15 h. ago Goldman Sachs removes the word ‘Black’ from diversity programs as Trump continues to pressure companies to end DEI

Program founded to address Black female wealth gap reportedly now open to wider low-income populations, according to bank insider

Politics

20 h. ago Shari Redstone wants ‘60 Minutes’ to back off Trump amid lawsuit. They are doing the opposite.

The program is scheduled to run a segment on Donald Trump’s intimidation and targeting of major law firms despite the network’s owner asking if ‘60 Minutes’ could delay sensitive stories about the president amid settlement talks of his meritless lawsuit

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62 h. ago Mercury to hit sweltering 30C TODAY as Met Office gives UK heatwave verdict

High pressure continues to build across the UK this week and, if the mercury hits 30C today, it will be the warmest start to May on record but a heatwave looks unlikely

Society

3 d. ago World Food Program and other UN aid agencies slash jobs amid US funding cuts, officials say

The World Food Program and the United Nations refugee agency will slash jobs because of funding cuts, mainly from the United States

Society

4 d. ago Trump administration’s budget cuts endanger Meals on Wheels: ‘life and death implications’

Trump team’s slashes to US health department threaten popular program that combats elder hunger and isolationThe Trump administration’s slashes to the Department of Health and Human Services is threatening Meals on Wheels, the popular program dedicated to combatting senior hunger and isolation. Despite decades of bipartisan support, Meals on Wheels now faces attacks from Republicans whose budget blueprint paves the way for deep cuts to nutrition and other social safety-net programs as a way to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy.It’s a move anti-hunger advocates and policy experts warn could have disastrous ramifications for the millions of older Americans who rely on the program to eat each day. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Host of CBS’s 60 Minutes rebukes corporate owners Paramount on

Scott Pelley castigated network over news independence pending a sale to Skydance Media requiring Trump’s OKA host of CBS’s 60 Minutes flagship news show rebuked the show’s corporate owners Sunday evening, part of a dispute over journalists’ independence amid a lawsuit from Donald Trump and attempted sale.For decades, the broadcast news program has been a destination for investigative journalism and home to America’s most venerated broadcast journalists – including Sunday evening’s host Scott Pelley. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Loss of FEMA program spells disaster for hundreds of communities and their projects

For hundreds of communities nationwide, plans to protect against natural disasters and climate change have been upended because of the Trump administration's elimination of a federal grant program

Events

6 d. ago Chris Eubank Jr beats Conor Benn on unanimous points decision

All three judges score fight 116-112 to Eubank JrBenn suffers first defeat after 12 gruelling roundsOn a night framed by manufactured rage and genuine vindication, Chris Eubank Jr outpointed Conor Benn in an initially close but ultimately clearcut victory. All three judges returned the same 116-112 scorecard in favour of the bigger, more poised and seasoned fighter who still had to weather some rocky moments when Benn hurt him.Eubank Jr was wobbled on numerous occasions but Benn, 28, was just too wild to administer conclusive punishment. In contrast, the 35-year-old landed the more effective blows, often in clubbing combinations, and Benn looked on the brink of being stopped in the last minute of the fight. Despite a cut eye and swollen face, Eubank Jr poured on the pressure as he went in search of the knockout. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Chris Eubank Jr beats Conor Benn on unanimous decision after frenetic brawl

All three judges score fight 116-112 to Eubank JrBenn suffers first defeat after 12 gruelling roundsOn a night framed by manufactured rage and genuine vindication, Chris Eubank Jr outpointed Conor Benn in an initially close but ultimately clearcut victory. All three judges returned the same 116-112 scorecard in favour of the bigger, more poised and seasoned fighter who still had to weather some rocky moments when Benn hurt him.Eubank Jr was wobbled on numerous occasions but Benn, 28, was just too wild to administer conclusive punishment. In contrast, the 35-year-old landed the more effective blows, often in clubbing combinations, and Benn looked on the brink of being stopped in the last minute of the fight. Despite a cut eye and swollen face, Eubank Jr poured on the pressure as he went in search of the knockout. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago A top Goldman Sachs banker is moving from London to Milan as the City struggles to maintain its stature

