A foul cell in a Moscow detention center was about the last place an American businessman named Michael Calvey expected to find himself after spending 25 years building a flourishing venture capital firm in Russia that transformed some tech startups into global brands. First, beefy agents from the F.S.B., the federal security service, ransacked his […]
With the addition of 2024, yet another record-hot year, the past 10 years have been the 10 hottest in nearly 200 years of record-keeping, the World Meteorological Organization reports. “That’s never happened before,” said Chris Hewitt, the director of the W.M.O.’s climate services division. It marks the first time since record keeping began that all […]
AFP Dhoni, who turns 44 in July, is playing his 18th straight IPL season As Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 unfolds, all eyes are on MS Dhoni who continues to command superstar status in Indian cricket despite retiring from international cricket in 2020. Dhoni continues to be a key figure in the world’s richest cricket […]
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation’s health secretary, on Saturday instructed leaders of the nonprofit he founded to take down a web page that mimicked the design of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s site but laid out a case that vaccines cause autism. The page had been published on a site apparently registered […]
President Trump and first lady Melania Trump stand before sending off former President Joe Biden and Jill Biden to board a Marine helicopter en route to Joint Base Andrews after the inauguration on Jan. 20, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption toggle caption Evan Vucci/AP President Trump said he has revoked […]
Mar 21, 2025, 07:30 PM ET LONDON — Thomas Tuchel’s unveiling as the third foreign coach in England’s history may have irked some sections of the fanbase — but it seems that three news conferences and Friday’s victorious 90-minute opening salvo have done enough to generate a fair amount of belief from supporters and players […]
Laura Kuenssberg Presenter, Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg•@bbclaurak BBC The Spring Statement is fast approaching – and the chancellor faces tough choices Chancellor Rachel Reeves has ruled out “tax and spend” policies, signalling that she will neither raise taxes nor government budgets in her critical Spring Statement next week. Speaking in a BBC documentary, The Making […]
There’s nothing worse than a noisy neighbor when you are trying to have a nice meal — even if that meal consists of liquefying the insides of your prey before sucking them back up. New research shows that some spiders living in cities somehow weave soundproofing designs into the fabric of their webs to manage […]
MINNEAPOLIS — About 35 minutes before the Minnesota Timberwolves were set to tip off against the New Orleans Pelicans on Friday night, an eruption could be heard in the back hallways of Target Center. It came from the locker room, and the timing seemed odd for a team that was in the doldrums after two […]
Kitty Dukakis, an activist first lady of Massachusetts and humanitarian who overcame alcoholism and depression with the help of electroconvulsive therapy, then became a proponent of the treatment with her husband, Michael S. Dukakis, the former Massachusetts governor and the 1988 Democratic presidential nominee, died on Friday night at her home in Brookline, Mass. She […]