A series of essential household bills are rising at the start of April, with warnings that single parents are among the hardest hit. Water bills, energy prices and council tax are all going up in what has been dubbed “awful April”, although the minimum wage is also increasing. The charity Citizens Advice said the finances…
University called Dr Joanne Liu, ex-head of Doctors Without Borders, after planning to speak on Gaza and federal cuts The former international head of Doctors Without Borders says she was left “stunned” after New York University canceled her presentation because some of her slides discussing cuts at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)…
A major incident has been declared by Birmingham City Council over the ongoing bin strike, which has left 17,000 tonnes of waste on the streets. Leader John Cotton said it was in response to concerns for public health as the authority struggles to clear the rubbish, which has led to the issue being raised in…
Tariffs News Analysis Trust is very hard to build and easy to destroy. America and its partners are caught in a spiral of distrust. By Damien Cave Damien Cave covers global affairs and is The Times’s Vietnam bureau chief. The F-35, a fifth-generation fighter, was developed in partnership with eight countries, making it a model…
Last year was the hottest on record — sparking major climate disasters across the globe. More than 150 “unprecedented” heatwaves, floods and storms left a trail of destruction that included lost lives, destroyed infrastructure and decimated crops, Damian Carrington reported for The Guardian. A record 800,000 people were displaced and left without a home as…
Opinion The Science of ParentingMondays Is There a Plus Side to Mental Labor? Women shoulder most of the work in managing a family and tell us it’s exhausting, but some also say it has benefits By Julie Holliday Wayne Cut through the claims: Get email alerts for this weekly column It’s Monday, and my alarm…
Rebecca Loos doubled down on her claims that she slept with David Beckham “just a few times” when she was his personal assistant back in the early aughts. David Beckham‘s former assistant is standing by her story. While the former Manchester United player has repeatedly denied ever cheating on his wife Victoria Beckham with Rebecca…
The UK is expecting to be hit by new US tariffs on Wednesday, with Downing Street indicating a deal to exempt British goods will not be reached in time. US President Donald Trump has said new 25% tariffs – or import taxes – on cars and car parts will come into effect on 2 April.…
Only a few statues remain, with thousands of priceless artefacts from Nubian and Kushite kingdoms missing Videos of Sudan’s national museum showing empty rooms, piles of rubble and broken artefacts posted on social media after the Sudanese army recaptured the area from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in recent days show the extent of…
Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker’s son Rocky Thirteen Barker makes a rare appearance in family photos the Lemme founder shared from her family’s recent “spring break road trip.” Rocky Thirteen Barker is living his best life on spring break. Kourtney Kardashian shared rare new pics of her and Travis Barker‘s son on a family road…
By The Associated Press PARIS — A French court found Marine Le Pen guilty on Monday in an embezzlement case but didn’t immediately say what her sentence might be and how it might impact the far-right leader’s political future. Le Pen, sitting in the front row in the Paris court, showed no immediate reaction as…
U.S.A.I.D. While China, Russia and other nations have rushed emergency response teams to the devastated country, the U.S., once a leader in foreign aid, has been slow to act. By Hannah Beech and Edward Wong China, Russia and India have dispatched emergency teams and supplies to earthquake-ravaged Myanmar. So have Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam. The…
Junta makes rare call for aid as hundreds injured by 7.7-magnitude quake, which also brought down high-rise in Thai capital At least 144 people have died and 732 have been injured after a powerful earthquake struck Myanmar, killing at least nine more in neighbouring Thailand where a high-rise building under construction in Bangkok collapsed. The…
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Juliana Kim Scores of soldiers and rescue workers are heading to Lithuania to assist in the recovery efforts of four U.S. Army soldiers whose vehicle has been submerged in a swamp for more than five days. The soldiers, all part of the 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, based at Fort Stewart in Georgia, went missing…
