Becky Morton Political reporter Getty Images People living near new pylons in Great Britain will get hundreds of pounds off their bills, as part of government plans to boost energy infrastructure. Households within 500m of new or upgraded pylons will get discounts of up to £2,500 over 10 years, equivalent to £250 a year. The […]
We asked 19 photographers to revisit their most enduring images of the coronavirus pandemic, five years after the virus became a global threat. Their photographs transport us to that bewildering period in an uncanny sort of time travel. The journalists who captured these scenes were not just covering the Covid-19 story but living through it. […]
Mar 10, 2025, 05:00 AM ET Liverpool have announced a multi-year kit deal with Adidas that will begin next season, replacing existing manufacturer Nike. The club previously sported Adidas kits between 1985 to 1996, and again between 2006 and 2012. Liverpool did not say how long the new Adidas deal would be. British media reports […]
The United States buys more steel from Canada than from any other country, and those imports will become much more expensive under tariffs President Trump intends to impose this week. That’s good news to Stephen Capone, president of Capone Iron Corporation of Rowley, Mass., which makes steel stairs, handrails, gratings and other products and has […]
Joe Tidy Cyber correspondent Getty Images Hackers thought to be working for the North Korean regime have successfully cashed out at least $300m (£232m) of their record-breaking $1.5bn crypto heist. The criminals, known as Lazarus Group, swiped the huge haul of digital tokens in a hack on crypto exchange ByBit two weeks ago. Since then, […]
On Feb. 8, Colette Delawalla, a graduate student in psychology at Emory University, nervously announced to the online world that she was planning a national protest in defense of science. “I’ve never done this before, but we gotta be the change we want to see in the world,” she wrote in a post on Bluesky, […]
Motorsports history is littered with sons of famous fathers following in Dad’s footsteps and trying to make their own names. Michael and Mick Schumacher. Dale Earnhardt and Dale Earnhardt Jr. Bobby and Graham Rahal. The Andretti and Sainz families. Bill and Chase Elliott. The list goes on. But motorsports isn’t just a man’s world anymore. […]
US President Donald Trump has refused to say whether the US economy is facing a recession or price rises in the wake of his administration’s flip-flopping on tariff threats against some of its closest trading partners. Asked if he was expecting a recession this year, Trump said there was a “period of transition” taking place. […]
Ben King and Robin Levinson King BBC News Reporting fromLondon, UK and Toronto, Canada Watch: Key moments on Mark Carney’s journey from banker to Canada’s PM The former Bank of England boss, Mark Carney, will be Canada’s next prime minister, at least for now. He will need all his experience handling global economic crises as […]
Moscow said it captured territory shortly before potential peace talks begin in Saudi Arabia. Moscow says it has made new gains in Ukraine’s Sumy region and Russia’s Kursk region as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he was “fully committed” to having a constructive dialogue with United States representatives ahead of talks in Saudi Arabia to […]