39 m. ago Now Trump wants to take over Manhattan’s Penn Station renovation

‘President Trump has made it clear: the days of reckless spending and blank checks are over,’ the transportation said, in a jab to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Politics

1 hour ago Doctor explains 3 reasons why a cough won't go away and it's not Covid

Doctor Sooj, a board-certified family medicine doctor, has gone viral after sharing a video on TikTok where he explained three reasons why a cough might not go away

Science

7 h. ago Fears of the economy tanking are now higher than they were at the height of the Covid pandemic

Dismal fund manager sentiment comes as Federal Reserve warns of increased inflation and slowing growth due to tariffs

Events

19 h. ago Fresh Covid warning as new coronavirus wave hits UK with cases surging

It has been more than five years since the virus saw the UK - and the world - grind to a halt, but it still hasn't disappeared.

Events

23 h. ago America used to fire the world’s imagination – but now the cultural conversation is being silenced | Van Badham

Not only are TV-watching, book-reading, show-going, music-listening travellers declining to visit the US, we have started to cease to imagine itThis week, fresh data revealed the United States has seen its biggest drop in Australian tourists since Covid. It’s hardly surprising. Innocent people are being snatched by authorities from American streets. Citizens of foreign countries are being stopped, shackled and detained. The EU is now sending its emissaries with burner phones, lest personal social media posts critical of President Trump be discovered by border agents and who knows what happens next? Forcible relocation to a Salvadorian supermax prison, seemingly without chance of release, is suddenly not out of the question.It all seems like something from Hollywood dystopia; the V series, maybe. Or Escape from New York. It’s pretty much the plot line of the first season of Andor – which I strongly recommend that everyone watch before the Trump regime clocks what that show is advisin...

Events

29 h. ago California homeless man wins $2.4 million wrongful termination lawsuit but he’s nowhere to be found

Daniel Ridge, 49, suffers from PTSD and depression and fell into homelessness during the Covid-19 pandemic

Society

38 h. ago Gene Hackman's wife's Google history reveals she feared star had Covid

Gene Hackman's wife Googled questions including whether Covid could cause dizziness or nosebleeds.

Technology

40 h. ago Gene Hackman’s wife Betsy Arakawa searched online for flu symptoms in days before she died

Officials also provided an update on the couple’s property after a health inspection was conducted

Events

41 h. ago New details of Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa’s final days released

Arakawa was shown to have been researching medical conditions related to Covid-19 and flu and police bodycam footage from inside the couple’s home releasedAuthorities on Tuesday released a lengthy investigation report detailing some of the last emails, phone calls and internet searches by Gene Hackman’s wife Betsy Arakawa in the days before her death, indicating that she was scouring for information on flu-like symptoms and breathing techniques.Arakawa died in February of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome – a rare, rodent-borne disease that can led to a range of symptoms that include flu-like illness, headaches, dizziness and severe respiratory distress, investigators said. Hackman is believed to have died about a week later of heart disease with complications from Alzheimer’s disease. Continue reading...

Politics

42 h. ago WHO member countries agree on a draft 'pandemic treaty' to try to avoid COVID

The World Health Organization's member countries agreed on a draft pandemic treaty that sets guidelines for how the international community might face the next global health crisis

Events

44 h. ago Pair of Irish mothers who broke Covid rules during trip to Dubai for boob job during pandemic walk free from court

Kirstie McGrath, 34, and Niamh Mulreany, 29, both from Dublin were arrested upon their return from the United Arab Emirates on April 2, 2021.

Events

55 h. ago Gene Hackman’s wife Betsy Arakawa was Googling Covid symptoms before their deaths, records show

Officials also provided an update on the couple’s property after a health inspection was conducted

Events

56 h. ago Fake baker, 47, who pretended he worked at Greggs and swindled £700,000 in grants from his council is jailed

Aftab Baig, 47, of Glasgow, made fraudulent claims to Leeds City Council against thirty-two properties and arranged for the money to go into his business account.

Economics

59 h. ago Glasgow man jailed after scamming council out of £700k covid loans

Aftab Baig, was jailed for four years for defrauding Leeds City Council out of more than £710,000.

Economics

60 h. ago Scot who pretended to be Greggs property manager to scam council out of £710,000 in Covid grants jailed

Aftab Baig was arrested in Glasgow

Society

61 h. ago Fake Greggs manager in 'disgrace' for huge £710,000 Covid fraud

He made bogus claims against 32 branches of Greggs

Economics

61 h. ago Man who pretended to be Greggs manager to claim £710,000 in Covid grants jailed

Aftab Baig, 47, from Glasgow, was part of a fraud which saw bogus claims made against the Leeds branches of the bakery chain.

Economics

62 h. ago Experts warn virus that almost all of us have caught may dramatically raise risk of young dementia

A virus that has infected about two thirds of Britons, and millions more worldwide, could increase the risk of developing the memory robbing disorder dementia earlier, scientists warn.

Events

62 h. ago Top tips to throw the perfect spring dinner party to celebrate the season

Spring has officially sprung and as well as being a significant mood-booster it's also the prime time for hosting; food expert Alexandra Dudley shares her top tips to make the most of the season.

Politics

64 h. ago WHO tests the world’s pandemic response with fictional ‘mammothpox’ outbreak

The WHO simulation exercise looked at how countries reacted in the wake of another pandemic, five years on from Covid

Events