Until 2020, few Americans needed to think about how viruses spread or how the human immune system works. The pandemic offered a painful crash course. Sometimes, it seemed that the science was evolving as quickly the virus itself. So The New York Times asked experts to revisit the nightmare. Of the most significant public health […]
Bruno Fernandes has hit back at Sir Jim Ratcliffe’s suggestion that some Manchester United players are overpaid by telling the British billionaire “the club agrees to do the contracts.” Fernandes was praised by Ratcliffe during a round of interviews this week with the 72-year-old describing the United captain as a “fabulous footballer.” However, other squad […]
A private equity investor who is one of Elon Musk’s closest confidants has taken a new role in the Social Security Administration, a development that could be politically combustible given the program’s popularity with voters and Mr. Musk’s apparent intent to make major changes at the agency. The investor, Antonio Gracias, who has served on […]
Thomas Tuchel has handed Marcus Rashford a shock recall in his first England squad, which also includes call-ups for Myles Lewis-Skelly, Dominic Solanke and Dan Burn. Rashford, 27, has not played for England since March 2024 and fell out of favour under Ruben Amorim at Manchester United before joining Aston Villa on loan in January, […]
Helen Bushby Culture reporter Getty Images Matthew Macfadyen won won two Emmys and two Baftas for his role in Succession Succession star Matthew Macfadyen is set to play writer John le Carré’s fictional spy George Smiley in a new TV series, Variety has reported. Legacy of Spies is “currently in the works”, according to the […]
Four astronauts are hoping that Friday is the day that they’ll get to head to the International Space Station. They were all ready to go on Wednesday after putting on their spacesuits and boarding their SpaceX spacecraft atop a Falcon 9 rocket at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. But with less than 45 minutes […]
The Chinese government has strongly criticized a planned deal by a Hong Kong conglomerate to sell ports in Panama and elsewhere to an investment group led by an American asset manager, warning that the deal would deprive China of needed influence over key shipping routes. The criticism marks an abrupt shift in Chinese policy toward […]
The NFL never sleeps, especially when it comes to the swirling tornado of activity otherwise known as free agency. Whom would the Las Vegas Raiders target as their next signal caller? Where would Sam Darnold land? And don’t forget the surprise contract extensions that pop up out of nowhere. But the past week also featured […]
Earlier this year, everything seemed set for a major renovation to make two Chicago apartment buildings for mostly lower-income elderly residents more energy efficient. An affordable-housing organization had secured a federal loan, a state loan and money from private investors. But the project, which was to start in a few weeks and include the installation […]
Officials in Beijing are increasingly worried that President Trump’s tariffs on Mexico may be the start of a broad campaign to force developing countries around the world to choose between trade with the United States or with China. Ever since Mr. Trump imposed extensive tariffs on goods from China during his first term, companies have […]