Police have launched a manhunt after a convicted murderer escaped from an open prison in Scotland. Raymond McCourt, 59, was reported missing from HMP Castle Huntly in Dundee at 5.30pm on Tuesday. Police Scotland have warned the public not to approach him. McCourt is described as 6ft 2in, stocky, with short grey hair and a…
Commercial and residential buildings seen from the rooftop of the Lotte Corp. World Tower at sunset in Seoul, South Korea, on Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images South Korea’s GDP contracted 0.1% in the first quarter of 2025, according to advance figures, marking the first contraction in its economy since the…
In a Wednesday interview with CNBC’s Jim Cramer, GE Vernova CEO Scott Strazik said the growth of the U.S.’s electric load is the largest since the industrial boom that followed the end of the second world war. “You’ve got to go back to 1945 and the end of World War II, that’s the infrastructure buildout…
Bryce Harper’s very public gender reveal for his fourth child had more moving parts than you might have initially imagined. You see, the reveal – which was staged on April 14, in Philadelphia in front of a home Phillies’ crowd – was also a surprise for Harper himself. Harper and his wife, Kayla, roped in…
Isn’t it sad when boring glassware happens to beautiful beverages? I’ll admit to being the occasional perpetrator of serving a margarita in a wine glass, or a martini in a — God forbid — stemless cup. The right glassware can make such a difference. Luckily, we’re in the middle of a cool (and affordable) cocktail…
China has ordered its airlines not to take any further deliveries of Boeing Co. jets as part of the tit-for-tat trade war that’s seen US President Donald Trump levy tariffs of as high as 145% on Chinese goods. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Boeing could hand over some of its aircraft that were destined…
A party of party poopers? Or defenders of the “quiet majority”? Either way, the Liberal Democrats are redefining “political battlebus” by proposing a ban on people playing music and videos out loud on their phones on public transport. Under the plan, those who blast out songs and TV shows from their phone on public transport,…
Jay Feely announced his plan to run for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday. “I’m excited to announce my candidacy for U.S. Congress in Arizona’s 5th Congressional District,” Feely wrote on X. “I look forward to earning your vote.” Feely was a kicker in the NFL for 13 seasons, four of…
Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet Inc., speaks at the inaugural 2024 Business, Government, and Society Forum at the Stanford Graduate School of Business in Stanford, California, on April 3, 2024. Carlos Barria | Reuters Five years removed from the onset of the Covid pandemic, Google is demanding that some remote employees return to…
A cartoon image of US President-elect Donald Trump with cryptocurrency tokens, depicted in front of the White House to mark his inauguration, displayed at a Coinhero store in Hong Kong, China, on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. Paul Yeung | Bloomberg | Getty Images The $TRUMP meme coin jumped more than 50% on Wednesday after the…
