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US economy continues to grow at robust pace as Trump vows to reduce prices
Donald Trump
pledges to lead a historic revival and bring down prices for millions of Americans.Gross domestic product (GDP) – a broad measure of economic health …
Staff working in ‘brutal’ conditions at some of UK’s biggest festivals, union says
Staff at some of the UK’s biggest music festivals are working in “brutal” conditions, according to research.
Crew members, including sound engineers and behind-the-scenes production staff, were asked to work 18-hour days, some suffered heatstroke, others slept on floors and had to use toilet facilities that were overflowing. In some …
Jailed British-Egyptian dissident may give up both citizenships over failure to be released
Alaa Abd el-Fattah, the British-Egyptian political dissident held in a Cairo jail for more than five years, has reached such a state of despair over the UK’s inability to secure his release that he has contemplated renouncing both his British and Egyptian citizenships, letters written by him reveal.
His family …
Asteroid spotted that has 1.3% chance of crashing into Earth in 2032
A 100 metre-wide asteroid has triggered global planetary defence procedures for the first time after telescope observations revealed it has a chance of colliding with Earth in 2032.
Asteroid 2024 YR4 was spotted by an automated telescope in Chile on 27 December last year but has since risen to the …
‘Inevitable’: how joy turned to horror as Kumbh Mela festival crowd crush unfolded
As the sun set on the
sangam
,
the sacred meeting point of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers on Tuesday, there was a mood of jubilation on the banks. This was the eve of one of the holiest days of the Kumbh Mela festival – the largest religious gathering not …World champion Russian pair and US skaters were onboard crashed plane
Bishop of Liverpool quits amid sexual misconduct allegations
Gamblers complain to Bet365 over outage during Champions League matches
The online gambling company Bet365 has been flooded with complaints after it suffered an outage during one of the busiest nights of European football this season.
Customers claimed to have lost out on thousands of pounds owing to what the company called “issues with our service” during the second half …
Let’s face it, Australia could pick people from the crowd and still beat England | Geoff Lemon
Five hours before the Women’s Ashes Test started at the MCG, a different match was happening a couple of kilometres down the road in St Kilda. The Afghanistan women’s team, made up of nationally contracted players who had to escape their home country in fear of their lives when the …
Australia’s King spins web that beguiles England’s batters in women’s Ashes Test
And so it finally arrived: the first day of women’s Test cricket at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground since 1949. Long-planned by Cricket Australia, there was a crackle of history in the air, as Alyssa Healy (ruled fit to play at the 11th hour) wore the legendary Betty Wilson’s green …