Trinity Rodman has re-signed with the Washington Spirit, ending a months-long saga that led the NWSL to adjust its salary cap rules in order to retain one of its biggest stars. Financial details of the three-year contract werenβt released, but ESPN reports that the deal is worth more than $2 million annually, including bonuses, making…
TalkTalk Group has kicked off talks with prospective bidders for divisions including one of Britain’s biggest consumer internet providers. Sky News has learnt that TalkTalk, which supplies landline and broadband services to about 1.7 million UK customers, has begun discussions with potential buyers in the last few days. The initiation of talks comes about four…
The long and winding road over the fate of TikTok β the enormously popular social video platform that has been a force in American youth culture and entertainment β has come to an end. After years of questions about TikTokβs future in America, the social media platform and its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, have finalized…
Robert Jenrick has published private texts allegedly from a Tory official after the party’s leader, Kemi Badenoch, accused him of lying. It comes after the MP, who defected from the Conservatives to Reform UK last week, claimed Tory chief whip Rebecca Harris contacted him in 2024 to say there was “a special place in hell”…
NUUK, GreenlandΒ βΒ One year ago, days before Donald Trump reclaimed power, the head of Denmarkβs Peopleβs Party took a trip to Mar-a-Lago. Morten Messerschmidt thought he and Trump shared a common view on the perils of European integration. Together, he told local media at the time, they could make the West great again. In Europe, just…
LeBron James downplayed any suggestion of a rift between him and Lakers governor Jeanie Buss on Thursday following an ESPN report that detailed how the now-minority owner of the team had started to turn on the Lakers superstar. βQuite frankly, I donβt really get involved in that, or the reports, or whatever the case may…
Retail sales in the UK bounced back in December with a better-than-expected performance over the Christmas season, according to new figures. The total volume of retail sales, which measures the quantity bought, increased by 0.4% last month, said the Office for National Statistics (ONS). While the rise is small, it’s well above the 0.1% drop…
Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Bob Iger, who soon will begin winding down his two-decade tenure leading the company, collected $45.8 million in compensation last year β an 11% bump from the prior year. In 2024, Iger was paid $41 million in compensation. Disney released its corporate executive compensation packages Thursday, as the board prepares…
Donald Trump has been criticised for claiming NATO troops stayed “a little off the frontlines” in Afghanistan. In an interview with Fox News in Davos, the US president repeated his criticism of NATO, saying he was not “sure” the alliance would “be there if we ever needed them”. He added: “We’ve never needed them. “They’ll…
WASHINGTONΒ βΒ Former special counsel Jack Smith on Thursday defended his findings that President Trump βwillfully broke the lawβ in his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, telling lawmakers that Republican efforts to discredit the probe are βfalse and misleading.β βNo one should be above the law in our country, and the law…