Residential homes in Discovery Bay, California, US, on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. Mortgage rates in the US increased to the highest level since July. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Mortgage rates last week moved higher for the fourth week in a row. That caused already very weak mortgage demand to drop even…
Spain has announced plans to impose a tax of up to 100% on real estate bought by non-residents from countries outside the EU, such as the UK, in an aim to tackle the country’s housing crisis. The measure was one of a dozen unveiled Monday by the country’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, as the government…
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Han Duck-soo who was appointed prime minister by Yoon Suk Yeol. He became acting president after South Korea’s National Assembly voted to impeach Yoon, a conservative, about two weeks ago over his short-lived imposition of martial law on December 3. Han’s…
Puppy love! Chris Evans sat down with ET on July 31 for National Mutt Day and explained how his dog, Dodger, impacts his wellness regimen while celebrating his partnership with Jinx. While fans are used to seeing the Captain America: The First Avenger star looking buff for action-packed roles, Evans admits he prioritizes his rescue pup’s…
Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket streaks into orbit after launching from the Kennedy Space Center on its maiden flight, at Cape Canaveral, Florida on January 16, 2025. Gregg Newton | Afp | Getty Images Pure-play space stocks flew higher on Tuesday, a rally that a Wall Street analyst pinned to exuberance around the sector after…
A pedestrian walks past a Vodafone store in central London on May 16, 2023. British mobile giant Vodafone is to axe 11,000 jobs over three years in the latest cull to hit the tech sector, as new boss Margherita Della Valle slammed recent performance. Adrian Dennis | AFP | Getty Images LONDON British telecom firms…
The Las Vegas Raiders are once again looking for a new head coach. Antonio Pierce has been fired after going 4-13 in his first full season, according to multiple reports. After a strong showing as an interim coach in 2023, Pierce wasn’t able to carry over that success into 2024. They went 2-2 to open…
EPA Lt Gen Igor Kirillov, head of the Nuclear, Biological, Chemical Defence Forces (NBC), was killed early on Tuesday Appearance and reality: there is a constant battle in Moscow between the two. Despite nearly three years of war, life here can seem so normal: from the crowds of commuters on the Metro to the bars…
World chess number one Magnus Carlsen has quit a major tournament after being told he could not carry on playing while wearing jeans. The chess great had been defending his titles at the FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships in New York when officials made the request. The grandmaster said he had offered to…
Drake and super streamer Adin Ross played Santa Clauses on their ‘Drizzmas’ stream the day after Christmas … plenty of cash for their home teams, and coal for the foes!!! The 6 ½-hour stream leveraged plenty of Kick and Stake promos while emulating Drake’s legendary “God’s Plan” video, where he gave away thousands of dollars…
