The International Olympic Committee have defended their decision to allow two boxers who previously failed a gender test to compete at the summer Games in Paris. The boxing action on Thursday was clouded by controversy after Algeria’s Imane Khelif, disqualified from last year’s World Championships as a result of highContinue Reading
The EU has warned Sir Keir Starmer his attempt to repair relations with the bloc may fail if he does not meet a list of eight demands, it has emerged. The prime minister has made rebuilding ties with Brussels a top priority since the general election, after years of mistrustContinue Reading
Bill & Ted stars Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter are set to reunite on Broadway in a new production of Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot. The production will open in New York in late 2025, and will be directed by Olivier Award-winner Jamie Lloyd. The theater has not yet beenContinue Reading
Rafael Nadal has revealed his plans after being knocked out of the 2024 Paris Olympics. On Wednesday, Nadal and partner Carlos Alcaraz lost 6-2 6-4 to the fourth-seeded American duo of Austin Krajicek and Rajeev Ram, ending the icon’s hopes of a fairytale finish. In his final summer Games, NadalContinue Reading
A half-a-billion-year-old spiny slug had shed light on the origins of animals like oysters and octopuses, researchers have said. Researchers including scientists from the University of Oxford have discovered a new species of mollusc that lived 500 million years ago. Called Shishania aculeata, the new fossil reveals that the earliestContinue Reading
The prime minister has put police forces in Britain on a national footing to prepare for what many fear could be a summer of riots and violence by the far right. Sir Keir Starmer today announced that police forces would be sharing resources and intelligence with national teams following knownContinue Reading
The FTSE 100 suffered a big loss on Thursday after the Bank of England warned against making further interest rate cuts too quickly. The blue-chip index fell 85 points to end the day on 8,283, a 1% fall. Markets initially rose after the Bank cut rates to 5%, a quarterContinue Reading
The Bank of England has cut interest rates for the first time since 2020, but signalled people should not expect borrowing costs to start dropping rapidly in the months ahead. The central bank reduced the base rate from 5.25% to 5% after a split vote among its policymakers. It meansContinue Reading
Dìdi was made for people who shiver with panic at the sound of AOL Instant Messenger’s creaking door alert. Each time it played in Sean Wang’s 2008-set coming-of-ager, it felt like a claw hook had launched out of the screen and dragged me back in front of my father’s PC,Continue Reading
Iga Swiatek was left in tears after losing to Qinwen Zheng in the Olympics semi-final. The world No 1 refused to shake the chair umpire’s hand following her 6-2 7-5 defeat and later walked away from an interview to cry. The Pole had not lost a match on the clayContinue Reading
