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Ex-USC player arrested, charged with rape

Associated Press Jun 7, 2023, 10:55 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Former Southern California football player Joshua Jackson Jr. has been arrested and charged...

Business

First-time crypto investors to be offered ‘cooling-off’ period under new rules

First-time investors in crypto assets will be offered a 24-hour cooling-off period as part of a wider crackdown on advertising in the industry by...

Sports

Top prospect De La Cruz goes 458 feet for 1st HR

ESPN News Services Jun 7, 2023, 08:33 PM ET CINCINNATI — 1 Related De La Cruz played shortstop a day after manning third and...

Sports

Canadian fires force MLB, WNBA postponements

ESPN News Services Jun 7, 2023, 04:46 PM ET With the stench of smoke permeating Yankee Stadium and wafting through its walkways, Major League...

Sports

Alonso hit by fastball near wrist; X-rays negative

ESPN News Services Jun 7, 2023, 08:21 PM ET ATLANTA — Mets slugger Pete Alonso left Wednesday night’s 7-5 loss to the Braves in...

COVID Inquiry calls for public to share stories of how pandemic affected them

Members of the public have been urged to share their experiences of how the coronavirus pandemic affected them to help shape the COVID-19 Inquiry’s...

Environment

The world’s energy system is ‘no longer fit for purpose,’ says energy council chief

Wind power generation and shoal aquaculture are seen at a demonstration base of coastal shoal industry in Yancheng City, East China’s Jiangsu province, May...

Technology

Binance lawyers allege SEC Chair Gensler offered to serve as advisor to crypto company in 2019

SEC Chair Gary Gensler mocks putting a gun to his head in response to a “Blazing Saddles” reference by Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo., during...

Environment

Prince Harry: Watch reconstructions of key moments as duke tells court he would ‘feel some injustice’ if hacking claims rejected

Prince Harry has said he would “feel some injustice” if his phone hacking claims against the publisher of the Daily Mirror were rejected as...

Prince Harry: Watch reconstructions of key moments as duke tells court he would ‘feel some injustice’ if hacking claims rejected

Prince Harry has said he would “feel some injustice” if his phone hacking claims against the publisher of the Daily Mirror were rejected as...

Skin cancer: Smartphone camera lens technology to be used to diagnose thousands of patients

Tens of thousands of skin cancer patients could be diagnosed faster thanks to a new smartphone camera lens. The lens – which is the...

World

Elderly Ukrainians weep after escaping floodwaters and Russian fire

There was a steady stream of boat landings throughout the day in Kherson city in southern Ukraine as the rescue efforts were ramped up...

How Prince Harry left visibly emotional by day of tense exchanges and questions about ex-girlfriends

Wednesday’s proceedings in Prince Harry’s court battle against the Daily Mirror publisher were spiky from the start. Conscious he had just half a day...

Politics

Cost of living: ‘On me personally’ if inflation isn’t halved, says Rishi Sunak

Rishi Sunak will take personal responsibility if inflation in the UK has not halved by the end of the year. The prime minister was...

World

Putin’s dam attack is a dangerous escalation that takes the war in an even more perilous direction

The breach of the Nova Kakhovka dam is most worrying for what it says about the mind of Russian President Vladimir Putin and his...

Sports

Meet the 2024 NFL draft’s quarterback class: Strengths, weaknesses for 26 passers

Jordan Reid, ESPNJun 7, 2023, 06:50 AM ET The 2023 NFL draft class saw a record 12 quarterbacks selected in the first five rounds,...

Business

Wall Street giants vie to sell Telegraph and Spectator titles

A group of banks including the Wall Street behemoths Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan are vying for the prized mandate to sell The Daily...

Business

Heathrow strikes on almost every weekend over summer

Security staff at Heathrow Airport have announced an escalation of strike action, with walkouts to take place nearly every weekend from mid-June to the...

Business

Diageo chief executive Sir Ivan Menezes dies just weeks before retirement

The long-time boss of FTSE 100 firm Diageo has died just weeks before he was due to retire. Sir Ivan Menezes had been in...

Business

Daily Telegraph inches closer to sale after bank seizes control of parent firm

The Daily Telegraph newspaper has inched closer to a sale after Lloyds Banking Group seized control of its parent firm over unpaid loans and...