Apr 25, 2025, 11:48 AM ET Former Manchester United defender Patrice Evra will make his debut as an MMA fighter in a “showcase bout” in Paris on May 23 and the Manchester United legend has said he would like to take on Luis Suárez who “can even bite me.” The former left-back, 43, who won […]
Lucy Hooker BBC Business reporter Getty Images Law-breaking water company executives face tougher punishments, including possible prison sentences, under new powers that have come into force in England and Wales. Bosses who fail to co-operate or obstruct investigators looking into sewage spills can now be jailed for up to two years. The government said the […]
Donald Trump has signed a controversial executive order aimed at stepping up deep-sea mining within US and in international waters. The move to allow exploration outside its national waters has been met by condemnation from China which said it “violates” international law. Thursday’s order is the latest issued by the US president to try to […]
Katty Kay US special correspondent Watch: Joe Manchin’s advice to Democrats for dealing with Donald Trump Three months into Donald Trump’s second term, Democrats are struggling with how to counter the White House juggernaut. Some are trying to revive the 2016 resistance. Some suggest “playing dead” in the hope that Trump flames out. But former […]
The Chinese government is considering whether to exclude some essential products from its retaliatory 125 percent tariffs on American goods, said the head of an American business group in China. Officials from China’s commerce ministry had canvassed businesses in China to identify imports from the United States that are crucial to supply chains and vulnerable […]
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 […]