The UK’s economic forecast has been downgraded for 2026 but will then improve – and unemployment will peak this year, the chancellor has revealed. Giving her spring statement in the House of Commons, Rachel Reeves said gross domestic product (GDP) will now grow “slightly slower in 2026” than forecast at November’s autumn budget, but will…
From Hollywood actors to Olympic athletes and politicians, Californiaβs newest Hall of Fame class runs the gamut in talent and achievements. Academy Award-winning actress Jamie Lee Curtis and former governor/action star Arnold Schwarzenegger, Olympic champions Janet Evans and Carl Lewis, authors Riane Eisler and Terry McMillan, chef Nobuyuki Matsuhisa, groundbreaking ensemble Mariachi Reyne de Los…
The government will halt visa routes for nationals from four countries who the home secretary says have “abused” the UK’s generosity. An emergency brake is being placed on study visas for people from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan, while work visas have also been stopped for Afghans. It’s the first time such visa bans have…
NEW YORKΒ βΒ U.S. and Israeli officials are privately casting doubt on projections from the Trump administration that the war with Iran could end within a matter of weeks β instead warning that a months-long campaign may be required to destroy the countryβs ballistic missile capabilities and install a pliant government, multiple sources told The Times. The…
With 100 days to go until kickoff at Azteca Stadium, Telemundo announced on Tuesday what it describes as the βmost extensive coverage in the history of broadcast television of the World Cup,β with 700 hours of programming in Spanish and live broadcasts of all 104 matches. The World Cup will begin on June 11 with…
The economic impacts of the Iran war are already being felt in global markets, and could raise energy prices and wider consumer bills in the UK before long. The immediate impact of American and Israeli attacks on Iran, and Tehran’s retaliatory strikes on numerous neighbours in the Middle East, has been to push up oil…
Bruce Campbell, βThe Evil Deadβ actor who is a staple at fan conventions, says he will be taking his foot off the gas for a while as he gets treatment for an unspecified cancer. β[T]hese days, when someone is having a health issue, itβs referred to as an βopportunity,β so letβs go with that β…
The rise in gas prices over the past 48 hours is without precedent. Even in the chaotic opening weeks of the Ukraine war in 2022, the gas price never doubled. But that is precisely what has happened to wholesale methane prices in the UK. And since gas prices are arguably the single most important price…
A shock-and-awe campaign laying down a tsunami of bombs. An enemy succumbing rapidly under overwhelming firepower. And a triumphant U.S. president trumpeting a quick and easy campaign. In 2003, President George W. Bush strode confidently on the deck of an aircraft carrier less than five weeks after he ordered the invasion of Iraq and declared…
The day after he saved the Dodgersβ season, Will Klein was hungry. He ordered from Mod Pizza. He drove over to pick up his order. The guy that handed him the pizza told him he looked just like Will Klein. βYou should just look at the name on the order,β Klein told him. Chaos ensued….