Follow live updates on President Trump’s tariffs and the global fallout. President Trump on Monday delayed his planned tariffs on Canada and Mexico for 30 days after winning concessions from both countries to stem the flow of drugs and migrants into the United States, postponing, at least temporarily, a painful and potentially destabilizing trade war. […]
This winter’s Covid wave in the United States has been the gentlest to date, in a welcome reprieve. According to wastewater data aggregated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, not only was there less Covid circulating over the holidays than in previous years, but there was also less virus in the wastewater than […]
Three decades ago, five men formed a venture capital firm on Sand Hill Road in Silicon Valley with a simple pitch: Small is beautiful. Their firm, Benchmark Capital, planned to stick to venture capital’s traditional playbook. It would write tiny checks to invest in private technology companies and help them succeed with guidance and connections. […]
NHS England has been urged to publish a full report after a major investigation into the care received by Nottingham triple killer Valdo Calocane. Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar, both 19, and 65-year-old Ian Coates were killed by Calocane on 13 June 2023. The Independent Mental Health Homicide Review is due to be published this […]
De’Aaron Fox is headed to the San Antonio Spurs in a multi-team deal that’s sending Chicago’s Zach LaVine to the Sacramento Kings, a team source told The Athletic. Kevin Huerter, Zach Collins and Tre Jones will head to the Chicago Bulls as part of the deal. Jordan McLaughlin will go to the Spurs. The Kings […]
Federal Reserve officials wrapped up their final meeting of 2024 with splits surfacing over how many more interest rate cuts they should make given strong economic growth, lingering inflation and huge uncertainty ahead of Donald J. Trump’s return to the White House. Weeks later, they unanimously pressed pause on rate cuts and now appear unified […]
Lawyers for convicted child serial killer Lucy Letby have applied to the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) to investigate her case as a potential miscarriage of justice, the organisation said. Letby, now 35, is serving 15 whole life prison sentences after being convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven others – including […]
Cristiano Ronaldo celebrated his 700th career club win by scoring two goals in Al Nassr’s 4-0 victory over Al Wasl in Monday’s Asian Champions League. The feat comes just two days before the Portugal forward celebrates his 40th birthday. The Al Nassr captain started and scored a penalty and a goal from open play as […]
The meeting comes as talks on second phase of truce are due, with US president saying there are no guarantees that peace will hold. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to meet United States President Donald Trump with the agenda to focus on the paused war in Gaza, as well as Iran. The two […]
The Theodore Roosevelt Federal Building headquarters of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management is seen on Monday in Washington, D.C. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images The White House is pushing back against what it is calling “misinformation” by the federal employees union, which has urged government workers not to accept […]