The alarm is sounding in the UK’s first drug consumption room. A man in his 30s has overdosed in the “using space” – a room in the Glasgow facility where nurses supervise injections in eight booths. He had only arrived at The Thistle minutes earlier, animated about being searched by police on the Gallowgate. Staff…
Opinion Cross CurrentsFridays Making America Ableist Again By going after Social Security, Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Education, Donald Trump is signaling his belief that having “good genes” means not having a disability By Megha Satyanarayana A girl holds a sign supporting disability awareness at a 2019 parade in New York City.…
Red Cross says devastation is of a level not seen in Asia for over a century as more than 1,700 people killed Rescue volunteers, many of them poorly equipped local people, raced to find survivors in the rubble of collapsed buildings across central Myanmar, two days after a huge earthquake killed more than 1,700 people…
Earthquake in Myanmar and Thailand New tremors rattled survivors of Friday’s earthquake, which killed more than 1,600 people, while the government continued its bombing campaign elsewhere in the country. By Sui-Lee Wee Reporting from Bangkok Myo Zaw and his team of volunteer rescue workers were the first to arrive at the site where a three-story house had…
Donald Trump has said he is “very angry” and “pissed off” with Russian President Vladimir Putin after weeks of attempting to negotiate a ceasefire in Ukraine. In an NBC News interview, the US president said he was angry with Putin for attacking Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s credibility, and threatened to impose a 50% tariff on…
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Luke Garrett President Trump said “there are methods” that would allow him to serve a third term in office — despite the two-term limit mandated by the Constitution. His remarks came during a wide-ranging phone interview with NBC News on Sunday. NBC News also reported that Trump said he is “pissed off” at Vladimir Putin…
By The Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran’s president said Sunday that the Islamic Republic rejected direct negotiations with the United States over its rapidly advancing nuclear program, offering Tehran’s first response to a letter President Donald Trump sent to the country’s supreme leader. President Masoud Pezeshkian said Iran’s response, delivered via the…
It’s a strange feeling, sitting down with someone who once had huge power and now does not. The change from before to after can be hard to describe. It’s often in their demeanour, nervous when once they bossed the room. Alone or with one supporter when once they had an entourage carrying their bags or…
Sophie Chandauka claims there is ‘significant correlation’ with drop in funders and prince’s move to the US Donors abandoned the charity Prince Harry founded in memory of his late mother when he left the UK, the chair of Sentebale has said amid a bitter media row in which she accused the prince of trying to…
Our writers and editors independently determine what we cover and recommend. When you buy through our links, E! may earn a commission. Learn more. One of my yearly Easter traditions is going through my son’s Easter basket and removing the huge chocolate bunnies, chocolate eggs, and mounds of candy. There’s just too much for one child…
U.S.A.I.D. Students at the American University of Afghanistan in Qatar fear having to return to their Taliban-ruled homeland after aid and visa cutoffs by the Trump administration. Students at the American University of Afghanistan in Qatar fear having to return to their Taliban-ruled homeland after aid and visa cutoffs by the Trump administration. Abbas Ahmadzai,…
Safe, Cheap and Non-Invasive: Ultrasound Could Treat Cancer, Psychiatric Disorders and More A bioengineer highlights the potential of low-intensity ultrasound for multiple uses, from enhanced drug delivery to the brain to combating cancer By Rachel Nuwer edited by Gary Stix One of the best examples is low-intensity focused ultrasound, or LIFU, which delivers sound at…
Debbie Elliott NEW ORLEANS – A hero’s welcome greets 18 women at the National World War Two Museum. Staff and museum visitors line a plaza, waving American flags and cheering as the women arrive, adorned in the red and white polka dot scarfs that are a signature of Rosie the Riveters. They’re here to be…
Justin Welby has told the BBC he forgives a serial abuser at the heart of a scandal that led to his resignation as Archbishop of Canterbury. In his first interview since quitting in November last year, Welby said his forgiveness of John Smyth – arguably the most prolific abuser associated with the Church of England…
Aid agencies warn of ‘extremely difficult’ response amid Myanmar’s continuing civil war with true scale of disaster yet to emerge The death toll from a huge earthquake that hit Myanmar has passed 1,600, as rescuers continue a desperate search for survivors and aid agencies warn of an “extremely difficult” response amid the country’s continuing conflict.…
