Initial filings for unemployment benefits hit their highest level of the year last week in another potential signs of weakness in the labor market. Jobless claims for the week ended Feb. 22 totaled a seasonally adjusted 242,000, up 22,000 from the previous week’s revised level and higher than the Dow Jones estimate for 225,000, according…
The UK and US are poised to announce a trade agreement, the first by the White House since Donald Trump announced his sweeping global tariffs. Trump said it was “a very big and exciting day” for both countries ahead of a press conference in the Oval Office on Thursday. Keir Starmer is planning to deliver…
Quinn Ewers passed for 333 yards and five touchdowns and No. 5 Texas rolled over struggling Florida, 49-17, on Saturday, two days after third-year Gators coach Billy Napier was given a public statement of support from the school’s athletic director. Ewers connected on open passes to Matthew Golden and Gunnar Helm for touchdowns in the…
A federal jury on Friday convicted a former Kentucky police detective of using excessive force on Breonna Taylor during a botched 2020 drug raid that left her dead. The 12-member jury returned the late-night verdict after clearing Brett Hankison earlier in the evening on a charge that he used excessive force on Taylor’s neighbors. It’s…
A US judge has temporarily halted President Donald Trump’s plan offering incentives to federal workers to voluntarily resign before a Thursday midnight deadline. Federal Judge George O’Toole Jr said the plan would be paused until a hearing on Monday when he could determine the merits of a lawsuit filed by federal employee unions, reports CBS,…
Men work with a jet engine at General Electric (GE) Celma, GE’s aviation engine overhaul facility in Petropolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. YASUYOSHI CHIBA | AFP | Getty Images RTX and GE Aerospace expect a more than $1 billion impact combined from President Donald Trump’s tariffs on imported goods and materials, the latest sign of…
The beleaguered CEO of Creative Australia, Adrian Collette, has quashed rumours that emerged overnight that he and the chair of the body’s board, Robert Morgan, had resigned. “There is a rumour circulating on social media that Robert Morgan and I have resigned,” said his email to all staff of the government arts funding organisation, sent…
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Patterson describes learning of lunch guests’ worsening symptoms Patterson’s defence lawyer, Colin Mandy SC, is questioning his client. He asks about her understanding of how unwell her lunch guests were after the beef wellington meal. Patterson confirms her evidence that the…
French police have arrested more than 20 people following a number of kidnapping plots targeting cryptocurrency entrepreneurs and their families. Authorities said the arrests were in connection with investigations into a recent abduction attempt in Nantes and the attempted kidnapping of a woman and child in Paris in May. The incidents have raised concerns about…
U.S. President Donald Trump boards Air Force One for travel back to Washington, D.C., at Palm Beach International Airport, in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. May 4, 2025. Leah Millis | Reuters President Donald Trump is preparing to accept a luxury jet from the royal family of Qatar, which he will use as Air Force…
