Premier League: Chelsea defeat Fulham in Xabi Alonso’s first game as manager – Sports
In Xabi Alonso’s first match as manager, Chelsea beat Fulham 3–2 in the Premier League. Also in this edition: In Ligue 1, Elye Wahi returns to Nice. In Ligue 2, Michel der Zakarian moves on from his departure from FC Nantes. The French women’s team have…
Kit Harington replaces Nicholas Hoult as Gilderoy Lockhart in HBO’s Harry Potter series
Kit Harington is joining the highly anticipated Harry Potter TV series as the wizarding world’s celebrity-turned-Hogwarts instructor Gilderoy Lockhart, HBO has confirmed to the BBC. X-Men star Nicholas Hoult was originally cast in the upcoming…
Treasury yields steady as traders await more economic data
Treasury yields steadied on Tuesday as investors await more data releases for insights into the U.S. economic picture. Yields on the 10-year Treasury note — the key benchmark for mortgages, auto loans and credit card debt — were flat at at 4.7021%. The…
How the French language contributed to the US-Canada trade war
The trade war between the United States and Canada has taken on the flavor of a culture war after the collapse of negotiations last week. According to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, the dispute with the nation’s largest trading partner was…
Lockerbie bombing trial postponed days before it was due to start
Campaigner Kara Weipz, who is president of the Victims of Pan Am Flight 103 group, said she was «floored» when she received the news that the trial had been postponed. She told the BBC’s Radio Scotland Breakfast programme that she would pray that…
Porsche inks $1.5 billion AI deal with India’s Tata Consultancy
General atmosphere at the 2025 Icons of Porsche Festival at The Slab on November 22, 2025 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Maya Cellixa | Getty Images Porsche has signed a five-year contract worth 1.25 billion euros ($1.46 billion) for artificial…
Haiti gang members kill around 40 displaced people in church attack near capital
Gang members attacked displaced people huddling inside a church near Haiti‘s capital on Monday, killing around 40 – some of them execution-style, the mayor told AFP. «We have counted around 40 bodies. Searches are continuing. Some people are still…
Songs created by AI banned from Australia’s music charts
Songs that are largely or wholly created by AI have been banned from Australia’s music charts. From this week, all releases must be «substantially human made» to be eligible. The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) said the new code…
Trump targets Iran’s trade lifelines — here are the countries most exposed
A man holds the Iranian toman equivalent of 1 USD as US dollars selling rate on the free market reaches an all-time high, hitting the 200,000 toman mark in Tehran, Iran on Aug. 24, 2026. Fatemeh Bahrami | Anadolu | Getty Images The U.S. announced an…
Nevada wildfire forces tens of thousands to evacuate as blaze threatens city of Reno
Tens of thousands of people looked set to spend another night away from home Monday as a wind-driven fire bore down on the western US city of Reno. Schools were shuttered as smoke swathed the city in Nevada, near the California border, home to around…