Maddie Molloy BBC Climate & Science Getty Images Get your protective eclipse glasses ready – weather permitting you’ll be able to see the Moon take a ‘bite’ out of the Sun on Saturday morning. The partial solar eclipse will be visible across the UK. People will have the chance to see the Moon cover about […]
In February, the airwaves in India were inundated with images of undocumented Indians shackled in chains on a military deportation flight from the United States. The shocking images made clear the devastating impact President Donald Trump’s draconian crackdown on “illegal immigration” would have on the lives of thousands of vulnerable Indian citizens who had risked […]
Years before President Trump returned to the White House, his budget chief, Russell T. Vought, began mapping out a plan to shrink the federal government. In Mr. Vought’s design, spending would be slashed by about $9 trillion over the next decade. Entire federal programs — from housing vouchers to student loans — would be eliminated. […]
Mar 27, 2025, 12:14 PM ET Four Real Madrid players, including Kylian Mbappé and Vinícius Júnior, are being investigated for alleged “indecent conduct” during the Champions League game at Atlético Madrid on March 12, UEFA said on Thursday. Madrid reached the quarterfinals by beating Atlético 4-2 on penalties at the Metropolitano stadium in the round-of-16 […]
The long-running battle over whether to allow Pacific Ocean seabed mining took an unexpected turn Thursday when a company disclosed it had been confidentially negotiating a plan with the Trump administration to circumvent a United Nations treaty and perhaps obtain authorization from the United States to start mining in international waters. The proposal, which drew […]
Mark Savage Music Correspondent Getty Images Taylor Swift was the most-streamed artist in the world last year After years of explosive growth, the music streaming market in the UK is levelling out, new research suggests. Almost half the population, 32.4 million people, has now signed up to apps like Spotify and Apple Music, according to […]
The entry to the Smithsonian Institution’s Smithsonian Castle in Washington, D.C. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP hide caption toggle caption Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday directing Vice President JD Vance to eliminate “divisive race-centered ideology” from Smithsonian museums, educational and research centers, and the National Zoo. Titled “Restoring Truth and […]
Chinese technology giant Tencent has made a €1.2bn ($1.25bn) investment in a spin-off from Ubisoft, the maker of the Assassin’s Creed video games. Shenzhen-based Tencent will own about a quarter of the new business, with Ubisoft holding the rest of the new subsidiary, which is valued at around €4bn. The unit will run some of […]
Mar 27, 2025, 10:22 PM ET Brazil’s two-time World Cup winner Ronaldo Nazario will lead a special task force created to try to eradicate racism, discrimination, and violence in South American soccer, the sport’s continental governing body said Thursday. “Its mission will be to design policies and establish prevention and sanction mechanisms that contribute to […]
Years before it became obvious that Alex Ovechkin was going to smash the NHL’s all-time goals record, he had an unbroken five-season run leading the league in power-play goals. The 101 pucks he pumped home with the man advantage over that stretch, from 2012-13 to 2016-17, prompted opponents to significantly adjust how they gameplanned around […]