Jerome H. Powell, chair of the Federal Reserve, said the central bank is focused on the “net effect” of President Trump’s sweeping economic agenda amid high uncertainty about which policies will actually be enacted, as he reiterated that officials are still not in a “hurry” to adjust interest rates. “As we parse the incoming information, […]
UK officials are checking for any possible cases of Lassa fever after a traveller to England, who has since returned to Nigeria, is known to have been infected. The virus does not spread easily between people, and the overall risk to the public is very low, experts advise. Anyone yet to be contacted by the […]
Chris Baraniuk Technology Reporter Getty Images They don’t look like much but these deep-sea nodules are rich in valuable metals There’s one. And another. This robot was hunting for rocks. A three-pronged claw descended from above and plucked a stone off the seabed. All the while, the autonomous machine’s on-board camera scanned for creatures that […]
As Congressional Republicans weigh major cuts to Medicaid, most voters do not want to see the public health plan’s funding dialed back, according to a poll released Friday by KFF, a nonpartisan health research firm. Just 17 percent of respondents said they supported cuts to Medicaid, the government health insurance program that covers more than […]
Kayleigh Harvey BBC Scotland News Getty Images Academics say AI poses a real challenge More than 600 Scottish students were accused of misusing AI during part of their studies last year – a rise of 121% on 2023 figures. According to a freedom of information request by BBC Scotland, less than 10 students were kicked […]
A hospital trust is investigating reports staff may have “inappropriately” accessed the medical records of the three people killed in the Nottingham attacks. Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar, both 19, and Ian Coates, 65, were stabbed to death by Valdo Calocane in the city in June 2023. Dr Manjeet Shehmar, medical director at Nottingham University […]
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks during a press conference on the sideline of the National People’s Congress in Beijing on Friday. Ng Han Guan/AP hide caption toggle caption Ng Han Guan/AP BEIJING — China’s top foreign policy official, Wang Yi, cast Beijing as a force for good and blasted the U.S. for being “two-faced” […]
Esyllt Carr Business Reporter Emma Simpson Business Correspondent BBC Janet Walters says victims of the Post Office scandal should be given compensation more urgently A widow whose husband was caught up in the Post Office Horizon scandal is calling for compensation payments for victims to be sped up after she received her husband’s offer of […]
NASA is aiming to send astronauts back to the moon, because that is what President Trump set as the destination of the agency’s human spaceflight program during his first term. On Dec. 11, 2017, Mr. Trump signed what the White House called Space Policy Directive 1, which stated that “the United States will lead the […]
Smitha Mundasad Health reporter, BBC News Getty Images School and nursery staff in the most deprived areas of England will be asked to supervise young children while they brush their teeth, under a national toothbrushing programme. Schemes are already running in some schools – but now dedicated central funding will reach the poorest areas where […]