Zac Sherratt BBC News, South East Hudgell Solicitors Laura Winham was found dead at her flat in Woking in May 2021 A council has apologised after one of its tenants lay dead in her Surrey flat for more than three years. Laura Winham, 41, was found dead in her flat in Woking by her mother […]
Japan beat the United States 2-1 at the SheBelieves Cup in San Diego on Wednesday to end the Americans’ streak of five straight trophies at the annual tournament and hand manager Emma Hayes her first defeat since taking charge of the USWNT. The result was a measure of revenge for first-time winner Japan, which lost […]
Tuesday night, Lionel Messi did what he usually does. On a Champions League stage, he delivered a sensational highlight and helped his club advance, with Inter Miami dismissing Sporting Kansas City (4-1 on aggregate) to move to the Concacaf Champions Cup last 16. But hours earlier, Messi was in less familiar territory, having received his […]
School-aged child dies in Texas amid outbreak concentrated among followers of Christian sect. The United States has reported its first measles death in a decade after an unvaccinated child fell ill amid an outbreak of the highly contagious disease in Texas. The school-aged child died overnight after being hospitalised in Lubbock, northwest Texas, the state’s […]
Feb 26, 2025, 08:29 PM ET Portland Thorns forward Morgan Weaver will miss the upcoming National Women’s Soccer League season because of a right knee injury. The Thorns announced Weaver’s injury on Wednesday. Defenders Nicole Payne and Marie Müller were also put on the team’s season-ending injury list. Editor’s Picks 1 Related “Unfortunately my knee […]
Mahjooba Nowrouzi BBC Afghan Service, Kabul BBC Thousands of cameras are now being used to monitor the movements of Kabul residents In a crowded control centre, surrounded by dozens of TV screens, the Taliban’s police force proudly shows off its newly-acquired network of 90,000 CCTV cameras – used to watch over the day-to-day lives of […]
It’s a tax season unlike any other: As millions of Americans dutifully file their returns, the Trump administration is calling for the abolition of the Internal Revenue Service and plans to fire as many as 7,000 workers — all while Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency is seeking access to detailed taxpayer information. It is […]
Instagram is reportedly considering launching its short-form video feature, Reels, as a separate app as the future of Chinese-owned TikTok remains uncertain in the US. The social media platform’s boss Adam Mosseri told staff about the potential move this week, according to technology industry–focused business publication The Information, which cited a person who heard the […]
People protested funding cuts to research institutions at the University of Chicago last week. Scott Olson/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Scott Olson/Getty Images The Trump administration has partially lifted a hold that had frozen ability of the National Institutes of Health to review new grant applications for research into diseases ranging from heart disease […]
An obscure but influential program that gave detailed public health information to about half of the world’s nations will fold as a result of the Trump administration’s freeze on foreign aid. With funding from the United States Agency for International Development, the Demographic and Health Surveys were the only sources of information in many countries […]