A dovish shift Stocks are on a three-day winning streak as investors cheer cooling trade-war tensions. Another boost has come from the Fed and from Google, whose shares are up nearly 5 percent in premarket trading on decent first-quarter results. But while Washington and Beijing seem to be easing off their brinkmanship, it may be […]
Getty Images World leaders, including US President Donald Trump, watched the service from St Peter’s Square Scotland’s First Minister John Swinney has said the funeral of Pope Francis was “very moving” and “uplifting” after he attended the ceremony in Rome. He travelled to the Italian capital for the Mass, along with Prime Minister Sir Keir […]
BARCELONA — Wojciech Szczesny wouldn’t have believed you if you’d suggested he would be playing in the Clásico at the start of the season. He had retired from football, moved to Marbella in the south of Spain and was more concerned with lowering his handicap in golf. But he can win his second trophy as […]
Virginia Giuffre, a former victim of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking ring who said she was “passed around like a platter of fruit” as a teenager to rich and powerful predators, including Prince Andrew of Britain, died on Friday at her farm in Western Australia. She was 41. Ms. Giuffre (pronounced JIFF-ree) died by suicide, according to […]
Hobby forums, normally places for trading tips about knitting patterns and sharing photos of new projects, are now hosting in-depth analyses of tariff news and heated political debates. Ben Schinkel, 42, an avid gamer who voted for Mr. Trump, said that the news cycle had inspired him to do some research into tariffs; he concluded […]
Paris Saint-Germain’s hopes of becoming the first side to complete a Ligue 1 season unbeaten came crashing down at the Parc des Princes on Friday when Nice handed them their first defeat of the league campaign, winning 3-1 to boost their own Champions League ambitions. Having already secured the title earlier this month, PSG still […]
Apr 26, 2025, 12:00 AM ET Defending National Women’s Soccer League champions Orlando Pride erased a two-goal halftime deficit to defeat Angel City FC 3-2 on Friday and avoid a second straight loss. The Pride trailed 2-0 at halftime. Orlando forwards Marta and Barbra Banda scored four minutes apart in the second half before Angel […]
Soldiers in Indian-administered Kashmir have demolished the homes of two men suspected of carrying out the disputed region’s deadliest attack against civilians in nearly two decades. Police say the attackers are members of The Resistance Front (TRF), a faction of Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). Pakistan rejects the allegation. Meanwhile, Indian security forces have launched a huge […]
Apr 25, 2025, 10:01 AM ET Newsportual Women’s Soccer League has formally applied to the U.S. Soccer Federation to create a new Division II league. The league confirmed the news in a statement to ESPN on Friday. “As a global leader in the women’s soccer landscape both on and off the pitch, the NWSL and […]
Apr 25, 2025, 07:01 AM ET Palmeiras forward Estêvão had an 18th birthday to remember on Thursday, netting the club’s second goal in a 3-2 Copa Libertadores win over Bolivar before dropping to the turf, vomiting and leaving the field on a stretcher as the high altitude of La Paz, Bolivia, took its toll. Estêvão […]