76 Ways Pregnancy and Giving Birth Change a Person’s Body By Celeste Biever & Nature magazine The gigantic study1, which used the anonymized results of blood, urine and other tests taken before, during and more than a year after pregnancy, reveals the scale of the toll that carrying a baby and childbirth take on the…
Eclipse peaked in London at about 11am on Saturday and was visible in parts of UK between about 10am and noon People across the northern hemisphere have gathered to catch a glimpse of the partial solar eclipse. The eclipse peaked in London at about 11am on Saturday and was visible in parts of the UK…
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Myanmar’s military junta has continued to bomb parts of the war-torn country following the major earthquake there, which has killed more than 1,600 people. The UN has described the attacks as “completely outrageous and unacceptable”. Special Rapporteur Tom Andrews told the BBC that it was “nothing short of incredible” that the military was continuing to…
Earthquake in Myanmar and Thailand Aid workers delivered the first shipments of help to Myanmar, but will have to cross a country buckled by the disaster and divided by civil war, arms dealers and drug syndicates. Aid workers delivered the first shipments of help to Myanmar, but will have to cross a country buckled by the disaster…
Chloe Veltman In a break with tradition, this year’s White House Correspondents dinner will not include a featured comedian. The White House Correspondents’ Association, which represents journalists who cover the White House including those at NPR, has canceled writer and comedian Amber Ruffin’s scheduled appearance at the high-profile event. In a statement emailed to its…
Physicists Catch a Quantum Butterfly Spreading Its Wings In a first, physicists have directly seen Hofstadter’s butterfly—a long-sought-after fractal in the quantum realm By Gayoung Lee edited by Lee Billings A team of scientists from Princeton University has measured the energies of electrons in a new class of quantum materials and has found them to…
The number of people known to have died following the devastating earthquake in Myanmar has risen to more than 1,600, with people in some areas telling the BBC they had been left to dig through rubble for their loved ones with their bare hands. The quake has flattened much of Mandalay, the country’s second-largest city.…
Turmoil in Turkey Supporters of the political opposition are finding ways to fight back after the government jailed the top political rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. By Ben Hubbard and Safak Timur Reporting from Istanbul Turkey’s largest opposition party is organizing rallies, urging boycotts of pro-government businesses and standing by its presidential candidate —…
By The Associated Press BOSTON — Alysa Liu skated around the ice in disbelief, her golden dress shimmering in the lights of TD Garden, and the appreciative roar from a sellout crowd reminded her why she had returned to the sport following a nearly two-year retirement. When her score was finally read, the 19-year-old from…
New emails reveal ‘panic’ inside the Home Office at the case of Ali Kololo, who was wrongly imprisoned for the 2011 murder of British tourist David Tebbutt A Kenyan man who was wrongly convicted and sentenced to death over an attack on British tourists is suing the Metropolitan police over its role in the case.…
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The former Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has told the BBC he failed to follow up abuse allegations within the Church of England because the scale of the problem was “absolutely overwhelming”. In November he became the first Archbishop in more than 1,000 years to quit as a result of a scandal in the Church, after…
Environmentalists call bid to skirt UN treaty ‘reckless’ amid fears that mining will cause irreversible loss of biodiversity A Canadian deep-sea mining firm has revealed it has been negotiating with the Trump administration to bypass a UN treaty and potentially gain authorisation from the US to mine in international waters. The revelation has stunned environmentalists,…
Why Was the Earthquake in Myanmar and Thailand So Devastating? A magnitude 7.7 earthquake in Myanmar caused widespread shaking and likely considerable damage because of a lack of buildings built to withstand temblors By Robin George Andrews edited by Andrea Thompson A resident carries belongings over debris next to a damaged building in Naypyidaw on…
