The UK government said taking the firm into public hands would safeguard “a vital national capability”. ...
Month: July 2026
US launches new strikes as Iran says civilian infrastructure hitUS launches new strikes as Iran says civilian infrastructure hit
Tehran says the US strikes hit bridges, while the US boards a ship in the Strait of Hormuz. ...
The financial winners and losers from the World CupThe financial winners and losers from the World Cup
Big bucks are being made from the 2026 tournament off the field, but who is raking in the most? ...
Trump alleges ‘shocking vulnerabilities’ in US election security ahead of midtermsTrump alleges ‘shocking vulnerabilities’ in US election security ahead of midterms
The president accuses China of meddling in the 2020 election, directly contradicting past findings from US intelligence. ...
Trump’s election security speech squeezes RepublicansTrump’s election security speech squeezes Republicans
The News President Donald Trump’s warnings on Thursday night of massive risks to election security, which were backed by no new proof of threats to the November midterms, are designed to ramp up pressure on Republicans to back his voter ID bill. But there’s no sign that Trump’s squeeze play ...
Trump alleges ‘shocking’ election vulnerabilitiesTrump alleges ‘shocking’ election vulnerabilities
The News US President Donald Trump used a primetime address on Thursday to allege sweeping vulnerabilities in the US election system, without providing any evidence of voter tallies being changed or election results being materially impacted. Speaking from the East Room of the White House, Trump discussed recently declassified intelligence ...
Marines board tanker amid blockade of Iranian ports as US expands strikes with attacks on bridgesMarines board tanker amid blockade of Iranian ports as US expands strikes with attacks on bridges
Boarding of M/T Wen Yao in Gulf of Oman comes as expanded airstrike campaign hits five bridges in southern Iran American forces boarded a ship in the Gulf of Oman on Thursday as part of the renewed blockade of Iran’s ports that began earlier this week, the US military said. ...
How Trump’s address was bluntly aimed at destabilizing the US electoral systemHow Trump’s address was bluntly aimed at destabilizing the US electoral system
US president using office and intelligence agencies to try to undermine confidence in elections before midterms Donald Trump used the imprimatur of the presidency and United States intelligence agencies to try to undermine confidence in American elections in a presidential address on Thursday that seemed bluntly aimed at laying the ...
‘I used to do acid on a Wednesday. I don’t have time for that now’: alt-pop star Steve Lacy on his struggle to follow huge hit Bad Habit‘I used to do acid on a Wednesday. I don’t have time for that now’: alt-pop star Steve Lacy on his struggle to follow huge hit Bad Habit
A Grammy nom at 17, a US No 1 … then silence. With new album Oh Yeah? finally out after four years away, the genre-hopping artist explains the trauma and heartbreak that informed it Since Steve Lacy became a Grammy-winning artist with a No 1 hit in the US, little ...
Experience: I’m a world champion foosball playerExperience: I’m a world champion foosball player
The 2018 final against Germany went to penalties – we thrashed them and won gold I was 12 years old when I first played foosball – table football – in the summer of 1975 in Beirut. My home city was under siege, split by civil war. School was cancelled and ...