PA Media John Swinney moved the announcement forward ahead of next year’s Scottish Parliament elections NHS Scotland will deliver an extra 100,000 appointments in GP surgeries in a bid to end the 08:00 “lottery”, First Minister John Swinney has pledged. The SNP leader made the announcement as he unveiled his administration’s programme for government 12 […]
Paul Kirby and Jessica Parker In London and Berlin Reuters A second vote was agreed on Tuesday afternoon, hours after Merz’s initial defeat Conservative leader Friedrich Merz has won a parliament vote to become Germany’s next chancellor at the second attempt. Merz had initially fallen six votes short of the absolute majority he needed on […]
Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez May 5, 2025, 11:24 AM ET Real Madrid want Trent Alexander-Arnold to join them for this summer’s Club World Cup, sources have told ESPN, and now plan talks with Liverpool to negotiate an early release from his contract. The Premier League club confirmed on Monday that Alexander-Arnold had “informed Liverpool FC […]
Few voters have as much power over climate change as an Australian citizen. Among democracies, only the United States and Canada come close to Australia in terms of per capita greenhouse gas emissions. The country is also one of the world’s biggest exporters of planet-warming fossil fuels, selling coal, the most polluting fossil fuel, as […]
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent urged skittish global business leaders on Monday to ignore President Trump’s economic naysayers and ramp up investment in the United States, defending an economic agenda that economists warn will slow economic growth and exacerbate inflation. Speaking to executives, entrepreneurs and policymakers, Mr. Bessent argued that the Trump administration’s economic plans go […]
Barcelona are looking at signing Bayern Munich winger Leroy Sané at the end of his contract, while Manchester United have begun initial talks over a move to land on-loan Galatasaray striker Victor Osimhen when he returns to Napoli. Join us for the latest transfer news, rumors and gossip from around the globe. Transfers homepage | […]
Hundreds of opposition protesters dressed in red and black have condemned a decision by Ghana’s president to suspend the country’s chief justice, and are demanding that she be reinstated with immediate effect. They accuse President John Mahama of violating the constitution by failing to follow due process, and say he is interfering in the independence […]
Andrew Wozniak, a chemical oceanographer at the University of Delaware, struggled to process what his eyes were taking in. Dr. Wozniak was parked on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean beneath nearly 1.6 miles of water in Alvin, a research submersible. As far as he could see lay a mostly barren expanse of jet-black rock. […]
A verdict is expected Tuesday in Liga MX club León’s legal dispute with FIFA over entry to the Club World Cup in the United States next month. The Court of Arbitration for Sport is hosting León’s appeal Monday which aims to overturn expulsion by FIFA because the club is in the same ownership group as […]
Scotland internationals Scott McTominay and Billy Gilmour are on the brink of a Serie A title with Napoli. A Taste Of Scotland Tour With Napoli on course to win their fourth Serie A title, it’s not without good reason that the good footballing folk of Naples appear to be coming down with a serious, delirious case […]