Jul 31, 2024, 12:26 PM ET The group stage of the 2024 Olympic Games women’s soccer tournament draws to a close on Wednesday, with Canada’s women looking to overcome the odds and qualify despite having six points deducted over a drone-spying scandal. Here’s what Canada needs to do to get through to the quarterfinals, and […]
Independent Age Rob Trewhella is “annoyed and angry” to miss out on the payment Plans to scrap winter fuel payments to most pensioners have been met with dismay by some of those who will lose out. About 10 million older people will no longer qualify for the benefit, which is worth between £100 and £300, […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Elon Musk’s social media platform X suspended “White Dudes for Harris” Monday night, shortly after a massive fundraising call where almost 200,000 people helped raise more than $4 million for the vice president and presumptive Democratic nominee. The account, @dudes4harris, was reinstated Tuesday morning after it was blocked hours before because of […]
Please note that we are not authorised to provide any investment advice. The content on this page is for information purposes only. The US federal court has issued a major penalty for Abner Alejandro Tinoco and his company, Kikit & Mess Investments LLC. According to reports, the firm and its owner must pay over $31 […]
Vice President Harris speaks during a campaign rally in Atlanta on July 30, 2024. John Bazemore/AP hide caption toggle caption John Bazemore/AP ATLANTA — Vice President Harris used the biggest event of her campaign thus far to take on one of her biggest political liabilities: the reoccurring surges in migration at the southern U.S. border […]
The chancellor has said the government will likely raise some taxes in October’s Budget after months of speculation about Labour’s stance on tax. “I think we will have to increase taxes in the Budget,” Rachel Reeves told the News Agents podcast. She was responding to a question about raising money following her claim on Monday […]
PA Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s decision to scrap planned changes to the care system in England has been described as a “tragedy” by Sir Andrew Dilnot, the man who authored the proposals in 2011. Speaking to the BBC’s Today programme, Sir Andrew said: “We’ve failed another generation of families.” He said it was another example of […]
Social media influencer and wedding dress designer Hayley Paige is set to testify at a Senate hearing Tuesday about banning noncompete agreements, the latest example of how members of the Senate are using online influencers to push their policy initiatives and educate the public about their legislative efforts. Paige, who has over 1.1 million followers […]
He might not have been the outright favourite, but this was to have been his night. After silver in this event in the Tokyo Games, the wee boy from Alloa was going to be the big man in Paris. But instead he was left gawping at the huge scoreboards in this incredible tub of noise, […]
Kamala Harris, then the San Francisco District Attorney, poses for a portrait on June 18, 2004. Marcio Jose Sanchez/Associated Press hide caption toggle caption Marcio Jose Sanchez/Associated Press Two days before President Biden announced he would step back from his push for a second term, his campaign chair Jen O’Malley Dillon, appeared on television, insisting […]