Stocks rose on Thursday, extending a two-day rally as investors hope for an easing of President Trump’s trade wars and weigh comments on its impact from a Federal Reserve official. The S&P 500 gained more than 1 percent after stalling in early trading. The index has seesawed this week: Monday saw a sharp sell-off, followed […]
Male domination is the natural order of things, some people say. But bonobos, primates with whom we share nearly 99 percent of our DNA, beg to differ. Bonobos are great apes that live in female-dominated societies, a relative rarity among mammals, especially in species where males are the larger sex. While females are smaller than […]
Officials in the United States are urging Japan and South Korea to make a formal commitment within the next few weeks to a $44 billion natural gas project in Alaska. The effort, known as Alaska L.N.G., is a centerpiece of President Trump’s energy agenda, and aims to ship gas from northern Alaska in a liquefied […]
Federal health officials plan to cut funding to the Women’s Health Initiative, effectively shuttering one of the largest and longest studies of women’s health ever carried out. Its findings changed medical practice and helped shape clinical guidelines, preventing hundreds of thousands of cases of cardiovascular disease and breast cancer. The study, which began in the […]
Ian DarkeApr 24, 2025, 05:41 AM ET Close Darke, who called games for the network during the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, is ESPN lead soccer voice in the United States. He has covered the Barclays Premier League and the Champions League since 1982, and has one of the world’s most recognizable soccer […]
Tom Espiner BBC business reporter Getty Images China has called on the US to cancel its sweeping tariffs on Chinese goods entering the country as a sign that the President Donald Trump is serious about resolving the trade war between the two countries. A Chinese official said there had been no trade talks with the […]
Consumers, worried about the economy, are pulling back on their spending, and that anxiety is translating into lower sales and profits for some of the country’s largest consumer-oriented companies. On Thursday, PepsiCo cut its full-year guidance outlook, citing a reduction in consumer spending as well as the impact the beverage and snacks company is feeling […]
A quiet honor student who had recently graduated from Immaculate High School in Danbury, Veer Chetal was about to begin studying at Rutgers University in New Jersey. In 2022, he completed a “future lawyers” program, and a story that year on the Immaculate website showed a photo of a smiling kid with glasses wearing a […]
Arsenal are confident they will make Real Sociedad midfielder Martín Zubimendi their first major summer signing despite interest from Real Madrid, sources have told ESPN. Reports in Spain suggested Madrid had made a late move for the 26-year-old, while Liverpool have also been credited with an interest. However, sources have told ESPN that Arsenal are […]
Alison Holt Social affairs editor James Melley Senior social affairs producer BBC “A victory for common sense” or “devastating” – the contrasting reactions to the statement by five Supreme Court judges that legally the term “woman” means a biological woman. Behind the different responses lie many of the often bitter and vitriolic arguments that set […]