The announcement comes amid a legal battle over the government’s decision to fire the top security official last month. Israel’s domestic security chief Ronen Bar has said he would stand down on June 15, following weeks of boiling tensions with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who cited a lack of trust as he attempted to fire […]
A major power cut across large parts of Spain and Portugal has resulted in dozens of flights being cancelled as well as disruption to rail and road networks. Some 96 departing flights from Portuguese airports have been grounded so far, with the country’s capital city airport in Lisbon worst affected. A total of 45 flights […]
Apr 27, 2025, 03:46 PM ET Arsenal reached their first Women’s Champions League final in 18 years on Sunday, taking down French powerhouse Lyon with a remarkable 4-1 away win. Lyon manager Joe Montemurro, who used to coach Arsenal, said the game’s outcome was “unexplainable,” with the French side having entered with a 2-1 advantage […]
Prescription charges in England will be frozen this year – for the first time since 2022. The charge for a single item will remain at £9.90 in 2025-26, the government has announced. Three-month and annual prescriptions prepayment certificates will also be frozen and existing exemptions will continue. Charges only apply in England as prescriptions are […]
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., left, and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., hold a news conference on passing the budget resolution in the U.S. Capitol on April 10, 2025. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Imag/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. hide caption toggle caption Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, […]
Basic research conducted by America’s universities is crucial to our world-class entrepreneurial culture. How do we know this? Let’s take a short tour through the White House. The venture capitalist David Sacks of Craft Ventures runs the White House’s Council of Advisers on Science and Technology. Scott Kupor of Andreessen Horowitz is the nominee to […]
John Campbell BBC News NI economics and business editor Getty Images Spirit is Northern Ireland’s most significant manufacturing employer, with about 3,500 staff Airbus has finalised a deal to take over part of the Spirit AeroSystems operation in Belfast. The deal was first announced in July last year as part of a wider break up […]
When Jonathan Neman was a student at Georgetown in the mid-2000s, he and some friends wanted to start a restaurant. A fast-food restaurant, but it would be healthy. And cool. The documentary “Super Size Me” had made waves, and “we were going to be rejecting the fast food of the previous generation,” Mr. Neman said. […]
French authorities have condemned the fatal stabbing as an ‘Islamophobic attack’ and a hate crime. Italian police have arrested a man suspected of killing a Muslim worshipper in a mosque in southern France in an “Islamophobic attack”. The suspect turned himself in at a police station near Florence late on Sunday, two days after the […]
Apr 27, 2025, 07:59 PM ET Inter Miami CF is waiving Julian Gressel, clearing the way for the midfielder to head to Minnesota United FC, sources tell ESPN. Gressel has long been reported to be heading out of South Florida. After making 32 league and playoff appearances during last year’s Supporters’ Shield-winning campaign, he has […]