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Whitehall on alert as construction group ISG heads for collapse

Thousands of construction industry jobs are at risk as ISG, a construction group that builds prisons and police stations, faces imminent collapse. Sky News...

Business

National debt at 100% of GDP for first time since 1960s

The UK’s public sector debt has hit 100% of the value of the country’s annual economic output for the first time since the 1960s,...

Technology

Indian ed-tech startup Physics Wallah bags $2.8 billion valuation amid sector troubles

Alakh Pandey (R), CEO of Physics Wallah, along with the company’s co-founder Prateek Maheshwari (L). Physics Wallah Indian education technology startup Physics Wallah announced...

Indian ed-tech startup Physics Wallah bags .8 billion valuation amid sector troubles

Trump-backed North Carolina Republican Mark Robinson denies calling himself ‘black nazi’ on pornographic forum

A Republican backed by Donald Trump in his bid to be North Carolina’s governor denied reports he called himself a “black nazi” on an...

US Election: the big and small deciding factors that could swing the vote for Trump or Harris this November

This election is about the big and the small – as small as anything can be in the USA. The big number first –...

World

On the streets of the Mexican city being ravaged by a brutal and deadly drugs gang war

The sun is burning in the morning sky, the heat is intense, the humidity suffocating. Flies buzz around our sweating brows as we peer...

Sports

Ohtani breaks 50/50 barrier with ‘greatest’ game

Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterSep 19, 2024, 05:10 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018...

Sports

Soto to get X-rays after ‘scary’ slide into wall

ESPN News Services Sep 19, 2024, 09:23 PM ET Open Extended Reactions One day after The 26-year-old Soto, a four-time All-Star and former batting...

Sports

Guardians clinch playoff spot with walk-off win

Associated Press Sep 19, 2024, 04:53 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CLEVELAND — Soaked to the skin from being sprayed with champagne and beer,...

Sports

GameDay Kickoff: Stacked QB rooms, big conference matchups and more ahead of Week 4

Open Extended Reactions Week 4 is here as we dive into another weekend of college football madness. The biggest story going into Saturday’s slate...

World

IDF confirms ‘review’ after Israeli soldiers filmed pushing ‘lifeless bodies from roofs’ in West Bank raid

Israeli soldiers pushed three apparently lifeless bodies from rooftops during a raid in the occupied West Bank, according to an Associated Press (AP) journalist...

World

Thousands forced to evacuate flooding in Italy – as King Charles expresses his ‘profound shock’

Around 1,000 people have been forced to evacuate in northern Italy as deadly floods hit several countries across Europe. A low-pressure system named Boris...

World

Titan submersible ‘malfunctioned days before fatal dive’, science director says

The Titan submersible that imploded on its way to the wreck of the Titanic, killing all five people on board, had malfunctioned just days...

World

Trump-backed North Carolina Republican Mark Robinson denies calling himself ‘black nazi’ on pornographic forum

A Republican backed by Donald Trump in his bid to be North Carolina’s governor denied reports he called himself a “black nazi” on an...

Sports

Horns’ Manning to get 1st start as Ewers recovers

Dave Wilson, ESPN Staff WriterSep 19, 2024, 01:33 PM ET Close Dave Wilson is a college football reporter. He previously worked at The Dallas...

Sports

Reports: Gators WR Wilson has surgery on knee

ESPN News Services Sep 19, 2024, 05:29 PM ET Open Extended Reactions GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Eugene “Tre” Wilson III, Florida’s top wide receiver, had...

Technology

Tesla, Nvidia lead tech-heavy Nasdaq to one of best days of 2024 after Fed rate cut

Investors poured into tech stocks at one of the fastest clips of the year a day after the Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest...

Police in Brighton seek three men after teenage girl raped and woman assaulted on beach

Police have issued CCTV images of three men as part of an investigation into the rape of a teenage girl and the sexual assault...

Sports

Oldest U.S. horse racing track closing Dec. 28

Associated Press Sep 19, 2024, 02:35 PM ET Open Extended Reactions FREEHOLD, N.J. — Freehold Raceway, the oldest horse racing track in the United...

Five arrested in murder inquiry after fatal stabbing in Teesside

Five people have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a man was stabbed to death in Teesside, Cleveland Police have said. The man,...