Crocs are cool again. But the footwear company’s comeback story is more than just a fashion statement. The iconic clog was a staple of early 2000s fashion. However, the brand’s profitability eroded in the years following the Great Recession as it struggled to expand internationally. From 2008 to 2016, there were four years where the…
Chinese automaker BYD is rapidly seizing the title of the world’s leading name in electric vehicles. It passed Tesla in global revenues in 2024 — though it sold slightly fewer EVs. Including hybrids, BYD’s volume is about twice that of its American rival. Shares are up more than 40% since the beginning of 2025. Tesla’s…
Eighteen people, including nine children, have been killed in a Russian missile strike on Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s home city, a Ukrainian official said. A further 61 people were injured in the attack on Kryvyi Rih on Friday, including a three-month-old baby and elderly residents, the regional governor, Serhii Lysak, said. Forty remain in hospital, including two…
Mobile phone footage has emerged that appears to contradict Israel’s account of why soldiers opened fire on a convoy of ambulances and a fire truck, killing 15 rescue workers. The video published by the New York Times, and said to have been filmed by a Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) paramedic who was killed, shows…
She lived 3,500 years ago – but facial reconstruction technology has brought a woman from late bronze age Mycenae back to life. The woman was in her mid-30s when she was buried in a royal cemetery between the 16th and 17th centuries BC. The site was uncovered in the 1950s on the Greek mainland at…
A man checks his phone next to an electronic board showing stocks on the Heng Seng Index in Hong Kong on April 3, 2025. Peter Parks | Afp | Getty Images China’s Foreign Ministry on Saturday said “the market has spoken” following the U.S. imposition of sweeping new tariffs and called for the White House…
A man has been charged with murder after a 16-year-old boy was stabbed in the neck in Huddersfield. Officers were called to Ramsden Street in the town centre at about 2.45pm on Thursday, West Yorkshire police said. The teenager received a single wound to the neck and died in hospital. Alfie Franco, 20, of Kirkburton,…
A series of powerful thunderstorms erupted in the Aegean Sea on Monday and Tuesday, bringing torrential rain and bursts of hail to several popular holiday and tourist destinations. The most severe storms on Monday were concentrated across the Cyclades islands in the south, where the islands of Paros and Mykonos were reported to have received…
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on April 03, 2025 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Traders are now betting the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates at least four times this year, amid fears President Donald Trump’s tariffs could tip the U.S….
Parents with children in neonatal care will gain a day-one right to paid leave and pay in a move hailed as “a lifeline for parents” with sick babies. From Sunday, the measures will allow eligible parents to take up to 12 weeks of leave and pay, on top of maternity and paternity leave. Neonatal care…
