government service on Tuesday, in another sign that the Trump administration is reshaping the nation’s public health and biomedical research institutions. The official, Dr. Lawrence A. Tabak, a dentist and researcher, was long considered a steadying force and had weathered […]
A man who served 17 years in prison for a rape he did not commit has received the first part of a compensation payment, his lawyer has said. Andrew Malkinson had his conviction quashed in 2023 after years protesting his innocence, but has waited since then for compensation. The 59-year-old, who was a security guard […]
Whether we look at MMA, submission grappling, Muay Thai, or Kickboxing there is a wealth of global-level talent – and one of them is Morocco’s Ilias Ennahachi. Never defeated for his title A former ONE Flyweight Kickboxing World Champion, Ennahachi was never defeated for his title. Instead, it was only the scales able to get […]