Rob Stein The top vaccine official at the Food and Drug Administration who was forced out of the agency announced his resignation Friday, and sharply criticized his boss at the Health and Human Services Department: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Marks, wrote in his resignation letter “it has become clear that truth and transparency are not…
US president says he and Canadian prime minister ‘agree on many things’ after first talk since Carney assumed role Donald Trump described a long-awaited call with the Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney, as “extremely productive” amid a trade war between the two nations launched by the US president. The Friday morning call, requested by the…
For two years, Jeannie Dillard has saved what she can on her fixed income to replace the vehicle that was stolen from her home and found totalled a few miles away. She looked around a used car dealership in Virginia on Thursday, peering at sticker prices with a newfound worry: blanket tariffs on foreign cars…
Data — the key to understanding and tackling some of the world’s toughest problems — suffers from at least one major challenge. It’s often scattered and disorganized. Whether stored in a university database, a government server or a scientist’s hard drive, data is not useful if no one knows where it is or has access to…
Bachelor Nation’s Katie Thurston shared that her breast cancer has spread to her liver, giving her a stage 4 prognosis. Katie Thurston‘s cancer is progressing. The Bachelorette alum shared that her breast cancer has now spread to her liver. “Unfortunately, in my case, [a PET scan] did detect some spots on my liver that were…
Earthquake in Myanmar The 7.7-magnitude earthquake near Mandalay, in a country already torn by war, was felt across Southeast Asia, and experts warned there could be tens of thousands dead. The 7.7-magnitude earthquake near Mandalay, in a country already torn by war, was felt across Southeast Asia, and experts warned there could be tens of thousands…
US Vice-President JD Vance has accused Denmark of leaving Greenland vulnerable to alleged incursions by China and Russia, as he urged its people to “partner” with the US. Speaking during a visit to the Arctic island, Vance said he hoped Greenlanders would vote for independence from Denmark, which he said had not invested enough to protect the semi-autonomous territory. Vance’s claims that its ally Denmark had “not done…
Appeals court had upheld block on flights using Alien Enemies Act to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members The Trump administration on Friday asked the US supreme court to intervene to allow the government to continue to deport immigrants using the obscure Alien Enemies Act. The request came one day after a federal appeals court upheld…
Airline capacity between two countries reduced through October 2025 as high-profile incidents of Ice arrests on rise Airline travel between Canada and the US is “collapsing” amid Donald Trump’s tariff war, with flight bookings between the two countries down by over 70%, newly released data suggests. According to data from the aviation analytics company OAG,…
Nasen Saadi, 21, must serve a minimum of 39 years for the murder of Amie Gray and attempted murder of Leanne Miles. The pair, who were aged 34 and 38 and not known to Saadi, were attacked on Durley Chine Beach last May. Saadi was described at Winchester Crown Court as a “social misfit” who…
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For centuries, residents in central Japan have chronicled a mysterious natural phenomenon in winter. They see its disappearance as a bad omen. By Martin Fackler and Hisako Ueno Reporting from Suwa, Japan For at least six centuries, residents along a lake in the mountains of central Japan have marked the depth of winter by celebrating…
Pope Francis In an interview, the leader of Pope Francis’s medical team called it “a miracle” that the 88-year-old pontiff left the hospital, but said he needs to change his vigorous habits, at least for a while, to recover. By Jason Horowitz and Patricia Mazzei Reporting from Rome The pope’s doctors did not think he…
The name WH Smith, a staple of UK town centres since the Victorian era when it became the country’s principal newspaper distributor, is set to disappear from the High Street after the firm agreed to sell its shops to Hobbycraft-owner Modella Capital. The sale does not include the WH Smith brand, its travel shops at…
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Homeland security chief went to infamous prison holding deported Venezuelans as White House targets immigrants Human rights organizations on Thursday denounced the visit by the US homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem, to the notorious prison in El Salvador that is holding hundreds of Venezuelans deported from the US earlier this month without a hearing, calling…
