For years, the U.S. government has warned travelers they will soon need a Real ID to board domestic flights, only to keep postponing the deadline. But “soon” appears to be real this time. As of May 7, a standard driver’s license or state ID will no longer pass muster at airport security checkpoints, the Department […]
Emma Woollacott Technology reporter Intuitive Machines Data centre firm Lonestar recently sent its test equipment to the Moon on this lunar lander It sounds like something from a science fiction movie, but Stephen Eisele is confident that one day his company will open a data centre on the Moon. “The way we see it is […]
The sun was bursting through the sandstone arch of Window Rock in northeastern Arizona, and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., in bluejeans, was finally in his element: on a hike. It was the last day of his multistate Make American Healthy Again tour, designed to highlight various aspects of Mr. Kennedy’s plan to fight […]
President Trump on Wednesday abruptly reversed course on steep global tariffs that have roiled markets, upset members of his own party and raised fears of a recession. Just hours after he put punishing levies into place on nearly 60 countries, the president said he would pause them for 90 days. But Mr. Trump did not […]
The 25 percent tariff Canada began collecting on cars and trucks imported from the United States early Wednesday is not just the country’s latest act of retaliation against tariffs imposed by President Trump on Canadian exports. The estimated 8 billion Canadian dollars a year, about $5.7 billion, that those levies are expected to generate will […]
US shares have rocketed after US President Donald Trump said he would suspend higher tariffs on goods from most countries, and instead impose a 10% import tax rate. The White House said it was backing off on steeper levies for trade partners that had agreed to negotiate, although Trump said he would raise tariffs on […]
Public sectors unions are among the plaintiffs who have sued the Trump administration over the firings of probationary employees. Dominic Gwinn/AFP via Getty hide caption toggle caption Dominic Gwinn/AFP via Getty In a win for President Trump, a panel of judges on the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated a lower court ruling ordering […]
Xavier Le Pichon, a French geophysicist whose pioneering model of the earth’s tectonic plates helped revolutionize how scientists understand movements of the earth’s crust, died on March 22 at his home in Sisteron, in the south of France. He was 87. His death was announced in a statement by the Collège de France, France’s highest […]
More than £2m has been made available for families struggling in the cost-of-living crisis. People struggling to pay for energy and other essentials are being encouraged to check if they are eligible before applying to Herefordshire Council for a share of the fund. The authority said the government had provided £2.3m. Residents could use the […]
Former Manchester United midfielder Nemanja Matic has said the club was not as focused on “winning” as their rivals during his five-year spell at Old Trafford. Matic, who plays for Lyon, faces a reunion with his former side in the Europa League quarterfinals on Thursday. Speaking to the Athletic in an interview published on Wednesday, […]