Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 31 points and Jalen Williams had 26 to lead the Oklahoma City Thunder to an improbable and record-breaking 114-108 win over the Memphis Grizzlies to take a 3-0 lead in their Western Conference first-round series. Chet Holmgren scored 23 of his 24 points in the second half on Thursday evening as the […]
Domestic energy prices are forecast to fall in July, reversing three consecutive increases in regulator Ofgem’s price cap. The annual bill of a household using a typical amount of gas and electricity will fall by £166 a year, analysts at the consultancy Cornwall Insight have predicted. That would mean a typical annual bill for a […]
Sam Marsden Moises Llorens Apr 25, 2025, 04:30 AM ET Marc-André ter Stegen has been included in Barcelona’s squad for the Copa del Rey final against Real Madrid after recovering from a knee injury ahead of schedule. Ter Stegen, 32, ruptured the patella tendon in his right knee in a LaLiga game in September and […]
President Trump has ordered the U.S. government to take a major step toward mining vast tracts of the ocean floor, a move that is opposed by nearly all other nations, which consider international waters off limits to this kind of industrial activity. The executive order, signed Thursday, would circumvent a decades-old treaty that every major […]
Top executives at well-known US firms are warning about the impact that tariffs are having on their companies and the wider economy. Technology giant Intel, footwear maker Skechers and consumer goods firm Procter & Gamble, have either cut their profit forecasts or withdrawn them citing economic uncertainty. US President Donald Trump has been trying to […]
A view from the Lincoln Memorial toward the Washington Monument at the end of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, where Martin Luther King Jr gave his “I Have a Dream” speech in August 1963. Fotosearch/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Fotosearch/Getty Images A view from the Lincoln Memorial toward the Washington Monument […]
California’s economy has overtaken that of the country of Japan, making the US state the fourth largest global economic force. Governor Gavin Newsom touted new data from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the US Bureau of Economic Analysis showing California’s growth. The data shows California’s gross domestic product (GDP) hit $4.10 trillion (£3.08 trillion) […]
Justin Rowlatt Climate Editor BBC Listen to Justin read this article Just Stop Oil (JSO) activists are dusting down their placards, digging out their infamous fluorescent orange vests, and charging up their loud hailers — a routine they have gone through many a time before. It has taken just three years of throwing soup, spraying […]
Eleanor Lawrie Social Affairs Reporter Getty Images Supported housing is in crisis, the open letter says (stock image) Supported housing, which helps vulnerable or disabled people live independently, is in crisis, an open letter signed by more than 170 organisations in the sector claims. Services at one in three providers in England had to shut […]
Carrie King and Ben Morris BBC News Getty Images The Unitree G1 has been charming people at trade shows It’s a bright spring morning in Hanover, Germany, and I’m on my way to meet a robot. I have been invited to see the G1, a humanoid robot built by Chinese firm, Unitree, at the Hannover […]