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Taylor Swift v The Beatles: As the Eras tour hits the UK, how does the star compare against the biggest band of all time?

Are you ready for it? Because this week, Taylor Swift rolls into town for the first UK dates of her record-shattering Eras tour, to...

Politics

The Day… after the debate

Sky News’ deputy political editor Sam Coates and Politico’s Jack Blanchard are here with their guide to the election day ahead. This is day...

World

Donald Trump suggests his political opponents may face prosecution if he’s elected president

Donald Trump has claimed “it’s very possible” that his political opponents may face prosecution after he became the first former US president to be...

Firefighters using ice immersion to treat heatstroke victims as temperatures soar above 100F in parts of US

Firefighters are immersing heatstroke victims in ice on the way to hospitals as temperatures soar in the US southwest. Dangerously hot conditions in the...

World

Joe Biden’s border shutdown shows how politics around immigration have shifted to the right

As dawn breaks on a new era in American immigration policy, a young boy peels and eats a clementine in the gap between the...

World

UK urged to admit 11 Gaza children hurt in the war for urgent treatment

Kareem saw the tanks and yelled. His mother and sister ran outside to find him, and then the tank fired. The pain was so...

Sports

‘He’s meant everything to our group:’ What’s next for Joe Pavelski after 18 seasons in the NHL?

Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterMay 27, 2024, 02:40 PM ET Close Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. Open Extended Reactions Every...

Sports

Mizuhara pleads guilty; MLB calls case ‘closed’

Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterJun 4, 2024, 01:47 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018...

Sports

Marcano gets lifetime ban for betting on MLB

ESPN News Services Jun 4, 2024, 10:25 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Major League Baseball has permanently banned Marcano, currently a member of the...

Sports

Cole ‘definitely close’ after successful rehab start

Jorge Castillo, ESPN Staff WriterJun 4, 2024, 09:31 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the Washington Wizards from 2014 to 2016 and the...

Joe Biden’s border shutdown shows how politics around immigration have shifted to the right

As dawn breaks on a new era in American immigration policy, a young boy peels and eats a clementine in the gap between the...

Politics

Keir Starmer brands Rishi Sunak’s tax claims ‘garbage’ – but poll suggests PM came out on top

Sir Keir Starmer said it was “garbage” to claim he would raise taxes by £2,000 as he traded blows with Rishi Sunak in their...

Politics

Rishi Sunak came out fighting and just about shaded first TV debate – but it probably won’t work in the election

Behind in the polls, Rishi Sunak needed to come out fighting and take the gloves off in the first TV leaders’ debate. And he...

Sunak and Starmer couldn’t wait to tear into each other during a ‘snippy’ debate

Both the Starmer and Sunak campaigns agree: the first head-to-head of the election campaign was – in many ways – a difficult watch. The...

Technology

Amazon’s first U.S. labor union moves to affiliate with Teamsters

Amazon workers arrive with paperwork to unionize at the National Labor Relations Board office in Brooklyn, New York, Oct. 25, 2021. Brendan Mcdermid |...

Politics

Rishi Sunak came out fighting and just about shaded first TV debate – but it probably won’t work in the election

Behind in the polls, Rishi Sunak needed to come out fighting and take the gloves off in the first TV leaders’ debate. And he...

Keir Starmer brands Rishi Sunak’s tax claims ‘garbage’ – but poll suggests PM came out on top

Sir Keir Starmer said it was “garbage” to claim he would raise taxes by £2,000 as he traded blows with Rishi Sunak in their...

Politics

Keir Starmer brands Rishi Sunak’s tax claims ‘garbage’ – but poll suggests PM came out on top

Sir Keir Starmer said it was “garbage” to claim he would raise taxes by £2,000 as he traded blows with Rishi Sunak in their...

Joe Biden set to close border with Mexico after signing order capping asylum seekers crossing into the US

Joe Biden is set to close the border with Mexico under a new executive order clamping down on asylum seekers. Signed on Tuesday, the...

Environment

What slumping oil prices mean for our stake in Coterra Energy

U.S. crude prices fell for the fifth straight day Tuesday, but we remain committed to our lone oil-and-gas stock in Coterra Energy . West...