By Brittney Melton here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. In an effort to crack down on student activists who support Palestinians, the U.S. has revoked hundreds of visas, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said yesterday at a press…
By The Associated Press HOUSTON — The woman convicted of killing Tejano music legend Selena Quintanilla-Perez has been denied parole after spending decades behind bars for fatally shooting the young singer at a Texas motel in 1995, the state’s parole board announced Thursday. Yolanda Saldívar will continue serving a life sentence at a prison in…
The United Nations warned that the detention of Vice President Riek Machar threatens to push the world’s youngest country back into civil war. By Abdi Latif Dahir South Sudan’s vice president, Riek Machar, has been placed under house arrest, according to his party, escalating tensions that the United Nations has warned are pushing the world’s…
King Charles III spent a short period of time in hospital on Thursday after experiencing temporary side effects during cancer treatment, Buckingham Palace said. The King returned to Clarence House, where he was said to be continuing to work on state papers and make calls from his study. He has cancelled a tour of Birmingham…
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A Near-Miss with a City-Killer Asteroid Highlights Gaps in Earth’s Defenses The threat from near-Earth asteroid 2024 YR4 may have subsided, but discoveries of other hazardous space rocks are set to soar as new observatories come online By Robin George Andrews edited by Lee Billings In mid-February 2025 astronomers announced that 2024 YR4—a recently discovered…
Canadian PM says Donald Trump has permanently altered relations, as countries around the globe insist import taxes are harmful to all, including Washington Canada’s prime minister has said the era of deep ties with the US “is over”, as governments from Tokyo to Berlin to Paris sharply criticised Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on car imports,…
Another 39 people rescued and brought to shore after incident on vessel at Red Sea resort Six Russian tourists have died and 39 people have been rescued after a submarine sank near the resort of Hurghada, the latest in a series of fatal accidents involving tourists on Egypt’s Red Sea coast. Four survivors, including at…
Russia-Ukraine War After a “coalition of the willing” gathering in Paris, President Emmanuel Macron insisted that a “reassurance force” of European troops after the war ends was still on the table. But details remained scarce. By Aurelien Breeden Reporting from Paris President Emmanuel Macron of France vowed on Thursday that a “coalition of the willing”…
Maxim Naumov, a figure skater whose parents Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov died in the American Airlines plane crash in January, shared they had switched their flight shortly before the tragedy. Maxim Naumov shared a heartbreaking detail about his parents’ deaths. The figure skater, whose parents Evgenia “Zhenya” Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were among the…
Riek Machar’s house arrest and armed clashes signal ‘a severe unravelling’ of 2018 peace deal, his party says South Sudan’s first vice-president and main opposition leader, Riek Machar, has been placed under house arrest, prompting a warning from the UN that the country is at risk of relapsing into widespread conflict. Machar’s party said his…
Russia-Ukraine War For soldiers and commanders on the edge of battle, any talk about a lasting cease-fire still feels like a dangerous fantasy. Ukrainian soldiers marching during an initiation to welcome new members of the 33rd Separate Mechanized Brigade at a training ground in the eastern region of Donetsk on Sunday. By Marc Santora and…
President Volodymyr Zelensky was in a buoyant mood when I met him in Paris with a panel of three other European journalists. He had interrupted a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace and went back there for what he called a “tête à tête dinner” after the interview. Macron had not…
Quil Lawrence The White House continues to largely dismiss a highly sensitive discussion by leading national security officials on the open-source encrypted Signal messaging app that leaked to a reporter. At a White House briefing Wednesday, press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the media “continues to be focused on a sensationalized story from the failing Atlantic…
Universities Reeling from Trump Cuts Fear for a ‘Lost Generation’ of Scientists Some conservative lawmakers are quietly urging the president to restore research funding as cuts threaten academic institutions in their states By Corbin Hiar, Chelsea Harvey & E&E News CLIMATEWIRE | Drastic cuts to federal science programs are draining millions of dollars in research…
