American singer Taylor Swift impressed her fans in Cardiff on Tuesday by opening her concert in Welsh. She greeted the audience with “Croeso i Daith Eras” (“Welcome to the Eras Tour”). One of her backing vocalists also used the Welsh term “Ych a fi” – used to describe something disgusting – when the star passed
In this article NEE Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Budrul Chukrut | Lightrocket | Getty Images NextEra Energy stock fell nearly 5% in early trading Tuesday after announcing a plan to sell $2 billion in equity units to finance power projects as electricity demand rises and to pay back debt. The Florida-based power company,
A police officer who pulled Justin Timberlake over before his arrest for alleged drink-driving did not recognise the star, according to a US media report. Timberlake had been in Long Island, in New York state, reportedly having dinner with friends before his arrest in the early hours of Tuesday. Sag Harbor police chief Robert Drake
UK inflation has eased to 2% – increasing the prospect of an interest rate cut this summer. The consumer prices index (CPI) rate for the year to May was confirmed by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on Wednesday. The figure indicates that prices are still rising, but at the slowest pace since spring 2021.
The U.K. is the No. 1 country in Europe for tech by many accounts. In 2023, British startups raised $21.3 billion, their third-highest total on record, according to a report from Dealroom and HSBC Innovation Banking. It’s the No. 1 location in Europe for funding — with France coming in second, raising $9.2 billion last
On today’s Quick Charge, it’s a tale of two CEOs – one getting a $56 billion payday while the other one pulls the plug on his namesake company for the third time. Also: the Honda Ridgeline is the most American pickup you can buy, Jeep’s new EV is already getting a price cut, Hyundai’s building IONIQ
Willie Mays, considered one of the best players in the history of baseball and called the ‘Say Hey Kid’, has died at the age of 93. His son Michael Mays confirmed the legendary centre fielder had passed away on Tuesday evening in a statement through the San Francisco Giants. “My father has passed away peacefully
U.S. crude oil held above $80 per barrel on Tuesday, after starting the week with strong gains. West Texas Intermediate futures gained more than 2% on Monday, continuing a recent advance despite mixed economic data out of China, the world’s largest importer of crude oil. Here are today’s energy prices: West Texas Intermediate July contract: $80.29
The general election may be “the last chance” to fix the UK’s “broken renting system”, housing organisations have warned as they called on party leaders to come up with bolder solutions to the crisis. In an open letter to Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer, groups representing tenants said thousands more people “face homelessness, poverty
A billionaire donor who backed Boris Johnson at the last election said he will be voting for Labour next month because the Tories’ record has left him in “despair”. Jon Caudwell, who founded Phones4U, gave half a million pounds to the Conservatives in 2019 to avoid what he called “the disaster that would have been
In this article MSFT NVDA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang attends an event at COMPUTEX forum in Taipei, Taiwan June 4, 2024. Ann Wang | Reuters Nvidia, long known in the niche gaming community for its graphics chips, is now the most valuable public company in the world. Shares of
Andreas Hale, ESPNJun 18, 2024, 11:54 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Jake Paul will not wait for Nov. 15 to get back into a boxing ring. Paul has decided to keep the date that was slated for the blockbuster showdown with legendary heavyweight Mike Tyson and will instead face mixed martial artist and the Bare
Jun 17, 2024, 11:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The 2023-24 NBA season came to an end Monday with the Boston Celtics defeating the Dallas Mavericks, 106-88, to claim their NBA-record 18th championship. With the title, the Celtics retain the top spot, which they’ve held since November, in our way-too-early Power Rankings for next season.
Labour is on course for a 256-seat majority at the general election while the Tories are heading for their worst-ever defeat, according to a new poll. In its first MRP model of the 2024 campaign, Ipsos estimated Sir Keir Starmer’s party could win 453 seats and the Conservatives 115. If correct, that would hand Labour
Sir Ian McKellen has been forced to cancel two nights of his West End play after suffering a fall during Monday’s performance, but fans have been assured he’s “recovering well”. The Lord of the Rings actor, 85, is currently starring as John Falstaff in a production of Player Kings at the Noel Coward Theatre, London.
Chinese EV makers, including BYD, accounted for over 40% of German EV imports through April 2024. China remained the largest EV importer in Germany ahead of the new EU tariffs. Can China maintain the momentum with additional tariffs on EV imports of up to 38.1%? Despite Chinese electric vehicle imports slipping 15.7% in Germany through
Ahmed is on the move. From a sun-bleached phone screen, he explains he’s running from Germany after being threatened with deportation. His target destination: the UK. “I want to go to the UK because I’m afraid of the deportation in Germany. Already they try to deport me and that’s why I left,” he says in
So here’s a story of a morning at the beach. There’s no ice cream, no sandcastles and no sense of fun in this tale – but there are criminal gangs, dune buggies and desperate people. The beach is an illustration of the lengths people will go to, the risks they will take, just to try
Justin Timberlake’s mugshot has been released after he was charged with drink-driving. The SexyBack singer had been in Long Island, New York state, reportedly having dinner with friends, before he left a restaurant and was pulled over by police, who arrested him. Sag Harbor Police chief Robert Drake said in a statement Timberlake had failed
Justin Timberlake has been arrested for “driving while intoxicated”. The ‘SexyBack’ singer had been in Long Island, New York, according to the Associated Press. A law enforcement official said Timberlake, 43, was expected to be arraigned later Tuesday in Sag Harbor, on the eastern end of Long Island. The official could not publicly discuss details