Australia: Man dies after shark attack in Sydney
A man in his 50s has died after a fatal shark attack in Australia, authorities have said. Emergency services responded to reports that a...
Mandelson to praise Trump as maverick ‘risk taker’ and paint Brexit as liberating force
Britain’s ambassador to the United States will use a keynote speech today to underline the UK-US special relationship – while also attempting to ‘Reform-proof’...
British couple killed in Lisbon funicular crash named
Two of the three Britons killed in the Lisbon funicular crash have been named. Kayleigh Smith, 36, and William Nelson, 44, were a couple...
Astros’ Trammell won’t face discipline for bat
Associated Press Sep 5, 2025, 07:11 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ARLINGTON, Texas — MLB regulations require a two-color bat to be divided into...
Angels prospect in critical condition after car crash
Associated Press Sep 5, 2025, 09:38 PM ET RICHLAND, Wash. — Los Angeles Angels minor leaguer Rio Foster was in critical condition after a...
President Trump signs order rebranding Pentagon as the Department of War
President Trump has signed an executive order rebranding the US Department of Defense as the Department of War. He called the original name “woke”...
475 people detained during immigration raid on Hyundai factory in Georgia
Officers detained 475 people during an immigration raid on a Hyundai factory for electric vehicles in Georgia. The majority of those detained at the...
Joe Biden has skin cancer surgery – months after ‘aggressive’ prostate cancer diagnosis
Former US president Joe Biden has had surgery for skin cancer, his spokesperson has said. It’s unclear when he had the procedure, but video...
Mark Zuckerberg sues Meta – but he’s not who you think
Mark Zuckerberg – not that one – is suing Meta, the owner of Facebook. After years of putting up with people mistaking him for...
Commission overstated OK’d NIL deals by $44.4M
Associated Press Sep 5, 2025, 09:09 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The College Sports Commission sent a correction Friday, saying it had overstated the...
Lammy, Cooper and Mahmood get new jobs in major reshuffle after Rayner’s resignation
David Lammy has been stripped of his role as foreign secretary, and given the job of justice secretary, along with the role of deputy...
Vladimir Putin sends grave warning to Ukraine’s allies over Western troop deployment
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said any foreign troops operating as part of a peacekeeping force in Ukraine would be considered a “legitimate target”...
Two hostages shown in Hamas video – as Israel strikes high-rise building in Gaza City
Hamas has released a video showing two Israeli hostages, one of whom says he is being held in Gaza City, where the IDF has...
Fifteen people killed after bus crashes off 1,000ft cliff in Sri Lanka
Fifteen people have been killed in Sri Lanka after a passenger bus veered off a 1,000ft cliff. A further 16 people have been injured,...
Aryna Sabalenka hits back at Nick Kyrgios and vows to ‘kick his ass’ in ‘Battle of the Sexes’ showdown
Aryna Sabalenka has said she can beat Nick Kyrgios when they play against each other next January, even promising to “kick his ass”. The...
AppLovin and Robinhood added to S&P 500
Shares of advertising technology company AppLovin and stock trading app Robinhood Markets each jumped about 7% in extended trading on Friday after S&P Global...
FTC commissioner questions status of Snap AI chatbot complaint: ‘People deserve answers’
U.S. Federal Trade Commission Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter raised questions on Friday about the status of an artificial intelligence chatbot complaint against Snap that the...
Google leads monster week for tech, pushing megacaps to combined $21 trillion in market cap
Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai meets with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk at Google for Startups in Warsaw, Poland, on February 13, 2025....
Anthropic agrees to pay $1.5 billion to settle authors’ copyright lawsuit
Anthropic has agreed to pay at least $1.5 billion to settle a class action lawsuit with a group of authors, who claimed the artificial...
‘I was just so, so honored to be out there’: Remembering Ripken’s record-setting streak
At 2:45 a.m. on Sept. 7, 1995, Orioles nonstop shortstop Cal Ripken Jr. headed through the tunnel from the Camden Yards clubhouse to the...