The government is intensifying efforts to quell a growing rebellion over welfare cuts, with whips stepping up contact with MPs and strategists drawing up plans for a cabinet reshuffle in case of resignations. Ministers are taking a carrot-and-stick approach by laying out extra support for people who face losing their benefits, while also warning mutinous…
23andMe founder Anne Wojcicki speaks during a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing in Washington, D.C., on June 10, 2025. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images Anne Wojcicki, the co-founder and former CEO of 23andMe, has regained control over the embattled genetic testing company after her new nonprofit, TTAM Research Institute, outbid Regeneron Pharmaceuticals,…
The director of the National Portrait Gallery, Kim Sajet, has resigned just two weeks after Donald Trump attempted to fire her and accused her of being “highly partisan and a strong supporter of DEI”. “We thank Kim for her service. Her decision to put the museum first is to be applauded and appreciated. I know…
Oracle CEO Safra Catz speaks at the FII PRIORITY Summit in Miami Beach, Florida, on Feb. 20, 2025. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Oracle shares enjoyed their best week since 2001 as Wall Street cheered a strong earnings report and bullish comments on the company’s prospects in cloud computing. The stock jumped about 24% for…
The UK has recorded its warmest day of the year so far, with temperatures hitting 29.4C, the Met Office has said. However, the forecasting service said thunderstorms were “pushing into” the Channel, and an amber weather warning for severe thunderstorms in the east and south-east would come into force at 8pm on Friday. A Met…
new video loaded: In L.A.’s Little Tokyo, Protests Draw Sympathy and Frustration transcript Back transcript In L.A.’s Little Tokyo, Protests Draw Sympathy and Frustration Business owners and locals in Little Tokyo say they are conflicted: frustrated as they scrub graffiti and clean up after looting, but also holding a deep sense of solidarity with anti-immigration…
This photo illustration created Jan. 7, 2025, shows an image of Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, and an image of the Meta logo. Drew Angerer | Afp | Getty Images AI generated images of women kissing while mud wrestling and President Donald Trump eating poop are some of the conversations users are unknowingly sharing publicly…
Pulp have topped the UK album chart for the first time since 1998, with the release of their new album More. The Sheffield band, fronted by Jarvis Cocker, were last at the top with 1998’s This Is Hardcore, the follow-up to the similarly chart-topping Different Class in 1995. After the rather gloomy This Is Hardcore,…
Caitlin Clark #22 of the Indiana Fever brings the ball up court during the first half of a WNBA game against the Chicago Sky on August 30, 2024 at Wintrust Arena in Chicago, Illinois. Melissa Tamez | Icon Sportswire | Getty Images The WNBA and E.W. Scripps announced on Friday a new, multi-year media rights…
Donald Trump has lost his latest legal attempt to challenge the $5m in damages awarded against him for defaming E Jean Carroll, the New York writer who a jury found was sexually abused by the president in the 1990s, before he embarked on his political career. A US appeals court in New York City on…
