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Barclays and Brookfield close to £650m UK payments deal

Barclays is closing in on a £650m deal to offload control of its UK payments business to the Canadian investment giant Brookfield Asset Management...

Sports

NHL Power Rankings: Jets stay in the top spot, plus each team’s playoff chances

Open Extended Reactions With the 2024-25 NHL trade season wrapping up at 3 p.m. ET on Friday, hockey fans next turn their collective attention...

Technology

Trump’s first White House Crypto Summit has VIPs pushing for favorable laws

Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase, slammed the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. He also said the cryptocurrency exchange is looking to invest more outside...

Just Stop Oil co-founder Roger Hallam has sentence reduced as 10 activists lose appeal

Just Stop Oil co-founder Roger Hallam has had his prison sentence reduced by a year after a High Court appeal. He was among a...

Politics

Police charge former Liverpool mayor Joe Anderson and ex-deputy council leader Derek Hatton with bribery

Former Liverpool mayor Joe Anderson and former deputy council leader Derek Hatton are among 12 people who have been charged as part of an...

Sports

Oilers pick up Sharks’ Walman for 1st-round pick

Greg WyshynskiMar 7, 2025, 02:37 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions The Edmonton Oilers added defenseman Jake...

Business

Walgreens Boots Alliance sold to private equity firm Sycamore Partners

The owner of high-street pharmacy chain Boots is being bought by a private equity firm, and it will no longer be a public company...

World

Taiwan is one of the world’s most important flashpoints – how Trump will deal with it remains uncertain

China’s foreign minister Wang Yi has spoken out against US tariffs and accused it of “meeting good with evil”. Speaking during a rare press...

World

Eurostar trains between London and Paris cancelled after unexploded WWII bomb found

All Eurostar trains between London and Paris have been cancelled after an unexploded Second World War bomb was found near train tracks. Thousands of passengers...

Sports

Vlad Jr. reveals sub-$600M ask in Blue Jays talks

Mar 6, 2025, 09:41 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has disclosed that the latest contract extension...

Vlad Jr. reveals sub-0M ask in Blue Jays talks

Sports

Sources: Athletics extend Butler with 7-year deal

Open Extended Reactions Outfielder Download the ESPN app and enable Jeff Passan’s news alerts to receive push notifications for the latest updates first. Opt...

Politics

Rachel Reeves: ‘People want to talk me down… I’ll prove I can do it’

👉 Click here to listen to Electoral Dysfunction on your podcast app 👈 Beth’s been to 11 Downing Street to talk to the chancellor...

Technology

Cryptocurrencies decline as Trump’s U.S. bitcoin reserve plan falls short of expectations

Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Cryptocurrencies held steady early Friday following a decline the previous day after President Donald Trump signed an...

Technology

Trump signs executive order establishing U.S. strategic bitcoin reserve

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday creating a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve, marking a major shift in U.S. digital asset policy. White...

Politics

Bill to stop children ‘doom scrolling’ to get backing – but only after watering down

A Labour MP’s bill to prevent children from “doom scrolling” on social media is expected to get government backing today, after its proposals were...

World

Volodymyr Zelenskyy says ‘Ukraine most interested in peace’ as he confirms US talks next week

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Ukraine is “most interested in peace” and confirmed officials will hold talks with US partners in Saudi Arabia next week...

Technology

Oracle’s Federal Electronic Health Record experienced a nation-wide outage

Jaque Silva | Nurphoto | Getty Images Oracle’s Federal Electronic Health Record experienced a nation-wide outage on Tuesday, the Department of Veterans Affairs confirmed...

Sports

NHL trade grades: Report cards for Smith to Knights, Dumoulin to Devils, other major deals

Ryan S. Clark Close Ryan S. Clark ESPN NHL reporter Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. Greg Wyshynski Close Greg Wyshynski...

Sports

SEC spring football preview: Storylines and players to watch for all 16 teams

Chris Low Close Chris Low ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter Joined ESPN.com in 2007 Graduate of the University of Tennessee Mark Schlabach Close...

Science

Astronaut Captures Rare ‘Gigantic Jet’ Lightning Extending 50 Miles Above Earth

A rare ‘gigantic jet’ of lightning has been photographed from space, extending nearly 50 miles above the U.S. coastline. The image was taken by...