PA Roderic O’Gorman has announced his decision to run for Green Party leader Minister for Children and Integration Roderic O’Gorman will run to become the next leader of Ireland’s Green Party. It comes after party leader Eamon Ryan announced on Tuesday that he is to step down from the position. In a post on X, […]
45 minutes ago By Tom Espiner, BBC business reporter • Faisal Islam, Economics editor, @faisalislam Getty Images Inflation has hit the Bank of England’s target for the first time in almost three years. Prices rose at 2% in the year to May, down from 2.3% the month before, official figures show. The economy is a key talking point in the run-up […]
Election 2024 Get the latest news on the 2024 election from our reporters on the campaign trail and in Washington. Who is running?: President Biden and Donald Trump secured their parties’ nominations for the presidency. Here’s how we ended up with a Trump-Biden rematch. Presidential debates: Biden and Trump agreed to a June 27 debate […]
SAN FRANCISCO — Nvidia, the computer chip maker at the center of the artificial intelligence boom, continued its spectacular stock market rise Tuesday, eclipsing Microsoft and Apple to become the world’s most valuable public company. Nvidia’s shares rose more than 3 percent Tuesday, giving the company an overall market valuation of $3.34 trillion. Apple and […]
53 minutes ago By Tom Espiner, BBC business reporter Post Office Horizon IT inquiry The Post Office was “constantly sabotaging” the work of independent investigators probing issues with the Horizon IT system, an inquiry has heard. Forensic accountant Ian Henderson said the Post Office unjustifiably withheld documents from his company, Second Sight, which was brought in to […]
There is no clear scientific evidence that social media is causing mental health issues among young people. Public health officials are pushing for regulation anyway. U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy on Monday called for social media platforms to add warnings reminding parents and kids that the apps might not be safe, citing rising rates […]
Charles Darwin enjoys a near god-like status among scientists for his theory of evolution. But his ideas that animals are conscious in the same way humans are have long been shunned. Until now. “There is no fundamental difference between man and animals in their ability to feel pleasure and pain, happiness, and misery,” Darwin wrote. […]
With every Lionel Messi set piece came a wave of anticipation Friday night at Commanders Field. Thousands of fans rose to their feet, phones and cameras at the ready. A murmur crescendoed. Bulbs flashed. For the 51,713 who attended Argentina’s 4-1 win over Guatemala — the World Cup champions’ final tuneup before Copa América — […]
At a recent Q&A session, Bobby Valentine fielded a question that discussed his antics during his days as manager of the New York Mets. Valentine was reminded of a time where he wore — and was caught wearing — a fake mustache and sunglasses in the dugout. That happened 25 years ago. The person who asked […]
The Reform UK candidate Grant StClair-Armstrong has resigned after it was discovered he had previously encouraged people to vote for the far-right British National party. StClair-Armstrong, 71, is standing for election in North West Essex, challenging the business secretary, Kemi Badenoch. The Times reported that he wrote a blog post in 2010 that lamented the […]