Former Australian Test cricket star Stuart MacGill might still be jailed, but he has been spared a potential life sentence over his role in a $330,000 cocaine deal that led to his violent kidnapping. The former leg-spinner, whose post-cricket life has been marred by regular cocaine use, was acquitted on Thursday of taking part in…
Wells Fargo shares climbed Wednesday after the bank posted better-than-expected earnings and issued strong guidance on net interest income for 2025. Here’s what the bank reported for the fourth quarter compared with what Wall Street was expecting, based on a survey of analysts by LSEG: Adjusted earnings per share: $1.42 vs. $1.35 expected Revenue: $20.38 billion versus $20.59…
US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks at a press conference after the Monetary Policy Committee meeting in Washington, DC, on December 18, 2024. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images The Federal Reserve gathers this week for the first time in the second presidential term of Donald Trump, who has already signaled that he…
European leaders have called US President Donald Trump to discuss proposals for a 30-day ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine from Monday while on a visit to Kyiv. The call came after leaders of the so-called “coalition of the willing” held a meeting to discuss advancing peace talks. The leaders of France, Germany, the UK and…
The brother of a rapper gunned down outside a Melbourne nightclub has hit out at the “false narrative” surrounding the shooting and the way some community leaders have handled the attack. The man aged in his 20s was found with gunshot wounds on Langford Street in North Melbourne about 3.15am on Saturday. He died at…
Concerns are growing about the health of Xu Zhiyong, China’s most prominent imprisoned human rights lawyer, who is thought to have been on hunger strike for nearly a month. Xu, a scholar and leading figure in China’s embattled civil rights movement, started his hunger strike on 4 October, according to Chinese Human Rights Defenders, an…
As firefighters in Los Angeles made progress on Sunday containing wildfires that have destroyed much of the Pacific Palisades and Altadena neighborhoods, forecasters warned that fire weather is likely to return on Monday. Donald Trump told NBC news he plans to travel to California to inspect the damage after his inauguration, “probably, at the end…
People lined up outside of Apple Store on University Ave. in Palo Alto, California, United States on September 20, 2024 as Apple’s iPhone 16 sales officially begins. Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu | Getty Images The U.K. has ordered Apple to provide officials access to users’ encrypted accounts, the Washington Post reported Friday. Britain’s Home Office,…
“What a privilege it is to run in the rain. What a privilege it is to have a house I need to clean.” Social media is usually criticised for being a toxic space, but an emerging trend is pushing back against negativity with gratitude. Posts entitled “What a privilege” feature everything from images of cosy…
The Palisades and Eaton wildfires, which killed at least 29 people and burned across about 60 sq miles (155 sq km) around Los Angeles, have been fully contained. California’s department of forestry and fire protection’s announcement on Friday came more than three weeks after the two blazes battered this highly populated area of southern California,…
