Melissa now a category 4 hurricane, NHC says
Hurricane Melissa has developed into a Category 4 hurricane, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said on Sunday, adding that the maximum sustained winds have increased to 140 mph (220 km/h).
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Trump headlines ASEAN summit, Thailand-Cambodia sign ceasefire deal
The leaders of Thailand and Cambodia signed an expanded ceasefire deal on Sunday watched over by U.S. President Donald Trump, who landed in Malaysia for the ASEAN Summit and ...
US banks’ lending to private credit soars, Moody’s flags potential risks
US banks’ loans to private credit providers have surged to nearly $300 billion, Moody’s said in a report released this week, and the ratings agency warned that smaller lenders could ...
Meta to cut around 600 roles in its Superintelligence Labs AI unit
Meta (META.O) is cutting roughly 600 positions out of the several thousand roles within its Superintelligence Labs artificial intelligence unit, Axios reported this week.
The cuts will affect the company’...
Mbeumo double as Man United make it three wins in a row
Manchester United’s improvement under coach Ruben Amorim continued as Matheus Cunha, Casemiro and two goals from Bryan Mbeumo secured a 4-2 victory over Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday, ...
Chelsea and Fulham stunned by late defeats in Premier League
Sunderland dealt Chelsea a 2-1 home defeat in the Premier League when substitute Chemsdine Talbi curled in a low shot deep into stoppage time on Saturday.
The visitors, who have ...
Hamilton issues ‘cut-throat’ advice to McLaren pair
Lewis Hamilton has warned McLaren pair Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris they risk losing the Formula One title to Max Verstappen unless they are more ‘cut-throat’ about how they race ...
Canadians rally around baseball’s Blue Jays after Trump trade outburst
As openings go, it was historically grand for the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday night.
And the grandest moment of all in Game 1 of the World Series was pinch hitter ...
A ghost in the Oval Office: How Reagan looms over Trump presidency
Since February, a large, smiling portrait of Ronald Reagan has loomed over the Oval Office, watching Donald Trump each time he settles behind the Resolute Desk long used by U....
Louvre transfers jewels to Bank of France after heist
The Louvre has transferred some of its most precious jewels to the Bank of France, according to French radio RTL, after an audacious daylight heist last week exposed the famed ...
Left-wing Connolly set to win Irish presidency in landslide
Catherine Connolly, a veteran lawmaker on the far-left of the Irish political spectrum, was set to be elected president by a landslide margin on Saturday as members of the governing ...
Labour Party elects deputy leader who urges more focus on left-wing values
Britain’s governing Labour Party on Saturday said Lucy Powell had won a vote of members to become the party’s deputy leader, a victory for a candidate whom Prime ...
Hand and foot fossils found in Kenya for ancient human relative
Researchers have unearthed near Lake Turkana in northern Kenya fossils of hand and foot bones belonging to an extinct human relative dating to 1.52 million years ago, revealing that this species ...
West Ham’s woes continue with worst start in 52 years
West Ham United’s horrific run of results in the Premier League this season continued with a 2-1 defeat at Leeds United on Friday, ensuring their worst start in over ...
Injuries and form struggles shape first El Clasico of the season
Real Madrid host Barcelona in this weekend’s eagerly anticipated El Clasico with Madrid coach Xabi Alonso still searching for his best team while both sides grapple with a mounting ...
Surprise package Sunderland face big test at resurgent Chelsea
Sunderland have so far defied the odds after being tipped for an immediate return to the second-tier to become the Premier League’s surprise package in the first two months ...
UK asylum seeker jailed for sex assault released by mistake
An Ethiopian asylum seeker who sexually assaulted a teenage girl and another woman in Britain, sparking summer-long angry protests outside the hotel where he was living, has been accidentally released ...
US to escalate military presence in South America with world’s largest warship
President Donald Trump’s administration escalated a U.S. military buildup in the Caribbean on Friday by announcing the deployment of the Gerald Ford aircraft carrier group to Latin America – ...
Scientists move closer to confirming existence of dark matter
Scientists may be coming closer to confirming the existence of dark matter – the invisible stuff thought to make up more than a quarter of the cosmos – as they study a ...
Trump aims to clinch deal with China’s Xi during Asia trip
Top economic officials from the US and China kickstarted talks in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday to avert an escalation of their trade war and ensure that a meeting happens next ...
UN cybercrime treaty to be signed to tackle global offences
A landmark UN cybercrime treaty, aimed at tackling offences that cost the global economy trillions of dollars annually, is set to be signed in Vietnam’s capital Hanoi by around 60 ...
Coinbase signs $375 million deal for crypto investment platform Echo
Crypto heavyweight Coinbase (COIN.O) said this week it has bought investment platform Echo in a nearly $375 million cash-and-stock deal, aiming to bring fundraising tools to its platform.
Dealmaking within ...
Goldman Sachs launches private wealth team in Saudi Arabia
Goldman Sachs (GS.N) is setting up a private wealth management team in Saudi Arabia, it said this week, as it boosts its offer in the Middle East to serve ...
Trump’s troop deployments to Portland and DC face tests in court
Federal judges in Portland, Oregon and Washington, DC held hearings on Friday in legal battles over the deployment of National Guard troops to the US cities, as President Donald Trump ...