BERLIN, Germany — In the Estrel Hotel, a 20-minute drive to the southeast of the German capital, in a room filled with 160 numbered desks, officials from more than 300 clubs and representatives of more than 80 agencies are gathered to talk transfers. There are owners and general managers, sporting directors and scouts, agents and […]
Kevin Peachey Cost of living correspondent Getty Images An estimated four million fewer people are donating money to charity compared to before Covid, owing to squeezed household budgets and a lack of interest from younger individuals. A survey by the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) found that just half of the people it asked made donations […]
Myanmar has been hit by a magnitude 7.7 earthquake, which also affected neighbouring Thailand, its tremors felt as far afield as Cambodia and India. Much of the devastation caused by Friday’s quake appeared to be in Myanmar’s ancient capital of Mandalay, close to the epicentre in the Sagaing region, where buildings toppled and infrastructure buckled. […]
Charlie Javice, who made big headlines in 2023 when JPMorgan Chase accused her of faking her start-up’s customer list, was found guilty in federal court Friday of three counts of fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit fraud. She now faces the possibility of decades in prison. The bank has its own civil lawsuit […]
Wigan Warriors full-back Jai Field has signed a new four-year deal at the reigning Super League champions. The 27-year-old joined Wigan from NRL side Parramatta Eels in 2021 but suffered an injury-hit start during his debut against Leigh Leopards. He went on to return later that year and had a breakthrough campaign in 2022, winning […]
Trevor Milton, who was convicted by a federal jury in 2022 of defrauding investors in the electric truck maker Nikola, has received a pardon from President Trump, the White House confirmed. Mr. Milton, who founded and is the former chief executive of Nikola, was sentenced to four years in prison and fined $1 million after […]
More than a month after Washington and Kyiv first haggled over a deal to grant the United States a major stake in Ukraine’s mineral, oil and gas development projects, the two sides are back to square one in the negotiations. Washington has sent Kyiv a new proposal that restates the sweeping financial demands from an […]
President Trump speaks at the White House on Thursday, when he signed an executive order targeting WilmerHale, marking the latest expansion of the president’s campaign against law firms tied to his political enemies or investigations into his actions. Chris Kleponis/CNP/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Chris Kleponis/CNP/Bloomberg via Getty Images Two major law […]
The canary in the coal mine CoreWeave just pulled off the first big initial public offering this year — and the results were far from heartening. The company, which rents computing power to the artificial intelligence industry, shrank its I.P.O. far below initial expectations before Friday’s anticipated trading debut. That’s even after Nvidia, which owns […]
The woman who murdered singer Selena Quintanilla-Perez was denied early release from prison in Texas on Thursday. Yolanda Saldívar was sentenced to life in prison for the 1995 murder of the Tejano singer who became a music icon in the US. When Saldívar was sentenced, she was given the possibility of parole after serving 30 […]