US president had previously called for the impeachment of James Boasberg after the judge blocked his deportation flights The US judge set to hear a new lawsuit over the Signal fiasco is the same judge whom Donald Trump has argued should be impeached for blocking him from using wartime powers to deport Venezuelan migrants. James…
The world has changed, said the chancellor – and hours later it did, again. It is a phrase that has become a familiar one at Westminster in the last few days and the line used to justify the shift in priorities and spending cuts Rachel Reeves announced in her Spring Statement. When folk in government…
Tariffs News Analysis The new auto tariffs are straining relations with U.S. allies and deepening doubts about America’s reliability as a partner. By Damien Cave and Steven Erlanger Damien Cave often covers global affairs. He is based in Vietnam. Steven Erlanger has been covering European diplomacy and trade for decades, and is based in Berlin.…
Canada’s prime minister, Mark Carney, describes the levies as a ‘direct attack’ and vows to defend Canadian workers and companies Donald Trump announced plans to impose sweeping 25% tariffs on cars from overseas on Wednesday, days before the US president is expected to announce wide-ranging levies on other goods from around the world. “What we’re…
US President Donald Trump has announced new import taxes of 25% on cars and car parts coming into the US in a move that threatens to widen the global trade war. Trump said the latest tariffs would come into effect on 2 April, with charges on businesses importing vehicles starting the next day. Charges on…
Sudan’s Civil War In dramatic scenes that appear to mark a turning point in nearly two years of civil war, Sudan’s military is driving fighters of its rival, the Rapid Support Forces, out of Khartoum. By Declan Walsh Photographs by Ivor Prickett Reporting from Khartoum Paramilitary fighters with Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces withdrew in large…
Leo Brent Bozell III, founder of a conservative media group, is president’s nomination amid rising diplomatic tensions Donald Trump has nominated a conservative, pro-Israel media activist as US ambassador to South Africa, at a time when the relationship between the two countries is at a nadir. Leo Brent Bozell III founded the Media Research Center…
Russia-Ukraine War news analysis Moscow’s demands are slowing the process and giving it the advantage in talks with a deal-hungry United States, experts said. By Paul Sonne Reporting from Berlin Ukraine thought it had a deal in place to suspend the fighting in the Black Sea immediately. Russia said economic sanctions would need to be…
Bachelor Nation’s Katie Thurston, who was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer in February, shared an update after having her breast, liver and lymph nodes biopsied. Katie Thurston is sharing where she stands on her cancer journey. The Bachelor alum, who was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer in February, shared March 24 that her doctors had…
Rachel Reeves has squeezed the welfare budget further and boosted defence spending in a Spring Statement aimed at kick-starting the faltering economy. The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) – the government’s financial watchdog – halved its growth forecast for this year to 1%. The chancellor blamed global instability, arguing that the world was “changing before…
Talk of growth forecasts and self-imposed financial rules may feel very distant from you and your life, but the Spring Statement could affect both your job and your money. Here’s what it could mean for you. If you are on benefits, you could be directly affected. The changes to the benefits system, announced last week,…
Opinion Patience is a Process, Not a Virtue Impatience is an emotion we can all learn to tame By Kate Sweeny Cars came to a standstill in Beijing on October 2, 2010. The snarl was one of several in China that year, making international headlines. You had to be really unlucky to be on the…
Supreme court judges decide former president should face criminal prosecution alongside seven close allies Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro will stand trial for allegedly orchestrating a violent plot to seize power through a military coup, after the country’s supreme court decided he should face criminal prosecution. The ruling leaves the far-right populist, who governed Brazil…
Russia-Ukraine War It remains unclear if the commitments to stop attacks and ensure safe shipping in the Black Sea, which came with many caveats, would happen soon. By Ivan Nechepurenko and Constant Méheut Ivan Nechepurenko reported from Tbilisi, Georgia, and Constant Méheut from Kyiv, Ukraine. Russia and Ukraine have said they are committed to cease…