Follow live coverage of day one at The Open 2024 from Royal Troon today TROON, Scotland — The questions came every single day, one after the other, pressing Scottie Scheffler about whether he’d leave the Masters if his wife went into labor with their first child. The entire week was framed around this emotional crossroads […]
Getty Images A swarm of mosquitoes, the insects that spread malaria when they drink blood Millions of lives are at risk unless urgent and radical action is taken to stop drug-resistant malaria spreading in Africa, scientists warn. Malaria parasites that can shrug off the effects of the critical drug artemisinin are now well-established in East […]
Pret A Manger customers have reacted with anger after the coffee and sandwich chain announced it would be changing its subscription offer. Under the current system subscribers can order up to five coffees a day for a monthly fee of £30. But from September, Pret said it will instead offer up to five half-price coffees […]
35 minutes ago By Sam Cabral, BBC News, Washington Getty Images The UFC chief describes Trump as ‘the ultimate American badass’ A combat sports executive and one of Donald Trump’s most outspoken supporters outside of politics will take the stage Thursday night just before the Republican presidential nominee – days after an assassination attempt – has his […]
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A new law is set to prevent any future government from sidelining the UK’s independent forecaster from assessing its economic plans like former prime minister Liz Truss did for her short-lived mini-budget. Powers will be given to the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) to make judgements on any major taxation or spending announcements in a […]
6 hours ago By Vanessa Buschschlüter, BBC News Twitter/@VenteVenezuela Milciades Ávila was arrested at a house he was staying at on Wednesday morning The head of security of Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has been detained, members of their party say. The security chief, Milciades Ávila, was taken away from the house where he was staying […]
Special Counsel Jack Smith formally filed notice on Wednesday that he will appeal a Florida judge’s decision to dismiss the 40-count mishandling of classified documents and obstruction case against former president Donald Trump. The appeal, laying out Smith’s argument for why the case should not be dismissed, is expected to land in coming weeks in […]
Russia and China swarmed X and other social media platforms hours after the shooting at a Trump campaign rally in Butler, Pa., seizing on the most prominent assassination attempt of the internet era to stoke disorder, in part by blaming President Biden and other Democrats for the violence. “Biden calls Trump ‘threat to the nation,’ […]
There has been outrage in Italy after a female tourist in Florence was pictured miming a lewd act on a statue of the Roman god Bacchus. In the photos – which were shared online by the social media account Welcome To Florence – the woman can also be seen kissing the life-size statue at nighttime. […]