Boris. Hillary. Maggie. There’s a super league of politicians we are on first name terms with. And now Rishi – chancellor for only five months – has joined their ranks. The rise of “Brand Rishi” is raising a few eyebrows in Westminster, whether it’s Mr Sunak’s slick Insta game or his penchant for posting soft-focus
Tropical Storm Fay is set to drench New York City, as it makes landfall on the US east coast. The storm, which is expected to dump up to 10cm of rain across the region, has already forced President Donald Trump to postpone a campaign rally in New Hampshire, as it begins to batter the US.
12:36 PM ET Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Jimmie Johnson is just as confused as everyone else about his plight with the coronavirus. A positive test caused the seven-time NASCAR champion to miss the first race of his career, and it was followed three days later by a negative test. He never suffered any symptoms
Distressing audio in which Johnny Depp can be heard asking his ex-wife Amber Heard to “cut me” has been played in court as part of his libel trial. The three-and-a-half-minute recording, believed to be from July 2016, seems to capture Depp saying he will cut himself with a knife. “Please do not cut yourself”, Heard
The government was routinely overstating the total number of people who had been tested for COVID-19 by as many as 200,000 at the height of the coronavirus pandemic, according to new Sky News analysis. It follows a Sky News investigation into irregularities in how testing data was collected and compiled in the face of the
Under a warm, blue sky, Thierry Voirin is wandering through his fields of vines. Carefully, he examines them, looks at the leaves, feels the soil. Here, in the only place in the world allowed to use the name for its sparkling wine, his grapes will be used to make champagne. It is a luxury product,
Boris Johnson has served notice that tougher rules on wearing face masks could be on the way, as he appealed to people working from home to go back to work. In a significant shift in COVID-19 policy, the prime minister said the government now needs to be stricter on insisting people wear masks in confined
8:58 AM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com After being at home for several months because of the global coronavirus pandemic, Sofia Kenin was more than eager to return to competition. So when the opportunity arose to play World TeamTennis this summer, she jumped at the chance. It was only after she agreed to participate that she realized
The company behind Wagamama and Frankie & Benny’s has warned that one in 10 of its sites will not reopen this year. The Restaurant Group said the sites, which are mostly at airports, will open in 2021 at the earliest because “footfall is anticipated to remain considerably weak” until then. It is not clear what
Online bank Smile is trying to reassure customers after days of technical problems with its website and app. On Wednesday, Smile – which is owned by Co-op Bank – said on Twitter that it was having “intermittent issues with our app and online banking”. The bank’s 100,000 customers were given a phone number to call
Lebanon‘s economic meltdown has left the country “on the brink”, with one of its top doctors warning that medical supplies in hospitals across the nation have now reached critical levels. The combination of coronavirus on top of an unprecedented economic crisis has created the “perfect storm”, Firass Abiad, the CEO of the Rafic Hariri University
The iPhone apps for Spotify, Tinder and Pinterest crashed for users around the world on Friday due to a Facebook bug. The core issue was in Facebook’s software developer kit (SDK) for iOS which embeds Facebook functionality within other apps, for instance allowing people to log in to Tinder using their Facebook accounts. Launching the
5:30 AM ET The draw to determine the quarterfinals and semifinals of the Champions League will take place in Nyon, Switzerland at 11 a.m. BST (6 a.m. ET/12 p.m. CET). Due the unprecedented stoppage brought upon by the global coronavirus crisis, the tournament will be formed of one-off matches in Lisbon with the four remaining
Tesla is on the verge of joining the prestigious S&P 500 stock market index following a year in which its shares have risen by more than 580%. The electric car maker exceeded expectations for deliveries in the second quarter, according to an announcement last week, and analysts expect the company will announce a profit during
Astronomers have captured a red dwarf star called “AD Leonis” that is found to have massive flares — one of them was even 20 times larger than the solar flares emitted by our own Sun. The star is notably just 16 light-years away from Earth. However, it was seen with an extreme large flare, termed
Lucky skywatchers across the world are currently able to see a newly discovered comet, dubbed Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE at predawn. This comet NEOWISE will reach its maximum point in the dawn sky on July 11 before disappearing below the horizon. But there’s some good news for skywatchers, especially for the ones living India as