3 hours ago By Christal Hayes & Holly Honderich, BBC News Getty Images The first presidential debate is done and the aftermath has not been good for the incumbent, Joe Biden. Mr Biden’s primary goal on Thursday was to ease concerns about his age. Instead, the debate deepened them. Some Democrat politicians and operatives reportedly texted Newsportu […]
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After 36 matches, Euro 2024 has progressed to the all-important knockout stage, starting with the round of 16 on Saturday. Al Jazeera picks out the four key matches in this round: ⚽ Germany vs Denmark When: June 29, 9pm local time (19:00 GMT) Where: BVB Stadion in Dortmund Germany and Denmark will meet in a […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Tesla filed a response Thursday disputing a wrongful-death lawsuit from the wife of a Tesla employee killed in a fiery 2022 crash. The initial suit seeking damages from Tesla was filed last month in the U.S. District Court in Colorado and alleges that the company sold the employee a defective car and […]
One Democratic donor texted a face-palm emoji with a single word: “Oy.” Another was more blunt, texting a yellow emoji spewing green vomit. And by the time CNN’s 90-minute presidential debate between President Biden and former president Donald Trump concluded Thursday evening, even Biden’s former communications director Kate Bedingfield concluded on the network’s air, “It […]
ATLANTA — Several players on the U.S. men’s national soccer team were targeted with racist comments on social media following their 2-1 defeat to Panama on Thursday in Copa América, the U.S. Soccer Federation said. “U.S. Soccer is aware of and deeply disturbed by the racist comments made online and directed at several of our […]
A never-seen-before space image of the interior structure of a storm cloud has been released by the European and Japanese space agencies. Their Earthcare satellite used a Doppler radar to capture the view. The data reveals the density of ice, snow, and rain in the cloud, as well as the speed with which these particles […]
I actually like Ron Holland as a player, and this isn’t his fault that the Detroit Pistons took him at No. 5. I think he’s going to turn out to be a useful NBA player in some respect, with some potential for significant upside. But, man, another wing who can’t shoot is just the last […]
The US Supreme Court has blocked a bankruptcy deal for Purdue Pharma that would have shielded members of the Sackler family from future lawsuits over their role in fuelling the opioid crisis. The Sacklers, who owned and operated the Oxycontin-maker for decades, had agreed to pay $6bn (£4.7bn) toward a wider settlement in exchange for […]
3 hours ago By Nick Triggle, Health correspondent, @nicktriggle • Elena Bailey, BBC News PA Junior doctors in England have begun a five-day strike – the 11th walkout in their long-running pay dispute. British Medical Association (BMA) members walked out from 07:00, with NHS England warning of significant disruption to routine hospital services. The union said it was taking action as […]