Andrew Rogers and Tom Richardson BBC Newsbeat Getty Images Bella Ramsey reprises her role of Ellie in season two of The Last of Us “I made a real decision when I was, like, 11 that I wasn’t gonna be like a typical teenager,” says Bella Ramsey. Talk about an understatement. By the time Bella was…
LONDON — Some investors are expressing a growing optimism about the U.K.’s economic outlook despite the country’s long-standing structural weaknesses, as its neighbors in the European Union deepen their trade dispute with the United States. That upbeat tone wasn’t reflected in the messaging of the Bank of England, as it held interest rates steady last…
A delivery rider passes by a Nike retail store on Dec. 29, 2024, in Chongqing, China. Cheng Xin | Getty Images News | Getty Images The Trump administration’s radical overhaul of the federal government and economic policy is bleeding into corporate earnings. Nike reported earnings Thursday, and cautioned that it expects sales in its current…
Silicon Valley’s earliest stage companies are getting a major boost from artificial intelligence. Startup accelerator Y Combinator — known for backing Airbnb, Dropbox and Stripe — this week held its annual demo day in San Francisco, where founders pitched their startups to an auditorium of potential venture capital investors. Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan told…
U.S President Donald Trump speaks to the press after signing an executive order at the Oval Office of the White House on Feb. 25, 2025. Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images The “Trump Bump” — in which stocks and other assets, such as cryptocurrency, jumped after Donald Trump’s election and inauguration — appears to…
Why has Hamas announced a delay just days before it is due to release the next group of hostages? In one of its official statements, released on Telegram, the group called its announcement a “warning” to Israel and said it was giving mediators “ample time to pressure the occupation [Israel] into fulfilling its obligations”. It…
