India lose Sharma to give England glimmer of hope in first Test

August 5, 12:51 pm (ET)

Rohit Sharma was dismissed on the stroke of lunch on the second day of the first Test at Trent Bridge on Thursday as England finally ended an ...

Mike Ashley: Who is the founder of Sports Direct?

August 5, 12:01 pm (ET)

Billionaire Mike Ashley, the founder of Sports Direct and owner of Newcastle United, is to step down as chief executive of his retail empire. Mr ...

Jofra Archer ruled out of Ashes and T20 World Cup with elbow injury setback

August 5, 12:00 pm (ET)

Jofra Archer’s hopes of spearheading England’s T20 World Cup and Ashes campaigns this winter have been ended following the emergence of the latest ...

FTSE 100 latest: Blowout numbers from Glencore, WPP and Serco fail to ignite markets

August 5, 11:55 am (ET)

A FLURRY of mostly upbeat corporate numbers failed to rouse the from a midsummer slumber today as doubts grow over whether the Bank of England’s ...

At least two dozen Chadian soldiers killed in suspected jihadist attack

August 5, 11:52 am (ET)

Twenty-four Chadian soldiers were killed in an attack by suspected jihadists in the troubled Lake Chad region, a senior local official said Thursday. ...

Bank chiefs warn inflation could hit 10-year high as UK recovery gathers pace

August 5, 11:48 am (ET)

The Bank of England today voted unanimously to keep interest rates on hold at 0.1% insisting that while it now expects inflation to hit 4%, any jump ...

A coup or not? Tunisian activists grapple with president’s powergrab

August 5, 11:43 am (ET)

Outside Tunisia, the president’s looked like a coup. Inside, however, activists and journalists are still struggling to define what is happening to ...

Peloton brings back the free 'Just Run' mode on its $4,000 treadmill after customers threatened lega

August 5, 11:15 am (ET)

Peloton owners can now use their $4,000 treadmill without paying a monthly subscription. The company told it had reintroduced the "Just Run" mode on ...

Dallas Oberholzer: the 46-year-old Olympic skateboarder who fended off a jaguar

August 5, 11:15 am (ET)

A few minutes after he had finished skating in the Olympics, Dallas Oberholzer, 46, from Durban, South Africa, launched into a story about the time he ...

Miley Cyrus offered to educate DaBaby instead of cancelling him after homophobic comments

August 5, 11:01 am (ET)

in Miami last week, and while other celebrities have criticized the rapper, Miley Cyrus is taking a different approach. In an Instagram post shared ...

Fredo: Independence Day review – a stark, sombre return to core values

August 5, 11:00 am (ET)

The second Fredo album in the space of six months begins in portentous style. There’s a reading of an extract from an 1852 speech given by the – a ...

Heartbreaking video of boy, 9, highlights country's Delta dilemma

August 5, 10:42 am (ET)

Vaccine hesitancy, politicisation of the pandemic and the Delta variant are scuttling America's success in returning to normal . The United States ...

First Thing: impeachment efforts against Cuomo take shape after sexual harassment scandal

August 5, 10:31 am (ET)

Good morning. The New York governor Andrew Cuomo, who was found by the state’s top prosecutor to have by sexually harassing 11 women, continued to ...

Paul Johnson: Chicago house music DJ dies at 50 after catching Covid

August 5, 10:11 am (ET)

Influential Chicago house music DJ Paul Johnson has died at the age of 50 after contracting Covid-19. Johnson, who had a global hit with Get Get Down ...

Former Gap CEO says he warned Kanye West against partnering with the apparel giant for the Yeezy X G

August 5, 10:10 am (ET)

Retail veteran and former Gap CEO Mickey Drexler said he warned Kanye West not to go into partnership with Gap. Through a , West and his team at his ...

France, Germany to offer vaccine booster despite WHO call to prioritise poorer nations

August 5, 10:00 am (ET)

Germany and France will begin offering a third COVID-19 vaccine booster shot to the most vulnerable members of their populations starting in ...

As a security guard, I can sense danger now Covid restrictions have lifted

August 5, 8:42 am (ET)

I was in the control room when my phone buzzed with a security alert. Normally, these lead to cybercrime headlines or iTunes updates, but this one was ...

Hong Kong is giving residents $650 shopping vouchers. We asked 12 people how they're spending the mo

August 5, 8:34 am (ET)

Hong Kong is giving 5,000 Hong Kong dollars, or $643, to . It's all part of Hong Kong's $7.2 billion gambit to . The city's financial authority ...

Misinformation on 27-year-old Sydney man’s Covid-19 death spreads on social media

August 5, 8:24 am (ET)

Misinformation surrounding the death of 27-year-old Sydney man Aude ‘Ady’ Alaskar is circulating in Arabic WhatsApp groups, while conspiracy-filled ...

Turkey battles 'worst ever' wildfires as horrific scenes emerge

August 5, 8:12 am (ET)

Turkey is as intense flames “jump” to a power station, forcing residents to flee their homes, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday (local time). ...

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