A top Goldman Sachs banker is moving from London to Milan as the City struggles to maintain its stature  Business Insider

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8 d. ago A top Goldman Sachs banker is moving to Milan as London struggles to maintain its stature

A top Goldman Sachs banker is moving to Milan as London struggles to maintain its stature  Business Insider

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8 d. ago Trump’s transactional instincts could help forge a new Iran nuclear deal | Mohamad Bazzi

The president has a chance to make good on his reputation as a dealmaker as Iran moves closer to a nuclear weaponIn May 2018, Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew the US from the Iran nuclear deal and reimposed American sanctions that crippled the Iranian economy. Trump tore up the 2015 agreement, which had taken years for Iran to negotiate with six world powers, under which Tehran limited its nuclear program in exchange for relief from international sanctions. Trump insisted he would be able to negotiate a better pact than the one reached by Barack Obama’s administration.Today, in his second term as president, Trump is eager to fix the Iran deal he broke nearly seven years ago.Mohamad Bazzi is the director of the Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern studies and a journalism professor at New York University. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Exodus of the billionaires: Property tycoons and top banker flee UK after attack on non

Three of Britain's richest men - top banker Richard Gnodde and brothers Ian and Richard Livingstone - have 'joined the exodus' of the super-rich amid a government crackdown on wealthy non-doms.

Society

1 week ago Trump administration axes key STI lab amid dramatic rise in US syphilis cases

Chaotic cuts to CDC hit expert leadership and programs that surveil, test and research sexually transmitted diseasesThe Trump administration’s cuts to a sexually transmitted infection lab at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) comes as some states, such as Wisconsin, announce enormous increases in syphilis.Syphilis mitigation is just the latest example of work in sexually transmitted infections (STIs) that will be affected by the lab’s closure, as the Trump administration discards expert leadership and programs that surveil, test and research STIs amid chaotic government cuts. Continue reading...

Politics

2 w. ago White House proposes eliminating Head Start funding as part of sweeping budget cuts

The Trump administration is asking Congress to eliminate the Head Start program, a move that would cut early education for some of the nation’s neediest children as part of drastic proposed cuts to federal health funding

Economics

2 w. ago Haitians face record hunger as gang violence grips country in throes of economic crisis

A new report has found that more than half of Haiti’s population is expected to experience severe hunger through June, and another 8,400 people living in makeshift shelters are projected to starve

Events

2 w. ago Minister hopes supreme court’s gender ruling will ‘draw a line’ under trans debate – UK politics live

Health minister Karen Smyth says ‘it’s good we have clarity for women’ as Tories call for ruling to be ‘reinforced with legislation’Shadow chancellor Mel Stride has highlighted the recent report by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) which suggested business confidence in the UK has dipped severely.In a post to social media, the recently knighted MP said:I take no pleasure in the ICAEW’s latest survey, which reveals UK business confidence has slipped into negative territory for the first three months of 2025, thanks to Labour’s anti-business budget.Tax burden tops the list of concerns for the second quarter in a row, with 56% of businesses saying it’s their greatest challenge. Red tape follows closely, with 43% of companies reporting increased strain. Rising costs and wage pressures continue to squeeze profits, with investment growth remaining sluggish.Single-sex services like changing rooms must be based on biological sex. If a male person is allowed...

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2 w. ago This Goldman Sachs team in London looks perfect for hedge fund jobs

This Goldman Sachs team in London looks perfect for hedge fund jobs  eFinancialCareers

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2 w. ago Wall Street banks rake in $37 billion in best performance for a decade after cashing in on Trump's stock market chaos

JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America and Citi Group this year recorded their best combined first-quarter performance in more than a decade.

Economics

2 w. ago Trump officials blocking court testimony from Social Security head over program’s ‘death list’

The request for Dudek to appear came after reports claimed that thousands were being added to the agency’s ‘death master file’ as part of a push for immigrants to ‘self-deport’

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