Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Mar 19, 2025, 06:12 AM ET Lamine Yamal has said Barcelona are the new favourites to win the Champions League after Liverpool were knocked out by Paris Saint-Germain in the round of 16. Barça finished second behind Liverpool in the revamped league phase of the competition and then beat Benfica to […]
These are the key developments on day 1,119 of Russia’s war on Ukraine. Here is the roundup of key events on Wednesday, March 19. Fighting Ukraine has announced that the number of Russian soldiers killed and wounded since the war began more than three years ago stands at about 897,010. This includes 1,560 servicemen killed […]
Mar 18, 2025, 04:55 PM ET U.S. Soccer announced Tuesday it will be doubling the prize money for the 2025 U.S. Open Cup, reaching a record-breaking $1 million in an effort to continue building interest in the tournament. The organization increased investment from last year’s overall figure of $475,000. Editor’s Picks 2 Related Now, the […]
Nikhil Inamdar and Jaltson AC Vishnu Vardhan Arun George, one of the victims, says the ordeal has set him back at least by a decade financially It took Arun George half a working life to scrape together £15,000 ($19,460) in savings, which he used to secure a care worker job for his wife in the […]
Amber Walliser A few days after Donald Trump won the US presidential election, Amber Walliser stocked up, spending $2,000 (£1,538) on appliances she believed would get more expensive as the White House started to put new taxes on imports But that was a temporary splurge. These days, her family is buckling down, worried about job […]
President Trump fired the two Democratic members of the Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday, a rejection of the corporate regulator’s traditional independence that may clear the way for the administration’s agenda. The White House told the Democrats, Rebecca Kelly Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya, that the president was terminating their roles, according to statements from the […]
When reflecting on his favourite moment of 2024 in December, Jack Draper didn’t pick reaching the U.S. Open semifinal, winning his first and second ATP Tour titles, or beating Carlos Alcaraz. He picked the aftermath of his most disappointing defeat of the year, a loss to qualifier Jesper de Jong at the French Open in […]
The newly appointed head of one of the nation’s top housing regulators tightened his grip on the agency with a major board shake-up on Monday at two government-controlled mortgage finance firms. William Pulte, the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, ousted 14 board members at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and named himself chairman […]
Gabby Colenso BBC News, Cape Town Getty Images The birds are smaller than Emperor penguins and only exist in southern Africa Six key breeding areas are to be safeguarded to help save the African penguin, following a landmark court order in South Africa. Last year scientists warned that the species was declining by around 8% […]
Mitchell Labiak Business reporter, BBC News Getty Images Under-22s with long-term illnesses or disabilities will no longer be able to claim a health top-up on universal credit under government plans. It was one of the measures announced by Work Secretary Liz Kendall in a shake-up of the benefits system she said would cut UK’s growing […]