Vinícius Júnior has said he is excited about the possibility of Neymar returning to the Brazil squad for their upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Colombia and Argentina. Brazil will name their squad on Thursday, with Neymar expected to be included. The 33-year-old has not played for Brazil since the country’s World Cup qualifier against Uruguay […]
China signaled on Tuesday that it is willing to go further than before in its trade tit-for-tat with President Trump by hitting a top American biotechnology company. China’s Ministry of Commerce said it would ban Illumina, a San Diego company, from importing its gene-mapping products in China. Illumina is the world’s leading producer of gene-sequencing […]
BBC Jay Forman says he doesn’t have the fat margins of a business like Apple’s to absorb tariffs The business of the North American Toy Fair, an annual showcase of the latest in silly putty, monster trucks and board games, is fun. But this year at the convention center in New York City, tariffs were […]
Agency workers will be included in a ban on “exploitative” zero hour contracts as part of ammendments to the government’s employment reform bill, the BBC understands. The new rules will mean that agency workers will have to be offered a contract guaranteeing a minimum number of hours each week. It is one of a number […]
Carolyn Atkinson and Ben Robinson File on 4 Investigates Getty Images It took a clinical psychologist and others nine years to get Kasibba released (stock photo) An autistic woman with a learning disability was wrongly locked up in a mental health hospital for 45 years, starting when she was just seven years old, the BBC […]
United States President Donald Trump has paused military aid to Ukraine in a dramatic escalation of his spat with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Trump will pause all aid until Kyiv is committed to what he determines are good-faith negotiations for peace, multiple US media outlets reported on Monday, citing unnamed Trump administration officials. “The president […]
Nottingham Forest reached the FA Cup quarter-finals as they beat fellow Premier League club Ipswich Town on penalties after the City Ground clash ended 1-1 after extra time on Monday. After nine penalties found the back of the net, Forest keeper Matz Sels dived the right way to keep out Jack Taylor’s effort and send […]
An Israeli man has been killed and four other people have been wounded in what police say was a terrorist stabbing attack in the northern Israeli city of Haifa. Police said an Israeli Druze man attacked civilians with a knife after getting off a bus at HaMifratz Central station. He was shot dead at the […]
(Correction: An earlier version of this article included an incorrect order on our All-America teams. Paige Bueckers is a member of The Athletic’s All-America first team, and Ta’Niya Latson is a second-team All-America selection.) With the regular season in the rearview, The Athletic’s team of dedicated writers and contributors got together to take stock of […]
The Academy Awards drew 18 million viewers on Sunday, ABC said, citing Nielsen data. That is an 8 percent drop from the 19.5 million who watched last year. The audience decline ends a three-year streak when Oscar ratings had been on the rise. The decline follows a trend among other award shows, which have seen […]